Sample Menus
All menu items are subject to availability and each menu changes on a daily basis, sample menus show selected items from both Rachel’s Garden Cafe in Carlow and Rachel’s Secret Cafe in Kilquade, please contact us for day to day menu options if necessary, we cater for groups and tours also. Range of vegan and gluten free options also available.
All our soups are made daily and with all fresh ingredients, herbs from our garden and we roast our vegetables to infuse all the flavours. We only use vegetable stocks in our soups and no flour so this allows our gluten free and vegetarian customer to have a good choice.
Soups
- Curried butternut squash and sweet potato, with freshly picked coriander
- Potato and leek soup
- Chilli & Coconut soup
- Rachel’s Garden Cafe chunky root vegetable soup with fresh herbs
- Broccoli & Blue Cheese soup
- Sweetcorn & Chicken soup
Salads
- Potato & Sweetcorn salad
- Kale Raisin & Carrot salad
- Pulled Turkey/Chicken Taco salad
- Lentil & Pickled vegetable salad
- Baby mixed leaf salad
- Beetroot & Apple horseradish salad
Deli Bar
- Homemade sausage roll with onion and herbs
- Tomato and Mozzarella bruschetta
- Selection of Pies: Beef & Vegetable, Chicken & Mushroom, Irish Stew Pie.
- Tuna and sweetcorn melt on soda bread
- Goats cheese, roast pepper and basil pesto ciabatta
- Asian skewered chicken
- Chickpea falafel with tahini sauce
We offer different breads daily, our in house baked buttermilk brown soda, our seeded brown bread, whita soda bread. Brown or white gluten free bread is available plain or toasted just ask at the savoury counter, where we offer a wide variety of scones all made in-house including fruit, raspberry and blueberry scones. So if you want something more than a soup for a starter feel free to browse.
Breakfast
- Full Irish breakfast or Mini-Breakfast available
- Vegetarian Breakfast with homemade hash brown
- Granola with natural yoghurt and fresh mixed berries
- Scrambled eggs & toast
- Porridge with honey, sultanas and toasted almonds
- Saute Potato, tomato & mushrooms
Deli Bar
- Homemade sausage roll with onion and herbs
- Tomato and Mozzarella bruschetta
- Selection of Pies: Beef & Vegetable, Chicken & Mushroom, Irish Stew Pie.
- Tuna and sweetcorn melt on soda bread
- Goats cheese, roast pepper and basil pesto ciabatta
- Asian skewered chicken
- Chickpea falafel with tahini sauce
- Lemon Pepper Poached Salmon
At Arboretum we are dedicated to fresh locally sourced high quality produce. We strive to find the best partners to create the best Irish receipes and tastiest menu possible. All our beef, pork, ham and bacon are sourced from local supplier Ballon Meats in Carlow. All our chicken is Irish Bord Bia approved. Our fish is delivered fresh daily from Atlantis Seafood in Wexford.
Main Courses
- Roast leg of Ballon lamb with onion & rosemary stuffing with red wine gravy, mint sauce
- Pot-Roast top rib of Irish beef , red wine & thyme gravy with horseradish sauce
- Fish ‘n’ chips: crispy breaded fillet of plaice with homemade tartar sauce
- Boiled bacon & buttered savoy cabbage with parsley sauce
- Baked salmon en croute with savoury rice stuffing
- Fish pie with smoked haddock, salmon & cod in a creamy white wine & dill sauce
- Crispy breaded chicken supreme stuffed with smoked mozzarella
- Traditional roast turkey & honey glazed ham served with cranberry sauce
- Our Café style homemade beef burgers with dill pickle & peppercorn cream sauce
- Roast loin of pork with apricot & herb stuffing
- Grilled salmon fillet with fennel & pink grapefruit salsa
Desserts
- White Chocolate Mousse with raspberries or Lemon curd
- Creme Brulee with fresh berries and shortbread
- Strawberry/Passionfruit/Baileys Cheese Cake
- Mixed Berries Roulade
- Chocolate Truffle Cake
- Key Lime Pie
- Individual Lemin Mernigue Pie
- Homemade Tiramisu
- Fresh Fruit Tartlet with vanilla pastry cream
- Banoffee Pie
At Arboretum we offer a variety of vegatarian options, below is a sample offering of what is available in both Cafe locations:
Vegetarian
- Vegetable Soup available daily
- Vanilla Vegan cupcake
- Vegan Meringue with fresh berries & coconut cream
We strive to cater for all individual diets and requests, we produce a range of flourless items from our kitchen and all allergen information is available in our cafes.
Flourless items
- Daily soups are always flourless
- Orange & Almond Cake
- Lemon & Polenta slice
- Chocolate & Coconut Energy ball
- Strawberry Meringue with berry compote
- Coffee or Carrot Cake
- Fresh Fruit Pavlova