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Autumn Menu

Stephen's Dégustation Menu

Degustation menu $85.00 food only or $120.00 including a 100ml tasting glass of each wine
Vegetarian menu $77.00 food only or $112.00 including a 100ml tasting glass of each wine

Appetiser
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Gin & Juniper cured Yarra Valley salmon with an avocado-crab salad
2005 Ladbroke Grove Riesling
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Pork belly braised in Chinese Masterstock with a seared scallop and black bean puree
2007 Portsea Estate 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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          Spiced duck breast on orange risotto with duck leg galette
2005 Toolangi Estate 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
2006 Patrick "Jessie" Botrytis Semillon
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Coffee or tea & petits fours

 

 A la carte menu

Two Courses $55.00 ($50.00 with Vegetarian Main Course)
Three Courses $69.00 ($64.00 with Vegetarian Main Course)
Minimum two courses

 

Entrées

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

Truffle scented cauliflower veloute with confit chicken and Taleggio crouton

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

Goats curd panna cotta with an asparagus and beetroot salad with truffled honey and walnut dressing

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

Pheasant and ham hock terrine with blackberry glaze, pickled blackberries and liver mouse cigar

 

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'

Spiced duck breast on orange risotto with a duck leg galette, glazed apple and balsamic jus

"Lasagne" of roasted vegetables gratinated with Taleggio cheese, served with pan fried gnocchi and tomato concassee

Gold band snapper fillet on Spanish seafood paella scented with saffron

Kangaroo fillet with sauteed sweet potato, Gorgonzola stuffed fig 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, raspberry sorbet and spiced rice paper

Tiramisu with white chocolate mousse, strawberry gelato and Amaretto olive oil

Buttermilk cream with Autumn fruits in Champagne syrup and hazelnut shortbread

Leawood honey souffle with lemon tart 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.

Ironstone Extra Mature - Drouin, Gippsland

This gouda style hard cooked cheese is made only from the biodynamic milk of the Piano Hill farm's herd of Friesian cows. After a minimum of 18 months maturation fine pasture flavours develop as well as sweet, nutty aftertaste.

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