Rivers
Newsletter Issue Mar 04
| Mothers
Day Lunch Cruise with Rivers - Children Eat Free |
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Show Mum just
how loved she is this Mothers Day with a special 3 hour Lunch Cruise
along the Yarra with Rivers. Enjoy a lavish buffet lunch featuring
delectable Seafood on our grandest vessel 'Voyager'. Click
here for a menu.
Mother's Day
is a family event - Rivers are allowing 2 children per family on
the cruise for FREE. That's a saving of up to $60 per Family.
Cost: $75.00
per person. Children under 12 -$30 per child (2 children per family
are free). Alcohol is on consumption.
Date: 9th May 2004. Boarding time 12pm, depart at 12.30, return
at 3.30pm
Departure Point: 9 Harbour Esplanade, Victoria Harbour, Docklands,
Vic 3008 Opposite Telstra Dome. MelRef.2E/G5
Bookings:
Call Rivers on 03 9686 8668
Book and pay
before the end of March and you will receive a FREE bottle of wine
for your table.* Simply mention this web site offer upon booking.
Reserve your table now to avoid disappointment (ph: 9686 8668)
* Rivers own Lindemans Chardonnay, Lindemans Shiraz,
or Killawarra Sth Eastern (Sparkling) Choice subject to availability.
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| Recipe:
King Prawns on Kipfler potatoes and green beans with a lemon horseradish
dressing |
Serves
2
8
King Prawns (shelled)
200 g Kipfler Potatoes
100 g Green Beans
½ Bunch Watercress
1tbsp Sherry Vinegar
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
150 ml Olive Oil
½ tbsp Grated horseradish
50ml Vegetable Oil
For
more recipes visit the recipe page on the Rivers
or Tides
web site
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Step
1
Cook the potatoes in salted water until soft, drain and once
cool, peel and slice each potato into 2cm rounds
Step
2
Blanch the beans in boiling salted water for 1 minute
and refresh in ice cold water. Drain and slice each bean in
half lengthwise
Step
3
To make the dressing, add the lemon juice and sherry vinegar
together and slowly whisk in the olive oil. Season with salt
and pepper and finish with the grated horseradish
Step
4
Sauté the King Prawns, using the vegetable oil in a
hot pan for about 1 minute on one side and 30 seconds on the
other
Step
5 – Assemble the dish
Place
the potato rounds in a circle in the middle of the plate.
Season
the beans and arrange over the top of the potatoes.
Stack
the prawns on top of the beans and spoon the dressing over
the prawns and around the plate
Dress
the watercress with the remaining lemon horseradish dressing
and arrange the salad on top of the prawns.
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| It's
Festival Time! |
Melbourne
Food & Wine Festival - Restaurant Week @ Tides
Tides
are pleased to be part of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
Brown Brothers Restaurant Week. To celebrate, Tides
are offering 2 courses, a glass of Victorian wine, and tea
/ coffee - all for $25.00. Offer is valid Monday - Friday
for Lunch during the Restaurant Week (Monday March 22 - March 28).
Bookings essential - Ph: 9645 6433
Restaurant Week Menu
Entrée
½ Dozen oysters with a lime, vodka and shallot dressing
Crispy Quail on a chickpea and corn fritter and our pomegranate
vinaigrette
House cured salmon on a potato and fetta blini with seeded mustard
dressing
Risotto of oven-dried sherry tomatoes, basil and kalamata olives
Main
Tides fish and chips – crumbed fillets of flake,
rench fries & mushy peas
Roasted Chicken Breast, semi dried sultanas, tomatoes, wilted spinach
and a Port Wine jus
Roasted Butternut pumpkin, goats cheese and chard wrapped in puff
pastry with a parmesan dressing
Pan fried Western Australian King Prawns on marinated kipfler potatoes,
green beans, with lemon dressing
Dessert
Orange & poppy seed pudding with a citrus caramel syrup &
clotted cream
Pistachio praline & dried fruit parfait with raspberry coulis
Chocolate and orange mousse with a hazelnut slice
Beverages
Wine / Tea / Coffee
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| New
SMS Alert Service from Tides |
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Tides
Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar has just released a new sms
service. Tides will send you the day's specials right to your
mobile phone - and best of all it's totally free. Tides special
are 'special' indeed - e.g. Pan fried baby rainbow trout with
chilli & coriander, Or Assiette of seafood inc prawns,
oysters, & scallops. Don't miss out on these great taste
sensations from Melbourne's best seafood - register via the
Tides web site - www.tidespier35.com.au. |
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| Rivers
Platinum Club Card |
Rivers
have recently launched the 'Rivers Platinum Club' - and so far it
has met with resounding success. Club members are given a standard
10% discount across all Rivers venues. Everything from a lunch at
Tides, to a lavish wedding at Rivers Plaza. What's the catch...?
There isn't one. The 'Rivers Platinum Club' aims to reward loyal
customers and to encourage them to make the most of the various
venues / restaurants available. If you don't have this hot little
card in your hand yet apply now at www.rivers.net.au/platinumclub.htm. |
| Mothers
Day Lunch at Tides |
Spoil
mum this mothers day at Melbourne's Best Seafood restaurant - Tides.
Our Chef has put together a delicious seafood focused menu for this
special day.
Special
Offer: Mother's Day is a family event - Tides are allowing 2 children
per family to dine for FREE. That's a saving of up to $40 per Family.
Cost:
$75.00 per person. First 2 children (12 and under) are FREE with
2 paying adults.
Additional children -$20 per child. Alcohol is on consumption.
Date: 9th May 2004. Bookings: Call Tides on 9645 6433
Visit the Tides
site to view the special mothers day menu
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Rivers
Head Office is located at Berth 8 South Wharf Rd Southbank Vic Australia
3006
Ph: 9686 8668, Email: info@rivers.net.au,
Web: www.rivers.net.au
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