Pātaka Kai

HĀNGĪ BUFFET LUNCH MENU

SOUP
Corn and watercress soup
Rēwena breads

SALADS / HUAMATA
Make your own salad bar:
Mixed lettuce greens, red onion, cucumber, tomato, and condiments V
Cauliflower and curry cold salad V
Tossed penne pasta salad with sundried tomato, basil pesto & olive V
Mānuka smoked bacon caesar salad with rēwena croutons
Cabbage, carrot, and watercress coleslaw
Whole cooked prawns on ice

MAIN COURSE
Carvery – Mānuka smoked ham
Hāngī chicken with rēwena bread stuffing
Hāngī minted lamb with gravy
Garlic and watercress potato bake V
Pork rib boil up with kūmara, cabbage, watercress and potato
Vegetarian fried noodles with cabbage and watercress V
Tofu and vegetable coconut curry with steamed rice V, GF, DF
Pātaka Kai buttermilk fried chicken

DESSERTS / PURINI
Steamed pudding
Hot vanilla custard and whipped cream
New Zealand pavlova with whipped cream and seasonal fruit
Chocolate mousse
Chocolate cream puff profiteroles
Fresh seasonal fruit salad

Tea & Coffee available

 GF – Gluten Free / V – Vegetarian / DF – Dairy Free

HĀNGĪ BUFFET DINNER MENU

STARTERS / KAI ŌKĀKĀ
Kūmara watercress and sweet corn soup V, GF, DF
Fresh baked rēwena bread and fried bread

SALADS / HUAMATA
Smoked karengo caesar salad with maple bacon, boiled eggs ad tossed with fresh cos lettuce and rēwena croutons
Roast vegetables with maple balsamic, roasted sesame and ground horopito V, GF, DF
Cabbage, watercress and carrot coleslawV, GF
Penne pasta salad tossed with sundried tomatoes, olives and pesto V
Mixed lettuce, red onion, cucumber, tomato and condiments V, GF, DF
Chargrilled cauliflower and baby spinach salad V, GF, DF
Shrimp coriander salad with sweet chilli dressing GF, DF
Chilled whole prawns
Marinated raw fish with cucumber, red onion, fresh lemon and coconut cream GF, DF
Chilled oysters

 BUFFET / KAI KŌHERI
Mānuka smoked ham, kawakawa brown sugar glaze GF
Hāngī chicken/ Hāngī lamb GF
Rēwena bread stuffing
Hāngī pumpkin and kūmara GF, DF, V
Braised sticky pork ribs GF, DF
Wild New Zealand venison with merlot caramelised baby carrots and onion GF, DF
Garlic and watercress potato bake V, GF
Creamed kanga with parmesan horopito and smoked sea salt V, GF
Vegetarian stir fried noodles with cabbage and watercress V
Steamed basmati rice V, GF, DF
Tofu vegetable coconut curry V, GF, DF
Steamed half shell mussels in a creamy sauce
Mānuka smoked king salmon DF, GF

DESSERT / PURINI
Fruit salad GF, DF
Steamed pudding
Hot vanilla custard
Chocolate mousse GF
New Zealand ice cream GF
Blackberry and kawakawa compote GF, DF
Pavlova with whipped cream and seasonal fruits GF
Chocolate covered cream puffs
Crème Brûlée

Tea & Coffee available

 GF – Gluten Free / V – Vegetarian / DF – Dairy Free

CHRISTMAS LUNCH BUFFET 2024

APPETISERS
Rēwena fried bread / Sundried tomato cheese
Watercress pesto / Karengo seaweed butter
Seafood chowder
Corn and watercress soup (GF & Vegan)

SEAFOOD
Chilled oysters and prawns with lemon (GF)
Fresh yellowfin tuna sashimi ahi poke bowls (GF)
Ika mata ceviche (GF/DF)
Shrimp salad with creamy cocktail dressing (GF)
Polynesian-style garlic and watercress prawn green lip mussels in thick buttery sauce

SALADS
Christmas turkey salad – cranberry, apricots and glazed walnut (GF)
Ingo salad – rice noodle courgette, shredded carrot, red cabbage, mint, coriander, kawakawa with a spicy cashew sauce (Vegan)
Poke sweet potato, pumpkin and coconut cream (Vegan)
Moemoe salad – eggs, baby spinach, onion, watercress, mustard and mayonnaise (V/GF)
Kamokamo spiced eggplant salad with pumpkin pesto  (Vegan/GF)
Coleslaw with spicy horopito dressing

MAINS
Carvery  – Mānuka smoked ham with kawakawa maple glaze. (GF)
Smoker Barrel Station  – Spicy bratwurst braised red cabbage
– House-smoked salmon with brown sugar and chili glaze (GF/DF)
Asian Dumpling Station
– Pork and prawn
– Water-chestnut dumpling with sweet chilli and puha dipping sauce (Vegan)

HOT DISHES
Grilled lamb cutlet with merlot caramelised onion gravy (GF/DF)
Twice-cooked sticky glazed pork ribs with Asian greens (GF/DF)
Garlic and watercress potato bake (V)
Butter chicken and steamed basmati rice (GF)
Huli-Huli chicken glazed with soy and caramelised pineapple (GF/DF)
Thai green curry tofu and char-grilled vegetables (Vegan)
Vegetarian fried rice noodles (Vegan)

CHILDREN’S BUFFET
Mac and cheese with bacon and parmesan crumb
Buttermilk fried chicken
Belgian waffles with toppings (maple, chocolate fudge, peanut butter and jelly)
Fish bites and fries

DESSERTS
Aitutaki snowball
Haupia coconut pudding (Vegan)
NZ sea chicory sweet milk custard panna cotta (GF)
Gingernut pavlova with black doris plum compote
Caramelised kūmara brulee
Fresh fruit salad (Vegan)
Hokey pokey ice-cream
Steam box pudding with banana coconut custard
Chia seed coconut pudding with fresh summer berries (Vegan)
Chocolate-dipped cream puffs
A selection of NZ cheeses

Tea & Coffee available

 GF – Gluten Free / V – Vegetarian / DF – Dairy Free