The Woodbox Menu

We change our menu seasonally, we showcase organic & free range produce wherever possible. Our philosophy behind the dishes is simply to use the best ingredients available, never crowding the palate or the plate, let the ingredients speak for themselves with little interference or trendy techniques, honest & wholesome food presented with flair & passion for our craft.

Matt Cooper,
Chef/Owner

(NB; menus & pricing are subject to change without notice & vary depending on seasonal availability.

Lunch (from 11 am Sat/Sun)

• Warm salad of char siu roasted pork belly, salt & pepper fried squid, pickled shitake mushroom, wong bok & cucumber salad, chilli caramel (gf) $24.00
• Wood oven roasted free range boneless chicken leg & thigh wrapped in pancetta (boneless) charred asparagus, shaved pecorino, young cos, crispy poached egg, truffle mayo $26.00
• Pan fried potato & globe artichoke gnocci, tellegio mornay, petite panzanella salad, walnut & brown butter emulsion (v) $29.00

Woodfired Gourmet Pizza

• Flame grilled chicken thigh, crispy pancetta, baby cos lettuce, parmesan, salsa verde' $24.00
• Italian salami pamplona chorizzo w hand pulled mozzarella, green olive tapenade, & finished w tomato oil & grated pecorino $24.00
• Smoked salmon, coriander & caper pesto, chilli salt & pepper fried kumara, avocado relish, shallots & rocket $26.00
• Wood oven roasted garlic & sea salt pizza bread w green herb pesto dipper $12.00
• Margherita - Tomato, mozzarella, basil (v) $18.00
• Roman - Roast potato, rosemary & confit garlic w chive creme fraiche (v) $18.00

Tapas & small plates

• Duck liver pate,fig, orange, pedro ximenez, toasted ciabatta $ 8.50
• Wild rabbit & free range pork terrine, peas,watercress & pickled onions $18.00
• Goats cheese, walnut & roast apple filo cigars w honey & elderflower (v) $14.50
• Flame grilled capsicum & haloumi fritters, savoy & fennel slaw, gazpacho dressing(v) $ 9.50
• Tempura fried gurnard bocadillos, wasabi tartare $11.00
• Crispy prawn dumplings, chickpea batter, iceberg & thousand island remoulade $14.00
• Sesame crumbed lamb sweetbreads, green beans, fried capers & cauliflower cream $12.50
• Pork belly croutons, panko, black pudding, caramelised onion mayo $14.00
• Rosemary salted breadsticks, roast garlic & white bean puree, lemon oil (v) $11.50

Evening/ Main courses - Daily from 5.30pm

Pan fried potato & globe artichoke gnocchi, tellegio mornay, petite panzanella salad, walnut & brown butter emulsion (V) $28.00

With boneless free range chicken leg $35.00

Chefs creation from the sea (changes daily according to supply) $ market value

Hereford prime locally farmed scotch fillet, cooked on the chargrill w wasabi butter, oyster slider, tempura battered fries, pancetta & soy beans $37.00

Parmesan & herb crumbed free range pork cutlet & slow roast belly, colcannon mash & cider baked apple $33.00

Dessert

 

• Chocolate fondant served w flovours of liquorice, orange & mandarin
• $16.50
• Chilled malibu & lime souffle' wa kafir lime caramel, organic mango ice cream & coconut crumbs
• $14.00
• Summer fruit trifle, vanilla sponge, panacotta creme fraiche, cardamon jelly & yoghurt foam
• $15.00

Cheese

• all cheeses will be served at 80grams with fig jam, falwasser crackers & crostini
• 1 cheese
• $14.50
• 2 cheese
• $19.50

Smaller peoples menu (kids)

• ham & pineapple mini pizza
• $8.0
• crispy coated chicken breast strips w fries & salad
• $12.50
• mini lamb burgers (2) lettuce, tomato, melted cheese w fries & ketchup
• $12.00
• ham & cheese toastie with green stuff & Woodbox mayo
• $8.00
• ice-cream sundae
• $5.50

Wine (See simple wine glossary at bottom)

• Champagne & Bubbles

• Dibon Brut Reserve
• $9.50 $46.00
• Piper Heidsieck Brut 375ml Champagne
• $26.00 $74.00
• Piper Heidsieck Brut 750ml Champagne
• $145.00
• Louis Roederer
• $195.00

• Sauvignon Blanc

• Mystery Creek Marlborough
• $9.00 $39.00
• Lake Chalice Raptor Sauvignon Blanc
• $56.00
• Dog Point
• $48.00

• Riesling

• Mystery Creek Waikato
• $9.00 $39.00
• Spy Valley
• $44.00
• Vavsour
• $51.00

• Other Aromatics

• Mystery Creek Rose
• $39.00
• Marc Bredif Vouvray
• $66.00
• Greenhough Nelson Gewurtztraminer
• $44.00
• Mystery Creek Reserve Vioginer
• $59.00

• Pinot Gris

• Mystery Creek
• $9.00$39.00
• Lake Chalice Eyrie Vineyard Pinot Gris
• $42.00
• Aurum Central Otago Pinot Gris
• $46.00
• Kahurangi Estate Nelson Pinot Gris
• $44.00
• Kemeu River Pinot Gris
• $56.00

• Chardonnay

• Mystery Creek 2009 Chardonnay
• $9.00 $39.00
• Mystery Creek 2008 Reserve Gold Medal Chardonnay
• $15.00 $59.00
• Matawhero
• $54.00
• Lake Chalice Raptor Chardonnay
• $56.00
• John Forest Collection
• $68.00
• Jules Taylor
• $44.00
• Palliser Estate Martinborough Chardonnay
• $86.00

