Cuisine

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Enjoy delicious food at Birds Ferry Lodge & Ferry Man's Cottage!

Our guests enjoy West Coast Bed and Breakfast accommodation with the added bonus of a highly rated Dinner experience. There is no need to drive for your dinner here. On arrival park up the car for the night and relax...

Choose fine wines from our hand selected wine list which are included in our Lodge Dinner tariff. View our wine list by clicking here.

Dinner at Birds Ferry Lodge is $90pp including a half bottle of quality wine which you select from our wine list.

Lodge Dinners : "Trust the Chef, three courses" but if you have a preference please let us know in plenty of time and we will try to oblige. All items mentioned below are subject to availability so early selection is advised so that we can source the produce for your meal. Dinner reservations essential to avoid disappointment - if we don’t have a dinner booking the kitchen staff have the night off!

Birds Ferry Lodge dinner menu

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To Start

Hot Smoked Salmon Gougere, made with Stewart Island Salmon

A tart of home-grown golden globe beets with soft goats cheese in a thyme pastry shell

Totara River Whitebait in a light soufflé served piping hot from the oven

Traditional French Onion Soup and Gruyere Crouton

Main

Grilled West Coast wild caught Turbot Fillets

Sautéed West Coast Turbot Fillet With roast carrot, parsnip and aubergine salad and orange and cumin vinaigrette

Pork Fillet on Pumpkin and Chorizo Couscous with Tomato Jam

Dessert

Chocolate Crème Brulee, Cherry Parfait and Fresh Cherry Compote

Fresh Lemon Gelato made with our own lemons served in a Tuille Basket

Tamarillo Pavlova Baskets

Home-grown Pears with Butterscotch Sauce & Homemade Vanilla Ice cream

Wine List

Click here to view our wine list.

Birds Ferry Lodge Breakfast Menu

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Freshly made Fruit Smoothies (GF)
You choose and we make up to order: LSA, soy milk or cows milk, berries, banana, local honey, homemade yogurt .

Rolled Oat Porridge:
Served with mixed berries or caramelized Banana and Manuka Honey

Date and LSA Porridge served with sliced banana, greek yogurt or milk

Big Breakfast Stack:
Grilled bacon, Portobello Mushrooms, Tomato and Spinach on a toasted English Muffin Our bacon is smoked by our butcher in Runanga – nothing added.

Pan cooked herby mushrooms on toast with poached egg
 
Grilled Portobello Mushrooms and oven roasted tomatoes.(GF)

Raisin Toast – A Kiwi favorite spread with soft butter.

Tropical Bircher Museli – this needs time, so please order the night before.

Free Range Eggs are collected daily from our very happy hens - delicious. They are particularly good simply boiled and served with buttered toast soldiers.
Our Eggs are also available fried, poached, in an omelette or scrambled

Freshly Baked Muffins of the Moment – Please order these the evening before and discuss fillings with Alison! Can be GF on request

 

Ferry Man's Cottage dinner menu

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Guests staying in Ferry Man's Cottage are able to book a “Cottage Dinner”. This is a two course, quality home-style meal delivered to the cottage. We use locally sourced produce including our own fresh vegetables. The dinner is $45pp.When more than 2 guests order a cottage dinner this rate is reduced to $35pp. 

Cottage Dinners = "Trust the Chef" but if you have a preference please let us know in plenty of time and we will try to oblige.

 All items are subject to availability so the earlier you make your selection the better so that we can source the produce for your meal.

Here follows some examples of Cottage Dinner menu items:

Cottage Dinner Mains

Braised Lamb Shanks cooked with red wine, fresh rosemary and creamy mash.

Baked Moroccan Chicken with Pumpkin and Rice

Navarin of Lamb Chops with fresh vegetables and herbs

Homemade fish pie with puff pastry or potato top (you decide) Contains sardines, turbot, mussels, tuna. (You decide!)

Lamb Rogan Josh

Wine Braised Beef with Herby Dumplings

Lancashire hotpot

Thai Chicken Pie

Scandinavian Pork Meatballs with Sour Cream and Herbs

 

Cottage Dinner Dessert

Apple & Tamarillo Crumble with Coconut Macadamia and Oat Topping

Banana and Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding

Dutch Apple Tart and Homemade Ice cream

Pumpkin Streusel Cheesecake

Sticky Lime and Passion fruit Delicious

Lemon Delicious Pudding

 

Wine List

Click here to view our wine list.