Sandra and her team welcome you to Spoons Riverside, uniquely located on Swan Hill’s Little Murray River.
Spoons Riverside specialises in modern Australian cuisine, using fresh local produce from Swan Hill and the surrounding Mallee and Sunraysia regions to create inspired seasonal menus.
We complement our cuisine with individually selected local wines, predominantly from the Bendigo, Murray Darling and Macedon Ranges areas.
2012 Winter Menu
Tastes of Swan Hill, to have with a drink
Murray Sandbar platter $25 - Chicken terrine, honey ham, Casalingo salami, roasted pickled vegetables, marinated Robinvale olives, Jarlsberg
Selection of dips $14 - Three fresh seasonal dips, a sample from the surrounding Mallee paddocks
Bread dipping plate $7 - Olive sourdough bread, Robinvale Estate Lemon Pressed Extra Virgin Olive oil, Murray River Salt Flakes
Bowl of Robinvale marinated olives $8
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Starters
Mallee Tasting Plate: Ouyen rabbit terrine, $20 kangaroo chipolata, Spoons pickled pear and Chillingollah pheasant farm patè
Risotto of preserved lemon, fennel, green peas and $17 mascarpone
Celery, garlic and basil-infused pasta with slow $17 cooked Angus beef shins, cherry truss tomatoes, baby oregano
Regional showcase, rich and hearty winter soup $12
Indian cardamom beef naan cones $17
Chef’s open top filo pie with fresh daily ingredients $17
2012 Winter Menu
Mains
Salt bush lamb shank, smashed sweet potato, broccolini, $30 roasted almond and prune sauce
Glazed Mallee pork belly with Seville marmalade, $32 verjuice, served on a celeriac puree
Oven baked Glenloth chicken, pancetta, pear, walnut $32 and Gippsland Shadows of Blue stuffing
Seasonal fish of the day $30
Angus beef eye fillet with either - Native pepper leaf and pink peppercorn sauce, or $32 French red butter, or $32 Wentworth yabby and béarnaise sauce $36
The above mains come with a medley of roasted Mallee vegetables and potatoes tossed in Murray River salt flakes
Risotto of preserved lemon, fennel, green peas and $24 mascarpone - add some yabbies $30
Celery, garlic and basil-infused pasta with slow cooked $28 Angus beef shins, cherry truss tomatoes, baby oregano
2012 Winter Menu
Desserts
Our signature dessert Spoons Bush Pudding: An encased medley of dried $18 apricots, prunes, almonds and pistachio served with a baby vanilla panna cotta
Spoons Orchard Story: lemons, limes, oranges, $14 grapefruit, pistachios, almonds, figs and Sunraysia dried fruits in pastry boats
Sultana brioche, Swiss chocolate and Grand $14 Marnier pudding pots
Roasted quince with homemade vanilla ice cream $12 and almond tuiles
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To complement your dessert: Region Glass Bottle
Dessert Whites Granite Hills Late Harvest Macedon $12.50 $25 Riesling (375ml) Ranges Bress The Kindest Cut (375ml) Bendigo $17.50 $35
Fortified Campbell’s Empire Tawny Port Rutherglen $7 $35
Campbell’s Liquid Gold Classic Rutherglen $10 $60 Rutherglen Topaque (500ml)
Wines
Our wine list features an individual selection of wines, mainly from surrounding Victorian regions. In conjunction with the winemakers the wines were chosen to match our seasonal menu.
Region Glass Bottle
Sparkling & Spritzy Barossa Yellow and Pink Sparkling $8 $26 Valley Murray Deakin Estate Moscato $8 $26 Darling Ninth Island NV Brut Tasmania $10.50 $42
White Buller Beverford Semillon Murray $7 $25 Sauvignon Blanc Darling Murray Deakin Estate Sauvignon Blanc $7 $25 Darling Macedon Granite Hills Chardonnay $8 $32 Ranges Pizzini Pinot Grigio King Valley $8 $32 Marlborough Clifford Bay Sauvignon Blanc $8.50 $33 NZ Macedon Granite Hills Riesling $35 Ranges Bress La Gallina blend Bendigo $9 $35 Bress Gold Chook Chardonnay Bendigo $50
Red Murray Deakin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $7 $25 Darling Pondalowie Vineyard Blend Shiraz Bendigo $8 $32 Cabernet Tempranillo Bress Heathcote & Bendigo Shiraz Bendigo $9 $35 Macedon Granite Hills Pinot Noir $38 Ranges Passing Clouds Graeme’s Blend Bendigo $38 Shiraz Cabernet Pizzini Sangiovese King Valley $10 $40 Macedon Granite Hills Shiraz $48 Ranges Blackjack Bendigo Shiraz Bendigo $60
Beer and Other Drinks
Beers and ciders Cascade Premium Light $6.00 Boags Premium Light $6.00 Carlton Draught $6.00 Carlton Dry $6.00 Victoria Bitter $6.00 Crown Lager $6.50 James Boag Premium $6.50 Pure Blonde $6.50 Bluetongue $7.50 Fat Yak $7.50 Beez Neez $7.50 Little Creatures $7.50 Mildura Brewery Honey Wheat $8.00 Corona (Mexico) $8.00 Stella Artois (Belgium) $8.00 Guinness (Ireland) $8.00
Harcourt Apple or Pear Cider $7.00
Spirits Basic $7.50, Premium $8.50
Non-Alcoholic Soft drinks (Coke, Diet Coke, Lemon Squash, Lemonade) $4 Fruit juice/tomato juice $4 Lemon, lime and bitters $6 Schweppes Australian Sparkling Mineral Water Small $4 Large $6.50
Rieme sparkling juices $5 (Blood Orange, Pink Grapefruit, Lemon, Traditional Lemonade)
Jugs Pims $26 Cranberry, Vodka and Lime Crush $26
Hot Drinks Tea or Coffee Regular $4 Large $4.50
Suppliers
Spoons Riverside creates its seasonal menus around fresh produce sourced, where possible, from suppliers in the surrounding regions.
Listed below are some of the suppliers we use.
Products from a selection of these suppliers are available for purchase from our Provedore, located adjacent to the front entrance of the restaurant.
Bellata Gold Pasta Bellata, NSW
B+B Microherbs Bendigo
Saluté olives Boort
Poachers Pantry Canberra, ACT
Olson Pheasant Farm Chillingollah
Gunbower Creek olive oil Gunbower
Tabletop grapes Irymple
Chislett citrus fruits Kenley
Gray’s Bakery Kerang
Wildings Pantry Essentials Kyneton
Jamie’s salad dressings Lake Boga
Murray River Salt Company pink salt Mildura
King Valley Verjuice Moyhu
Jenny Wisbey quince paste Naracoorte, SA Andrew Peace Murray Cod Piangil
Robinvale Estate olives and olive oil Robinvale
Micky’s Meats Swan Hill Sonre Farms pistachio nuts Swan Hill
Tripodi & Taverner fruit and vegetables Swan Hill
Wilhome Meats Swan Hill Glenloth Chickens Wycheproof