OUR MENUS

When it comes to tantalising your palette we take as much consideration and pride to detail and taste to complement your overall Laurels experience. Our executive Chef and team have meticulously designed and compiled an extensive cuisine menu to satisfy all tastebuds and enhance the overall ambience of your wedding day.

Our gourmet dishes will give your guests an unforgettable Laurels dinning experience that will leave them pondering wonderful thoughts on our exquisitely tantalising and tasty selections. Our team pride them selves on quality and freshness to provide you and your guests with the finest ingredients which are all made on the premises and presented with every attention to detail.

Ultimate Menu

 Platters

Choice of 1 platter below

 ItalianRoasted marinated vegetables, Continental meats, Sun dried tomatoes, Olives, Marinated bocconcini, Dip & crackers

 Chinese Spring rolls, wontons, prawn crackers, BBQ octopus, sesame chicken drumettes

 Japanese Assorted house made sushi, tempura vegetables with Wasabi, pickled ginger & Soy Sauce

 Mediterranean Dolmades (rice filled vine leaves), hummus, fried cauliflower, babaganoush, marinated chicken skewers, crispy flat bread wafers

 Savouries

Choice of 2 hot & 2 cold

Selection can be from any of the menus

 Cold

  • Butternut Pumpkin, pine nut & cream cheese wraps
  • Corn & Coriander cakes with smoked salmon, topped with dill crème fraiche
  • Caviar, egg cream and dill blini’s
  • Smoked salmon, Spanish onion and caper melba toast bites
  • Chicken liver and port wine pate in filo cups
  • Rare roast beet, horseradish cream, en croute
  • Assorted prawn, smoked salmon and vegetable sushi
  • Vietnamese rice paper roll salads with sesame chicken (or vegetarian)
  • Thai beef salad in a wonton cup
  • Asparagus, brie and wild thyme filos

 Hot

  • Tempura vegetables, ponzu dipping sauce
  • Chicken tenderloins wrapped in pancetta & sage with a cider aio
  • Thai shrimp balls with lime & ginger sauce
  • House made wontons served with a spicy plum sauce
  • Lamb Kofta balls with yoghurt & cucumber dip
  • Mini Seafood & bacon pies
  • Slow braised Italian baby octopus
  • Prawn and pork large spring rolls
  • Mini beef and basil skewers, spicy tomato sauce
  • Eggplant fritter with yogurt and dukkah crust

Entrées

Choice of 2, Alternate Drop

 Soups

  • Bouillabaisse – traditional French seafood broth
  • Cream of gourmet mushroom, white truffle oil & oregano foam
  •  Saffron, Green lip mussel volute
  • Traditional Thai Laksa soup – Seafood, Chicken or vegetable
  • Chicken consomme with herb dumplings
  • Seafood Bisque – Lobster with prawn & crab ravioli

 Salads

  • Individual Greek, rosemary infused lamb rumps
  • King prawn & braised seafood with Lime Mayonnaise
  • Baby spinach with pears, blue cheese, walnuts and a champagne vinaigrette
  • Beet tenderloin carpaccio, baby roquettes, parmesan chards, pine nuts with a 10yr old balsamic vinaigrette
  • Tempura prawns, Asian influenced greens, wasabi emulsion
  • Chilli beef in spring roll wrapper basket

 Other Entrées

  • Chicken, avocado and brie melts, spring salad, honey pepper dressing
  • Teriyaki chicken kebabs on roquette & noodle salad with a ponzu dressing
  • Chicken Breast with Wild Mushroom risotto & sage pan gravy
  • Middle Eastern chicken skewers on a warm couscous salad with a tsatziki sauce
  • Braised Asian style pork belly on a crispy noodle salad
  • Laurels smoked beef tenderloin, duxelles, sweet potato wafers with a hollandaise sauce
  • Honey and rosemary glazed lamb rump with warm five spiced pumpkin, baby spinach, macadamia nut pesto dressing
  • Char Grilled Lamb Cutlets with Seeded Mustard Pesto on a bed of Baby roquette salad
  • Swiss brown mushroom and beef kebabs on stir fry rice
  • Oxtail ravioli, sour cream, chive and beef reduction sauce
  • Millefuille with salmon, avocado, roma tomato salsa with caviar cream
  • House cured Atlantic salmon, sautéed kipfler potato salad, lemon infused wafers
  • Seafood and white wine cream crepes, dill and cucumber sambal
  • Char grilled tuna served on crispy potato gallettes, avocado, roasted red pepper quenelles
  • Seared scallops, beetroot bure blanc, yam sticks & baby leaves
  • Kangaroo & Emu Sausages served with a bush tomato relish on a bed of polenta
  • Mediterranean char grilled vegetable stack, red and yellow pepper coulis
  • Butternut pumpkin, spinach and ricotta lasagne
  • Laurels chive gnocchi, served with watercress, grilled cherry tomatoes and a Sauvignon blanc cream sauce 

