Backbencher Pub and Cafe in Wellington City Menu

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All our poached eggs are free range
D. Seymour'S Breads (V) $13.50
- Toasted artisan breads, changing spreads & dips
M. Barry'S Petit Salad (V) (GF) $16.50
- Charred watermelon, preserved lemon, baby rocket, grapes, whipped feta
W - Prosciutto Or Gin Cured Salmon $21.50
H. Parata Salmon (GF) $17.50
- House gin cured salmon, kimchi-bulgar salad, pea tendrils, avocado whip
T. Mallard'S Pate $14.50
- House chicken liver, mushroom & cracked pepper pate, Phoenix chutney, toasted breads
P. Bennett'S Calamari $14.50
- Deep fried salt & pepper calamari, Asian slaw, lemon, Kaitaia Fire dip
W - A Side Of Hand Cut Chips $18.50
C. Finlayson'S Summer Salad (V) (GF) $18.50
- Honeyed beets, blanched summer greens, quinoa, watercress, toasted flaked almonds, whipped feta, charred lemon dressing
W - Grilled Haloumi Or Lamb Kofta Kebabs $24.50
J. Ardern'S Arancinni (V) $14.50
- Crumbed tomato-parmesan risotto balls, brie center, sorrel pesto, aioli, fresh leaves
J. Collins Duck Croquettes $17.00
- Panko crumbed ‘pulled’ meat croquettes, Asian slaw, sprouts, pistachios, Romesco, aioli
P. Twyford'S Drinking Platter (For 2 To 4 Persons) $49.00
- Southern fried chicken drumsticks, cajun wings, deep fried calamari, hand cut
The Greens' Tasting Plate (For 2 To 4 Persons) $39.00
- House pate, cured salmon, arancinni, manuka smoked brie, chutney, mixed ,marinated olives, bread-n-butter pickle, lamb koftas, dips, spreads, grilled breads

R. Mark's Chicken Sandwich Wrap $23.00
- Grilled chicken thigh, bacon & brie in a wholegrain soft flour tortilla, whipped avocado, fresh leaves & bean sprout salad, hand cut skin chips
N. Smith's Fresh Fish Sandwich $19.50
- Toasted sementi bread, bread-n-butter pickle, Asian slaw, leaves, aioli, hand cut skin chips w fried panko crumbed or pan seared fresh fish
W - Two Fried Eggs $23.00
D. O'Connor's Mushroom & Cheese Burger $21.50
- Pan- roasted ground beef & venison patty, grilled Portobello mushroom, house chutney, fresh leaves, pickles, aioli, smoked cheddar, toasted multigrain bun, hand cut skin chips
W - Two Fried Eggs $25.00

B. English'S Lamb Loin (GF) $29.00
- Pan roasted med-rare lamb, eggplant puree, baby rocket, honeyed beets, pomegranate, sorrel pesto
W. Peter'S Crispy Duck Breast (GF) $29.00
- Crispy skin pan roasted med-rare breast, potato roesti, charred watermelon,preserved lemon, rocket & grape salad, whipped feta, kumara shavings >>
S. Joyce'S Scotch Fillet (GF) $33.00
- Char-grilled scotch fillet, pancetta wrapped summer greens, celeriac puree, bearnaise, red wine jus
J. Key'S Fresh Fish (GF) $27.00
- Dukkah crusted fresh market fish, pea puree, chargrilled fennel, potato roesti, heirloom tomatoes, radicchio, basil
M. Turei'S Venison Medallions (GF) $27.00
- M. Turei's venison medallions (gf)
G. Brownlee'S Sausages (GF) $25.00
- Pan-roasted chicken, rocket, thyme & cashew sausages, pea puree, duck fat
A. Little Risotto (V) (GF) $23.00
- Pea & pearl barley risotto, tamarind, chard & chickpea provencale, courgette ribbons, local olive oil, shaved pecorino
A. Little Risotto (V) (GF) $28.00
- Pea & pearl barley risotto, tamarind, chard & chickpea provencale, courgette ribbons, local olive oil, shaved pecorino
F & C '84 $24.00
- Panko crumbed fresh fish, lemon, tartare, house salad, toasted seeds, skin chips

Hand Cut Skin Chips, Aioli $5.50
House Salad (Dressed) $7.00
Duck Fat Roast Baby Potatoes $6.00
Potato Roesti (Each) $5.50
Market Vegetables (Random But Healthy) $6.00
Toasted Turkish Bread $2.50
Garlic Mushroom Flats $6.00
Two Fried Eggs $4.00
Shaved Pecorino $3.00
Swap To Gf Focaccia $2.50
Aioli, House Dressing, Hollandaise, Homemade Tartare, Apple & Tomato Chutney, 1812 Beer Seed Mustard, Tomato Relish $1.00
Complimentary - Hp, Sweet Chilli, Tomato, Tabasco, Worcestershire, Homemade Beer Vinegar N/C

