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showcase the tropical harbour flavours of Darwin

This is our current menu selection. As we continuously refresh our menu check back for up to date information. Food and Beverage rates shown are valid from 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009

Breakfast
Stand-up Buffet Style

Crispy double bacon and egg panini with tomato fondue

Freshly baked banana muffins with passionfruit butter served with toasted almond flakes and fresh tropical juices

Toasted English muffin with double bacon, egg, avocado, mango curd and cracked pepper

Baby croissant filled with ham, cheese, and tomato with mini blueberry muffins

Petite Danish pastries, mini muffins and platters of fresh tropical fruit salad

Watermelon, pineapple and rockmelon marinated in mint syrup served with honey and cinnamon yoghurt and toasted muesli

Served with tropical juices and freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

From $14.90 per person per selection

Plated ~ Seated / Pre-set on Table
  • Fresh orange and guava juice
  • Platter of baby croissants, glazed fruit, Danish pastries with toasted hazelnuts, orange and wattle seed muffins
  • Freshly sliced tropical fruits with fresh berries, honey and cinnamon yoghurt, selection of cereals, muesli served with fresh milk

  • With your selection of one of the following:

Toasted raisin muffin topped with smoked salmon and creamed eggs finished with mango hollandaise
Or
Grilled chicken and spinach sausages, buttered mushrooms and soft poached eggs on toasted Turkish bread with sweet tomato fondue
Or
Spinach vein frittata with crispy fried bacon, home made tomato relish and parmesan chive bread
Or
Creamed eggs, crispy smoked bacon, chipolatas, grilled tomatoes on toasted foccacia finished with Howard Springs wild basil greens and bush relish
Served with freshly brewed coffee and tea selection
$31.90 per person

Refreshment Breaks

Refresh your guests with our inviting sweet and savoury selections. All inclusive of freshly brewed coffee and tea selection.

Sandwiches

Please select two varieties:

  • Smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber with creme fraiche
  • Honey ham, cheddar and green tomato pickle
  • Barbecue chicken, lettuce and aioli
  • Roast beef, mustard and greens
  • Cheese, tomato and avocado with aioli

$7.50 per person

Conference Cookies and Biscuits

Please select two varieties:

  • Melting moments with citrus frosting
  • Coffee and pistachio biscotti with almond bread
  • White chocolate and macadamia cookies
  • Triple chocolate coverture chewy biscuits
  • Conference cookie basket selection – double chocolate, shortbread and cinnamon swirl

$7.50 per person

Morning Tea

Please select one:

  • Tea cake slice – orange, lemon or white chocolate
  • Raspberry and chocolate brownie
  • Date and orange scones with spice butter
  • Carrot and walnut bread with soft cinnamon spread
  • Baby ham, cheese and tomato croissants
  • Petite blueberry and mango coconut sweet muffins

$8.00 per person

Afternoon Tea

Please select one:

  • Swiss cheese quiche with Northern Territory bush relish and topped with fresh local greens
  • English fruit cake with glace cherries
  • Savoury muffins with whipped chive clove butter
  • Northern Territory mango and coconut iced cake
  • Vegetarian cold rolls with lychee relish
  • Mini gelato cones with three tropical locally made flavours

$8.00 per person

Sweet

Please select one:

  • Mini chocolate and coffee cream éclairs
  • Selection of petit fours divine chocolates
  • Bags of nuts and fruit (60 gram)
  • Wattle seed pavlovas with fresh strawberries, kiwi fruit, pure cream and passionfruit pulp
  • Fig and almond frangipani tart

$8.00 per person

Fruit

Please select one:

  • Tropical cocktail of watermelon, pineapple and rockmelon with fresh Chantilly cream and mint syrup
  • Fresh-sliced fruit platter with berries and vanilla yoghurt
  • Ripe whole fruit selection with apples, bananas, pears and oranges
  • Sugar coated berries and grapes frozen served in bowls with coconut and lime oil

$8.50 per person

Continuous Coffee and Tea Service

60 cup fresh coffee urn with tea selection, fresh milk and sugar
$210 per urn

Freshly brewed coffee and selection of traditional and herbal teas with fresh juices served by the jug – mango, pineapple and orange
$8.50 per half hour

Fresh percolated continuous coffee
$37.00 per brew

Espresso coffee cart

Set up in most locations around the Centre with your own barista and cookie jar
$250 set-up fee

$3.20 per cup of espresso coffee, tea or hot chocolate, minimum 100 cups and barista charge of $38.50 per hour, minimum 3 hours. Cookies, muffins and pastries are available upon request.

