The Blue Door 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 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
MAINS MAINS
  • 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
SIDES SIDES
  • 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
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 & 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
DESSERT MENU DESSERT MENU
  • 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

  • Salt breakfast** $22.5
    • 2 free range eggs (any style), streaky bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, mushrooms, tomato & ciabatta
  • Eggs benedict** $17.5 / $18.5
    • 2 free range poached eggs w spinach, english muffin & hollandise sauce w bacon / salmon
  • -or  bacon, banana & maple syrup $17
  • Caesar salad** $19
    • w chicken, bacon, cos lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese & poached egg
  • Filo parcel $18
    • chicken, pesto, spinach, pinenuts & fresh salad
  • Portobello mushrooms $17
    • w spinach, tomato, poached egg on grilled ciabatta w feta & garlic spread
  • Toasted flatbreads** $12
    • w marinated olives, tzatziki & hummus
  • Salt & pepper squid $15.50
    • W fresh salad & chilli mayo
  • Fresh Tuna
  • -12 Pieces $8.00
  • Dumpling Soup $7.50
    • soup with vegetable dumplings and egg.
  • - 6 Pieces $7.00
  • Salmon Don $17.00
    • salmon sashimi on sushi rice with wasabi and nori
  • Karaage Chicken Bento $22.00
  • -2 Pieces $6.00
  • - 4 Pieces $4.00
  • Pizza Sub with Cheese N/A
  • Meatball N/A
  • Ranch N/A
  • Ham N/A
  • Olives N/A
  • Honey Mustard N/A
  • Turkey & Ham N/A
  • Three Pepper Chicken N/A
  • Beef Cheeks $28.00
    • Slow braised Beef Cheeks, Speight’s Old Dark Beer sauce, served with a medley of seasonal vegetables and mashed potatoes. Beer Match: Speight's Old Dark >>
  • Wedges $10.00/ $11.00/ $13.00
    • All served with sweet chilli & sour cream/ With cheese/ With cheese & bacon
  • Wedges $4.00
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
    • Chefs daily selection of fresh homemade soup, served with Alehouse bread. Beer Match: Ask server
  • Vegetarian Filo Parcels $19.00
    • Spinach, cream cheese, pinenuts & peppers wrapped in golden filo pastry topped with basil pesto, served on a bed of crispy potatoes, and a fresh garden salad. Beer Match: Speight's Gold Medal Ale
  • Speight's Beef Burger $21.00
    • Homemade beef pattie, served with lettuce, tomato, bacon, melted cheese, & sliced beetroot. Served with fries.Beer Match: Speight's Gold Medal Ale.
  • Chicken Parcels $21.00
    • Chicken, bacon, peach and soft cheese, wrapped in golden filo pastry. Topped with roasted almonds and aioli served on a bed of crispy potatoes and a fresh garden salad. Beer Match: Speight's Cider
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
    • Chefs daily selection of fresh homemade soup, served with Alehouse bread. Beer match: Ask Server
  • Garlic Bread (V) $10.00
    • Freshly baked loaf for two with whipped garlic herb butter
  • BLT $16.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo and BBQ sauce served on focaccia bread with fries and aioli
  • Crumbed Mushrooms (V) $12.00
    • Golden crumbed mushrooms stuffed with cream cheese and sweet chilli, served with a petit salad and a chilli and coriander dipping sauce
  • Beer Battered Orange Roughy $25.00
    • Speight’s beer battered orange roughy served with a green salad, fries and tartare sauce
  • Fries, Onion Rings, Eggs, Green Salad, Rice $5.00
  • Soup Of The Day (V) $9.50
    • Seasonal soup made daily with local produce, served with lightly toasted bread
  • Hokkien Noodles $18.00
    • Fried egg noodles tossed in a light sesame and chilli sauce with a selection of stir-fried vegetables *Add Shrimp or Grilled Chicken for $5.00*
