Pre-Dinner and Cocktail Menus

Cold Canape Selection

Lamb pastrami on a savoury scone with a mint and pine nut pesto

Selection of sushi with soy, pickled ginger and wasabi

Salmon tartare cone with lemon chèvre whip & cucumber pearls

Orange dressed duck & vegetable wraps

Spiced crab, apple & toasted sesame salad on Asian spoon

Ika Mata – Island style marinated fish with coconut cream dressing

Vietnamese vegetable rice paper rolls with coriander chilli dipping sauce

Chicken Caesar salad on a parmesan croutè  

Mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and onion jam

Prawn with avocado chive salad with poached egg mayonnaise

Shrimp shot-tail – shrimp salad served in a shot glass

Greek salad in a glass dressed with local extra virgin olive oil

Hot Canape Selection

Herb prawn spring roll with wasabi aioli

Spiced sun-dried tomato polenta cubes with parmesan fondue

5 spiced duck tartlets with apple chutney 

Fried shrimp and ginger wontons with nahm jim

Mozzarella & caramelised shallot tart with tomato jam

Puff pastry, stilton, walnut and pear turnovers

Porcini and parmesan risotto balls with saffron aioli

Prawn twisters with a sweet chilli sauce

Lamb koftas with mango chutney

Spiced tempura soft shell crab with chilli lime coriander dipping sauce

Mini beef burgers with wholegrain mustard mayonnaise

Choice of five dishes    17.00 per person
Each extra item                3.50 per person

Drink Accompaniments and Sweet Canape Selection

Gourmet Cheeseboard

Karikass Vintage Gouda – Loburn Nth Canterbury
Whitestone Windsor Blue – Oamaru – North Otago
Evansdale Brie - Waikouaiti, Otago
Brescia Taleggio (washed rind) – Italy
Served with a selection of water crackers and bread

80.00 per platter (approximately 10 people)

Antipasto Platter

Thyme roasted portabello mushrooms
Selection of cured and smoked European cold cuts
Selection of condiments - sun dried tomatoes, olives, capers, relishes
Char-grilled seasonal vegetables
Manuka smoked chicken
Cold smoked Akaroa salmon
Selection of European style breads with dips

80.00 per platter (approximately 10 people)

Seafood Platter

Oysters with cucumber lemon dressing
Shrimp Shot-tails
Selection of marinated & smoked mussels
Hot smoked salmon with caper, red onion & chive
Tuna Tataki

120.00 per platter (approximately 10 people)

Sweet Selection

French pastry selection
Rhubarb vanilla brûlée
Fruit salad & Grand-Marnier shots 

80.00 per platter (approximately 10 people)

Cocktail Packages

The cocktail packages are designed for those wishing to have drinks and nibbles either before a dinner or perhaps at the conclusion of a conference.
(Minimum number of 15 guests)

One Hour Package

New Zealand beers, Sparkling wine, House wines, fruit juice, soft drinks and mineral water

Two hot and two cold canapes - Chef's selection -

29.00 per person

Two Hour Package

New Zealand beers, Sparkling wine, House wines, fruit juice, soft drinks and mineral water

Three hot and three cold canapes - Chef's selection -

45.00 per person