Saffron Restaurant in Otago Menu

ENTREES ENTREES
  • Vietnamese rolls of crisp fried Mutton Bird with Asian salad, Miso Aioli & Sesame dipping sauce, pickled Cucumber $27.50
  • Prawn & water Chestnut Dumplings, Duck and Ginger consomme $24.50
  • Salad of free range Canterbury Pork, marinated in Coconut & palm sugar, Asian greens, sticky Rice, Peanut Chili caramel dressing $24.50
  • Confit of Bendigo Rabbit with Prunes, Agria Potato Gnocchi, toasted Pine-nuts & sous vide Rhubarb. $28.50
  • “Bellota” Jamon Iberico, organically grown, free range from Spain, sliced to order, with Pickled veg, Machengo & Quince paste $28.50
  • Wakanui grain fed Beef “Tartare” with truffled free range Egg $29.50
  • Spicy Lentil, Tomato & Coconut Soup with char-grilled Flatbread & Yogurt Riata $18.50
  • Sustainably Farmed Sturgeon Caviar, with Blinis and other classical accompaniments P.O.A.
MAINS MAINS
  • Southland Lamb rump, Rose petal Couscous, Orange Confit,crisp Pancetta, Date compote and a Lamb shoulder ‘Cigar’ $39.50
  • Stewart Island Blue Cod, Paua Ravioli, Cauliflower Puree, Pear and Fennel Salad $39.50
  • Slow cooked wild Boar, homemade black pudding, double smoked Bacon, baked in Puff pastry, Black Currant Jus $39.50
  • Char-grilled “Wakanui” Beef eye fillet, grain fed from the Canterbury plains, with smoked Brisket, Parsnip puree Candied Onion & Cranberry Tart Tartin $48.50
  • Cassoulet, our winter classic, braised Duck, Lamb shoulder, Cured meats, Pork Belly, Haricot Beans, cooked slowly with Tomato & Riesling $39.50
  • Trio of Curries:
  • Red Duck & Pineapple Curry, Green Curry of Prawn & Lemon grass, Massaman curry of Southland Lamb with Potato & Peanut, Served with condiments, steamed Jasmine Rice $46.00
  • Rump of Southland Lamb with Honeyed roasted Celeriac, Rosemary Bread & Butter pudding $39.50
SIDES SIDES
  • Stir fry Broccolini, Shitake Mushrooms, Ginger & Oyster sauce
  • Baby Cos Leaves, Garlic Croutons, Lemon Confit dressing
  • Creamed Spinach, Nutmeg & Creme Fraiche
  • Duck Fat Potatoes
  • All sides $9.50
LUNCH LUNCH
  • Saffron’s Nasi Goreng $26.50
  • Green Lip Mussels with white wine & Lemongrass $22.00
  • Navarin of Southland Lamb shoulder with Shallots & Port wine, Served with Jasmine Rice $26.50
  • Grilled Stewart Island Blue Cod with preserved Lemon Risotto & Broccoli leaves $28.50
  • Salad of crisp fried Pork & Char-grilled Squid with Yellow Soy Bean Dressing $18.50
  • Char-grilled Southland Hereford Rump, with sauteed Potatoes, steamed green veg, Mushroom & Thyme jus $29.50
  • Confit of Pork Belly with Char-grilled Pear, honeyed Parsnips $24.50
  • Thai Red curry of Beef with Pineapple, Thai Basil, Kaffir lime leaf, Cashew nuts and Jasmine Rice $24.50
  • Our delicious Soup of the day with fresh Bread $18.50
  • Stir fry of winter greens, Prawns, Tofu, Cashew nuts and Oyster sauce $28.50
  • Saffron’s salad of green Leaves, Pear, Nuts and shaved Parmesan with a Herb Vinaigrette $15.50
  • "Children's menu available "
DESSERT MENU DESSERT MENU
  • Laphroaig, single malt Creme Brulee with Monte Cristo Tobacco Biscotti $16.50
  • Deep fried Walnut & Praline Ice cream, Lemon cream $16.50
  • Kaffir Lime Panna Cotta with Mango, Lime salsa $16.50
  • Jilly's warm Chocolate Cake served with Vanilla bean ice cream and Raspberry Coulis $15.50
  • Goat's Cheese Sorbet with Dates poached in Amaretto $16.50
  • Trio of Fresh Fruit Sorbets $14.50
A SELECTION OF CHEESES A SELECTION OF CHEESES
  • Le Delice De Bourgogne, Triple Cream French Brie
  • 'Saint Agur' - a French Cheese from Normandy triple cream, soft mild Blue
  • Neudorf Richmond Red - a hard NZ sheep's cheese
  • Redwood Dairy Gouda - a NZ goat's cheese
  • Served with a Trio of Quince's- Roasted, Sorbet and Paste, water & Oatmeal crackers
  • $22.50 a portion