Lunch

Table Top Buffets

Ciao Bella

  • Mushroom risotto with freshly grated grana padano
  • Crumbed scalloppine with lemon parsley wine sauce
  • Spinach and ricotta agnolotti with creamy tomato sauce
  • Insalata caprese – tomato basil bocconcini with black cracked pepper and garlic croutons
  • Crusty ciabatta loaf with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and soft butter
  • Tiramisu Italian liquor trifle with mascarpone cheese and fresh coffee
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$35.50 per person

Darwinian

  • Barramundi cakes with wild lime aioli
  • Mango chicken chops with albino sweet potato crisps
  • Parap salad consisting of chef’s fresh crisp ingredients with sweet citrus dressing
  • Creamed sweet potato with fresh basil and Spanish onion butter
  • Top End tropical fruit salad with fresh cream, frozen grapes and berries
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$38.50 per person

Go North

  • Pad Thai noodles with peanuts and fresh Vietnamese basil
  • Tiger prawn won tons with nauc nam dipping sauce
  • Penang beef curry with coconut rice
  • Gai Lan – Thai wok fried greens
  • Green paw paw salad with lime dressing and fresh coriander
  • Coconut ice cream with mango coulis
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selections

$41.90 per person

Portable Plates

New York Deli

  • Platter of cold cured and marinated meats
  • Spinach, red capsicum and mushroom frittata
  • Mediterranean salad with sun dried tomatoes and balsamic dressing
  • Crusty bread roll and soft butter
  • Seasonal fresh-sliced fruit platters
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$29.50 per person

The Wharf

  • Crumbed fillets of barramundi with lemon cheeks and remoulade sauce
  • Lemon myrtle calamari salad with baby cos
  • Baked potato wedges with cajun spices, sour cream and sweet chilli
  • Sesame, poppy and plain fresh rolls with soft butter
  • Greek style salad with lemon dressing
  • Seasonal fresh-sliced fruit platters
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$31.50 per person

Tiwi Temptations

  • Seafood and marinated chargrilled vegetable salad with lemon dressing and seeded mustard potato salad
  • Home made muesli bar with dried local tropical fruits
  • Baci chocolates (2)
  • Piece of fresh fruit and soft drink or water
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$29.00 per person

Cullen Bay Teahouse

  • Herb crusted beef, mustard and pimento salad, turkish loaf with tomato fondue and sweet potato crisps
  • Lime tea cake with coconut icing
  • Pure indulgence almond creams (2)
  • Piece of fresh fruit and soft drink or water
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$29.00 per person

Table-top or Seated Buffet

The Ghan

  • Korma lamb with baby pappadums
  • Steamed basmati saffron rice
  • Selection of Northern Territory relishes and dahl
  • Crusty bread roll and soft butter
  • Assorted vegetable and savoury turnovers
  • Seasonal fresh-sliced fruit platters
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$29.50 per person

Jabiru

  • Slow cooked beef in juniper berry sauce
  • New potatoes with bush spice butter
  • Salt bush vegetable bake
  • Damper rolls with soft butter and bush tomato chutney
  • Tossed Howard Springs greens
  • Seasonal fresh-sliced fruit platters
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$29.50 per person

Rum Jungle

  • Tandoori chicken with citrus scented couscous, pickled cucumber and lemon yoghurt
  • Pumpkin and chickpea coconut curry
  • Dopiaza beef curry with preserved lemons
  • Samosas, curry puffs, basmati rice and naan bread
  • Pappadums, chutney, spiced sour cream and chilli oil
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$42.50 per person

Seven Spirit Bay BBQ

  • Chargrilled lemongrass chicken spare ribs with brown sugar
  • Barramundi fillet with honey, cajun butter and fresh lime wedges
  • Crocodile and salt bush sausages with scallop potatoes and fine chopped parsley
  • Barbequed red capsicum, snow peas and zucchini with ghee, river salt and cracked black pepper
  • Tomato, cucumber and wild basil salad with red wine mustard vinaigrette
  • Tossed Howard Springs greens with fresh herbs
  • Freshly baked bread basket selection, including sliced multigrain and white cob loaf with soft butter
  • Lime and pineapple panacotta with mango salsa, fresh cream and tuille biscotti
  • Freshly brewed coffee and tea selection

$58.50 per person

Seated Dinner

Entrées

Soup of the Moment

  • Butternut pumpkin soup with chiffonade of spinach and seared prawn meat
  • Ham hock and vegetable soup with pistou and foccacia croutons
  • Sweet potato and carrot with a hint of ginger and finished with parsley oil
  • Gazpaccio – zucchini and tomato cold soup with onion rings and pickled mushrooms
  • Tom Yum Goong – Asian prawn broth with aromatic infused flavours

