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Profiteroles with chocolate sauce at Le Garde-Manger

Le Garde-Manger brings the shape of a French neighbourhood crêperie to the upper stretch of Auckland's Queen Street. It is a fully licensed cafe and restaurant, equally plausible for coffee, lunch, an after-work glass of wine or a longer dinner. The room is presented with an easy, welcoming manner rather than rigid formality, while the menu remains firmly tied to familiar French regional cooking. A private dining space also gives groups a way to gather without changing the restaurant's intimate central city character.

Savoury buckwheat galettes form one of the clearest signatures. Diners can begin with the simple combination of egg and cheese, then add vegetables, meat or smoked salmon, or choose a composed version. The Dijonnaise pairs wild pork sausage with tomato, spinach, potato and mustard sauce; the Nordique brings smoked salmon, leek and lemon together; and the Savoyarde folds raclette, bacon, onion, potato and cream into one substantial plate. French cider makes a particularly natural partner for this part of the menu.

The kitchen moves beyond crêpes into the dishes people often hope to find in a traditional French restaurant. Entrées include onion soup, duck liver parfait, goat cheese salad and Burgundy snails. For a main course, there may be beef bourguignon, coq au vin, lamb shank or rump steak with mushroom sauce, while tartiflette layers potato, reblochon, lardons and onion into a rich Savoyard preparation. This range makes it possible to build either a light meal or a slow dinner with several courses.

Dessert returns to the crêpe pan, with thin sweet pancakes offered in classic styles, including the liqueur-flambéed Crêpe Suzette. The drinks list continues the French theme through cider and wine, while coffee keeps the cafe side of the business visible throughout the day. Vegetarian diners and guests with special dietary needs can be accommodated with advance discussion, useful for mixed groups. Taken together, the menu feels broad without losing the regional dishes and techniques that give the restaurant its identity.

Address: 466 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

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Le Garde-manger Menu

Les Galettes

A galette is a savoury crêpe; it is made of buckwheat flour, so it is gluten-friendly (traces of gluten may remain). In France it is usually accompanied by cider. Normandy cider is fruitier and stronger in taste.

La Complète
$13.50

egg and cheese

La Fermière
$20.50 / with chicken or bacon or sausage $27.50

Mushroom, onion, herbs & cream

La Dijonnaise
$27.50

Wild pork sausage, tomatoes, spinach, potatoes, Dijon mustard sauce

La Capri
$20.50 / With chicken or bacon or spinach $27.50

Goat cheese, honey, sundried tomato and walnut & salad

La Nordique
$26.50

Smoked salmon, leek fondue & lemon with salad

La Grancopaise
$30.50

Scallops, mushroom, leek fondue, white wine sauce & salad

La Limousine
$27.50 / With plant based mince $29.50

Beef mince, onion, mushroom, tomato sauce, egg & cheese

La 3 Fromages
$22.50 / With chicken or bacon or sausage or spinach $29.50

Cheddar, brie, blue cheese with walnut & salad

La Savoyarde
$29.50

Raclette cheese, bacon, onion, potato and cream

Entrées

Cold meat platter
$23.50

Selection of New Zealand and French cured meat, with pickles and bread

French onion soup
$19.50

Served with gratinéed cheese and croutons

Duck liver parfait
$20.50

Served with sourdough toast, red onion jam & pickles

Goat cheese salad
$22.50 / With lardon + $5.50

Warm goat cheese on toast with honey, tomato, walnut, green salad

Les escargots de Bourgogne
½ Dzn $19.50 / 1 Dzn $37.50

Burgundy snails, garlic butter sauce and fresh baguette

Mains

Pavé de rump steak sauce aux champignons
$40.50

Beef rump steak with pan-fried potatoes, salad, mushroom sauce

Tartiflette
$40.50

Potato gratin with onion, bacon and cream, grilled with Reblochon cheese

Beef Bourguignon
$44.50

Beef and red wine casserole, with new potatoes, bacon and vegetables

Coq au vin
$43.50

Chicken leg slowly cooked in red wine, with new potatoes, bacon and vegetables

Souris d’agneau braisée
$44.50

Red wine braised lamb shank, new potatoes, bacon, vegetables

Beef Scotch fillet
$44.50

With gratin dauphinois, Portobello mushroom, salad and blue cheese sauce

Sides

Bread & butter
$7.50
Salad
$7.50
Gratin Dauphinois
$12.50
Garlic bread
$10.50
Green beans, tomatoes garlic butter sauce
$12.50

