Tamburlaine functions - sample menus

Tamburlaine Lodge

Guests at the Members’ Lodge enjoy 5 star fare prepared by the talented Chefs of Casuarina Catering accompanied by fine wines from Tamburlaine.

Our exclusive menus and our beverage options offer choice & flexibility to assist you in planning your perfect function.

All tastes are catered for and vegetarian and children’s options are provided.

Please note that menu prices are subject to change, but once menus are confirmed

(6 months prior to wedding) price will hold.

Tamburlaine Members’ Lodge

“THE VINEYARD” MENU SELECTIONS

$62 per person

CANAPES

Please Select 4, to be served for 40 minutes

Thai chicken minced rolls	Vegetarian Spring Rolls with sweet chilli dipping sauce
Sweet potato & lentil parsley pouches	Satay chicken skewers
Whitebait fritters with lemon aioli	Roma tomato & fresh basil on garlic bruschetta
Pork & hokkien noodle balls with chilli	Nori rolls with tuna & salmon or vegetarian
Zucchini & rosemary frittata	Spinach & Pinenut Filo Pastry Parcels
Potato Rosti with Roasted Beef & Caramelised Onion	Seafood and sesame toasts

ENTRÉE

Please select 2, these will be served alternately.

Steamed Asparagus with Persian feta tartlet served with honey roasted tomato & chilli jam	Smoked Salmon with Potato and Rocket Salad – served with horseradish cream and capers.
Fettucine chicken with mushroom cream sauce	Mushroom and sage Risotto with a confit of chicken
Smoked chicken & avocado salad with roasted cashew nuts, accompanied by raspberry & Dijon mustard vinaigrette	Rare mustard crusted beef on a salad of baby spinach & rocket, with whole grain mustard mayonnaise
Sweet Potato & Fresh Herb Gnocchi with a saffron cream sauce & fresh shaved grana padano	potato and Zucchini Frittata with balsamic, parmesan & rosemary

MAIN COURSE

Please select 2, these will be served alternately

Roast of Rosemary & Tarragon Lamb on garlic mash and seasonal green vegetables	Peppercorn crusted smoked Hunter beef, with mushrooms & spinach, slow roasted tomatoes, & shiraz jus
Roast of Soy & Thyme Beef Rib Eye with seasonal roast vegetables	Loin of Pork stuffed with apple, dates & walnuts, red current jus & seasonal vegetables
Thai style vegetable curry with jasmine rice & fragrant herbs	Whole de-boned quail filled with cottecino sausage, sage, thyme, lentil & parsley salad
Herb-crusted Perch fillets, baked with lemon & parsley beurre blanc	Corn-fed chicken supreme filled with pinenuts, spinach & feta on linguine pasta with basil pesto cream sauce

DESSERT

Your Wedding Cake cut and served with King Island cream & fresh berries

TEA & COFFEE

Served to a station.

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Options:

$67pp dessert served instead of your wedding cake

Choose one : Vanilla bean &Yoghurt Panna Cotta, dates, orange & mint salad

Prune & Armagnac Parfait in a Brandy Snap basket

$67 pp if bracket entrée instead of alternate drop is chosen

Tamburlaine Members’ Lodge

“THE CHAPEL” MENU

Please also select from “The Vineyard” menu canapés, entrees and mains.

$72 per person

CANAPES

Please Select 5, to be served for 40 minute duration

Mini crab cakes with coriander paste	Salt & Chilli Squid with ginger & palm sugar
Zucchini & haloumi fritters	Gyoza with black Chinese vinegar
Vegetable pakoras with minted yoghurt	Rosti with smoked trout & salsa Verdi
Wonton wrapped prawns	Salmon cakes with herb mayonnaise
Vietnamese prawn rolls	Buckwheat blinis with smoked salmon
Semi-dried tomato & ricotta tartlets	Corn cakes with duck liver parfait
Roasted lamb loins with chickpea puree tabouleh	Smoked salmon, goats curd & rocket roulade
Rare Roasted Beef on Horseradish croutes with basil and chilli jam	Roasted capsicum & herbed goats cheese ciabatta

ENTRÉE

Please select 2, to be served alternately.