L. Upston'S Peach Cobbler $10.00
- Homemade bourbon peach cobbler, berry coulis, egg custard, vanilla bean gelato, soft cream
M. Fox'S Brulee $10.00
- Raspberry & vanilla brulee, maple-hokey gelato, soft cream, tuilles
J. Shaw'S Cheesecake $10.00
- Vodka & strawberry cheesecake, shortbread, vanilla bean gelato, soft cream
P. Goff'S Delice $10.00
- Chocolate delice, blackcurrant compote, Immigrant’s Son espresso gelato
G. Robertson'S Double Affogato $8.00
- Vanilla bean or maple-hokey gelato, double shot espresso in demi-tasse
- Add A Shot Of Any Liqueur $5.00

* Parfait (V) $9.50
- Natural unsweetened yoghurt, honey, blackcurrant compot
- Add Warmed Homemade Toasted Muesli W Goji Berries $15.00
Summer Scramble (V) $19.00
- Scrambled eggs, grain toast, whipped avocado, heirloom tomato, radicchio, chickpea, pea tendril salad with sorrel pesto
Breakfast Sausages $24.00
- Pan-roasted chicken, rocket & cashew sausages, duck fat roast potatoes, pea puree, herb roasted tomato, poached eggs, with toasted Turkish bread and fruit chutney
* Potato Roesti (V) $19.50
- Potato roesti, sprouts, baby tomato, sorrel pesto, shaved pecorino, Portobello mushroom caps and whipped feta
- Add 2 Poached Eggs $23.50
Backbencher Buttie $17.50
- Bacon, fried eggs, hollandaise, hand-cut skin chips, toasted Turkish bread
Pancake $19.00
- Cooked to order folded pancake, bacon, banana, with maple syrup and vanilla bean gelato
3 Egg Omelette
- Folded omelette, micro greens with an option of;
- Char-grilled haloumi, rocket, eggplant puree (V) $18.00
- Cured salmon, pea puree, courgette ribbons, pecorino $18.00
- Chorizo, potato, parsley, cheddar, grilled tomato $18.00
- Add Toasted Turkish Bread And Chutney $20.50
Mixed Grill $25.00
- Bacon, chorizo, black & white pudding, roasted field mushroom, herb tomato, potato roesti, poached eggs, hollandaise, Phoenix chutney and toast
Breakfast Burger $21.50
- Pan-roasted ground beef & venison patty, house chutney, fresh leaves, bread-n-butter pickle, aioli, smoked cheddar, streaky bacon, fried egg, on a toasted multi-grain bun, with hand-cut skin chips
Benedicts
- Grain toast, poached eggs, hollandaise, herb roasted tomato with an option of;
- Deli ham $22.00
- Black & white pudding, apple and red onion sauté $22.00
- House cured salmon, avocado whip, baby rocket $22.00
Double Affogato $8.00
- Vanilla bean or maple-hokey gelato, double shot espresso in demitasse
Toast And Spreads
- Assorted spreads and toasts selection

Substitution Of Toast To Gf Focaccia Add $2.00
2 Eggs (Poached, Scrambled Or Fried) $5.00
2 Grilled Bacon Rashers $6.00
Roasted Herb Tomato (Two) $5.00
Black And/Or White Pudding (Two) $5.00
Turkish Bread Toasted $2.50
Grain Toast $3.00
Gluten Free Toast $4.50
Roast Field Mushrooms $6.00
Chorizo Sausage (Each) $5.00
House Cured Salmon $7.00
Potato Roesti (Each) $5.50
Hand-Cut Skin Chips, Aioli $5.50
Avocado (Seasonal/Half) $4.00
Hollandaise (50Ml) $1.00

Nearby Sample Menus

Chilli Cheese Fries $13.00
- home cut fries topped with chilli beef and melted cheese
Beef $8.00 / $14.00 / $20.00
- seasoned ground beef, baby lettuce, tomato salsa & smoked paprika mayo - soft 6-inch corn tortillas (One / Two / Three - additional tacos $6/each)
Streaky Bacon $3.00
Cookie Monster Waffle $10.00
- a sweet waffle, served with two scoops of vanilla ice cream, crushed oreos & chocolate sauce
Fried Egg $3.00
Milkshake $8.00
- Chocolate, Peanut and Caramel
Waffles $3.00
- order away no limit
Chicken $8.00 / $14.00 / $20.00
- Southern fried chicken breast, baby lettuce, tomato salsa & chipotle lime mayo - soft 6-inch corn tortillas (One / Two / Three - additional tacos $6/each)

