The Sugar Club

Dinner

Choose a number of small dishes from the menu – rather like a mini degustation, but one you create yourself. Peter has designed the menu to encourage you to order, and taste, a wider range of flavours and ingredients than you might otherwise experience in one meal. He recommends that you select three or four small savoury dishes and, to round off your meal. a delicious dessert.

Small plates

Roast Pumpkin and Tomato Soup
pumpkin seed oil, sage, black garlic, cumin bread sticks
 
Coconut Laksa
green tea noodles, smoked kahawai, salmon caviar, fish dumpling
 
Kumara Miso Tortellini
pickled beetroot, toasted karengo, mustard fruits
 
Spiny Crayfish and Otago Saffron Linguine
pinenuts, aged parmigiano reggiano
 
Seared Pacific Tuna
prawn consommé, apple ‘sponge’, cucumber, nam jim dressing, 
coriander, quinoa
 
Juniper Cured Venison
golden beetroot, apples, goji berries, hazelnuts, sherry vinegar jelly
 
Grilled Whangamata Scallops
cauliflower, macadamia shrimp sambal
 
Ibari Pocket Tempura 
dahl, ginger roast pumpkin, green beans, minted quince yoghurt
 
Wild Paua
8-hour slow cooked, smoked mash, creamed paua on toast, capers

Day-Boat Fish 
clams, coconut, tofu, ginger carrots, kale, aromatic curry paste
 
Crispy Pork Belly
solomon’s gold and pepita mole, tamarillo, tamarind caramel, 
cabbage
 
Merino Silere Alpine Lamb Rack
puffed rice, almonds, chickpea potato curry
 
Pekin Duck
chilli jam, squid dumplings, cashews, mango, bok choy, 
lemongrass coconut dressing
 
Beef Pesto
Peter Gordon’s Sugar Club classic, circa 1987 

Sides 

Mixed Leaves, Cherry Tomatoes, Red Onion
 
Beans, Macadamia Nuts, Mustard Dressing
 
Watermelon, Feta, Basil, Lemon Oil, 
Pumpkin Seeds
 
Kumara Miso Mash
 
Duck Fat Roasties

Dessert 

Biscuits And Chocolates 

New Zealand Cheeses
oatcakes, walnut bread – fig whiskey chutney, celery, 
poached tamarillo, blackcurrant jelly
 
Mochi Matcha Lychee 
vanilla semifreddo, mandarin, grapefruit, black doris plum, cassava
doughnuts
 
Dark Chocolate And Caramel Gateaux
cocoa bubbles, orange sorbet, burnt orange powder, candied
oranges
 
Snow Beauty Baba
nigori sake, caramelised winter nelis, passionfruit, 
opaline, vanilla mascarpone
 
Kaffir Lime Custard Tart
candied quince, pineapple, coconut
 
Feijoa Cheesecake
feijoa sorbet, shortbread, meringues, blackberry compote, apple
 
Sorbet Terrine And Ice Cream Selection 
seasonal fruits, cointreau orange tuile