$12.70 per person

Red Earth

  • Five-spiced duck breast with Howard Springs herb greens finished with ponzu dressing
  • Goat’s cheese and soft herb tartlet served with roasted red pepper and sticky balsamic dressing
  • Sweet paprika lamb cutlets with pea puree and tomato fondue
  • Tiger prawn and avocado salad with orange and cardamom dressing
  • Plum glazed pork belly with bean shoots, carrot, mint and coriander warm salad

$17.00 Entrée / $34.00 Main

Tropical Tastes

  • Cajun crocodile with yoghurt, pickled cucumber and sweet potato chips finished with fresh coriander
  • Fresh tiger prawn and Northern Territory mud crab timbale with pickled avocado salad and lemon dressing
  • Steamed barramundi fillet on coconut jasmine rice with a light green curry aromatic sauce
  • Smoked emu fillet carpaccio with rocket salad, cognac mayonnaise and fresh salt bush

$19.00 Entrée / $36.00 Main

Mains

Grain-fed

  • Brie, ham off the bone, chicken breast encased in flaky pastry, served with a vino bianco and vegetable gateau
  • Chicken breast filled with bocconcini and sage served with charred vegetables and beurre blanc sauce

$26.50 per person

  • Prosciutto wrapped chicken breast on seeded mustard roesti with green beans and bourbon and pine nut sauce
  • Oven baked chicken and prawn roll with bacon curry cream sauce and turned potatoes and buttered greens

$33.00 per person

Salt Water

  • Oven baked reef fish topped with smoked salmon, fanned avocado and hollandaise on lemon pepper roesti
  • Parsley and almond crumbed whiting on lemon potatoes with fresh julienne salad for the table

$30.00 per person

  • Fish of the moment, whole or fillets of fresh fish served with chef’s local flavours
  • Citrus herb crusted barramundi on creamed chive potato with snow peas and dry vermouth cream sauce

$36.00 per person

  • Whole baby barramundi with sweet chilli ginger sauce on parsnip paste, bok choy and fresh lemon
  • Chargrilled sword fish with creamy onion parmesan mash, miniature vegetables and lemon beurre blanc sauce

$39.00 per person

Jackaroo

  • Sweet paprika rubbed scotch fillet with kipfler potatoes, green beans and pepperonata with a sticky port wine jus
  • Fillet of beef on garlic mash with wild mushroom jus and mesculin salad for the table

$33.00 per person

  • Prosciutto wrapped fillet of beef on mustard grain roesti with mushroom ragout, zucchini pie and shiraz demi glace
  • Braised buffalo in rich sticky jus with vegetable galette finished with wattle seed chocolate balsamic reduction

$39.00 per person

Salt Bush

  • Marinated lamb rump filled with feta, onion and basil served on garlic creamed potato served with baby carrots
  • Rosemary and garlic crusted lamb saddle with onion, scallop potatoes and asparagus with minted port glaze

$36.00 per person

  • Oven baked rack of lamb with spinach and pesto farce on kipfler potatoes with buttered squash
  • Lamb loin with mushroom, red capsicum and spinach farce on sticky merlot jus with turned potatoes

$43.00 per person

Vegetarian

  • Goat’s cheese soufflé with baked tomato, a light curry and green pea puree
  • Sweet potato ravioli with porcini mushroom salad and three herb dressing
  • Eggplant and spinach rottollo with burnt butter, tomato fondue and shaved parmesan
  • Polenta gnocchi with tomato drizzled with pesto and finished with baby mozzarella and kalamata olives

$28.00 per person

Desserts

Crocodylus Sweet Tooth

  • Belgium chocolate mousse in brandy snap basket with fresh Chantilly cream and orange syrup
  • Chocolate flummery with Frangelico hazelnut cream sauce and strawberries
  • Mango and coconut bavarois with cognac anglaise, raspberry coulis and praline
  • White chocolate panacotta with scorched almond Baileys ice cream, cristolli and toffee chards
  • Blood orange and lemon curd tart with creme fraiche and caramelised hazelnut

$16.90 per person

Crocodylus Connoisseur

  • Indulgence taste plate – lime panacotta, raspberry chocolate cup, white chocolate pâté with pistachio nuts
  • Chocolate marquee with port sponge, mousse pure cream, currant sauce and spun toffee
  • Bitter orange crème caramel with orange zest compote and pistachio amoretti
  • Raspberry twice cooked soufflé with pure cream and white chocolate sauce

$19.50 per person

Grazing Platters Per Table

  • Raspberry brownie
  • Caramelised apricot tartlet
  • Orange panacotta
  • Belgian chocolate mousse white chocolate cups
  • Caramel banana tartlets with creme fraiche
  • Baklava Greek dessert
  • Mini pavlovas with fresh fruit, cream and wattle seeds
  • Petite chocolate and coffee éclairs
  • Baileys cream caramel shot glasses
  • Roasted pine nut and chocolate chip baked ricotta cheese cakes

$19.80 per person
3 items per person

Welcome Reception

We recommend a minimum of four canapés per person for the first hour and three canapés per hour thereafter, dependent on the time of function e.g. lunch or dinner.

