On arrival (approximately 10am)

• Croissants with tomato, ham and cheese, or
• Scones with home-style jam and fresh cream

Lunchtime – buffet style

• Beef fillet, served warm with Baps and sour-dough bread
  Lime and Coriander Aioli
  Home-made Red Onion Jam
• Triple Green Salad of butter crunch and Iceberg lettuces
  with peas and shelled broad beans,
  with fresh lemon and honey dressing

Options

• Fresh Green-lipped Mussels served half in the shell
• Carrot and Seed Salad
• Egg, mushroom and ricotta flat served with homemade Tomato Chutney

Afternoon Tea/Entree

• Triple Chocolate Brownie (always a favorite)
• Home-made shortbread
• Fresh fruit platter
• Cheeses, a mixture of fresh NZ, served with crackers

Substantial Afternoon Tea “For the Boys”

(recommended for fishing days – a great accompaniment to a few beers)

• Home-made mini Sausage Rolls
• Crisps and Dips
• Corn Chips and Tomato Salsa
• Chocolate Brownie

(suitable for corporate, family or fishing groups)

On arrival

• An assortment of home-made dips with crackers

  Buffet Dinner

• Beef Fillet, oven roasted served with home-made Onion Jam
• Fresh NZ Salmon, side of, oven roasted
• Mussels in the half Shell
• Green Salad

Dessert

• Pear, ginger and Almond Flan served with fresh Mascarpone
• Fresh Fruit Platter
• Cheeses, a mixture of fresh NZ, served with crackers

• Crayfish, barbequed with Garlic and/or Lemon Butter, or
• Prawns barbequed with lemon-infused olive oil, served on skewers with fresh Rock Melon
• French Merguez Sausages
• Beef Fillet, oven roasted served with home-made Onion Jam
  Served with Salad, Fresh breads and home-made Aioli

A lot of our dishes include GINGER which is a natural, a very effective, tummy settler.

We can cater to individual dietary requirements, personal tastes and budgets.

Cold

• Home-made Granola or Muesli, served with Fresh Fruit and Greek Style Yoghurt, or
• Toast, “Vogels” (a delicious seeded wholegrain) or Sourdough Bread,
  served with Jams and Organic Clover and Rewa Rewa Honey
• “Bircher” Swiss Soaked Muesli, of whole oats, mixed with grated Pacific Rose Apple, Greek or Low Fat Yoghurt, Seeds and (optional) Protein Powder

Cooked

• Eggs many ways including:
• Jules’s Omelette served with Crumbled Feta, Pesto and Grated Parmesan
• Creamy Scrambled Eggs served with Farmed New Zealand Bacon or NZ Smoked Salmon
• Simple Boiled Free-Range eggs, served with Vogel’s or Sourdough Toast, Marmite and/or Butter

All served with Toast, “Vogel’s” (a delicious seeded wholegrain) or Sourdough Bread, served with Jams and Organic Clover and Rewa Rewa Honey

• Mike’s Beer Batter Pancakes served with
  - Organic Maple Syrup
  - Lemon and Brown Sugar
  - Greek Yoghurt and Fruit
  - Farmed NZ Bacon

Can be arranged. Options include

• Bundaberg Ginger Beer – great for tummies at sea. Light/diet version also available
• Tonic Water
• Coca-cola (standard)
• Phoenix Organic Coca-cola or Feijoa
• Charlie’s Orange Juice or Apple Juice

• Hand-made pizette with a tomato base, and a variety of fillings, including Chorizo, Roast Capsicum, Parmesan, Feta Cheese, Black Olives, Red Onion. Anchovy optional
• BLAT Home farmed NZ bacon, vine tomatoes and Butter-Crunch Lettuce served in baps or Sourdough bread with Aioli
• BEEF FILLET AND BAPS Beef fillet, oven roasted, with Butter Crunch Lettuce and Aioli, served in Baps

(A Minkhorst family favorite, picnic style, was taken in the family “tinny” out on the Firth of Thames)

• Cold Roast Chicken, shredded, served in Baps or with Sourdough Bread, accompanied by
• Annie’s Egg and Celery Salad, and Butter Crunch Lettuce.
• Followed by “Jelly Tip” Ice Creams

Winter Braise

• Lamb shanks, slow roasted with olives and anchovy (optional), served with Crushed Potatoes
• Seasonal vegetables or salad
• Apple and seasonal Fruit Crumble, baked and served hot, with Thickened Cream

Sunday Roast (eaten any day)

• Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb, Moroccan Spiced, Served with Yoghurt Cheese
• Baked Risotto or Oven-baked Spiced Potatoes
• Green Beans with Sesame
• Self-saucing Chocolate and Prune Pudding served with Thickened Cream

Spiced Middle Eastern Chicken

• Chicken Thigh, farm raised, boned and skinned, cooked in a Tomato Spiced base and Black Olives, served with Seasonal Salad
• Carrot and Seed Salad
• Rice, oven baked Pilaf or Risotto

• Scallops Fresh out of the dive bag, sautéed with Butter, White Wine and Garlic
• Hapuku, oven-roasted with Tomato, Olives and White Wine Served with Baked, herbed and seasonal Potatoes and Orange Kumara chunks
• Seasonal Salad or Vegetables

FISH OF THE DAY

• Fresh Snapper, John Dory or whatever fare has been caught from the sea Served with Baked, herbed and seasonal Potatoes and Orange Kumara Chunks
• Seasonal Salad or Vegetables