Mid Year AFF XMAS Drinks and Dinner - 30 June 2012, Hilton Surfers Paradise, QLD

[Deleted member]

nothing. in the hands of the hilton gods

Ok. I will not get excited about the possibility. If it happens. Then great. Looking forward to meeting up and enjoying a great weekend.

 

[Hvr]

What a delicious menu. And yes I'll be partaking.

I'll be arriving at BNE at 1535 hours on QF528

Departing BNE at 1525 on QF525.

If anybody is getting to OOL at this time happy to share a ride.

Staying at the Hilton Hotel.

Looking forward to this weekend.

 

[Travel Guru]

Menu looks great, please put me down as Platinum for the dinner

TG

 

[Deleted member]

Menu looks great, please put me down as Platinum for the dinner

TG

Looking forward to catching up.

 

[Keith009]

For whatever reason I have completely missed this thread (or possibly because I didn't want to post till I knew what we're doing that weekend!) Hope it's not too late to jump in? Myself and +1 can confirm our attendance and would love to join in if at all possible!

Will be attending both drinks and dinner.

Will try to book the Hilton for convenience's sake unless there's a vast difference in price with something else. Staying a night rather than driving home so we can both inbibe to our hearts' content!

No HH status alas.

 

[munitalP]

OK - Sorry to do this but a slight menu change / enhancement



:roll eyes: yeah, an enhancement....











True - it's for the better!

 

[munitalP]

Luke Mangan has designed a menu that is focused on easy dining, where the emphasis is on quality, simplicity and choice. This menu is available for two or more courses. For each course, simply pick your preference of dish to build a menu that suits the tastes of you and your guests. For the main course, choose your meat or fish, then choose the sauce, and an accompaniment. The accompaniments will be served on each guest’s plate.

APPETISER

· Smoked Tasmanian ocean trout, silken tofu, pickled sh!take mushrooms, cucumber, shizo dressing
· Chilled prawn salad, mango, roasted cashews, curry mayo
· Sashimi of kingfish, ginger and eschallot, Persian fetta, rocket
· Blue swimmer crab, avocado and crispy won ton salad
· Roasted beetroot and buffalo mozzarella panzanella
· Quail with zucchini, basil, pine nuts and currants
· Prawn tortellini, Asian greens, ponzu
· Roasted prawns, chimichurri, herb salad and tabouleh dressing
· Spinach and ricotta tart, marinated cherry tomatoes, chilli walnut pesto, balsamic

MAINS

SELECTION OF FISH

· Snapper fillet
· Barramundi fillet
· Blue eye cod fillet
· Salmon fillet
· Tuna

Sauces Your choice of chimichurri, smoked tomato and basil salsa, chipotle aioli, nut brown butter tomato caper and parsley, green curry sauce

SELECTIONS OF MEATS
· Confit duck leg
· Maple roasted chicken breast
· Veal osso bucco, bacon lardons and gremolata
· Dukkah spiced lamb rump
· Moroccan spiced lamb cutlets
· Bbq spiced lamb loin
· Roasted pork cutlet
· Grain fed sirloin
· Grain fed scotch
· Grain fed fillet of beef

Sauces – your choice of BBQ, red wine jus, pepper sauce, béarnaise, selection of mustards


ACCOMPANIMENTS
Choose 1 per main course dish from the selection below

· Crushed potatoes, spinach and braised eschallots
· Fragrant pumpkin puree, date, almond, preserved orange
· Harissa crushed kipfler potato and spiced cabbage
· Ratatouille with roasted eschallot
· Root vegetables and truffled mash
· Broccolini, tomato and olive fondue
· Parmesan and truffle polenta with green beans
· Crushed peas, fetta and mint sauce
· Snow peas and sugar snaps with braised rice
· Cauliflower puree, zucchini, pine nuts and basil

DESSERT

· Strawberry, Cointreau, chocolate tart, vanilla bean mascarpone
· Caramelised macadamia, honey and bitter chocolate tart
· Chai bavarois, citrus and saffron salad, candied fennel seed
· Pistachio creme brulee, chocolate sorbet
· Classic lemon tart, vanilla cream
· Hot chocolate cake, honeycomb ice cream
· Coconut panna cotta, star anise pear, pandan ice cream
· Cheesecake of yoghurt and pear

VEGETARIAN

· Moroccan eggplant and potato gratin, saffron, tarragon yoghurt
· Spinach tortellini, roasted beetroot, Persian feta, spinach, curry dressing
· Potato gnocchi , green asparagus, zucchini, parmesan cheese and chives
· Ratatouille gratin with mozzarella cheese
· Pumpkin and ricotta lasagne, tomato fondue

COST

Entree / Main (FISH) / Desert - $89.50
Entree / Main (Meat) / Desert - $92.50

Vegetarian Course is $38.00 per person

The Hilton will accept prepayment / room charge for your meal prior to service.

 

[Deleted member]

when do we make the decision?

 

[BVT]

Err, word of warning there. Translink (or more accurately, Surfside) is about as reliable as the Titanic for arriving at it's prearranged destination on time. My kids regularly have to find alternate arrangements when the bus simply fails to turn up or keeps driving straight past them. Even after the Daniel Morcombe lessons. Numerous complaints have done nothing to curb the totally random nature of this so-called time-tabled public transport disaster (the stop before ours is a time clock stop and still they ignore it). Choose public transport on the GC at your own peril (and I advise you not bank on getting your Luke Mangan gastronomic delights..........OOL is a long way to hitch to Surfers).