Main Courses

Choice of 2, Alternate Drop

  • French trimmed Chicken Breast with prosciutto chips, white truffle oil risotto with wild thyme jus
  • Chicken Roulade filled with pancetta, spinach and camembert, peppered kipfler potatoes and wok seared greens
  • Tandoori Chicken Breast, vegetable breyani spring roll basket, butter sauce
  • Chicken Breast with Prawn mousse, sweet potato discs, grilled vegetable stack and a tropical fruit salsa
  • Kangaroo Loin, tam mash, bush greens with Wattle seed jus
  • Char Grilled Beef tenderloin topped with tiger prawns and béarnaise sauce with potato and thyme rosti and confit of Roma tomato and pea mash
  • Roasted Lamb Rump, garlic and rosemary new potatoes, middle eastern warm egg plant salad with a Cabernet Sav  jus
  • Grilled Pork Loin Chops, celeriac mash potato, three bean confit, preserved apple cider jus
  • Traditional Beef Wellington with chat potatoes, garlic buttered vegetables
  • Roast Rack of Lamb, potato gratin, green beans with fine ratatouille
  • Veal Fillet Mignons with wild mushroom ragout, sage polenta and a veal reduction
  • Char Grilled Eye Fillet, sour cream mash, ratatouille mille feulle, marsala jus
  • Emu Medallions, macadamia nut pesto gnocchi, roasted root vegetables with a pepper berry sauce
  • Blackened Salmon Fillet, lime beurre blanc, fish veloute risotto
  • Grilled Fillet of Snapper, butternut pumpkin gnocchi, wilted greens and a champagne sauce
  • Seafood Broth – prawns, mussels, baby octopus, fish in a creole style broth with saffron steamed rice
  • Roasted Fresh Market Fish with a green peppercorn crust, sautéed kipfler potatoes and leek emulsion
  • Soy Glazed Snapper with Vietnamese rice noodle salad and  hot tamarind dressing
  • Atlantic Salmon, caper and dill mash, anchovy mayo with a citrus salsa
  • Portobello Mushrooms filled with balsamic marinated fine vegetables, eggplant caviar with a red pepper sauce
  • Indian Curried Vegetables, pakoras, pappadums with red dahl
  • Roasted Mediterranean vegetable lasagne
  • Ratatouille Crepes, chive cream sauce with a roquette salad

 Desserts

Choice of 2, Alternate Drop

  • Mascarpone and red with tiramisu
  • Chocolate and espresso mousse
  • Layered pistachio, chocolate and cherry slice
  • Irish cream and chocolate mousse cake
  • Laurels chocolate Kahlua parfaits
  • Tropical fruit plate with lime sorbet
  • Steamed Ginger Pudding with Hot Butterscotch Sauce
  • Cinnamon poached pear with crème anglaise, orange mascarpone
  • Warm liquid centred chocolate cakes
  • Sorbet Tasting Plate
  • Pear and ginger cake
  • Ricotta white chocolate mousse
  • Chocolate espresso brulee
  • Baked white chocolate cheese cake

Sunset Menu

Savouries

Choice of 2 hot & 2 cold

Cold

  • Chicken yakitori skewers
  • Cherry tomato, bocconcini & basil skewers
  • Antipasto Platter
  • Mini basil, feta & sun dried tomato quiches
  • Thai Chicken cups
  • House made Dips with crusty baguettes
  • Grilled chicken and vegetable wraps
  • Bruschetta Traditional - Roma tomatoes, basil, Spanish onions & lightly sprinkled with balsamic olive oil
  • Bruschetta Laurels – Avocado, sun dried tomatoes and grilled parmesan
  • Open faced gourmet foccacia fingers
  • Assorted vegetable sushi

 Hot

  • Ricotta fritters with sweet chilli dressing
  • Thai style fish cakes
  • Chicken Satay sticks
  • Honey, soy and sesame chicken drumettes
  • Grilled chorizo, caramelised onion bites
  • Olive, artichoke, roquette mini pizzas
  • Miniature tortillas – beef mince, salsa, sour cream
  • Corn crepes, red pepper cream cheese filling
  • Vegetable Spring Rolls
  • Assorted Dim Sum
  • Spinach and Parmesan Filo Triangles

