Pastuso in Melbourne Menu

 BIENVENIDOS A PERU

• Welcome to Pastuso
  • For two people we recommend 1 or 2 dishes from each of the Ceviche Bar and Street Food sections, then 1 dish from the Fuego section accompanied by 1 or 2 sides.
• LA SELECCION DEL CHEF - the feed me menu. A selection Of the best the menu has to offer 65.00 per person

 INDIVIDUALES - INDIVIDUAL

• CANCHA 5.00
  • Dry roasted corn, with smoked chilli and kaffir lime salt
• LOCRO DE ZAPALLO 8.00
  • Pumpkin crisp with charred pumpkin, black garlic puree and crushed pumpkin seeds
• ALPACA CROQUETTE 8.00
  • Slow cooked alpaca shoulder crumbed and served with huacatay and aji amarillo sauce

 CEVICHE BAR

• PERUANO 20.00
  • Ruby red snapper cured in lemon juice with caramelised sweet potato and cancha
• SALMON 18.00
  • Ora King salmon with a sour orange dressing and plantain chips
• VEGETARIANO 14.00
  • Silken tofu with seaweed, fried shallots and jalapeños
• MARLIN NIKKEI 21.00
  • Marlin fillet with braised shiitake mushrooms, aji mirasol and rice wine vinegar dressing
• TRUCHA DE RIO 18.00
  • Smoked Goulburn River trout with fennel, dill and cucumber dressing
• TIRADITO DE CORBINA 20.00
  • Black kingfish with aji mirasol and miso dressing, crispy nori seaweed and flying fish roe

 CALLE - STREET FOOD

• ANTICUCHOS 23.00
  • Beef and fish skewers with grilled vegetables, huacatay and aji amarillo sauce
• SALCHICHA HUACHANA 18.00
  • Traditional Peruvian house made sausage with caramelised onion puree, soft egg and herb panko
• PASTEL DE CHOCLO 17.00
  • Sweet corn cake with whipped feta, black garlic, baby corn, asparagus, spring onion and alfalfa
• ESCABECHE DE HONGOS 15.00
  • Wild mushroom escabeche, potato foam, migas and salt bush
• CHICHARRON DE POLLO 17.00
  • Spicy fried chicken, lima bean, aji amarillo, salsa criolla and Asian celery

 FUEGOS - FIRE

• EL POLLO 34.00
  • 1/2 Chicken marinated in malt beer & Andean spices, smoked and roasted with a traditional aji amarillo and huacatay salsa
• PALETILLA DE CORDERO 50.00
  • Smoked lamb shoulder, grilled kale, smoked chilli salsa and pickled cucumber
• PICANTE DE PESCADO 40.00
  • Hapuka fillet with an Andean style chilli sauce, Patagonian scallops, spinach and braised leeks

 PREMIUM ARGENTINE BEEF CUTS

• GIPPSLAND NATURAL 30 DAY DRY ACED GRASS FED BEEF
• RUMP CAP 250G 38.00
• EYE FILLET 200G 45.00
• STRIPLOIN 400G 55.00
• RIB EYE 1KG 120.00
• *Subject to availability

 ACOMPANAMIENTOS – SIDES

• PAN DE QUINOA 5.00
  • House made quinoa bread with infused olive oil
• YUCAS 11.00
  • Fried cassava chips with spicy rocoto mayonnaise
• ENSALADA DE LA ESTACION 15.00
  • Grilled broccolini with sugar snaps, snow peas, turnips and Peruvian olives
• ENSALADA TROPICAL 14.00
  • Red butter lettuce, radichio, pickled star fruit, candied hazelnuts and soursop vinaigrette
• ZAPALLO LOCHE 14.00
  • Char grilled baby pumpkin with celeriac puree
• ANDEAN GRAINS 13.00
  • A selection of traditional Andean grains with shaved Brazil nuts

 POSTRES – DESSERTS

• COCADA HELADA 13.00
  • Coconut sorbet with coconut crumble and quince compote
• ALGARROBINA 13.00
  • Peruvian panacotta, cinnamon sponge and caramelised white chocolate
• DELICIA DE PINA 12.00
  • Vanilla meringue parfait with pineapple sauce and freeze dried mango yogurt
• PICARONES 12.00
  • Sweet potato and pumpkin doughnuts served with cinnamon infused raw sugar syrup and white chocolate mousse

 GLOSARIO - GLOSSARY

• AJI
  • Peruvian chillies
• AJI AMARILLO
  • Peruvian yellow chilli pepper, mild, aromatic and citrus flavour
• AJI MIRASOL
  • Sun dried yellow chilli pepper, intensifies the earthy flavour, mild
• AJI PANCA
  • Sun dried red pepper from the andes, medium heat
• ANDEAN CHEESE
  • Fresh soft feta style of mild cheese made from cows milk
• BOTIJA
  • Variety of Peruvian black olives
• CASSAVA
  • Amazonian root vegetable also called a yuca or mandioca, native to South America
• CILINDRO
  • Peruvian smoking chamber
• DASHI
  • Traditional light Japanese broth
• ESCABECHE
  • Marinating liquid with vinegar and onion
• HUACATAY
  • Peruvian black mint
• NIKKEI
  • Japanese influence on Peruvian cuisine
• PLANTAIN
  • Looks like a green banana and needs to be cooked before eating, a staple in South American cooking
• PONZU
  • Traditional Japanese dressing made of seaweed, citrus and a light soy sauce
• ROCOTO
  • Peruvian spicy red pepper, hot flavour

 PASTUSO SET MENUS

• ULTIMATE PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE
• $70 Journey through Peru
  • This menu, like all our packages, is designed for sharing, offering a selection of our signature dishes from across the four areas of our menu: Ceviche, Street Food, Slow Cooked Mains and Desserts.
• JOURNEY THROUGH PERU
• $95 Feast of the Andes
  • The feast begins with a fantastic selection of our ceviche and street food, followed by our larger dishes using premium ingredients, showcasing our unique cooking methods; the smoking chamber, authentic chargrill and rotisserie. To finish, a selection of traditional Peruvian desserts are served. Your palate will visit the coast, highlands and jungles of Peru.
• THE FEAST OF THE ANDES
• $130 Ultimate Peruvian Experience
  • This is the ultimate dining and drinking package offered at Pastuso. You begin with the iconic Pisco Sour. Ceviche then begins your banquet using only the premium & freshest ingredients. We follow on with street food dishes, reflective of the street vendor wares in the Lima laneways. For mains you will have Beef, Alpaca and Chicken cooked like Peruvians do. To finish, Traditional Peruvian desserts are then served with a digestive.

19 Acdc Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

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