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Sign of the Takahe |
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A - la - Carte Menu |
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Starter Smoked Salmon Smoke
Salmon Carved at your table , served with lemon, capers, onions and dill
granary bread Canterbury Duck Terrine Confit
of duck and delicate smoked duck wrapped in Parma ham served with
lavender and pear compote and lavosh bread Marlborough Scallops Seasoned Scallops with lemon grass, fennel, red pepper and chive butter $22.50 Goats' Cheese Soufflé Twice baked with courgette served on an apple, leaf and rosemary salad $16.00 Takahe Oysters A selection of eight in four styles, bacon and macadamia, black roe hollandaise, tomato and shallot, and Rockefeller |
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Soup White Onion Broth Glazed with blue cheese and cider $13.00 Consommé of Canterbury Game With peppered venison and root vegetables $14.00 Salads Caesar Salad Caesar Salad Traditional Caesar prepared at your table $14.00 Tomato Salad Plum Tomato with basil and red onion $10.00 Mixed or Green Salad Selection of mixed or green leaves with Dijon mustard cream or Italian style dressing $10.00
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Main Course Fish And Crustacea
New Zealand Flat Fish Prepared daily from the market and served with steamed potatoes $31.00 Whole Crayfish Served grilled with either herbed butter or traditional glazed thermidor and steamed herbed potatoes $65.00 New Zealand Salmon Baked Salmon fillet topped with Scallop mousse, and herbed brioche crumb on garlic crushed potato, crayfish oil and balsamic $36.00 All Main courses accompanied with vegetables
Meat and Game Chateaubriand of beef flamed with brandy and carved at your table with traditional garnish, Béarnaise and red wine gravy $36.00 Wild Venison Pan Seared with apricots, red onion marmalade and jasmine soaked raisins $38.00 Tournedos of beef A light home smoked fillet with horseradish crust and colcannon cake with scallions $36.00 Loin Of Canterbury Lamb With pommes boulangiere, aubergine, pepper and pinot reduction $36.00 Tatin Provencale Provencale vegetable tatin with roasted tomatoes, glazed shallots and truffled duxelle $34.00 |
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Dessert Fig and orange Cheesecake Fig and orange Cheesecake Baked with mascarpone cream and served with sugar pulled hazelnuts $13.00 Apple and Brioche Bread and Butter with vanilla pod ice-cream and strawberry syrup $13.00 Chocolate Cone Filled with rich chocolate mousse served with a cherry liqueur sabayon $14.00 Lime Creme Caramel with a praline cream $13.00
Cheese platter selection of cheese from Aotearoa with walnut bread, celery, grapes and crackers $16.00
Choice of Teas, Espresso or Filter Coffee served with petit four $4.00
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