  • Shrimp Cocktail (GF) $12.50
    • Traditional shrimp cocktail bound together with Thousand Island dressing served over shredded iceberg lettuce
  • Big Bird $14.90
    • This one used to be made from Moa which was a big bird, but we ran out of them a few years back, so its been replaced with good Grilled Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon, Brie Cheese with Aioli and your choice of Apricot or Cranberry sauce.
  • Aioli, Chilli Mayo, Sweet Chilli, Sour Cream $1
  • Velvet Burger $10.90
    • It has Venison, Salad, Grilled Pineapple, with Chilli Mayonnaise and Velvet Relish. You definitely want to try this one with a bit of extra bacon.
  • Goneburger $16.00
    • If you can eat this one someone will definitely give you a high five Goes down great with a cold beer. Beef Pattie, Crumbed Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon with Aioli and Velvet Relish.
  • Big Bro $14.90
    • I guess if we had a Kiwi Burger this would be it, Its good times. Beef Pattie, Salad, Bacon, Egg, Portobello Mushroom, Beetroot, Cheese with Aioli, and Velvet Relish.
  • Mini Velvet Lady $10.90
    • 1/2 size Grilled Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon, Avocado, Aioli & Velvet Relish.
  • Soft Drinks $4.5
  • Big Brown $13.90
    • This one goes down quite nicely with a can of double brown (available on request.) Two Beef Patties with Double Cheese, Salad, Aioli and Velvet Relish.
  • - w/ grilled pesto tomatoes $17.00
  • Toosty
    • Your choice or Grain or white bread
  • -Add Fries- $12
  • ShortBlack Butty: $9
    • Toasted ciabatta w/ local streaky bacon, lettuce and tomato relish
  • Grilled tomatoes $4
  • Available weekdays 11am-230pm and weekends 11am-2pm
  • Sausages $4
  • Sliders $9
    • 2 slider buns filled w/ hoisin pulled pork, coleslaw and aioli OR 2 slider buns filled w/ Angus beef patty, lettuce, melted cheese and onion jam
  • 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
  • Saffron yoghurt $15.00
    • Natural yoghurt sweetened with Otago honey and Bannockburn saffron, local blackberry coulis, oat clusters
  • Pizza & Pinot N/A
    • Our homemade 10” stonebaked pizzas with a glass of local Pinot Noir or house wine
  • Roast wild thyme mushrooms; Grilled tomatoes; Potato & parsnip rosti $5.00
  • Smoked salmon & scrambled eggs $19.00
    • House-smoked Mt Cook salmon, scrambled free-range eggs, Tony’s roquette, toasted wholemeal sourdough
  • Artichoke $22.00
    • Preserved artichoke heart, fresh tomato, GV mozzarella, rocket
  • Lamb (Turkish pide style) $22.00
    • Pulled Cardrona lamb, olives, cumin yoghurt, feta
  • 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
  • Ciabatta Dipping Plate $10.00
    • With Grove olive oil.
  • Roast Vegetable Salad $14.00
    • Roast Kumara, Carrot, Beetroot, Spinach, Feta and Pine nuts
  • Margarita $25.00
    • Home made tomato sauce, Gibbston Valley Mozzarella and fresh basil.
  • Angus Beef Burger $24.00
    • 200g pure Angus beef pattie served with crinkle cut thyme salted chips and home made tomato sauce.
  • Spiced Wedges $14.00
    • With sweet chilli and sour cream
  • From Fiordland $28.00
    • Home made tomato sauce, venison, plum chutney and fresh mint.
  • From The Coop $28.00
    • Roast chicken, basil pesto, spanish onion and feta.
  • ​Chunky Rustic Chips $8.00
    • With thyme salt and home made tomato sauce.
  • Chicken $20.00
    • Cranberry / Apricot
  • Hawaiian $20.00
  • Seafood Basket $14.00
    • with assorted seafood, fries and tartare sauce
  • Chicken Cordon Bleu $20.00
    • served with salad and fries
  • Bowl of Fries $5.00
    • with tomato sauce
  • Open Steak Sandwich $20.00
    • served with fries
  • Beef Schnitzel $20.00
    • served with salad and fries
  • Bowl of Wedges $9.00
    • with bacon, melted cheese and sour cream