Canapé Classic

  • Cured Atlantic salmon on chive pikelet with creme fraiche and lemon
  • Sun-dried tomato and olive tapenade on Melba toast with chervil
  • Fresh crab, green onion and lemon cream cheese on rye croute
  • Cheddar cheese, tomato and basil on pumpernickel with pistachio paste
  • Onion jam and Chorizo on rocket dill toast finished with cracked black pepper
  • Almond chicken and aioli with lettuce and char grilled Turkish bread
  • Smoked salmon, lemon, spring onion, cream cheese and fine lettuce on rye
  • Tandoori chicken on baby pappadums with minted yoghurt and coriander
  • Squid tentacles on crusty panne with lemon aioli pesto and sun-dried capsicum jam

$2.20 per item

Cold

  • Sushi and sashimi platter with pickled ginger, soy and wasabi
  • Chive and cheddar scones with smoked salmon, lemon creme fraiche and coral lettuce
  • Rare herb crusted beef, Dijon mustard and rocket on Turkish toasts
  • Satay chicken cold rolls with lychee relish and fresh
  • Vietnamese mint
  • Polenta and roasted vegetable stack with reduced balsamic
  • Cured Atlantic salmon cubes with sake and black sesame
  • Roast duck pancake with cucumber, spring onion and hoi sin

$4.20 per item

Warm

  • Cevupcici’s Yugoslavian mini skinless sausages with parsley lemon yoghurt
  • Tiger prawn won ton with nuoc nam dipping sauce
  • Barramundi basket roll with lemon aioli and chive butter
  • Chicken and cashew shepherd pie with sweet potato mash
  • Vegetarian spring roll with ginger and lime sweet soy dipping sauce
  • Thai beef won ton with green onion jam
  • Chinese sausage with light soy dipping sauce
  • Tender calamari in Japanese bread crumbs with tomato salsa

$4.20 per item

Substantial

  • Moroccan chicken with citrus couscous, lime yoghurt and fresh coriander
  • Tempura prawns and vegetables on fried noodles with sweet and sour capsicum sauce
  • Sweet paprika and oregano lamb fillet with Greek salad and lemon cheeks
  • Wild mushroom risotto with fresh shaved parmesan drizzled with truffle oil

$7.50 per item

A selection of cocktail packages from $28.90 per person are also available on request

Beverage Packages

Dinner, Cocktail and Welcome Reception

1 hour 2 hour  3 hour  4 hour 5 hour
Standard $18.90 $23.00 $29.50 $34.50 $38.50
Premium $24.60 $29.50 $37.50 $43.50 $48.50
Deluxe $29.00 $36.50 $42.00 $48.50 $54.50

Standard Selection

River Gum Brut Reserve (NSW)
River Gum Semillon Sauvignon Blanc (NSW)
River Gum Shiraz Cabernet (NSW)
Draught beer, light beer and soft drinks

Premium Selection

Barwang Pinot Noir Chardonnay Brut (VIC)
Grant Burge Benchmark Chardonnay (SA)
Plantagenet Hazard Hill Semillon Sauvignon Blanc (WA)
River Gum Cabernet Merlot (NSW)
Draught beer, light beer and soft drinks

Deluxe Selection

Barwang Pinot Noir Chardonnay Brut (VIC)
Barwang Chardonnay (VIC)
Gnangara Sauvignon Blanc (WA)
Wolf Blass Red Label Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon (SA)
River Gum Cabernet Merlot (NSW)
Draught beer, light beer and soft drinks

Soft Drink Selection

1 hour 2 hour 3 hour 4 hour 5 hour
$6.90 $10.90 $15.90 $20.90 $25.90

Bottled water, juice and energy drinks
Conference water bottle 250ml, 600ml or energy drink/juice from $3.00

Please Note

Darwin Convention Centre’s Catering Team welcome the opportunity to discuss any special dietary requirements including low cholesterol, dairy-free, vegetarian, gluten-free, organic, kosher and halal.

All produce is sourced locally and is of the highest quality available.

The Centre reserves the right to substitute ingredients according to availability.

Prices are per person unless otherwise advised.

All rates are quoted in Australian dollars and are inclusive of goods and services tax (GST).

A 20% surcharge on total food and beverage is applicable to functions held on public holidays and weekends.

All Seated Dinner rates are based on a minimum of three courses. Freshly brewed coffee, tea and after dinner mints are all inclusive.

All food and beverage rates are valid from 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009.

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