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New Zealand Cuisine

New Zealand
Cuisine

A celebration of Aotearoa flavours, featuring local and native ingredients.

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Minimum order: Catering for 20 people, or 20 pieces per individual menu item.

$7.50 per item.

Seafood

Chilli, Lime & Wakame Fish Cakes
Kawakawa and fish sauce dressing

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Fresh Fish Crudo
Lime-marinated with horopito, sesame seeds and spring onion, served on a bamboo boat

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Kina & Kūmara Croquette
Golden-crusted horopito kūmara croquette, topped with delicate sea urchin & parengo

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Mussel & Parengo Fritters
Horopito seaweed aioli and lemon cheeks

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Chargrilled Prawn Skewers
Kawakawa & yuzu butter, with chilli dipping sauce

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Jumbo Oysters on the Half Shell
Champagne vinegar, shallots and lime — when available

 

Poultry

Muttonbird & Ti Toki Liqueur Pâté
Served on rēwena toasts with karengo garnish — in season

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Horopito & Honey Chicken Drums
Sesame seeds, spring onion and red pepper

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Chargrilled Chicken Skewers
Marinated in horopito, chilli & passionfruit

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Chicken & Kawakawa Cocktail Sandwiches
Celery, walnut, macadamia, fresh kawakawa and mayonnaise

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Duck Crêpes
Savoury crêpes filled with shredded duck, whipped goat’s cheese and horopito plum sauce

 

Vegetarian

Wild Green Frittatas
Pūhā, watercress, spinach, kamokamo and kawakawa, with vintage tasty & Hipi Iti cheese

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Red Onion & Horopito Tartlets
Red onion jam, horopito, East Coast honey, Hipi Iti cheese and capers

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Kūmara & Watercress Cakes
Feta and kūmara, panko-crumbed, with tamarillo & pikopiko chutney

Meat

Rare Venison Crostini
Rare venison on rēwena crostini, with whipped goat’s cheese & blackberry relish

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Kawakawa Beef Short Ribs
Tamarillo chutney

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Pork, Shrimp & Horopito Piripiri Balls
With pūhā

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New Zealand Spiced Lamb Sliders
Botanical-spiced lamb, Kikorangi blue cheese and Waha Wera kiwifruit & habanero hot sauce

 

Made for your occasion

Our menus are a guide to what Gisborne Good Food can offer.

Menu items and ingredients are subject to seasonal availability, and Wendy can work with you to create a selection to suit your occasion and guests.

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