Les crêpes simples

Lemon & sugar
$7.50
Jam
$7.50
Butter & sugar
$7.50
Chocolat
$9.50
Honey & walnut
$9.50
Nutella
$10.50

Les crêpes spéciales

Crêpe White lady
$13.50

Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce & Chantilly

Crêpe des alpages
$14.50

Blueberry, whipped cream

Crêpe martiniquaise
$17.50

Banana, coconut, French vanilla ice cream & chocolate sauce

Crêpe Belle-Helene
$17.50

Poached pear, vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce

Crêpe Mont Blanc
$17.50

Chestnut cream, Poached pear, Chantilly, sliced almonds

Crêpe Suzette
$17.50

Crêpe with orange syrup flambéed at the table with Grand Marnier

Crêpe Calva
$19.50

Caramelized apple with vanilla ice cream flambéed with Calvados

Crêpe William
$20.50

Poached pear, vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce flambéed with Brandy

Les coupes glacées

3 Scoops
$12

vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, apple, lemon

Colonel
$16.50

Lemon sorbet, vodka

Normande
$16.50

Apple sorbet, calvados

Brunch Mains

French toast
$23.50

With cooked banana, bacon & maple syrup

Omelette
$26.50

With salad, toast and chutney with ham & cheese or smoked salmon and goat cheese

Bacon & eggs
$18.50 / Add wild pork sausage + $6

Eggs any style, roasted tomato, streaky bacon, toast

Œufs Garde-Manger
$30.50

Eggs any style, roasted tomato, bacon & sausage, creamy mushroom and Brie cheese on toast

Œufs Benedicte
$19.50 / With lardon + $5.50

Warm goat cheese on toast with honey,tomato, walnut, green salad

French breakfast
$16.50

Croissant, toasted baguette, jam & butter, fruit juice and regular size coffee

Sandwiches

Ham & cheese croissant
$11.50

Served with salad

Croque Monsieur
$18.50

Toasted ham sandwich, with salad

Croque Madame
$20.50

Croque Monsieur with a fried egg

Coffee & Croissants

Coffee & croissant
$9.50

Any regular size coffee and plain croissant with jam and butter

Coffee & almond croissant
$11

Any regular size coffee and an almond croissant

Coffee

Soy or almond milk or oat milk: +$1. Extra cream: $1.5. Extra milk: $0.5.

Short Black, Long Black, Flat White, Macchiato
$5.50
Hot Chocolate, Latte, Chai Latte, Cappuccino, Mochaccino
$6.50
Café viennois, chocolat viennois
$7.50
“Harney and Sons” teas and herbal teas
$5.50

Special coffee

Affogato Frangelico
$19.50

Vanilla ice cream, Frangelico and coffee

Normand
$17.50

Calvados, coffee and whipped cream

Irish coffee
$17.50

Irish whiskey, coffee and whipped cream

Aperitifs traditionnels

Blackcurrant, Peach, Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Wild strawberry, Violet, Apricot, Fig

Kir royal
$13.50

(sparkling)

Kir
$11.50

(white wine)

Kir Breton
$11.50

(Cider)

Dubonnet
$13.50

Created in 1846, this French vermouth is a delicate blend of mistelles and wines, flavoured with spices and plants.

Rinquinquin
$13.50

This refreshing drink is made of Luberon white wine, peaches, peach leaves, sugar cane and alcohol.

Pommeau de normandie
$13.50

This drink is obtained by mixing unfermented apple juice mixed with 2y/o calvados. It is then aged in oak barrel for 14 months.

Ricard
$13.50

Popular in the south of France, this refreshing drink is an anise flavoured spirit.

Noix de St-Jean
$13.50

Walnut liqueur, usually taken as an aperitif or to accompany blue cheese.

Pineau des Charentes
$13.50

A blend of fresh juice of grapes added to aged Cognac during the harvest time.

Les Digestifs

Calvados VSOP/15years old
VSOP $15 / 15years old $19
Grand Marnier
$14
Mirabelle eau de vie
$14
Cognac fine/VSOP
fine $14 / VSOP $18
Armagnac fine/XO
fine $14 / XO $19
Green Chartreuse
$14
Absinthe
$19
Poire William
$14

Soft drinks

Juices: Orange or apple or pineapple
$6.50
Coca Cola, Coca Cola zero, Sprite
$6.50
Spicy tomato juice
$6.50
Orangina, Ginger beer
$6.50
Lemon lime & bitters
$6.50
Diabolo grenadine or mint
$6.50

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