Please contact us by email or by telephone (06 370 1930) to make a reservation.



Dinner and Lunch Menu

Welcome to The Countryman Restaurant & Wine Bar. Our motto is great food, wine and ambience finished off with great service. Should you have any dietary or allergy requirements please do not hesitate to ask your waiter to inform the Chef. We are here to serve you.

Click here for our extensive wine list or download our new Menu as a PDF (150kb) here

For summer 2009/2010 we are also providing a smaller a la carte menu and/or a 3 course set menu ($ 58.00), available for groups over 12 people. For groups of 20 or more we offer a buffet (lunch $ 32.00, dinner $58.00)

Enjoy!

Entrees:

Garlic Bread - $4.00
Home Baked Ciabatta Bread Loaf

Soup of the Day - $9.50
Chef’s Daily Special

Honey Glazed Cajun Chicken - $14.50 
On a Polenta & Ricotta Cake

Goat Feta Fritter with Scallops - $15.00
Tossed in a Garlic & Pesto Cream

Tiger Prawns - $15.00
Tossed in a creamy sweet Chilli Sauce set on a Nest of Taro Vermicelli

Pacific Oysters in a Taro Butter - $15.00
Set on a Spinach and Coconut Cream

Paua Parcel - $16.00
Set on a Tomato & Basil reduction

Venison Ravioli - $16.50
Topped with Sautéed Mushrooms

 

Desserts:

Apple Crumble Cake - $14.50
Served with either Cream or Ice Cream

Passion fruit Parfait - $14.50
Drizzled with a Vodka Cream

Crème Brûlee - $14.50
Paoched Kahlua Apple Slices

Marzipan & Date "Quiche" - $14.50
and Kahlua Ice Cream

Hot Raspberries - $14.50
With Vanilla Ice Cream

Chocolate Mousse - $14.50
Hazelnut & Rum Sabayon

Chef's Daily Special - $14.50
With Vanilla Ice Cream

Cheese Platter - $15.00 / $21.00
Selcetion of 3 or 5 NZ Cheeses served with Crackers & Grapes



Finishing Touches

Espresso Coffee - $4.00
Special Coffee - $10.00
Hot Chocolate - $4.00
Pot of Tea (Leaf) - $3.50

Dessert Wines (per bottle)

Palliser Chardonnay (2006)- $47.00
Johner Nobile Syrah (2008) $35.00
(The World’s only One)
Ata Rangi Kahu (2006)- $48.00

 

Mains:

All Mains served with Vegetables or Garden Fresh Salad

Vegetarian Delight - $28.50
Ask our friendly Service Staff for our daily special

Catch of the Day - $34.00
Topped with a Pesto & sun dried Tomato Crust served with Couscous & Ricotta Fritter

Sautéed Scallops - $34.00
Tosses in a creamy Garlic & Herb sauce served with smoked Paprika Fettuccini

Oven Baked Salmon Filet - $36.00
With a Prawn Mousse set on sautéed Spinach served with Potato Gratin

Tiger Prawn Gratin - $38.50
Whole Tiger Prawns tossed in Butter topped with a Lobster Bisque Sabayon

Paua Steak - $39.50
Set on a spicy Coconut sauce served with Taro Vermicelli

Oven Baked Chicken Breast - $32.50
Stuffed with a Brie & Kumara Mousse served with Maccaire Potato

Oven Baked Lamb Rump - $34.00
Stuffed with Prosciutto & Goat Cheese served with a Mushroom Risotto

Oven Baked Veal Rack - $39.50
Topped with a Mushroom Medley served with Almond Croquettes

Seared Venison Loin - $39.50
Drizzled with a Cassis Glace served with a Potato & Mushroom Parcel

Prime Angus & Prawns - $38.50
Topped with Cajun Prawns served with Potato Gratin

Prime Angus Mushroom - $38.50
Topped with a Balsamic & Mushroom Glaze served with a Parsnip & Spinach Crêpe

Port

Taylors Ruby or Tawny -$8.50

Cognacs

Courvoisier or Hennessy VS - $12.00
Hennessy VSOP - $16.00

The Countryman Restaurant : Open Monday-Saturday from 11.30am - 2pm and from 5.30pm for dinner (last orders 9pm).
Kuripuni Village, Masterton, Wairarapa : Phone 06 370 1930 : Email: thecountryman@xtra.co.nz