Roast duck meat fried rice $13.00
Hokkien style fried rice fried noodle $13.50
Curry laksa $12.50
- Noodles with prawns, fish cakes, crab meats in creamy chicken curry soup
Roti channai $9.50
- 2 pieces of traditional plain roti served with creamy chicken soup
Curry ( beef rank / lamb flank ) on rice $13.00
Salted chicken with rice $12.50
Stir-fried prawn with chill bean paste $14.00
Chicken wine soup $14.90

Wilde paddestoelen/lamelles de champignons - Oven-baked field mushrooms, capsicum and onion cream on sweet Belgian waffle chips $14.50
Mosselen/Moules navigateur - Mussels steamed with coconut cream and lemongrass $19.90
Seasonal vegetables, stoemp or mixed salad $6.00
Gesmoorde ossenstaart/queue de boeuf braisee - Braised oxtail, beer and bacon casserole served with stoemp $26.50
Vogelkes zonder kop/medaillons de veau farcis - Parcels of veal stuffed with seasoned venison, served with Trappist beer sauce, baby potatoes, carrot timbale and white beans $27.90
Sandwich met wildbraad/sandwich au chevreuil - Poached pear and spiced venison burger, Kriek sauce and a box of frites $17.90
Apple en frambozen taarte/tarte aux pommes et framboises - Apple and raspberry pot pie served with creme fraiche and Kapiti ice cream $11.50
Moules po pei - Mussels grilled with wilted spinach, bacon and cheese $19.90

Beef burger $18.50
- With smoked cheddar, crisp y bacon, gherkins, spiced tomato relish & fries
Fries $6.00
- With aioli
Eggs $10.00
- Poached, scram bled or fried w ith toast
Soup $10.50
- With housem ade ciabatta
Smoked salmon $19.00
- On a potato rosti with shaved cucumber, walnuts & balsamic reduction
Sardines $13.50
- In the tin with ciabatta. Sliced tomato, celery salt & lemon
Baked eggs $16.50
- With dukkah spiced tomato, cannellini beans, feta & ciabatta
Bacon butty $9.5/$12.5
- On toasted turkish with aioli & rocket fuel with fried egg

TOAST multi-grain or white sourdough, with butter and a choice of jam, marmalade, honey, marmite or vegemite $6.00
Eggs Benedict $16.00
- poached eggs on potato fritters with ham and hollandaise (GF)
Spring fritters $18.00
- (with leek, rhubarb, feta and dill) with a baby silverbeet, roast kumara, hazelnut dukkah and balsamic fig salad (V, GF)
Pork and sage sausages $18.00
- on colcannon (Irish potato and kale mash) with onion and redcurrant gravy (GF)
TOAST multi-grain or white sourdough, with avocado salsa, cherry tomatoes, grilled halloumi (V) $17.00
Fish of the day – on lemon and dill flavoured leek, new potatoes, barley, and spring greens; with a walnut-harissa tarator (DF) $24.00
Lido omelette $17.00
- our perennial favourite with your choice of fillings (ham, tomato, mushroom, spring onion, cheese), with toast >>
Mexican eggs $17.00
- two eggs baked in a tomato salsa with pinto beans, crumbled white cheese and corn tortillas (V, GF)

Rocket & parmesan salad $8.50
Minute Steak Diane $22.50
- with crushed potatoes & frisée
Prosciutto Salad $18.50
- almonds, stonefruit, ricotta & frisée
Linguine With Prawns $21.50
- tomato, cream & crayfish broth
Fish Brandade $20.50
- with spinach & red pepper on grilled ciabatta with a poached egg
Fries & mayonnaise $7.50
Spicy Chicken Burger $21.50
- tomato, cos, coriander & mango mayo with curry fries
Jambalaya $22.50
- with chicken, prawn & sausage

Free range eggs / Sausage / Hash browns / Tomatoes / Mushrooms $5
Fries $6
Garden salad $9.50
-Montreal $19
- With house smoked salmon
The vegan biggy $20
- Hash brown, tomato, mushroom, red cabbage, spinach, pumpkin, ciabatta
Bacon & eggs $15
- Free range on house-made ciabatta
Green salad $6
The biggy $24
- Free range bacon, eggs, ciabatta toast, sausage, hash brown, tomato, mushroom

real lemon, honey and ginger $4
croissant, w jam (filled $7.50) $5.50
t leaf tea range $4
filled baguettes $6.50
seasonal fruit with piako yoghurt $9
single origin hot chocolate menu $6
rustic muesli with seasonal fruit and honeyed yoghurt $11
peoples coffee fair trade organic $3.50