Shiitake Mushroom & Artichoke Tartlette with Goats Cheese.	Roasted deboned Quail, pear, proscuitto & hazelnut salad, with caramelised balsamic
Slow cooked duck salad with watercress, fennel & orange, accompanied by a walnut & blue cheese dressing	Crispy Skinned Salmon with a fresh Noodle Salad & soy dressing.
Lamb Fillet on a Chickpea & Pumpkin Salad, with chilled & minted yoghurt	Seared King Prawns on a potato & corn pancake with slow roasted tomato jam.

MAIN COURSE

Please select 2, to be served alternately

Marinated Pork Fillet, sautéed hokkien noodles, buk choy & chilli jam.	Seared blue-eyed cod with potato fritters and vegetable ratatouille, drizzled with zesty lime butter sauce.
Vine smoked lamb rack, apple and potato Rosti, calvados & shallot reduction	Lemon marinated spatchcock with sage & proscuitto, moufhrabia, parsley & currant salad
Roasted scotch fillet on porcini mushroom risotto cake, with parsley puree and rosemary & tarragon jus	Veal Shank, braised white beans and gremalata accompanied by sea salted kipfler potatoes.
Macadamia crusted chicken Supreme with fresh Asparagus Spears, Potatoes and Basil Pesto.	Pan Seared Salmon with Chermoula Crust, Saffron Potatoes & lime hollandaise.

DESSERT

Please select 2, to be served alternately

Vanilla bean & yoghurt Panna Cotta, dates, orange & mint salad	Prune & armagnac parfait, brandy snap basket
Lemon & lime curd tartlette, King Island cream, strawberries	Hunter red poached winter or summer fruits, champagne laced sabayon sauce
Fromage Blanc Tart, Peanut Brittle and Persian Fairy Floss	White and Dark Chocolate Terrine with Raspberry Coulis and fresh seasonal berries.

TEA & COFFEE

Also, your wedding cake cut and served on a platter.

Options:

$77 pp if bracket entrée selected

$69 pp if wedding cake served with berries & cream as dessert

Tamburlaine Members’ Lodge

“THE LODGE” MENU

Please also select from the canapé, entrée, main and dessert options in

“The Vineyard” & “The Chapel” menus

$82 per person

Canapés

Please Select 5, served for 40 minutes

Chicken san choy bow	Scallop, goats cheese & crispy proscuitto
Steamed mussels, basil & aioli	Coconut crusted Thai Prawn balls
Grilled scallops with shallot & soy dressing	Duck with hoi sin & shallot pancakes
Harissa spiced lamb meatballs	Grilled Scallops with shallot & soy dressing
Bloody Mary oyster shooters	Smoked Salmon, gorgonzola, parmesan & brie tart

ENTRÉE

Please select 2, these will be served alternately.

Pan-fried De-boned Quail on potato, herb & eschallot galette, verjus & blackcherry reduction	Roasted Asparagus with twice cooked blue cheese souffle, lemon velote & pistachio nuts
Baby onion tartatin, red wine dressing, pear & rocket salad	Blue swimmer Crabmeat & Mango Salad with Asian greens, chilli & lime dressing
Tempura battered King Prawns with Asian greens & honey chilli sauce	Walnut, Prosciutto & Goats Cheese Tart with Asparagus

MAIN COURSE

Please select 2, these will be served alternately

Crispy Skinned Atlantic Salmon fillet on braised leeks, Desiree Potato and artichokes with a dill remoulade	Corn-fed chicken with ricotta, green bean & kipfler potato salad, warm basil dressing
Timbale of seared beef fillet, walnut & garlic mash	Braised beef cheeks, with bacon, field mushrooms & tarragon jus
Marinated Lamb Fillet, char-grilled on fried crushed potatoes & garlic, with a sweet onion & herb compote.	Veal fillet wrapped in proscuitto, served with a tomato & goats cheese risotto & crisp sage
Double Lamb Cutlets with grilled onions, kipfler potatoes and tabouleh with a mint reduction.	Duck leg confit, crushed potatoes, speck & pickled red cabbage w juniper jus

