Three-Course Dinner from À La Carte Autumn Menu for Two People

Entrees:

• Garlic Bread - home baked Rewana bread, homemade dip
• Soup of The Day - chef's daily choice comes with buttered bread 
• Grilled Kumara Rosti - walnut crusted haloumi, homemade tomato ketchup and watercress
• Homemade Spring rolls - stuffed with ostrich and ricotta, served on pickled orange with pomegranate syrup 
• Tasting Platter (counts as two entrees) - mini arancini, grilled prawn kebab, home-cured speck, sundried tomato, olives, caper berries, homemade dip, meatballs, caramelized red wine mushrooms and crostini 

Mains:

• Mushroom and Ricotta Samosas (V)  - homemade, served on a bed of marinated sprouts with pickled cucumbers, petit potato rosti and sour cream herb dip
• Vegetarian Schnitzel (V) - Golden crumbed vegetable patty, salad garnish with a creamy chardonnay sauce
• NZ Prime Steer Eye Fillet - wrapped in bacon, cooked to your liking, with bacon beans, deep-fried potatoes, mushroom sauce, garlic butter and kumara crisps
• Kowhai Farm Ostrich Steak - NZ farmed ostrich cooked medium rare, with wild cherry sauce, mustard mash, red cabbage and spiced pear
• Lamb Neck Fillet - Sous vide cooked in rosemary and mint jus served with kumara rosti pickled cucumber and sour cream herb dip
• Double Cooked Pork Belly - on mustard mash, sauerkraut, cider jus and topped with crackling, watercress and applesauce
• “Stony River Classic” John Dory - beer battered or grilled or golden crumbed, fries, homemade tartar sauce, tomato sauce and salad garnish
• “Kaihihi” Burger - beef patty, cheese, bacon, egg, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, chips, BBQ sauce, tomato sauce, aioli

Schnitzel Mains:

• Your choice of beef, pork, chicken or vegetarian with a side of peeled parsley potatoes or creamy flesh fries or homemade spaetzle
• Vienna Schnitzel - golden crumbed with jus 
• Parmigiana Schnitzel - golden crumbed, marinara sauce and topped with cheese
• Kaiser (Emperors) Schnitzel - golden crumbed with creamy caper, chardonnay sauce 
• Hunter Schnitzel - golden crumbed with creamy mushroom, bacon and onion sauce
• Cordon Bleu - golden crumbed stuffed with ham and cheese

Desserts:

• Rote Gruetze - cold berry soup with warm vanilla – brandy custard, Chantilly cream and blood orange sorbet
• Chocolate Marquise - rich chocolate mousse on a mud cake base finished with ganache and chocolate flakes, vanilla ice cream raspberry coulis
• Stony River “Classic Austrian” Apple Strudel - freshly baked to order with vanilla ice cream, Chantilly cream and strawberry compote 
• Homemade Chocolate Brownie (GF) - with vanilla ice and Chantilly cream
• Ice cream Sundae - Three scoops of vanilla ice cream with your choice of chocolate, berry or butterscotch topping
• "Belgian Waffle” Cheese Cake of the Day - Chef's daily choice with vanilla ice cream and Chantilly cream, served in a homemade Belgian waffle bowl 
• Kids Sundae - one scoop of vanilla ice cream with your choice of chocolate, berry or butterscotch topping, pink wafer compote

About Stony River Boutique Hotel:

Comfortably appointed in a charming, historic building in Okato, Stony River Boutique Hotel is the ideal place to stop for a bite to eat, or a place to stay, in Taranaki. Their menu is focused on perfectly executed classics, in particular note their authentic Austrian-style schnitzel - available in pork, beef and chicken variations every night. For a delicious dining experience without the bustle and rush of a big city restaurant, try Stony River.