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MCA Cocktail menu package

Sample menus only, full menu available on request

Package price includes canapés, food waiters, equipment hire and 10% GST
2 hours - $42.75 per person (12 canapés per person)
2½ hours - $49.75 per person (15 canapés per person)
3 hours - $56.50 per person (18 canapés per person)
 

 

Canapés

Salt and chilli squid

Mini lamb burger with tzatziki

Marinated artichoke fried with parmesan, sage and rosemary crust

Thai caramelised pork belly and fresh pineapple

Freshly shucked oyster with lemon and pepper

Mini bocconcini with olive, basil and dried tomato

Tartlet of sugar cured tuna with fresh cucumber pickle and sesame seeds

Pink grapefruit, cashew and toasted coconut salad

BBQ quail breast with lemon, garlic and oregano

 

 

Why not offer your guests something more substantial?

The following sample dishes are available in conjunction with the canapé menu

We have so many selections, just ask for the full menu.

 

 

BBQ finger food on the terrace

Select 3 dishes - $21.00 per person (equivalent to a main course)

 

King prawn skewers with garlic and parsley butter

Seared grain-fed striploin beef with a selection of sauces - ponzu with shallots, Béarnaise, hot spicy BBQ -

served on large platters with pistol skewers

Colourful vegetables skewers with warm, freshly roasted peanut sauce

 

 

Substantial stand up dishes

These dishes can be served in a noodle box or a small china bowl

 

Select 1 dish - $10.00 per person (equivalent to an entrée)

Select 2 dishes - $15.00 per person (equivalent to a large entrée)

Select 3 dishes - $20.00 per person (equivalent to a main course)

 

Tapas style beef meatballs with spicy tomato sauce and dipping baguette

Saffron paella with fresh green peas, garnished with prawns, calamari and mussels

Kway Teow noodles tossed with Asian greens and tofu

 

Oyster bar

3 oysters per person - $13.00  per person

 

Freshly shucked oysters with lemon and lime wedges; ginger, soy and shallot sauce; homemade cocktail sauce

 

 

Gelato

$8.75 per person + GST

 

Selection of gelati in waffle cones or little bowls with coloured spoons such as lychee and lime, pistachio, vanilla bean

 

 

Dessert canapés

Select 2 desserts - $8.00 per person + GST

Select 2 desserts - $9.50 per person + GST

 

Vanilla profiteroles with caramel

Mini lemon meringue tartlet

Mini fresh berry tartlet

Mini custard tart

Mini caramel and walnut tartlet

Mini passionfruit curd tartlet

Rich Belgian chocolate mousse in mini parfait glasses

Fresh fruit skewers with warm Belgian chocolate dip

Warm pear and frangipan galette with crème patissiere

Medjool dates stuffed with marzipan

Tira mi su in mini parfait glasses

Baby rum baba with passionfruit coulis

 

 

Package details

 

A staff charge of $181.50 applies for cocktail parties under 120 guests

Sunday surcharge of 3%

 

 

 

Beverage packages

Package price includes beverages, beverage waiters, equipment hire and 10% GST

 

 

House bar package

 

2 hours - $26.50 per person

3 hours - $33.50 per person

4 hours - $40.00 per person

Per hour after 4 hours - $6.50 per person

 

Bennetts Lane NV Brut

Scotchmans Hill Swan Bay Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

Scotchmans Hill Swan Bay Shiraz

Local beer and light beer

Orange juice, soft drinks and mineral water

 

 

Premium beverage packages

 

2 hours - $35.75 per person

3 hours - $44.25 per person

4 hours - $52.75 per person

Per hour after 4 hours - $8.50 per person

 

Premium package 1

 

Chandon NV

Mitchelton “Airstrip” Marsanne Roussanne Viognier

Cockfighter's Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon

Crown Lager and Cascade Light

Orange juice, soft drinks and mineral water

Premium package 2

 

Chandon NV

Green Point Chardonnay

Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Shiraz

Crown Lager and Cascade Light

Orange juice, soft drinks and mineral water

 

 

Premium Plus beverage packages

 

2 hours - $44.75 per person

3 hours - $55.75 per person

4 hours - $67.00 per person

Per hour after 4 hours - $9.75 per person

 

Premium Plus package 1

Chandon Vintage

Cloudy Bay Chardonnay

Mountadam The Red

Crown Lager, Becks and Cascade Light

Orange juice, soft drinks and mineral water

Premium Plus package 2

Croser

Petaluma Hanlin Hill Riesling

Plantagenet Great Southern Shiraz

Crown Lager, Becks and Cascade Light

Orange juice, soft drinks and mineral water

 

 


 

Cocktail package

Package price includes cocktails, cocktail barman, equipment hire and 10% GST

Select 1 cocktail, 1 cocktail per person - $8.75 per person

Select 2 cocktails, 2 cocktails per person - $19.00 per person

Select 3 cocktails, 3 cocktails per person - $28.00 per person

Select 4 cocktails, 4 cocktails per person - $37.00 per person

 

 

The Geisha

Gin, lychee juice and sake, topped with diced lychee (served in a martini glass)

 

Bonfire

Gin with lemon juice and Tabasco, served with a slice of fresh chilli (served in an oversized shot glass)

 

Berry Smash

Tequila, Chambord and sweetened lime juice served over muddled berries with a dash of soda water (served in a double old fashioned glass)

 

Fallen Angelita

Tequila, Grand Marnier, cranberry juice and Frangelico served in a salt-rimmed glass with fresh lime (served in a martini glass)

 

Spiked lemonade

Homemade lemonade with a bourbon kick served over ice with fresh lemon (served in a highball glass)

 

Quite Quince

Whiskey, lemon juice and quince scented syrup (served in a martini glass)

 

Ginger Meggs

Vodka and apple schnapps served over ice with ginger beer and garnished with fresh apple (served in a double old fashioned glass)

 

Lavender Martini

Lavender scented vodka, Cointreau and sweetened lemon juice, muddled with fresh orange (served in a Cosmo glass)

 

Sage, elderflower and cucumber sangria

White wine, vodka and Triple Sec, with cranberry juice, elderflower cordial and lime, served with cucumber and sage (served in a double old fashioned glass)

 

Traditional Hurricane

Light and dark rums, passionfruit juice and orange juice, coloured with grenadine and served over ice with a slice of orange (served in a hurricane glass)

 

Pear Mojito

Bacardi, pear juice and lime juice, served over bruised mint on ice with a dash of soda (served in a double old fashioned glass)

 

Iced Splice

Midori, lemon juice and lime juice, served over ice and garnished with honeydew melon (served in a Cosmo glass)

 

Velvet rose

Blackberry liqueur, cranberry juice and lemon juice, topped with sparkling wine (served in a champagne glass)

 

French Punch

Chambord, pineapple juice and peach juice served with sparkling wine and diced pineapple (served in a highball)

 

 

 

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