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 palette 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 Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun)

• warm salad of char siu roasted pork belly, coconut crusted prawns, charred pineapple & vietnamese mint salad & chilli caramel
• $26.50
• rolling hills free range slow roast chicken leg & thigh zucchini fritters, chickpea puree, pinenut dukkah & a beetroot and feta whip
• $19.50
• locally farmed duck leg braised in master stock w pickled shitake mushrooms,fennel puree, medjool dates & fig vincotto
• $28.00
• chargrilled eggplant & crumbed haloumi salad, w slow roast tomatoes, israeli cous-cous & basil oil
• $18.50

Woodfired Gourmet Pizza

• garlic & herb pizza bread w aioli dipper
• $ 9.00
• $24.00
• spicy chorizo sausage, rosemary roasted spuds, buffalo mozzarella, tiger beer & onion marmalade
• $24.00
• wood oven roasted chicken BLT, chicken breast, free-range bacon, semi-dried tomato garnished w crisp cos lettuce & woodbox aioli
• $24.00
• harissa wood oven roasted pumpkin, baby spnach,feta & pinenuts w tahini yogurt dessing & crispy shallots
• $24.00

Tapas and Shared Plates

• marinated olives, whipped feta, grilled flatbread
• $12.00
• duck liver pate served with fig & elderflower relish and toasted brioche
• $14.00
• pan seared scallops, salad of young cos, apple & shaved fennel, salted cashew praline & curry vinaigrette
• $18.00
• potato & gorgonzola gnocchi with walnuts, rocket, shaved pear and medjool dates
• $16.00
• chilli salt and pepper fried squid on pork belly and finished with pickled cucumber and peanut salad
• $16.00
• confit lamb scotch fillet, panko crumbed w roast pumpkin skordalia & greek style flavours
• $18.00
• White Wine Platter - almond crusted veal w tuna mayo, coconut crusted prawns, pork belly, pumpkin skordalia, whipped feta & chargrilled flatbread
• $28.00
• Red W ine Platter - duck spring rolls w hoisin dipping sauce, pickled cucmber%uFFFDconfit garlic & braised beef croquette, venison, beetroot relish, mushroom pate & grilled ciabatta
• $30.00

Winter Evening Courses - Daily from 5.30pm

• $26.50
• warm salad of char siu roasted pork belly, coconut crusted prawns, charred pineapple & vietnamese mint salad & chilli caramel
• char grilled eggplant & crumbed haloumi salad, w slow roast tomatoes, israeli cous-cous & basil oil
• $18.50
• locally farmed duck leg braised in master stock w pickled shitake mushrooms, fennel puree medjool dates & fig vincotto
• $28.00
• wood oven roasted lamb rump, cannelloni of braised lamb neck, tomato pain perdu & eggplant caviar
• $34.00
• rolling hillsfree range confit chicken leg, jerusalem artichoke & mushroom pie, sweetcorn veloute - apple, shallot and truffle oil salad
• $31.00
• hereford prime beef eye fillet (wood oven roasted) confit garlic & braised beef croquette,roasted tomato essence, smoked pomme puree & cress
• $38.00
• chefs creation from the sea (changes daily according to supply)
• $36.00

Dessert

• apple, pecan & pinenut torte, w apple sorbet & praline mascarpone
• $14.00
• chocolate fondant (warm soft centered chocolate pudding) served w vanilla bean ice cream, gingerbread & a pedro xeminez sherry & raisin puree
• $16.50
• cherry, pistachio & white chocolate brioche pudding, chestnut ice cream & cherry coulis
• $14.00
• baked espresso cheesecake, chai syrup, toasted marshmellows & choc-mint shortbread
• $14.00

Cheese

• all cheeses will be served at 80grams with fig jam, falwasser crackers & crostini
• 1 cheese
• $14.00
• 2 cheese
• $19.00

Smaller peoples menu (kids)

• ham & pineapple mini pizza
• $7.50
• bacon & 1 egg with hash browns
• $7.50
• minute steak w fries & green stuff
• $12.50
• ham & cheese toastie with green stuff & Woodbox mayo
• $7.50
• ice-cream sundae
• $5.50
• banana split
• $5.50

Wine (See Simple Wine Glossary at bottom)

• Champagne & Friends -Please note; Changes Daily!

