Bienvenue au Bistro Gentil
APPETISERS
- Chicken liver parfait cigar, quince paste, ash /8
- Rosemary ciabatta and Bistro’s compound butter/9
- Manuka smoked olives /8
- Wild mushroom croquette, cauliflower purée /11
- Taramasalata, smoked fish, radish, citrus salt, house toasted brioche/15
POTAGES
(GIVE ME A TASTE, OR JUST HAVE ONE!)
- French onion soup, gruyere crouton /13/21
- Soup of the day /11/18
ENTREES
INDIVIDUAL OR SHARING
- Aged beef fillet tartare, radish, egg yolk, soy gel, miso mayo, crispy shallots, croutons /23
- Roasted kumara and squash, vadouvan goats cheese, lemon, coconut, baby spinach /23
- Seared swordfish, smoked buttermilk, fig leaf oil, squid ink tapioca, fennel, grapes, puffed rice /25
- Earth board, selection of 3 cheeses, house chutney, walnut, croutons, ciabatta /35
PRINCIPALS
- Market fish, prawns, citrus salt, red cabbage, celeriac, crustacean butter, hazelnut /46
- 200g 55 day aged beef fillet, olive oil mashed potato, beef jus, béarnaise sauce, parsley oil /55
- Lumina lamb rump, red onion relish, onion caramel, charred onion, tapioca, shallot bahji /47
- Charred broccolini, whipped tofu, mushroom ketchup, miso vinaigrette, toasted sesame /38
- Red Tussocks venison, baby carrots, goats cheese, tamari mixed seeds, carrot purée, crispy kale/47
ACCOMPAGNEMENTS
- Signature French fries with truffle salt /14
- Vegetable medley, cashew, autumn purée and choice of: Café de Paris butter, blue cheese butter or plain butter /15
- Roasted Brussel sprouts, apple dressing, hot sauce mayonnaise /14
DESSERTS
- Vanilla crème brûlée, peanut crumb, boysenberry sorbet /20
- Coconut pana cotta, coconut crumble, poached peach, fig leaf oil /19
- Éclair, crème pâtissière, sesame praline, chocolate soil, salted caramel ice cream /19
- Selection of house made ice cream and sorbets /18
- Dame blanche, vanilla ice cream, hot chocolate ganache, nuts/18
- Mini bistro desert /8
- Affogato, vanilla ice cream, espresso, liqueur of choice /23
Feel like a sweet wine?
- Pegasus Bay Finale Noble Sauv Blanc /18
- Campbells Rutherglen Muscat /16
Bon appétit !