True South Dining Room | Spring/Summer Menu
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TASTING MENU ($110 pp.)
The True South tasting menu allows you to sample our interpretation of “The True South” experience. Last order for this menu is 9pm. Enjoy!
“Treat yourself” wine pairing $65 pp
“Spoil yourself” wine pairing $110 pp
- Amuse – bouche
- Pumpkin and coconut soup, Bluff oyster fritter, mushroom and fennel
- Pressing of slow cooked Canterbury duck, fig, orange and gingerbread
- Nelson scallops, fried compressed ham, cauliflower, truffle and apple
- Cardrona Merino lamb neck and shoulder, beetroot, goat’s cheese, pear and celeriac
- A cheese of your choice from our board with fruit preserve and Otago honeycomb
- ($8 supplement)
- Sweet amuse-bouche
- Pumpkin `arctic roll`, apple sorbet, poached apple and caramel walnuts
STARTERS $20
- Pan fried sweetbreads, parsnip puree and liquorice infused jus
- Pumpkin and coconut soup, Bluff oyster fritter, mushroom and fennel
- Vintage sheep`s feta pana cotta, beetroot many ways, hazelnuts and green pepper oil
- Nelson scallops, fried compressed ham, cauliflower, truffle and apple
- Pressing of slow cooked Canterbury duck, fig, orange and gingerbread
SEASONAL SORBET PALATE CLEANSER $6
MAINS $39
- Cardrona Merino lamb neck and shoulder, beetroot, goat’s cheese, pear and celeriac
- Roast groper, oxtail ravioli, braised lentils, carrot puree and red wine hibiscus froth
- Hereford prime `hanger` steak, beer braised short rib and truffled parsnips
- Akaroa salmon, roast cauliflower, bulgur wheat, lemon and capers
- Free range Havoc pork belly, creamed potatoes, sage and apple
Children’s menu and Vegetarian options available on request
DESSERTS $16
- Central Otago pinot noir poached pear `belle-helene`
- `Tarakan` chocolate pave, avocado, chilli and central Otago olive oil
- Caramel poached banana, coconut samosa, banana korma ice
- Pumpkin `arctic roll`, apple sorbet, poached apple and caramel walnuts
- Regional cheeses from our board, fruit preserve and local honeycomb $25
- Coffee and petit fours $8.5
CHEESE SELECTION $25
Below are specially selected seasonal cheeses from our local cheesemongers
Please choose five of the following cheeses from our board
All cheeses are pasteurised and suitable for vegetarians
- Whitestone Totara Tasty - This cow’s milk cheese is a mature tasting cheddar style cheese with a proper vintage cheddar flavour
- Gibbston Valley Wakatipu White - This brie style cheese is made from double-cream Jersey cow milk and has a clean, creamy slightly acidic flavour
- Blue River Curio Bay - A 100 % sheep`s milk Pecorino style cheese made in Southland. Aged for 6-8 months it has a nutty rich flavour
- Whitestone Farmhouse – A rinded cow’s milk cheese that is the original cheese from Whitestone. It is fresh and zingy with a slightly nutty flavour
- Gibbston Valley Autumn Gold – A washed rind cow’s milk cheese with a soft brie-like texture and medium flavour
- Evansdale Tania- A lightly smoked cow`s milk brie with a smooth creamy finish and medium flavour made near Dunedin
- Gruff Junction Fendalton – Aged for a minimum of a year, this semi-hard cheese has a smooth and creamy texture with a distinctive fresh tangy edge.
- Gibbston Valley Kawarau Blue – Made from cow’s milk this medium strength blue cheese has a slightly salty taste and a creamy texture
- Whitestone Windsor Blue – This multi award winning cow’s milk blue cheese is creamy and buttery with a full flavour
- Gruff Junction Lyttelton Blue – This blue goat`s milk cheese has a full blue flavour with a good creamy finish on the palate