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Cajun Wedges $5.00
    • Deep fried Potato wedges seasoned with Cajun and served with a dip of your choice
  • Prawn Horns $7.50
    • 6 whole Prawns seasoned with coriander and green onions rolled in a crispy wonton style pastry..with your choice of dip
  • Lust $16.00 / $8.00
    • Pepperoni, Salami, Ham, Bacon and Chorizo. Optional BBQ, Sweet Chilli, Smokey BBQ, Tomato... Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
  • Raspberry Sorbet $5.00
    • Gellicious Gelato's 2013 Silver Award winning Sorbet. Bursting with real authentic fruit flavour. Gluten free, 99% fat free and vegan. 180ml tub - big enough to share, but you'll probably wish you hadn't
  • Warewolf $6.50
    • Real chicken Tenders and potato Wedges served with Tomato sauce and Kid's drink
  • 333 - Hellthy Kids Pizza & Drink $6.50
    • A Healthy Kid's Pizza Plus a Kid's Keri Juice or Pump Mini
  • Squid Rings $5.00
    • A dozen crumbed rings of calamari with a dip of your choice
  • Spare Ribs $12.50
    • 1/2 a kilo of marinated pork ribs lashed with your choice of APA spicy sauce, cola BBQ sauce or smokey BBQ sauce
  • Pastrami, wholeseed mustard, swiss cheese & pickle $10.00
  • TOASTED MUESLI $12.00/ $8.00
    • W/ UNSWEETENED YOGHURT, HONEY & SEASONAL FRUIT (FULL/HALF)
  • Eggs Benedict $17.00
    • Served with -BACON
  • Eggs Benedict $18.00
    • Served with - COLD SMOKED SALMON
  • ADD COLD SMOKED SALMON $5.00
  • Avocado, tomato, basil with olive oil $9.00
  • Fresh salmon, cream cheese, red onion & capers $14.00
  • Toast $ 8.00
    • HOMEMADE PRESERVES ON FIVE GRAIN TOAST OR CIABATTA
  • Sides
  • Shoestring Fries $6.50
  • Free Range Egg $2.00
  • Vietnamese BBQ Pork Baguette $12.50
    • Char Siu BBQ Pork, Vietnamese Slaw, Sesame & Chilli Mayo, Pickled Ginger, topped with Coriander
  • Haloumi $4.00
  • Can't Beet a Root $12.50
    • Vege Bagel with a choice of Homemade Lemonade or Mimmeola Soda
  • San Pedro Breakfast Stack $18.50
    • Free Range Poached Eggs on a Grilled Bagel, stacked with Tomatoes, Hash Browns, Streaky Bacon, topped with Hollandaise, Smoked Chipotle Chilli, and Coriander
  • Choose your Sauce $1.00 ea
    • Wasabi Mayo, Sriracha Chilli Mayo, Garlic Aioli, Sweet Chilli, Gravy
  • Kings
    • Our own rich, meaty tomato bolognaise, with lashings of parmesan cheese and fresh basil. Yum, yum!
  • Beef Nachos $19.50 Lge / $14.00 Sm
    • A rich meat, tomato and chilli bean sauce served on a bed of corn chips coated with melted cheese and sour cream.
  • Boysenberry Scream $10.50
    • Served in a sundae glass with vanilla ice cream, boysenberries, chocolate sauce – ahh!
  • Indonesian
    • King prawns, shrimps, peanuts – on satay sauce.
  • Pizza pocket packed with your favourite toppings. $14.00 Sm / $24.00 Med
  • Mexican
    • New York spicy sausage, tomatoes, capsicums, chilli beans, jalapeños, served with corn chips and sour cream.
  • Spaghetti Puttanesca $19.50
    • A flavoursome pasta dish of tomatoes, garlic, olives, capers and a hint of chilli.
  • Large (12 Slices) $35.00
  • Add Sides:
  • Served from 5pm
  • Eggs Benedict with
  • Sandwiches & Burgers $3.50
    • Add fries to your meal for only
  • -Sausage $5
  • Fried chicken with wasabi mayo and Japanese barbecue glaze $9.50