My experience with the 702 bus to and from OOL has been excellent. I catch it at least once every six weeks or so. At least now it actually goes into the Airport and not deprosit you on the side of the highway, leaving you to schlep down the road to the terminal!

 

[munitalP]

Wine list:

Wine	By the glass	By the bottle
The Lone Fig Chardonnay	$ 6.00	$ 22.00
The Lone Fig Shiraz	$ 6.00	$ 22.00
The Lone Fig Sparkling	$ 6.00	$ 22.00
The Lone Fig Semillon Sauvignon Blanc	$ 6.00	$ 22.00
Bay of Stones Sparkling	$ 7.00	$ 25.00
Bay of Stones Sauvignon Blanc	$ 7.00	$ 25.00
Bay of Stones Chardonnay	$ 7.00	$ 25.00
Bay of Stones Shiraz	$ 7.00	$ 25.00
Bay of Stones Merlot	$ 7.00	$ 25.00
Leconfield Sparkling	$ 9.00	$ 43.00
McHenry Hohnen Semillon Blanc	$ 9.50	$ 55.00
Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc	$ 10.00	$ 59.00
Chapman Grove Chardonnay	$ 11.00	$ 62.00
Seville Pinot Gris	$ 10.00	$ 55.00
Zeppelin Shiraz	$ 10.00	$ 55.00
Chain of Ponds Pinot Noir	$ 10.00	$ 55.00
Reschke Cabernet Merlot	$ 10.00	$ 55.00

Beer is available by glass - most around $8

 

[straitman]

munitalP,

Please insert us as Platinum X 2.

I'll PM details when I have them.

 

[Storyteller]

My Hilton info was emailed a few weeks back. Know you've been busy & maybe not time to update the list on page 1.

The menu looks great! There are a few things there that have caught my eye!

 

[Ewing]

I'm arriving at BNE - 12:10pm on Sat, and departing BNE - 7:55pm on Sun.

Would love to tie in with someone / others for transfers if possible.

Flight up booked. I land 12:30 on Sat. DJ935. If you're happy to wait the 20 mins then we can organise something for transfers.

I was going to fly Qantas, but couldn't resist 6,900 points + $39 for DJ Business (especially as I thought they'd stopped doing those cheap flights)

Flight back isn't booked yet.

 

[dfcatch]

Flight up booked. I land 12:30 on Sat. DJ935. If you're happy to wait the 20 mins then we can organise something for transfers.

I was going to fly Qantas, but couldn't resist 6,900 points + $39 for DJ Business (especially as I thought they'd stopped doing those cheap flights)

Flight back isn't booked yet.

Sounds great to me

I considered DJ as well - but there is nothing except extortionate pricing ex-cns. (Actualy ex-anywhere according to my recent searches). But that's another rant for somewhere else - in the meantime QF is winning lots more business from me.

 

[Ewing]

I considered DJ as well - but there is nothing except extortionate pricing ex-cns. (Actualy ex-anywhere according to my recent searches). But that's another rant for somewhere else - in the meantime QF is winning lots more business from me.

QF was the opposite for me.

~$200-ish for SYD-BNE on Saturday, unless I wanted to fly before 8am (which I don't)

Rates are reasonable coming back though.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

OK - Sorry to do this but a slight menu change / enhancement....True - it's for the better!

munitalP, can this be true?

AFF re-establishing the true meaning of the term enhancement??

I really must tip my hat to you. That menu almost looks unbelievable. The choices are incredible for a so called "set menu".........and a well priced wine list........and a slight discount over the original proposal............and the potentially problematic remittance saga resolved.........WOW. I congratualte your organisational skill.

Now, what shall I order????????

 

[Ewing]

Luke Mangan has designed a menu that is focused on easy dining, where the emphasis is on quality, simplicity and choice.

I had totally missed this page.

The menu looks awesome. I'm looking forward to this!

Thanks for your superb organisation so far.

 

[munitalP]

munitalP, can this be true?

AFF re-establishing the true meaning of the term enhancement??

I really must tip my hat to you. That menu almost looks unbelievable. The choices are incredible for a so called "set menu".........and a well priced wine list........and a slight discount over the original proposal............and the potentially problematic remittance saga resolved.........WOW. I congratualte your organisational skill.

Now, what shall I order????????

you ain't seen nothing yet!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

you ain't seen nothing yet!

Ooooooo, you tease!

 

[munitalP]

Ooooooo, you tease!

I find it a bit of fun chasing up on sponsors and getting good deals from hotels etc. The effort is rewarded on the night with people just being happy and usually without costing too much either! Previous events organised in Melbourne have been organised around peoples loyalty cards or good local knowledge and at the end of the day, we are all in it to have a bit of fun, enjoy some good food and hopefully some good plonk - I hop this Mid Year Xmas do will be equally as successful as Decembers. I'm also quite happy I don't have to get up at 4am the next morning for a flight!! (Oz-Mark - I'm looking at you!)

The emphasis is about fun and ensuring that the night is organised to the final call makes for a good evening all round.

The next announcement hopefully tomorrow will blow everyones socks off....


munitalP