DESSERT

Please select 2, to be served alternately

Almond buttermilk blancmange, kirsch soaked apricots, cherry syrup & praline	Gingerbread semifreddo with biscotti and marshmallow
Rum & raisin crème caramel, roasted pears	Chocolate tartlette with coffee anglaise & ganache
Steamed lemon pudding, blueberry & honeycomb crème	Belgium Chocolate Mousse with Hazelnut & Orange Biscotti.

TEA & COFFEE

Served to each table

Your Wedding Cake cut and served on platters to each table.

Options:

$87 pp if bracket entrée selected

$79 pp if wedding cake served with berries & cream as dessert

BRACKET ENTRÉE SELECTIONS

May be selected to replace alternate serve entrees.

These are served buffet-style to the centre of each table, with some items silver-served

Allow an additional $5 per person

Casuarina Favourites

Seared Beef Carpaccio

Poached King prawn Cutlets

In a sweet chilli dressing with fresh herbs

Caesar Salad

Steamed Asparagus

With a citrus hollandaise

Hunter Valley Wine Country

Char-grilled herb marinated Lamb Loin

On a bed of bittergreens, with a Dijon mustard & raspberry vinaigrette

Prawn & Whitebait Fritters

With a spicy tomato sauce

Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Risotto

With fresh grated grana padano cheese

Salad of Baby Spinach, roasted pine nuts & Spanish onions

In a balsamic & olive oil dressing

Asparagus with orange hollandaise & roasted macadamia nuts

Fragrant Thai

Stir-fried Egg Noodles in a Coriander Omelette

Thai style fish cakes

With chunky tomato & cucumber salsa

Slow Roasted Pork

In a star anise, sweet soy, honey & cinnamon sauce

Chicken Satay

With a spicy peanut sauce

Seared Thai style beef salad

With snow pea sprouts, bean shoots, garden greens & fragrant Thai herbs

Magnum Selection

Sautéed baby squid

On mesclun with curried mango aioli

Sweetcorn & Kumara Fritters

With a spicy tomato chutney & basil mayonnaise

Orange, rocket & fennel salad with a citrus dressing

Poached corn-fed chicken breasts

On snow pea leaves with a creamy citrus dressing

Rare Roasted Mustard Crusted Beef

On bittergreens with crusted walnuts & herb dressing

Tamburlaine Members’ Lodge

VEGETARIAN SELECTIONS

Please advise us of the number of vegetarian guests. Some vegetarians don’t eat fish, dairy etc

ENTRÉE

(please select one)

Grilled zucchini, eggplant & capsicum, semi-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives with fresh grana padano & crostini sticks	Fresh seasonal asparagus with a citrus flavoured hollandaise & crushed macadamia nuts
Blue swimmer crabcakes with cucumber, tomato & onion salsa with lime	Tartare of sugar-cured salmon with sour cream & cucumber salad on buckwheat pancake
Salad of vine ripened tomatoes, artichokes, broad beans, warm goats cheese & potato galette	Tin Can Bay prawn & vegetable spring rolls, with Asian greens, accompanied by soya & chilli dipping sauce

MAIN COURSE

(please select one)

Golden fried polenta on fried portabella mushrooms & baby spinach with a pomegranate & verjus reduction	Char-grilled vegetables with a Persian-style feta & reduced balsamic dressing
Thai-style vegetable curry with jasmine rice and fragrant herbs	Minted Couscous on a bed of Rocket with pan-fried Tomatoes
Sweet potato & fresh herb gnocchi with a saffron cream sauce, fresh shaved grana padano	Seared ocean trout on a bed of leek with mashed potato & zesty lime butter sauce

CHILDREN’S SELECTIONS

All $25.00 (available for children up to 12 years)

Please advise us of the number of child guests, their ages & if you require highchairs.