All starters served with special mint sauce
Paneer Pakora $7.00
- Indian Cheese layered with special sauce, then lightly dipped in spiced chana butter and deep fried
Onion Bhaji $7.00
- Crispy Onion fritters, fresh herbs mixed with chana flour and deep fried
Malai Kofta $9.50
- Indian cottage cheese dumpling with potato, dry fruit simmer in mild creamy gravy
Lamb Korma $9.50
- A very mild and rich gravy with cashew paste, cream and touch of spices
Palak Planeer $9.50
- Indian cottage cheese in spinach gravy with tomatoes, garlic and ginger
Choose any curry + rice + garlic naan + coke can only $11.00
Choose any curry + rice + garlic naan only $10.00

Scrambled eggs $14.50
- w ham, salmon or bacon
BLT bagel $14.00
Eggs Benedict $17.50
- w ham or bacon
Gourmet open sammie $16.00
- w ham or chicken
Double smoked salmon $15.50
- bagel w salad
Creamy garlic mushrooms on toast $10.50
Eggs on toast $10.50
- fried, poached or scrambled on your choice of sourdough, grain bagel or gluten free
Chicken bacon bagel burger $16.00
- w potato on side

Duck Liver Parfait with pickles, salad and toasted sourdough $18.50
- with pickles, salad and toasted sourdough
Paprika Spiced Calamari Rings $14.50
- with garlic aioli
Bread Platter $10
- with balsamic reduction and dukkah
Zucchini and Feta $14.50
- lemon and dill cured zucchini, marinated Zany Zeus feta,tomato, spinach and thyme dressing in house-made rye
Pan fried Salmon $24
- With blanched green beans, olive, caper and tomato salad
Angus Sirloin $28.50
- with hand cut fries, roast mushroom, porcini butter and rocket
House-Made Pastrami and Potato Hash $18
- with a fried egg and a tomato and herb salad
Venison Burger $22
- With pickled beetroot, iceberg, tomato relish and hand cut fries

Extras $3.50ea
Salad with Corned Seef or Tuna $4.60
Scone - Date, Cheese or Sultana & spice $3.20
Chicken & Avocado on Freya's $6.00
Continental Breakfast $8.00
Bacon & Egg Butty & Coffee $6.00
Steak Pie OR Steak & Cheese Pie $4.50
Bakedbeans / Spagetti,Toast & Coffee $8.00

Egg Montreal $15.00
- Salmon
3 egg omlette $14.00
Fish and chips $12.00
- With side salad
Toasted bagel $5.00
Colinial breakfast $19.50
Raisin toast $4.00
French fries $5.00
- Aioli - tomato sauce
Toast with spread $3.00

Mash & onion gravy $7
Seasonal vegetables $7
Beef and Guinnes Stew w/ mash & toasted sourdough bread $14
Green salad $6
Colcannon $7
Tomato sauce $2
Mushroom & Bacon Pasta In a creamy tomato sauce, topped with grated parmesan $14
Ploughman's Plate of cured meat, sourdough bread, cheese, pickles & chutney $16

Edamame with kawakawa salt $6.00
Lemon & herb squid $10.00
Bresaola $4.00
Grilled lamb rack with spiced split peas & mint $32.00
Sicilian olives with citrus & basil $8.00
Apple Tarte Tatin with hazelnut pralIne $15.00
Whitebait sliders with watercress & Japanese mayo $16.00
Daily baked farmhouse bread with smoked butter $8.00

Backbencher Pub and Cafe

Wellington Region > Wellington City > Backbencher Pub and Cafe

Address

34 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Phone

044723065

Email

enquiries@backbencher.co.nz

Opened hours

Monday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM

Price

$30 - $50

Type

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Service

Table Service

Cuisine

Bar , Bar Food , Cafe Food , Gluten Free , Kiwi , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian

Features

Dine in , EFTPOS , Mastercard , Takeaway , Visa , Wheelchair accessible , Business meetings , Reservations , After-hours , Breakfast , Waitstaff , Wine and Beer , Cash , Television , Groups , Nightlife , American Express , Bankcard , Lunch , Bar Scene , Accepts Discover , Seating , Highchairs Available , Drinks , Brunch , Street Parking , No Takeaway , Free Wifi , Cards accepted , Pub Quiz , Special Occasion Dining , Serves Alcohol , Dinner , Child-friendly , Outdoor Seating , Full Bar , Gastro Pub

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Backbencher Pub and Cafe in Wellington City Menu

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Backbencher Pub and Cafe

Wellington Region > Wellington City > Backbencher Pub and Cafe

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34 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

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