  • -Crispy lemon squid on noodle salad with chilli and coriander dressing $17
  • -Mushrooms $3.50
  • Butter Chicken $14.00
    • boneless pieces of chicken cooked in butter, coriander, tomato and ginger to produce the most popular dish served from the kitchen
  • Lamb $14.00
  • Vegetable Samosa (2 Pcs) $6.00
    • flaky pastry, filled with diced potatoes, peas and cumin seed, then fried golden brown
  • Chicken Tikka (5 Pcs) $10.00
    • chicken fillets marinated in tandoori spices and baked to perfection in a charcoal fired clay oven
  • Poppadoms (2 Pieces) $2.00
  • Vegetable Samosa (2 Pcs) $6.00
    • flaky pastry, filled with diced potatoes, peas and cumin seed, then fried golden brown
  • Chole Masala $13.00
    • traditional north Indian style chickpeas in a tomato and onion based gravy
  • Mushroom Mutter $13.00
    • green peas and mushroom cooked tomatoes, spices and herbs
  • Smoked rabbit pearl barley risotto, truffle mushroom, pecorino, baby roquette $19.50
  • Warm quinoa salad, beetroot, witlof, goat’s cheese, hazelnuts, apple, vincotto $19.50
  • Grilled garlic bread $8.50
  • Chocolate & caramel semi-freddo, chocolate soil, honey comb $15.50
  • Mini loaf ciabatta, capsicum romesco, pink peppercorn goat’s cheese, smoked eggplant $16.00
  • Salad leaves, parmesan, rosemary croutons, green olive mayo dressing $8.50
  • Fresh market fish, spring potato mash, green bean and tomato salsa $25.00
  • Apple & rhubarb crumble, plum & crème fraiche ice cream, cherry coulis $15.50
  • Fresh baked sourdough, smoked fat, olive oil $9.00
  • Selected Whitestone cheese - 2 person $20.00
  • New season potatoes, kale, shallots $6.00
  • Venison tartar, black garlic, stonefruit $22.00
  • Oatmeal, Fruit compote, Coconut, Almond, Lime $13.00
  • Kids tomato and cheese fresh spaghetti $10.00
  • Smoked gnocchi, shitake mushrooms, sabayon, rocket $28.00
  • Add free range bacon $18.00
  • 300 gm Lamb rack $45.95
    • Southern alps merino
  • Steamed seasonal vegetables, parsley butter $10.95
  • French onion soup $17.95
    • Emmentaler crouton
  • Prawns laksa $27.95
    • Hervey bay prawns, Thai spiced coconut broth, rice noodles, black sesame, roasted peanuts
  • Creamy mushroom $2.95
  • Lamb & rosemary jus $2.95
  • Semolina gnocchi $35.95
    • Smoked brie, caramelized cauliflower, baby spinach, butternut, tomato & basil ragout
  • Cardrona lamb roti rolls $22.95
    • Spiced lamb shoulder, fried roti, mint spring & coriander slaw, roasted coconut, lime kasundi
  • Ginger beef with spring onion $26.00
  • Hunan chilli chicken $26.00
  • Plain noodles $7.00
  • Spicy garlic chicken $26.00
  • Deep fried pork wontons (6) $11.00
  • Honey lemon chicken $25.00
  • Prawn fried rice $25.00
  • Salt & pepper prawns (5) $12.00
  • BATTERED FISH $3.50
  • PINEAPPLE RING $1.50
  • BLUE COD FILLET $8.50
  • SPRING ROLL $2.50
  • KUMARA CHIPS Scoop $6.00
  • FISHMONGERS MIXED CATCH $17.00
    • A selection of battered mussels, prawn cutlets, fish & calamari with chips, tartare & salad
  • COLESLAW $5.00
  • DONUTS Plain, Jam, Choc $2.50
  • Crusted butternut pumpkin, broccoli, creamed corn, romano cheese, basil $18.00
  • Portabello mushroom balls, spiced tomato, buffalo mozzarella & truffle cream $17.00