Chicken nuggets & Chips	Party Platter (nuggets, party pies, Frankfurts etc)
Small version of adults main course (choose one)	Linguine pasta with creamy sauce or tomato-based sauce
Chicken Schnitzel & Vegetables (or salad)	Fish and Chips
Meal served at the same time as adult entrée. Includes unlimited softdrinks.
DESSERT
Vanilla ice-cream with chocolate topping (other flavours available upon request)

CREW MEALS ..... $30pp

For Band/DJ, Photographers, Videographer

GUESTS WITH SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

These include: those who have food allergies, coeliac disease sufferers, diabetics, vegetarians and those of a faith requiring a special meal e.g. Jewish or Muslim guests.

Fish/seafood allergies, nuts & egg white allergies as well as celiac disease reactions may be especially severe and special measures need to be taken during all stages of food preparation to avoid cross contamination. Often, special ingredients need to be ordered in and food must be served separately using separate utensils and oils.

Kosher meals must be pre-ordered (at cost, from Sydney) and cannot be touched by anyone from any other faith, including the crockery & cutlery.

Diabetics require extra carbohydrates and vary in their measures of control. Often they can eat dessert if they are pre-warned by you as the host.

Vegetarians differ widely in their requirements in whether or not they eat seafood/fish, dairy (including cheese) or eggs. Strict vegans will not eat any dairy including that in cake, bread etc.

We ask that you check to see if any of your guests have special requirements, as they may not be able to be catered for properly at the function unless special meals are pre-arranged.

At the function, we ask that any special diet guest with requiring special diet canapés be introduced to us so that we can ensure they receive appropriate canapés.

Tamburlaine Members’ Lodge

BEVERAGE PACKAGES

$35.00 per person
One red and one white wine from the Tamburlaine Gestalt range (Sauvignon blanc,Verdelho, Chardonnay, Shiraz & Cabernet)	Sparkling wine for pre-dinner drinks & during the function (as requested)
A dessert wine to suit your dessert (either Muscat, Port or Late Harvest Riesling - depending on availability)	Full range of softdrinks (including coke, orange juice, lemonade etc)
Beer on consumption	Pre-ordered spirits on consumption (or by guests paying)

$44.00 per person
A red and white wine from the Tamburlaine Gestalt range.	Sparkling wine for pre-dinner drinks & during the function (as requested)
A dessert wine to suit your dessert	Full range of softdrinks including coke, orange juice, lemon etc
Your choice of standard beer (Tooheys New, VB, Pure Blonde or Extra Dry)	Pre-ordered spirits on consumption (or by guests paying)
Your choice of light beer (Cascade or Hahn Light)

$46.00 per person
A red and white wine from the Tamburlaine Gestalt range	Sparkling wine for pre-dinner drinks & during the function (as requested)
A dessert wine to suit your dessert	Full range of softdrinks including coke, orange juice, lemon etc
Your choice of standard beer (Tooheys New, Extra Dry, Pure Blonde or VB)	Pre-ordered spirits on consumption (or by guests paying)
Your choice of light beer (Cascade or Hahn Light)	Your choice of premium beer (Boags, Crown, Bluetongue or Hahn premium)

OPTIONS
Cruisers (mixed varieties)	$5.00 each (on consumption or by guests paying)
Sparkling wine for toasts	$15.00 per bottle (1 bottle/table recommended)

About our packages:

Duration: 5 ½ hours from function start. Bar closes 30 minutes prior to guest departure

Wines: All wines we serve are premium wines from Tamburlaine. We are not licensed to serve wines made by other businesses.

Consumption: Beer, spirits and pre-mixed drinks are available on consumption (eg Vodka Cruisers), but we cannot do softdrinks or wine on this basis.

Special requests: any special softdrinks etc you require we can usually obtain, please ask.

Spirits: These need to be pre-ordered to have available on the night. Most popular are Rum, Bourbon, Scotch, Vodka & Baileys. All mixers are supplied. Spirits are $7 per serve.

Children: 13 years – 18 years are $10 per person. 12 and under free.