 Entrées

Choice of 2, Alternate Drop

Soups

  • Thai Sweet Potato & Coconut 
  • Pea and Smoked Ham
  • Carrot, orange and ginger
  • Roasted Tomato, Bacon & Basil
  • Sweet corn and chicken

 Salads

  • Char grilled Chicken Supreme tossed through Classic Caesar Salad
  • Waldorf salad
  • Middle Eastern couscous salad, grilled lemon chicken
  • Asian noodle salad

 Other Entrées

  • Tarragon Chicken and brie filo with Red Pepper moulis
  • Spicy Chicken Kebabs with nasi goerang
  • Citrus infused chicken loins, new potato stack  with a olive mignouette
  • Sauté Supreme of Chicken and Mushroom Crêpe
  • Pork Tenderloin salad, orange segments, pine nuts and caramelised onion ragout
  • Spicy Lamb Kebabs, chilli and mint couscous and yogurt sauce
  • Beef and button mushroom kebabs, tomato, flat leaf parsley and onion salad
  • Medallions of Beef, wild mushroom  & Marsala sauce and parpadelle noodles
  • Wonton layered fish stack, baby spinach, Roma tomato salsa and lemon aioli
  • Vietnamese marinated fish, sautéed greens and crispy egg noodles
  • Salt and pepper squid on an Asian green salad with a peanut mirrin dressing
  • Smoked Salmon and leek tart
  • Roasted butternut Pumpkin and rosemary lasagne
  • Spinach, fetta and basil cannelloni with a rich tomato sauce
  • Carrot risotto, baby spinach, pine nuts and honeyed sweet potato
  • Filo baskets with mushroom and leek reduced balsamic stock

 Main Courses

Choice of 2, Alternate Drop

  • Cajun Chicken Breast, soft polenta, charred vegetables and spicy red pepper coulis
  • Tandoori Chicken Breast, turmeric jasmine rice, curried greens, minted yogurt sauce
  • Mediterranean Chicken Breast filled with sun-dried tomato mousse, Portobello risotto and a Roma Tomato Salsa
  • Char Grilled Strip loin of Prime Beef, Potato Gilette, glazed vegetables, champignons cabernet jus
  • Middle Eastern Veal Schnitzel Moroccan style couscous, tabouleh salad
  • Rosemary Roasted Baby Lamb Rumps, roasted root vegetables with a minted jus
  • Pork Cutlets, roasted kipflers, glazed apples and stewed greens
  • Apple, crackling and thyme topped pork loin
  • Char Grilled Beef strip loin/rump, individual Yorkshire puddings, vegetable medley with a rich Port wine jus
  • Grilled Lamb Cutlets, with Greek style mash potato, tomato confit and honey mustard jus
  • Mediterranean vegetable lasagne
  • Pumpkin Curry with saffron rice
  • Spinach and ricotta ravioli with Provencale sauce
  • Spicy vegetable kebabs, couscous risotto and  a yogurt dressing

 Desserts

Choice of 2, Alternate Drop

  • Sticky date pudding, crème anglaise
  • Butterscotch tarts with chocolate chards
  • Crème Carame
  • Classic Lime Tart with a Raspberry Coulis
  • Orange liqueur scented truffles
  • Passionfruit parfait
  • Chocolate coated Profiteroles with Brandy Alexander Sauce
  • Baked apple tartans
  • Trio of Sorbet plate
  • Individual tropical pavlova
  • Chocolate mousse cake with chocolate cream berry coulis

