Plates of Plenty Challenge

We’ve challenged local eateries to come up with a winning dish using three or more of our region’s plentiful produce.

Cast your vote for your favorite dish as shown below in the Plates of Plenty Challenge and go in the draw to win one of three $100 dining vouchers to your participating eatery of choice.

THE DISHES

ALMA EATERY

Fagottini con funghi e tartufo

Pyramid shape pasta stuffed with mushrooms, granna padano, ricotta and herbs served with truffle butter with rosted hazelnuts, sliced truffle , Pekepeke Kiore and truffle salt.

Price: $42

Alma Eatery, 4 The Esplanade, Ōmokoroa

PEARL KITCHEN

Pearl’s Scotch Egg

Bacon & Maple Scotch Egg with Sautéed Mushroom Medley, Truffle Mushroom Foam, Crispy Potato, Rocoto Romesco, Parmigiano & Madeira Jus.

Price: $25

Pearl Kitchen, 20 Coast Boulevard, Papamoa

FOX’S HAWKER HOUSE

Fat Guy Fungi Hawker Roll

Sticky, spicy & crispy! Fat Guy Fungi’s Shiitake, Oyster & Enoki mushrooms in a Hawker Roll topped with Bay Tropics Rocoto Chillis and Ohiwa Black Diamonds Truffle Salt. GF V

Price: $19

Fox’s Hawker House, 108 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui

JAVAMAN CAFE

Lemoncello Crème Brûlée

Distillerie Deinlein Lemon:Cello crème brûlée with Small Batch Chocolate Hazelnut Butter truffles.

Price: $12

Javaman Cafe, 214 The Strand, Whakatāne

MASTER KONG

Steak and Eggs

Chargrilled wagyu beef tataki, tempura egg, cured yolk. Truffled beef fat aioli, pickled oyster mushrooms with sesame, purple nori.

Price: $25

Master Kong, Unit 2/ 217 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui

THE COMM

Kūmara Gnocchi

Kūmara gnocchi served with a medley of smoked Fat Guy Fungi mushrooms, blue cheese, Bay Tropics Rocoto chilli and Ohiwa Black Diamond Truffle Salt.

Price: $28

The Comm, 45 The Strand, Whakatāne

SOLERA

Aubergine Nanbanzuke

Bay Tropics Rocoto chilli and soy marinated aubergine, Kaimai Eggs egg croquette, Fat Guy Fungi mushrooms, Ohiwa Black Diamonds truffle salt.

Price: $29

Solera, 165 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui

THE PHOENIX

Puia Taco

Blue corn tortilla, grilled tony’s oyster mushrooms, small batch mole sauce, rocoto chili caviar, crispy el jefe chorizo, peke peke kiore crisps.

Price: $25

The Phoenix Tauranga, 2/59 The Strand, Tauranga

IZAKAI BAR AND EATERY

HONONGA KAI

(Hononga kai mai i Te Moana-ā-Toi) – “Bringing together the food of the Bay of Plenty”

Horopito truffle salt dry aged beef, roasted rocoto chilli sauce, yuzu marinated mushrooms – garnished with deep fried pekepeke-kiore and watercress.

Price: $29

Izakai Bar & Eatery, Bayfair Shopping Centre, 19 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui

SALTWATER

Kina and Mushroom Toast

Charred Mount Sourdough, Kina Parfait, fire roasted Fat Guy Fungi mushrooms, cured Otto farm egg yolk, fermented Bay Tropics Rocoto Chilies.

Price: $29

Saltwater, 203 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui

TRINITY WHARF

Chocolate and hazelnut butter ice cream sandwich

Small Batch Chocolate Hazelnut Butter ice cream sandwich with a Distillerie Deinlein Lemon:Cello schmear. Available after 6pm.

Price: $16

Trinity Wharf Tauranga, 51 Dive Crescent, Tauranga

Cast Your Vote

Cast your vote for the peoples choice award by filling in the form below.

A big thank you to the seven producers who contributed to the Plates of Plenty Challenge box.

Bay Tropics
Rocoto Chillis

Distillerie Denlein
Lemon:Cello

El Jefe Meats
Sausages

Ohiwa Black Diamonds
Truffle Salt

Fat Guy Fungi
Mushrooms

Small Batch
Chocolate Hazelnut Peanut Butter

Kaimai Eggs
Eggs