Description
Lunch – Schoolhouse Cafe at Peppermint Ridge: Additional Information
Bookings
You may book either online through this page or by calling us at 5942 8580. Bookings are essential and payment is required to secure reservation. Deposits and payments are nonrefundable. Drinks and desserts are offered a la carte at the event and do not need to be included in the booking.
Menu
Our menus are created for each event to highlight fresh and seasonal produce from our kitchen garden. While the dishes will most likely change from time to time, here is an example of a menu we have recently served:
- House made sourdough bread
- Warrigal greens pesto
- Pork and veal polpette with anise myrtle and mountain pepper served with a native tamarind sauce
- Warrigal greens and ricotta pastries
- Grilled chicken fillet marinated in lemon myrtle and mountain pepper, wrapped in prosciutto with a tomato, sweet chilli and mountain pepper jelly. Side of heritage potatoes from our garden spiced with mountain pepper
- Warrigal greens gnocchi baked in strawberry gum and tomato sugo
- Heritage tomato and capsicum salad with mountain pepper berry and lemon myrtle dressing
- Anise myrtle ice cream with a compote of roasted plums, blackberry & heritage apple
- French-style finger lime tart with strawberry gum cream
- Strawberry gum ice cream with roasted seasonal fruits
- Coffee and anise myrtle chocolate truffles
Dietary Requirements
We are happy to accommodate most dietary requirements. Please let us know upon booking so we can make the proper arrangements for you.
Location
Peppermint Ridge Farm is only 1 hour east of Melbourne and 30 minutes west of Warragul. We are 5.4 km off the M1 (take the Tynong North turnoff, which is signposted).
Paddock to Plate to Pillow (Accommodation)
Peppermint Ridge Farm also offers accommodation for anyone who would like to stay locally for the weekend. The Haven Country House is located about a kilometre from the farm on Tynong North Road, featuring luxury art-deco style accommodation, a spa ensuite, and a log fire, sleeping up to 6 guests.
Plants and Spices
If you’d like to take a bit of the day home with you, we will have plants from our bush foods nursery on offer, as well as bush food teas and spices produced at the farm that you can enjoy.
