Saffron Restaurant

Name: Saffron Restaurant
Address: 18 Buckingham St, 9302, 9302
Telephone: 03 442 0131

Our constantly changing menu’s reflect the extraordinary seasonality of Arrowtown

18 Buckingham St, West Coast NZ, 9302, NZ

• Monday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •Tuesday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •Wednesday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •Thursday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •Friday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •Saturday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •Sunday: 12:00PM-3:00PM, 6:00PM-10:00PM •

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Cuisine: European
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Reservations: Yes
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Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Seating: Indoor, Outdoor
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Entrees

Vietnamese rolls of crisp fried mutton bird 27.50

With asian salad, miso aioli & sesame dipping sauce, pickled cucumber.

Prawn & water chestnut dumplings, duck and ginger consommé. 24.50

Salad of free range canterbury pork 24.50

Marinated in coconut & palm sugar, asian greens, sticky rice, peanut chili caramel dressing.

Confit of bendigo rabbit 28.50

With prunes, agria potato gnocchi, toasted pinenuts & sous vide rhubarb.

“Bellota” jamon iberico 28.50

Organically grown, free range from Spain, sliced to order, with pickled veg, machengo & quince paste.

Wakanui grain fed beef “tartare” 29.50

With truffled free range egg

Spicy lentil, tomato & coconut soup 18.50

With chargrilled flatbread & yoghurt riata.

Sustainably farmed sturgeon caviar

With blinis and other classical accompaniments. (P.O.A)

Mains

Southland lamb rump 39.50

Rose petal cous cous, orange confit, crisp pancetta, date compote and a lamb shoulder ‘cigar’.

Stewart island blue cod 39.50

Paua ravioli, cauliflower puree, pear and fennel salad

Slow cooked wild boar 39.50

Omemade black pudding, double smoked bacon, baked in puff pastry, black currant jus.

Chargrilled “wakanui” beef eye fillet 48.50

Grain fed from the canterbury plains, with smoked brisket, parsnip puree candied onion & cranberry tart tartin.

Cassoulet 39.50

Our winter classic, braised duck, lamb shoulder, cured meats, pork belly, haricot beans, cooked slowly with tomato & riesling.

Trio of curries 46.00

Red duck & pineapple curry, green curry of prawn & lemon grass, massaman curry of Southland lamb with potato & peanut, served with condiments, steamed jasmine rice.

Rump of Southland lamb 39.50

With honeyed roasted celeriac, rosemary bread & butter pudding.

Sides

Stir fry broccolini 9.50

Shitake mushrooms 9.50

Ginger & oyster sauce 9.50

Baby cos leaves 9.50

Garlic croutons 9.50

Lemon confit dressing 9.50

Creamed spinach 9.50

Nutmeg & crème fraiche 9.50

Duck fat potatoes 9.50

Lunch

Saffron’s nasi goreng. 26.50

Green lip mussels 22.00

With white wine & lemongrass.

Navarin of Southland lamb shoulder 26.50

With shallots & port wine, served with jasmine rice.

Grilled stewart island blue cod 28.50

With preserved lemon risotto & broccoli leaves

Salad of crisp fried pork & chargrilled squid 18.50

With yellow soy bean dressing

Chargrilled Southland hereford rump 29.50

With sautéed potatoes, steamed green veg, mushroom & thyme jus

Confit of pork belly 24.50

With chargrilled pear, honeyed parsnips.

Thai red curry of beef 24.50

With pineapple, thai basil, kaffir lime leaf, cashew nuts and jasmine rice.

Our delicious soup of the day with fresh bread. 18.50

Stir fry of winter greens 28.50

Prawns, tofu, cashew nuts and oyster sauce.

Saffron’s salad of green leaves 15.50

Pear, nuts and shaved parmesan with a herb vinaigrette.

("Children's menu available ")

Dessert menu

Laphroaig, single malt crème brulée 16.50

With monte cristo tobacco biscotti.

Deep fried walnut & praline ice cream, lemon cream. 16.50

Kaffir lime panna cotta with mango, lime salsa. 16.50

Jilly's warm chocolate cake 15.50

Served with vanilla bean ice cream and raspberry coulis.

Goat's cheese sorbet 16.50

With dates poached in amaretto.

Trio of fresh fruit sorbets. 14.50

A selection of cheeses

Le delice de bourgogne, triple cream french brie.

A portion - 22.50

'Saint agur' - a french cheese from normandy triple cream, soft mild blue.

A portion - 22.50

Neudorf richmond red - a hard nz sheep's cheese

A portion - 22.50

Redwood dairy gouda - A NZ goat's cheese.

A portion - 22.50

(Served with a trio of quince's- roasted, sorbet and paste, water & oatmeal crackers.)