• Lindauer Special Reserve Brut
• $9.00 $44.00
• Deutz Cuvee Rose
• $52.00
• Mumm Cordon Rouge 375ml Champagne
• $16.00 $62.00
• Mumm Cordon Rouge Champagne
• $130.00
• Louis Roederer
• $156.00

• Sauvignon Blanc

• Mystery Creek Waikato
• $9.00 $39.00
• Mystery Creek Marlborough
• $44 .00
• Tohu
• $52.00
• Sacred Hill 'Halo'
• Villa Maria Reserve Clifford Bay
• Vavasour
• $58.00

• Riesling

• Mystery Creek Gisborne
• $39 $9.0
• Spy Valley
• $49.00
• Vavasour
• $51.00

• Aromatics

• Mystery Creek Rose
• $39.00
• Amisfeild Pinot Rose
• $48.00
• Mystery Creek Gewurztraminer
• $39.00
• Hunters Gewurztraminer
• $56.00
• Mystery Creek Reserve Vioginer
• $59.00

• Pinot Gris

• Mystery Creek
• $39 $9.0
• Lake Chalice Eyrie Vineyard Pinot Gris
• $52.00
• Catalina Sounds Pinot Gris
• $54.00
• Rockburn
• $54.00
• Amisfield Pinot Gris
• $84.00

• Chardonnay

• Mystery Creek Blue Label
• $39 $9.0
• Mystery Creek 2007 Reserve Chardonnay
• $48 $12.0
• Mystery Creek 2008 Reserve Gold Medal Chardonnay
• $59 $15.0
• Coupers Shed
• $48.00
• Neudorf
• $52.00
• Church Road 'Cuve' Chardonnay
• $52.00
• Corbans Private Bin
• $66.00
• Shaw & Smith M3 Vineyard
• $88.00

• Pinot Noir & Friends

• Mystery Creek Waikato Pinot Noir
• $44 $12.0
• Carrick Unravelled Pinot Noir
• $50.00
• Julicher Martinborough Pinot Noir
• $54.00
• Lake Hayes Pinot Noir
• $62.00
• Main Divide Tipinui Selection
• $68.00
• Dog Point
• $78.00
• Mt Difficulty
• $86.00
• Wild Earth
• $88.00
• Pegasus Bay
• $97.00
• Ata Rangi
• $108.00

• Syrah & Friends

• C.J Pask Gimblett Gravels Syrah
• $9.5 $42.00
• Saltram Mamre Brook Shiraz
• $54.00
• Lake Chalice Syrah
• $58.00
• Grant Burge Barossa Shiraz
• $64.00
• Geoff Merrill Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre
• $66.00
• Serafino McLaren Vale
• $72.00
• Mystery Creek Gold Medal Waikato Reserve Syrah
• $80.00
• Villa Maria Reserve Syrah
• $94.00
• Wynns 'Michael' Coonawarra Shiraz
• $182.00

• Cabernet & Friends

• Mystery Creek Woodshed Cabernet/Merlot/Cabernet Franc
• $9.0 $39.00
• Te Mata 'Woodthorpe Vineyard' Cabernet Merlot
• $52.00
• Te Awa Leftfield Merlot
• $54.00
• Man O War Merlot/ Malbec/ Cabernet Franc
• $62.00
• Bird in Hand Merlot
• $66.00
• Mystery Creek Obsession Cabernet Franc/ Merlot/ Malbec
• $75.00
• Cottage Block Cabernet/ Merlot
• $78.00

• Dessert Wines 375ml (100ml glass)

• Lake Hayes Noble
• $11.0 $46.00
• De Bortoli Noble One
• $64.00

• Fortified Wines 750ml (100ml glass)

• Bookmark Reserve Tawny Port
• $9.5 $54.00
• Lustau Pedro Ximinez San Emilio Sherry
• $14.5 $62.00
• De Bortoli Old Boys 21 Year Old Port
• $12.5 $84.00
• Calem 20 Year Old Tawny Port
• $164.00

Beer and other Beverages

 

• Tap Beer

• Monteiths - Original
• Tiger

• Bottled

• Monteiths - Black,Winter, Golden, Radler, Crushed Apple Cider
• $7.90
• Heineken, Steinlager Pure,Amstel Light,Corona, Hoegaarden, Amstel Premium
• $7.90

• Juices

• Orange/Apple/Pineapple/Feijoa/Cranberry
• $4.50

Simple Wine Glossary

• Champagne & Friends 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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