Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Look at our new menu!!!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

LOOK AT OUR NEW MENU FOR 2011!

TAPAS
Grilled Spanish Chorizo sausage with aioli GF DF 11.00
Crispy Pork with salsa verde GF DF 11.00
House marinated olives GF DF V 9.00
Home-made duck liver pate on crostini 10.50

ENTREE
Hand made potato gnocchi with slow cooked lamb, peas and mint 16.90
Bennett’s Lane NV Sparkling Brut 6. 50

Risotto of exotic mushrooms and Yarra valley goats cheese finished with truffle scented oil and Italian Parmigiano GF V e) 17.50 m) 22.90
Sparkling Mad NV Sparkling Shiraz 8.50

Half shell scallops roasted with crispy pork, plum sauce and coriander GF DF 15.90
Remarkables Sauv Blanc 7.50

New England style clam chowder with our sourdough bread 13.90
The Patch Chardonnay 9.50

Individual Antipasto of select house made goods with and deli meats with
our sour dough bread (GF and V optional available) 19.90
D’Angelo Pinot Grigio 8.50

House Baked sourdough bread 1.50
Oven roasted garlic Bread 6.90

SIDES
New season green vegetables GF V DF 7.90
Fresh peas with river mint and prosciutto 7.90
Small potatoes roasted 7.20
Mix leaf salad 7.20

MAINS
Slow cooked confit duck leg served with carrot and pine nut gratin,
pea and river mint puree and red currant jus GF 34.50
Calulu Park Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 7.50

Grilled 350g Rib Eye Steak with sauté greens, potato and cheese galette
and rich port wine jus GF 38.50
Linke Shiraz 9.50

Slow Roasted Pork Belly with chickpea, mushroom, potato and chorizo compote finished with a mushroom glaze GF 31.50
D’Angelo Pinot Grigio 8.50

Spiced Chicken breast butter-flied and served on a Spanish style ragout of green and red peppers 29.50
Attica Yarra Valley Tempranillo 9.20

Hand-cut fettuccine pasta tossed through roasted pumpkin, semi dried tomato and basil with shaved Parmigiano V 24.50
Del Rios Marssanne 8.50

Pan seared Atlantic salmon fillet served with an organic local beetroot, feta and green bean salad finished with red wine vinaigrette GF DF 33.90
Remarkables Sauv Blanc 7.50

Pan seared Kangaroo Fillet with native spice dukkah, parsnip tartlet and roasted fig jus 34.50 Norton Estate Cabernet $8.90

DESSERT
Our homemade sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce and double thick cream 12.90
Elmswood Liquor Chardonnay 7.000

Australian award winning cheeses served with homemade quince paste, liqueur figs and house made lavosh 16.50
Linden Vintage Port 5.00

Chocolate budhino tart with extra thick cream and raspberry couli 15.90
Pedro Ximenez Sherry Spain 7.50

Vanilla pod crème brulee with cointreau baked local rhubarb GF 17.90
3 Bridges Botrytis 8.00

Our “bombe Alaska” vanilla pod ice-cream, raspberry and warm toasted meringue GF 17.90
Monichino Rose Petals Spatlese 7.00

GF, DF, V
GF gluten free, DF dairy free, V vegetarian
Maximum care has been taken to ensure these are accurate however we cannot guarantee against minor trace elements, please advise your friendly wait staff of allergies when possible

Sorry we don’t split the bills however we will give you
as much assistance as possible

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Beef and Beer class!

Beef and Beer class this Saturday! This is a very popular men only class!
Only a few spaces left!

http://www.wildoak.com.au

Friday, June 3, 2011

Christmas in July at Wild Oak

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Wild About Tours June Promotion

Book now and get in on our June Promotion! Book two people and bring a third friend for free!!

What better way to spend the day than a tour of the Dandenong ranges and Yarra Valley, lunch at the award winning Wild Oak Restaurant, and delicious wine and cheese tasting?

Wild About Tours offers a personalized tour experience guided by Jilly Sime, whose passion for the area shines in every tour.

For more details check out these sites

http://www.wildabouttours.com.au/

http://twitter.com/#!/wildabouttours

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-About-Tours/309955343467

or email dine@wildoak.com.au

 

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Download the Book A Restaurant app from itunes to book a table at Wild Oak quick and easy!

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/dining-out/id410454246?mt=8

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Relish Cafe now has free Wi-Fi

Our sister restaurant, Relish Cafe, now has free Wi-Fi! Enjoy a variety of house-made treats, a cup of delicious coffee, and bring your trusty tablet, laptop, etc.

Find us on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Relish/116626511710262

Relish

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Men Only Cooking Class Tonight!!

Calling all Men! Chef Ben Higgs will be sharing recipes designed for men and sharing stories and local beer!
Perfect way to escape the rain and cold!

