The Bistro in Taupo Menu

 BEGIN

• Chilled cucumber & yellow tomato soup, almonds, cumin, green grapes, watermelon guacamole $12.00
• Tempura summer beans, seaweed, sweet chilli aioli $10.00
• Imported buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, grilled peach, basil, balsamic reduction $19.00
• Olive oil poached prawn tails, baby gem lettuce, croutons, streaky bacon, plum tomatoes, avocado, grana padano $18.00
• Calamari cooked sous vide, handmade lemon gnocchi, fried capers, champagne veloute $16 E / $30 M
• Queen scallops, pork & ginger dumplings, summer pods, coriander, fermented black bean dressing $18.00
• The Bistro wild rabbit & chicken liver terrine, salsa verde, house pickles, pistachio nuts, crème fraiche, sherry syrup $18.00

 SIDES

• Marinated Olives $5.00
• Garden leaves, pear, lemon miso dressing $7.00
• Bag of chippies, herbs, black truffle $7.00
• Chunky fries, roasted aioli $8.00
• Mashed potato & gravy, salsa verde $8.00

 THEN

• Pasta Mia pumpkin ravioli, exotic mushrooms, coriander, popped squash seeds, shiitake cream $26.00
• Daily changing fresh Hawkes Bay fish, from the ocean to the plate $32.00
• Golden crackled pork belly, kumara, orange, walnuts, pineapple, granny smith apple, pickled red cabbage, grain mustard dressing $29.00
• Confit leg of Cambridge duck, spiced bell pepper jus, pickled mushrooms, baby root vegetables, potato gnocchi $34.00
• Strip loin of Wharekauhau lamb, braised Belgian endive, truffled fennel cream, pecan nuts, ruby grapefruit, sherry gastrique $39.00
• Grilled eye of scotch fillet, braised short rib tortelloni, sweet corn, hazelnuts, stone fruit panzanella, black pepper dressing $36.00

 FINALLY - All cheese is served with handmade crackers and preserves

• The whole lot $40.00
• Grinning Gecko brie - Whangarei, NZ $15.00
• Talbot Forest Geraldine vintage cheddar - Sth Canterbury, NZ $15.00
• Kapiti Kahurangi creamy blue - Kapiti Coast, NZ $15.00
• Blue River Curio Bay pecorino - Southland, NZ $15.00
• Grana Padano - Piedmont, Italy $15.00

 SWEETS

• Tahitian vanilla creme brulee cooked sous vide $12.00
• White chocolate & vanilla panna cotta, hazelnut wafer, raspberry caramel $12.00
• Rhubarb & brown butter cake, rose water, almond cracker, vanilla bean ice cream $12.00
• Baked Belgian chocolate mousse, passion fruit, chocolate brittle, triple chocolate ice cream $12.00
• The Bistro handmade sweet treats $10.00

17 Tamamutu St, Taupo, Waikato, 3330, New Zealand

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