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Riverhead Lamb dish best in country

The Riverhead hotel has topped the country with its popular “Espresso Lamb Salad” taking out the “Best Lamb Bar Meal” in the prestigious Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence.
The Riverhead’s dish, “Espresso Lamb Salad”, was dubbed New Zealand’s best lamb bar meal at the Hospitality New Zealand annual conference held in Wellington on September 26.
Espresso Lamb Salad is a staple menu item for The Riverhead, with more than 3,500 dishes sold since it was added to the fare late last year.
It features lamb rubbed with espresso and cooked medium rare, sliced on a bed of beetroot, feta, apple and walnuts with a blue cheese dressing on toasted sourdough bread. The dish combines a variety of sweet and sour flavours with a textural taste delight. The chef’s special espresso rub subtly marries with the lamb and pulls all the flavours together.
In 2011, The Riverhead won an the Hospitality New Zealand Award for Excellence for Th