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TRUST THE CHEF 3-COURSE TASTING $79 pp
Indulge in a culinary journey curated by our talented chefs. Sit back, relax, and let us surprise you with a thoughtfully crafted 3-course menu highlighting seasonal ingredients and inventive flavours.
APPETISERS
- Chicken liver parfait cigar, quince paste, ash /8
- Rosemary ciabatta and Bistro’s compound butter/9
- Manuka smoked olives /8
- Wild mushroom croquette, aioli /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
- Salt baked celeriac, vadouvan goat cheese, mushroom pickle, green apple, shallot bahji/23
- Seared swordfish, smoked buttermilk, kaffir lime oil, orange gel, pickle daikon, squid ink tapioca/25
- Earth board, selection of 3 cheeses, house chutney, walnut, croutons, ciabatta /35
PRINCIPALS
- Market fish, calamari, cabbage, crying tiger sauce, cashews/46
- 200g 55 day aged beef fillet, red onion relish, onion caramel, potato dauphines, café de Paris butter OR blue cheese butter /55
- Lumina lamb rump, butternut, tamari seeds, sun-dried tomatoes, chorizo /47
- Cranky goat cheese, roasted yams and purée, cherry relish, spiced grains, pickled beetroot, manuka honey /38
- Red Tussocks venison, carrots, peach chutney, kale, harissa, garlic oil /47
ACCOMPAGNEMENTS
- Signature French fries with truffle salt /14
- Winter vegetable medley, maple glaze /15
- Fried brussel sprouts, apple dressing, hot sauce mayonnaise, peanuts /14
- Jerusalem artichokes, goat cheese, sumac, hazelnuts /15
DESSERTS
- Vanilla crème brûlée, peanut crumb, boysenberry sorbet /20
- Strudel, pear & cranberries, crème anglaise /19
- Chocolate sacher torte, boysenberry gel, chocolate crumb, caramel sauce, chantilly/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 !
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Dined here as a husband, wife and fussy teen. This place didn’t disappoint. Staff are excellent. I just kept asking myself why we can’t have more restaurants with great staff... read more 
vm183
June 28, 2018