Cocktail Menu

 Choices of 12

  •  Smoked Tasmanian Farmed Salmon on  Buckwheat Blinis with Crème Cheese, Dill and Capers.
  • Goujons of Fresh Reef Fish in Beer Batter with Lime Mayonnaise
  • Coconut King Prawn Brochette with Sweet Chilli and Coriander Sauce
  • Butter chicken kebabs with Raita
  • Spiced fish Meat Balls with Coriander and galangal Sauce
  • Vietnamese BBQ Mixed Seafood Wonton cups
  • Mini Crab and Corn Quiche
  • Mini Fish Cakes with satay dipping sauce
  • Mixed Grill Skewers with Tomato chutney
  • BBQ Mini Chicken Drumsticks in Honey, Sesame and Soy
  • Spicy Kofta Lamb Kebabs with yogurt dressing
  • Indonesian Chicken Satay Sticks
  • Turkish Lamb Rosemary Skewers with Lemon and Garlic Sauce
  • BBQ Baby Lamb Cutlets with Mint and Yoghurt Dressing
  • Vegetable Spring Rolls with sweet chilli sauce
  • Chicken Yakitori with Ponzu dipping sauce
  • Chive Pancakes with Chorizo and Caramelised Onion
  • Thai Green Chicken Curry in Crispy Wonton Cups
  • Bocconcini, Olive and Cherry Tomato Skewers with Pesto
  • Char Grilled Vegetable parmesan stacks
  • Mushroom Caps filled with blue cheese and chives
  • Aubergine Fritters with a Coriander cream
  • Vegetable Pakoras with Mint and Coriander
  • Potato and Cashew Samoosas with Mint and Cucumber Yoghurt
  • Spinach Parmesan and Pesto filos
  • Assorted steamed and fried dim sum
  • Bruschetta -  traditional
  • Open faced gourmet foccacia fingers
  • Vietnamese rice paper rolls with vegetables salad
  • Chinese pork spare ribs in plum sauce
  • Jumbo chicken and prawn spring rolls

Buffet Menu

Off the Carvery (choose 1)

  • Roasted Sirloin of Beef with seeded Mustard Crust and rich jus
  • Roasted Rump of beef, Yorkshire puddings and stout ale jus
  • Leg of Pork with Crackling & Apple Sauce
  • Honey cured, studded whole leg of Ham and assorted mustards
  • Whole Roasted Fish with tropical fruit salsa
  • Buffet Turkey with apricot walnut stuffing and Cranberry Glaze
  • Rosemary studded Leg of Lamb, mint sauce and a port reduction

 Buffet Selection

Meat (choose 1):

  • Moroccan Lamb Tagine with chick peas and fruit medley,  served with aromatic rice
  • Sweet and sour Pork, Asian vegetables and crispy noodles
  • Massaman mild Beef curry, chat potatoes and coconut sauce
  • Irish Lamb Stew, slow cooked in black ale
  • Moroccan Chicken wrapped in filo with duo of spicy pepper sauces
  • Chicken Cacciatore (Italian Hot-Pot)
  • Stir Fried Chicken in plum sauce with Cashews
  • Breast of Chicken filled with prawn mousse and mango dressing and chiffonnade of greens
  • Sauté Chicken Chasseur in a rich white wine sauce with tomatoes, olives, mushrooms & panchetta
  • Thai chicken and coconut curry, pappadum wafers
  • Tandoori chic/beef/lamb kebabs, mango chutney
  • Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli with a Provencale sauce
  • Portuguese Seafood hot pot
  • Perch Fillets in beer batter or tempura batter
  • Indonesian Seafood Curry
  • Pan fried Snapper Fillets topped with avocado and tomato salsa
  • Grilled Salmon Fillets, lemon buere  blanc sauce

Vegetables: (choose 1)

  • Vegetarian layered vegetables
  • Indian vegetable ragout
  • Italian stuffed Portobello mushrooms
  • Char grilled marinated Mediterranean vegetables
  • Honey roasted root vegetables
  • Stir fried Asian vegetables in a sesame glaze
  • Buttered greens with roasted walnuts
  • Roast baby pumpkin pieces with roquette pesto
  • Wok seared Asian greens, rice noodles
  • Steamed vegetable medley

 Starches: (choose 1)

  • Potato and thyme gratin
  • Sautéed kipfler potatoes with bacon
  • Potato and chive creamy mash
  • Sweet potato fondants
  • Roasted new potatoes
  • Potato rostis
  • Traditional roast potato, pumpkin, sweet potato
  • Stir fried rice
  • Nasi goreng
  • Saffron rice
  • Roast garlic risotto
  • Steamed jasmine rice
  • Indian vegetable breyani
  • Spinach fettuccini in cream and white wine
  • Parpadelli spirals with basil pesto sauce
  • Asian wok seared egg noodles
  • Soft Moroccan style polenta
  • Middle eastern couscous, yogurt sauce
  • Indian red lentil dahl
  • Assorted roti and naan breads

 Salads (choose 2)

  • Tomato, bocconcini basil platter
  • Potato and crumbly bacon
  • German style potato salad with gherkins
  • Polynesian style sweet potato and coconut salad
  • Greek salad
  • Caesar salad
  • Asian rice salad
  • Mixed green salad, honey mustard dressing
  • Roquette, walnut, apple and crouton salad
  • Baby spinach, balsamic, Julienne vegetables, crumbly blue cheese salad
  • Waldorf salad
  • Middle eastern couscous salad