The Blue Door in Otago Menu

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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 consommé. $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 Pinenuts & 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 chargrilled Flatbread & Yoghurt Riata. $18.50
Sustainably Farmed Sturgeon Caviar, with Blinis and other classical accompaniments P.O.A

Southland Lamb rump, Rose petal Cous Cous, 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
Chargrilled “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 $46.00
- Red Duck & Pineapple Curry, Green Curry of Prawn & Lemon grass, Massaman curry of Southland Lamb with Potato & Peanut, Served with condiments, steamed Jasmine Rice.
Rump of Southland Lamb with Honeyed roasted Celeriac, Rosemary Bread & Butter pudding. $39.50

Stir fry Broccolini, Shitake Mushrooms, Ginger & Oyster sauce. Baby Cos Leaves, Garlic Croutons, Lemon Confit dressing. Creamed Spinach, Nutmeg & Crème Fraiche. Duck Fat Potatoes All sides $9.50

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 & Chargrilled Squid with Yellow Soy Bean Dressing. $18.50
Chargrilled Southland Hereford Rump, with sautéed Potatoes, steamed green veg, Mushroom & Thyme jus. $29.50
Confit of Pork Belly with Chargrilled 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

Laphroaig, single malt Crème Brulée 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
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.

Nearby Sample Menus

Capricciosa $24.00
- mozzarella, mushroom, artichoke, ham, olive
Caffe corretto, espresso-grappa $10.00
Bruschetta $9.00
- baccala mantecato, whipped salt cod
Margherita $21.00
- mozzarella, tomato, basil oil
Caprese $15.00
- bufala di mozzarella, tomato, basil
Panino Toastie $12.00
- prosciutto cotto, piccanti, pesto, mozzarella
- Add mozzarella di bufala $5.00
Arancini $10.00
- pea, saffron, mozzarella

Cashew Nut Stir-fry $18.50
- with capsicum, cashew nut and fresh market vegetables
Panang Curry $18.50
- with creamy coconut milk, onion, potato carrot and crushed peanut
Prawn Crackers $5.00
Peanut Stir-fry $18.50
- with cabbage, cauliflower, baby corn and fresh market
Homemade Curry Puff (4) $9.00
Crumbed Lemon and Pepper Calamari (10) $9.00
Tom Kha Soup $18.50
Massaman Curry $18.50
- with coconut milk, onion, potato, carrot, cabbage and peanut

Mushrooms $4.50
Spinach $4.00
Eggs Any Style $5.00
Eggs Benedict $18.50
- Apple cider hollandaise, oven dried tomatoes, toasted english muffin - vegetarian
Fruit & Nut Toast $8.50
- Housemade vanilla ricotta and fresh fruit
Organic Quinoa & Oat Porridge (vegan) $14.50
- Apple & blackcurrant compote, cinnamon coconut sugar, walnut crumble
Puffed Grain, NUt & Cranberry Granola $14.50
- Rhubarb tamarillo compote, lemon yoghurt
Flatbread with Free Farmed Pulled Pork $21.00
- Refried beans, red pepper chipotle pesto, pineapple salsa, spinach slaw

Jack's muesli $14
- toasted cashews, pistachios, toasted seeds, vanilla organic milk, spring fruit, manuka honey
Hereford beef brisket hash $19
- agria potato, rosemary, farm eggs, chipotle sour cream, spring greens
Golfer's Ploughmans $39
- charcuterie, cheese, pickles, chutney, sourdough
Buttermilk pancakes $16
- lemon mascarpone, blueberries, maple, toasted pistachios
Manuka smoked Marlborough salmon $19
- flax seed bagel, caviar cream cheese, citrus spring avocado salad
Ice Cream Sundae $12
- ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, brownie bits, nuts
Butterfish Tacos $28
- coriander cream, burnt chilli
Chicken Burger $28
- kimchi, gruyere, cos, mayo, brioche

Local fish, crumbed with greens, tomato, tartare $16.90
Fries w garlic & aioli $4.90 / $9.90
Brandy snap basket w caramelised bananas, caramel, creme fraiche $10.90
-Add a slider $5.40
Green lipped mussels, steamed in Mac's gold w chilli, coriander, toasted ciabatta $18.90
Chicken, chargrilled w rocket, fig relish, farmhouse brie, tomato, aioli, rye bun $17.90
Blackened fish & chorizo w guacamole, corn salsa, chilli, lime $19.90
-Add a bun $4.90

Blue Cod $33
- crumbed with pickled onion mayonnaise
Dulce de Leche $15.90
- rich chocolate & caramel tart with salted caramel ice cream
Rhubarb Trifle $15.90
- with pistachio sponge, rhubarb jelly, stewed rhubarb, custard, cream & sherry
Southland Lamb $37.90
- slow cooked shoulder with farro, asparagus & peas, green garlic & pumpkin seed pesto, crumbed lamb sweetbreads
6 Oysters battered with malt vinegar $30
Gurnard $25.90
- battered with pickled onion mayonnaise
Whole Flounder $38
- oven baked with capers, lemon, browned butter & our hand cut chips
Southland Fisherman’s Stew $37.50
- with char-grilled squid, scallops, mussels, clams, fish, paddle crab broth & charred locally baked bread

Fish Wrap $6.80
Sole $5.50
Crumbed Scallops $2.00 each
Hot or Cold $6.50
-1/2 Doz $20.00
Monk $5.50
Seafood Chowder $9.00
Gurnard $6.30