• Pinot Noir & Friends

• Mystery Creek Waikato Pinot Noir
• $12.00 $44.00
• Quartz Reef Pinot Noir
• $88.00
• Gladstone 12,000 Miles
• $52.00
• Urlar Pinot Noir
• $62.00
• Aurum
• $56.00
• Mt Difficulty
• $98.00
• Felton Road Calvert
• $125.00
• Waitiri Creek Drummer
• $58.00
• Ata Rangi
• $140.00

• Syrah/Shiraz

• Mystery Creek Syrah
• $9.00 $39.00
• Saltram Mamre Brook Shiraz
• $48.00
• Lake Chalice Syrah
• $48.00
• Grant Burge Barossa Shiraz
• $52.00
• Wynns 'Michael' Coonawarra Shiraz
• $182.00
• D'arenberg Shiraz Viognier
• $66.00
• Mystery Creek Gold Medal Waikato Reserve Syrah
• $80.00

• Cabernet & Friends

• Mystery Creek Woodshed Cabernet/Merlot/Cabernet Franc
• $9.00 $39.00
• Te Mata 'Woodthorpe Vineyard' Cabernet Merlot
• $48.00
• Te Awa Leftfield Merlot
• $48.00
• Man O War Merlot/ Malbec/ Cabernet Franc
• $60.00
• Bird in Hand Merlot
• $58.00
• Mystery Creek Obsession Cabernet Franc/ Merlot/ Malbec
• $75.00
• Rymill Cabernet Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cabernet Franc
• $76.00

• Dessert Wines 375ml (100ml glass)

• Lake Hayes Noble
• $9.50 $48.00
• Jules Taylor Late Harvest Sauvignon
• $62.00

• Fortified Wines 750ml (100ml glass)

• Bookmark Reserve Tawny Port
• $9.50 $54.00
• Lustau Pedro Ximinez San Emilio Sherry
• $14.50 $62.00
• De Bortoli Old Boys 21 Year Old Port
• $12.50 $84.00

Beer and other Beverages

• Bottled & Tap Beers

• Peroni on Tap
• $8.90
• Heineken, Steinlager Pure,Amstel Light,Corona, Montieths Radler and Cider, Speights
• $8.0

• Juices

• Orange/Apple/Pineapple/Feijoa/Cranberry/Tomato
• $4.60

Simple Wine Glossary

• Champagne &Bubbles Essentially sparkling wine from a certain region. Champagne - the traditional home on the edge of Paris. Only wine from this area may be called Champagne. Wine made in the same way from other regions adopt their own name. Italy and Spain have their own style of sparkling, generally much sweeter, Asti and Cava respectably. In NZ and Australia we generally follow the french style and make Methode Traditionnelle.
• Sauvignon Blanc This is NZ's greatest wine export, producing zesty and explosively pungent wines. Most typically from Marlborough. Other regions, older wines and different styles, like slightly oaked versions are better suited to food and have a rounder more fuller palate.
• Pinot Gris The mover and shaker in the domestic wine scene. Light, florally and almost always easily approachable, traditionally (Alsace) big, perfumed and alcoholic, the local style is far more restrained.
• Chardonnay Ranging from no oak and low alcohol (12%) to fully oak fermented and aged, 100% Malo and 14%, big luscious and buttery, Chardonnay is the Lord of the white wines. Originating in Chablis with some of the worlds best examples, - a food lovers wine. A bigger rounder palate than any of the aromatics.
• Riesling Traditionally Germanic from the edges of the River Rhine, at its best acidic, fruity and alcoholic. More recently Riesling or dry Riesling, differing very very little as a variety a sweet punchy style not suited to those who want a "Dry" wine.
• Aromatics All the western staple white wines could fall into this bracket other than Chardonnay. Exactly as it says, highly aromatic and approachable, usually heavily fruit driven, medium to sweet and stunning with salads, rich jus and desserts. Typically Viognier, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Riesling, a very Germanic style of wine, although not all originating from there.
• Cabernet & friends Essentially varieties that can be grown in Bordeaux (Fr), Cabernet, Merlot, Franc, Malbec etc. Big dark and robust with a strong balance of fruit and alcohol. Plums, raspberries and leather.
• Pinot Noir Burgundy's famous red. Savoury, rich and ripe without the blockbusting tannins of Cabernets and Syrah. A perfect match with Game foods and red meats, equally approachable with lighter meals.
• Syrah & Friends Syrah & Shiraz (Australia) are the same variety but a great example of what the different terroir of climate may do to the same fruit. Rich, luscious, jammy and alcoholic ranging to more subtle and savoury characters in NZ and France (Rhone).
• Dessert Wines Fruit that is one way or another dehydrated to some degree leaving very little moisture and intense concentrated sugars. Fermented and bottled leaving incredibly rich, sweet and viscous wines that work equally well with cheese and dessert. At their best (Ch d Y'quem) & Mystery Creek Obsession, are like drinking nectar.
• Fortified Wines Most famously Port (Portugal) & Sherry (Jerez, Spain) big sweet and alcoholic, anywhere upwards of 18% Alc and age is almost undefined, a perfect after dinner sip. Advisory to consume sensibly.

• Assume all spirits are available and a cocktail list is at the bar and available on request. Served as doubles.
• Please note, menus and pricing are subject to change without notice and vary depending on seasonal availability.

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