Very limited spaces left!

http://www.wildoak.com.au

Friday, April 1, 2011

Add Wild Oak on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr

Use Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr to stay in touch with everything that is happening at Wild Oak Restaurant and Cooking School!



http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Wild-Oak-Restaurant-and-Cooking-School/381196501116


http://twitter.com/#!/WildOakOlinda


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great customer feedback

This great email came through from a customer this morning and I just wanted to share this, it makes every late night early morning and 15hr day worthwhile, thanks Duncan glad you enjoyed it.
Ben

email

Dear Ben & Staff of the Wild Oak,

I have been meaning to write to thankyou all so very much for a wonderful experience recently when my partner & l were staying at the Grace hill B & B down the valley & Betty, the owner there recommended Wild Oak for dinner.

Coming from a farming back ground with fresh produce & also a complete food nut who adores eating/cooking we eat out alot, always on the look out for new places to try so l greatly appreciate quality, service & great staff .

Saying this, l would like to congratulate you all as our experience at Wild Oak was absolutely amasing!!
From the lovely lady who opened the door at lunch time when you weren't actually open to let us have a look at the menu & book a table; the staff friendliness & organisation as soon as we arrived; the layout; atmosphere & setting for the restaurant in general & this before we had even tasted the food was excellent.

The food though is a major part of any dinning experience l suppose & all the dishes we had were an absolute gastronomic pleasure to devour. Perfectly cooked, delicious flavours/ combinations & not to mention remarkably quick.

We will definitely be visiting soon to try a few other meals we couldn't fit in the first trip so thankyou again & have a wonderful weekend.

Kind regards

Duncan

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Wild Oak at Parliament House Canberra

We are off to Canberra! Ben and Jilly have been invited to BBQ at Parliament House Australia on Monday the 26th of March. Chef Ben cooked for previous PM John Howard on his visit to the Dandenong Ranges!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Knox Festival Demo recipes


Indonesian style “Riverine Tender” Beef Stirfry.


Ingredients:
• 2 lge cloves Garlic, finely sliced

• 20g fresh young Ginger, finely sliced


• 1 fresh Green chilli, finely sliced

• 200g snowpeas (topped and tailed)


• 200g sugar snap peas (topped and tailed)

• 200g Riverine Tender Cut beef stirfry strips


• ketchup manis (sweet soy)

• lime juice


• ½ bunch coriander leaf finely sliced

• ½ cup roasted peanuts crushed



Directions:
• In a hot wok sear off beef strips in a little oil
• Once cooked remove beef from wok and set aside
• In a little oil stirfry greens, ginger, garlic and chilli
• Glaze with sweet soy, lime juice and most of the chopped coriander
• Add beef back to wok and combine



Seared Riverine Tender Cut Steak with Salsa Verde
(fresh Italian green sauce)
.


Ingredients:
4 grain fed Riverine Tender Sirloin Steaks
Salt and pepper to taste
Drizzle of olive oil


Salsa verde

Ingredients
1 x bunch corriander
1 x bunch basil
1 x bunch parsley
1 x bunch mint
8 x Capers
2 x Anchovy
Splash Red wine vinegar
1 tbs x Olive oil
1 tbs x Dijon mustard



Directions:
• Heat your grill BBQ or skillet until it is quite hot
• On a separate plate lightly oil and season your steaks
• Do not pour oil into your pan or grill
• Sear steaks off for 5 mins on each side and then rest for at least 3 mins in a warm place
• Whilst steak is cooking chop all ingredients for the salsa verde and combine in a bowl
• Mix and serve atop sliced steaks on a platter

Friday, February 4, 2011

Valentines Menu

Entrée
Freshly shucked tasmanian pacific oysters with cucumber vinagrette

Fresh victorian bay mussels, cookied in champagne with fresh herbs ginger and garlic

Yarra Valley Heirloom tomato tarte Tartin with yarra valley goats cheese and apple balsamic

Half shell scallops roasted with thai sesame dressing

Duck liver pate with homemade relish and toasted sourdough bread

Mains
Butterfly chicken breast fillet, with spanish chorizo sausage artichoke and capsicum, finished with salsa verde

Tasmanian salmon fillet with minted snowpea salad and lime hollandaise sauce

Otways organic pork belly with roasted chat potatoes and glazed apple jus

Your choice of aged Black Angus Steak’s
Grain fed Rump 350g
Pasture fed victorian Eye fillet 200g

Served on either mash potato, roasted potatoes or greens

With your choice of Mushroom sauce, Café de paris butter, Jus or
Bernaise sauce

Our Risotto of exotic mushrooms, finished with hints of truffle, goats cheese and Italian parmesan

Dessert
Locally grown strawberry tartlett with passionfruit custard and shortbread pastry
Semi Freddo (italian style icecream terrine) of local raspberries and rosepetals
Croquembouche for two, with chocolate filled profiteroles and fresh berries
Sorbets, our in house homemade fruit sorbets
Individual cheese plate with homemade lavosh quince paste and figs