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Winter Menu

Stephen's Dégustation Menu

Degustation menu $89.00 food only or $128.00 including a 100ml tasting glass of each wine
Vegetarian menu $82.00 food only or $117.00 including a 100ml tasting glass of each wine

Appetiser
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Gin & Juniper cured Yarra Valley salmon with an avocado-crab salad
2008 Eagle Vale Semillon Sauvignon blanc
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Pork belly braised in Chinese Masterstock with a seared scallop and black bean puree
2008 Spring Seed Wines Organic Chardonnay
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Black Angus scotch fillet with Guinness braised beef and potato colcannon
2005 Wild Duck Creek " The Blend"
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          Spice glazed duck breast with Khmer style duck and pumpkin curry and jasmine rice
2008 Bay of Apostles Pinot Noir
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Strzelecki blue chesse mousse with candied walnuts and black Sherry gel
Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximenez Sherry ( 45ml )
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Le Grand Dessert
2007 Chateau Gravas Sauternes
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Coffee or tea & petits fours

 

 A la carte menu

Two Courses $58.00 ($53.00 with Vegetarian Main Course)
Three Courses $72.00 ($67.00 with Vegetarian Main Course)
Minimum two courses

 

Entrées

Tandoori marinated boned quail with fried potato boureks, red onion marmalade and cucumber salad

Thick onion soup laced with Cognac and served with a bone marrow souffle

Crispy skin pork belly braised in Chinese Masterstock with seared scallops, black bean puree and chilli glaze

Salad of seared yellow fin tuna with poached veal fillet, nicoise vegetables and saffron mayonaise

Gin & Juniper cured Yarra Valley salmon with horseradisch mousse, gin jelly and avocado-crab salad

Roma tomato tart tatin baked in balsamic caramel, with a breen bean and Persian feta salad

 

Mains

Butter poached Glenloth free range chicken breast stuffed with a spring onion and roasted garlic farce, braised cos lettuce, sweetcorn puree and pumpkin-potato gateau

Medallion of Black Angus scotch fillet with Guinness braised beef, potato colcannon and 'mushy peas'

Spice glazed duck breast with Khmer style duck and pumpkin curry, roasted peanuts and jasmine rice

Ricotta and spinach filo pie with roasted carrot and thyme puree and mushroom gratin

Baked hapuku fillet with braised du puy lentils, Pinot poached egg and Pinot beurre blanc

Kangaroo fillet with sauteed sweet potato, braised Kangaroo tail, Gorgonzola baked quince and Chartreuse jus

Sides 

Hand cut chips with Murray River salt and chive sour cream $8.00
  Salad of rocket, blue cheese, walnuts and pear $8.00
Salad of roasted vegetables with spinach leaves, Persian Feta and pine nuts $8.00

 

Desserts

  Callebaut chocolate mousse with mandarin puree, espresso and cardamom icecream and spiced rice paper

               Coconut and pear friand with sticky date icecream and a cinnamon - date cigar

Raspberry creme brullee with a raspberry sorbet

Banana and hazelnut souffle with a banana and rum icecream

Le Grand Dessert for two: Featuring aspects of all our à la carte desserts
served on a platter to share

Two cheeses from our selection of finest Australian and International cheeses
served with quince paste, wine washed dried fruit and walnut bread
Extra cheeses $6.00 per 30g.

Isigny Brie - Normandy, France

This double cream brie cheese is made using both traditional and modern methods. Its soft centre has a mild creamy flavour.

Boer Piet Borenkaas - Holland

This gouda style hard cooked cheese is made only from Friesian cows. It is aged for 15 months and has developed a sweet, nutty flavour.

Strzelecki Blue – Gippsland Victoria

A goats milk blue mould cheese with a delicate, slightly sweet goat flavour and a soft texture interspersed with green blue mould

Mauri Taleggio - Pasturo Italy

Matured in micro climate of natural caves high in the alps, this washed rind cheese has a buttery, soft texture with slightly nutty and yeasty flavours.

 

“Coffea” coffee by Fabio Costa
“T2” tea: Chamomile, Mint, Sencha green tea, Earl Grey, English Breakfast
$4.00 per serve, Liqueur coffee $11.00; all served with our own petits fours

Please inform our waiting staff of any dietary requirements or food allergies

Please note that we endeavour to present our current menu, however we recommend that you do not rely on this information without firstly confirming it with us.

Mercer's Restaurant     732 Main Road, Eltham 3095     Phone/Fax: (03) 9431 1015

Dinner - Wednesday to Sunday    Lunch - Thursday, Friday & Sunday