Cheese and garlic naan $5.00
- Stuffed with freshly grated cheese and garlic then topped with butter
Chicken jalfrezi $15.90
- Strips of chicken marinated with fresh ground spices and sauteed with tomatoes, onion and green pepper
Kadhai chicken $15.90
- Strips of chicken cooked with onion, tomato and green pepper in a thick masala sauce in an Indian wok
Chicken/lamb bhuna $15.90
- Cubes of chicken/lamb cooked with tomatoes, onion, fresh herbs and spices. A Punjabi delicacy
Paneer butter masala $15.90
- Cubes of cottage cheese cooked in a spiced tomato, cashew and cream based gravy
Aloo paratha $5.00
- Soft whole wheat bread kneaded well stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes and cooked in tandoor oven
Poppadom (4 pieces) $2.00
Hot lime pickle $3.00

Beef Schnitzel (crumbed) $19.90
- with mushroom topping
Mushrooms $5.00
SAUSAGES, EGGS AND FRIES $10.90
Mixed grill $26.90
- (rump steak, sausage, bacon, eggs, tomatoes) and fries
EGGS ON TOAST $10.00
- Your choice: Scrambled, poached or fried
Beef and Guinness hotpot $18.90
- with mash and gravy
Lasagne (beef or pumpkin) $19.90
Sole fillets (grilled or battered) $19.90

Seafood with Bean Curd $15 Large / $10 Small
Garlic Prawns $6.00
Deep Fried Prawns $6.00
- A - Seafood Curry Soup x 2 $29.00
Steamed Pork and Salted Mustard or Taro $15 Large
Chinese Roast Duck $34 Large / $18 Small
Chicken Wings Stuffed $14 Large / $10 Small
Deep Fried Ice Cream $4.50

Homemade granola $15.00
- The Spire homemade granola, either; Natural with milk and poached local berries OR Bircher style; soaked overnight in apple juice, with yoghurt & blackberry coulis
No5 Pastrami Sandwich $17.00
- Our own pastrami: Angus brisket dry-cured, spice-rubbed and slowly hot- smoked; served on our hot freshly-baked bread with mustard, pickles & tomato
Artichoke $22.00
- Preserved artichoke heart, fresh tomato, GV mozzarella, rocket
Sausage, rosti & beans $19.00
- Home-made Havoc pork sausages, potato & parsnip rosti, giant baked beans in tomato sauce
Mushroom bruschetta $19.00
- Roast Portabello mushrooms in cream, garlic & mustard on toasted sourdough, with pine nuts & local rocket
Bacon & eggs $18.00
- Our own house-cured bacon, toasted Spire sourdough, poached free-range eggs, homemade tomato relish
Tomato, capsicum & cannellini soup $16.00
- Tomato, capsicum & cannellini soup, smoked cheese and garlic shoots
Saffron yoghurt $15.00
- Natural yoghurt sweetened with Otago honey and Bannockburn saffron, local blackberry coulis, oat clusters

Blue Cod $24.00
- Served with crinkle cut thyme salted chips and homemade tartare.
Ciabatta Dipping Plate $10.00
- With Grove olive oil.
From Fiordland $28.00
- Home made tomato sauce, venison, plum chutney and fresh mint.
From The Coast $28.00
- Shrimp, roasted garlic, pine nuts and apricot chutney.
Roast Vegetable Salad $14.00
- Roast Kumara, Carrot, Beetroot, Spinach, Feta and Pine nuts
Angus Beef Burger $24.00
- 200g pure Angus beef pattie served with crinkle cut thyme salted chips and home made tomato sauce.
From The Land $28.00
- Home made tomato sauce, pancetta and Spanish chorizo
From The Coop $28.00
- Roast chicken, basil pesto, spanish onion and feta.

Soup of the day with toast $12
- see ‘What’s Cooking’ board
Fresh Salad Plate $9.50/$13.50
- Choose from our daily selection
Breakfast Salad $18.50
- Poached eggs on salad greens with hollandaise sauce & your choice of toast plus sauteed mushroom or bacon
Three Egg Omelette $13
- Fresh tomato, cheese & herbs with freshly baked focaccia on the side.
BLT $10
- Crispy bacon, lettuce & tomato on house made focaccia bread with onion jam & mayonnaise
Eggs any style with your choice of toast $12
Toast with house-made conserve & butter $6.90
- Choice of sourdough, wholegrain or focaccia.
Creamy mushrooms $14.50
- on sourdough toast with shaved parmesan

High country lamb broth - lamb popcorn - green herb aioli $18.5
Green salad $7
Homemade bread - Bannockburn olive oil - balsamic r eduction $9.5
Cheese selection - honey comb - semi-dried nectarin e- fig, fennel & walnut toast $23
Roast potatoes - rosemary $7
Cairnmuir platter for 2 - Cheeses - smoked salmon - terrine - marinated olives - mussels - chorizo - smoked paprika mushrooms - salami - pepperdews - fruit - spreads - antipasto goodies - baked breads $48
Rabbit and pork rillette - Central Otago stone frui t compote - walnut crostini $18.5
Duck duo - confit duck leg - smoked breast - sautée d potatoes - tatsoi -orange - plum couli $26

house smoked salmon $17
Ciabatta, bagel or fruit toast w preserves and butter $6.5
Full breakfast w two free range eggs poached or scrambled on ciabatta w free range bacon, house baked beans, roasted field mushrooms and tomato $21
Grilled haloumi, spinach and free range poached eggs on ciabatta w house beetroot chutney $18
free range bacon $16
Local free range poached or scrambled eggs on ciabatta toast $10.5
French toast, banana and maple syrup $14
field mushrooms $4