  • Supreme Potato Wedges $10.50
    • Comes with Sour Cream & Sweet Chilli
  • Flamed Homemade Beef Burger 180g $15.50
    • Char-grilled, flamed beef burger with tomato, lettuce, pickles, cheese and Aioli sauce in a sesame bun.
  • 1/4: $13.90
  • 1/2 Doz: $7.50
  • Side Salad $3.50
  • 1 Doz: $8.90
  • Chicken Wrap (Shawarma) $12.50
    • Pre-marinated Grilled Chicken with Tomato, Pickles, Lettuce wrapped in Homemade Bread and garlic mayo sauce
  • Cucumber Pickles $2.50
  • Seared Beef Salad $19.00
    • Seared beef strips with tomato and a balsamic dressing
  • Marinated Kalamata Olives $6.00
  • Edamame $7.00
    • Steamed soy beans served with soy sauce
  • Rillette of Pork $9.50
    • Salted pork simmered in duck fat. Served cold with crostini and gherkins
  • Wontons (3 pieces) $9.00
    • Lamb and leek crispy wontons, served with a mint sauce
  • Vegeballen (4 pieces) $9.50
    • A vegetarian version of our popular bitterballen, made with seasonal vegetables
  • Bitterballen (4 pieces) $9.50
    • A Traditional Dutch bar snack - A ragout of slow cooked beef shoulder coated in bread crumbs and deep fried
  • Gravad Lax $14.50
    • Cured salmon served with creme fraiche with whole grain mustard and grilled ciabatta
  • EGGS(V)(GF) $10.00
    • poached fried or scrambled
  • PLATTER FOR TWO $50.00
    • prawn cocktail, mushroom croquette, housemade dips, bread, grapes and salad
  • EGGS BENE(V)(GF) $18.00
    • ham, ciabatta, hollandaise & sauteed spinach
  • VEGETARIAN BURGER $16.00
    • housemade veggie patty, with sour cream, garlic, yoghurt and sweet chilli sauce & salad
  • CHEESE TOASTIE $12.00
  • FULL COOKED (V)(GF) $20.00
    • venison sausage, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, toast & mushroom
  • HAM SANDWICH $12.00
  • GRANOLA & YOGHURT(V) $12.00
    • housemade granola, yoghurt & fruit
  • Chicken Ranch salad $13
    • greens, cherry tomatoes, red onion, chicken, croutons & homemade ranch dressing.
  • BBQ beef burger & fries $15
    • homemade beef Pattie , lettuce, cheese, onion & beetroot with BBQ sauce, fries & ailoli (4 bacon $2)
  • Nachos $14
    • chilli beans, salsa & cheese on corn chips with sour cream
  • Eggs your way $10
    • bacon, eggs & toast (egg fried, poached or scrambled)
  • Rustic fries $6
    • served with tomatoes sauce or aioli
  • Big breakfast $18
    • bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, hashbrowns, tomatoes & toast
  • Cuban pork sandwich $12
    • thick slice ham with cheese, mustard & slaw on toasted homemade breads
  • Eggs Benedict $16
    • poached eggs, smoked salmon, baby spinach, homemade hollandaise on a toasted English muffin
  • Blat $14.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and mayo w salad
  • Chicken & brie L $21.5 / S $16.5
    • With cheese and plum sauce
  • The carnivore L $21.5 / S $16.5
    • All your usual meaty toppings w cheese and smokey bbq sauce
  • Salad bowl $6.00
    • A bowl of fresh salas w a light dressing
  • Chicken & bacon L $21.5 / S $16.5
    • With capsicum, cheese and apricot sauce
  • gluten dree and vegetarian pizzas available
  • Soup w bread $12.00
    • A bowl of steaming hot goodness! See our blackboard to choose
  • check out blackboards for specials and desserts
The Blue Door

The Blue Door

location

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

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034420131

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Mon 5 PM to 11 PM Tue 5 PM to 11 PM Wed 5 PM to 11 PM Thu 5 PM to 11 PM Fri 5 PM to 11 PM Sat 5 PM to 11 PM Sun 5 PM to 11 PM
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cuisine

Cuisine

Finger Food

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Seating ,  No Takeaway ,  Full Bar

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