  • Leafy greens, blached broccoli, forvn chardonnay dressing, pepitas $12.00
  • Jamaican jerk chicken breast, sticky black rice, coconut yoghurt $19.00
  • Fried alamari, baby rocket, aioli $17.00
  • Roasted beetroot, caramelised onion & goat's cheese toastadas $16.00
  • Poached tiger praws, kalamata olive & chives sauce, bay leaf frosted almonds $19.00
  • Miso cured wakanui beef, celeriac & fennel raw salad, toasted sesame $25.00
  • Sandwiches N/A
  • Breakfast Bagel $6.50
    • cream cheese, raspberry jam
  • Club Sandwiches N/A
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • toasted bun, eggs, bacon, hollandaise
  • Cinnamon Toast $2.00
    • golden toast sprinkled with cinnamon
  • French Toast $15.80
    • bacon, bananas, maple syrup
  • Bacon Butty $8.00
    • bacon, bbq sauce, onion, bread
  • Chicken Nachos N/A
  • Lamb rogan josh $6.00
    • Diced lamb cooked with ginger, garlic, onions & spices in a traditional north indian style.
  • Veg samosa $4.00
    • Filled with diced potatoes, peas & cumin seeds, then fried golden brown.
  • any dish can be served at your choice of mild, medium, hot or indian hot.
  • Choosa tikka $12.00
    • Fillets of chicken, marinated in yoghurt spices overnight, then skewered and cooked in the tandoor.
  • Raita $3.50
    • Yoghurt mixed with cucumber & ground spices
  • Cheese and garlic naan $4.50
    • Plain flour naan stuffed with cheese, garlic and coriander.
  • Paneer makhani $6.00
    • Of cottage cheese, cooked in creamy tomato flavoured sauce, garnished, with almonds.
  • Mixed platter for two $14.00
    • A combination of the above entrees: 2 veg samosa, 2 onion bhaji, 2 choosa tikka, and 2 seekh kebabs
  • Ceviche Market Price
    • Raw marinated fish
  • ● Wedges with Sweet Chilli and Sour Cream $9.50
  • Marinated Feta and Olives $15.00
    • With flatbread
  • ● Wedges $9.50
    • With sweet chilli and sour cream
  • Crinkle Cut Chips with Aioli $6.50
  • -Add cheese $10.50
  • ● Sundays Roast of the Day
    • With Spuds, veg, gravy and yorkshire pudding
  • Chicken Liver Plate $15.00
    • With a pear chutney. Served with toasted flatbread
Saffron Restaurant

Saffron Restaurant

location

Address

18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown, Otago, 9302, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034420131

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Mon 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM Tue 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM Wed 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM Thu 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM Fri 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM Sat 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM Sun 12 Noon to 3 PM, 5 PM to 11 PM
price range

Price

$50+

type

Type

None

service level

Service

None

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , European , Seafood

features

Features

Vegan Options ,  Catering Available ,  Cash ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  No Takeaway ,  Cards accepted ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Dinner ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown, Otago, 9302, New Zealand
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