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Sample Menus

We have wide variety of Menus for you to choose from, small cocktail parties to the larger more formal affair, we can cater for all tastes and accomodate all budgets. With prior notice it is also no problem accomodating your vegetarian guests or those with special dietary requirements.

Our menus are extensive and if required can be tailor made to your individual tastes.
With this in mind we have listed just a sample of what we offer.

If you would like to take the time to browse through our full selection of menus,
please contact us and we will happily send you one of our Function Packages.

Hors D' oeuvres

Cold selection

Prawn & Pesto Squares
Chargrilled Vegetables on Oven Baked Bread
Rice Paper Rolls with Dipping Sauce
Caramelized Onion & Fetta Mini Toasts
Smoked Salmon, Ricotta Cheese & Dill on Foccacia
Bush Tomato Chutney and Herb Torte Canapes

Hot selection

Tandoori Vegetable Rolls
Fetta Sundried Tomato Diamonds
Indian Curried Lamb Rolls
Chedda & Kakadu Plum Croutons
Red Thai Beef Curry Parcels
Seafood Wantons with Spicy Plum Dipping Sauce

Entrees

Butternut Pumpkin Soup with Cream and Chives
Potato, Bacon and Leek Soup with Bruschetta
Roasted Tomato Soup finished with Fresh Basil and Mint
Caesar Salad with Crisp Proscuitto
Peanut Crusted Chicken with Basmati Pilau

Marinated Calamari with Herb Aioli
Fettucine Carbonara with freshly shaved Parmesan
Chicken Satay Skewers with Jasmine Rice
Cajun Beef Salad with a Lime Yoghurt Dressing
Chicken Tenderloin wrapped in Bacon with Tomato Sauce

Mains

Fillet of Blue Eye Cod cooked in a
Lime, White Wine and White Balsamic Reduction
Breast of Chicken with Asparagus Risotto
Beef Tournedos with a Hunter Claret

Marinated Lamb Fillet with Tuscan Dressing
Olive Crusted Lamb with Warm Cous Cous Salad
Roasted Salmon Fillet with a Spice Crust
and Kaffir Lime Leaf Cream Sauce

Buffet Menus and Wedding package deals are also available,
please contact us for further information.

Desserts

Warm Sticky Date Pudding served with Butterscotch Sauce
Pavlova with Vanilla Cream and Fresh Seasonal Fruit
Upside Down Pear and Ginger Pudding with Vanilla Anglaise
Sour Lemon Cake with Double Cream and a Berry Coulis
Orange and Poppyseed Cake with a Warm Citrus Sauce
Warm Chocolate Fudge Pudding with Double Cream
Lemon and Coconut Tart with Passionfruit and Fresh Cream
Baked Passionfruit Cheesecake with Vanilla Cream and a Berry Coulis
Death by Chocolate with White Chocolate Sauce
Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake and Fresh Cream
Citrus Tart with a Raspberry Coulis

Contact us

The Functions Centre
Level 1, Shortland Union Building,
University Drive, CALLAGHAN NSW 2308
Ph: (02) 4968 3993 Fax: (02) 4967 7322
email: functions.union@newcastle.edu.au