Bench Cafe in Christchurch Menu

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Nearby Sample Menus

  • Scallops w house made chorizo $22.00
    • spiced orange, saffron & coriander vinaigrette
  • Truffled fried egg $4.50
  • Braised canterbury merino lamb shoulder $75.00
    • peas, carrots, roast goose fat potatoes, mint sauce & jus 1kg
  • Some bacon, an oyster & a croquette $13.00
  • Bearnaise $3.00
  • Chicken burger $18.00
    • grilled chicken breast, pineapple, bacon, cheddar cheese, slaw, aioli
  • Little bits warmed $35.00
    • croquettes, olives, nuts & pork bits, kc baby back ribs
  • Smoked pork scotch fillet $37.00
    • cumin polenta, broccolini, blood orange marmalade
  • Vegetables $3.50
  • For Children 12 years of age & under
  • Bread & Butter Pudding $8.00
    • With a hint of cinnamon & sultanas served with ice cream & cream
  • Lamb Cutlets $26.00
    • Lamb cutlets crumbed with a sweet basil crust, pan seared, on a bed of mash finished with a port wine glaze, served with seasona lvegetables or side salad
  • Tortilla Flat $6.00
    • With pesto, sweet chili sauce and sour cream
  • Side salad $3.50
  • Check our blackboard for daily specials
  • Fillet Steak * $36.00
    • 200gm Char-grilled to your liking served on a bed of mash, accompanied with either mushroom, peppercorn or garlic sauce, accompanied with a green salad
  • Crab Meat Tofu Soup S $5.00 M $13.00
  • Fried Beef with Ginger and Spring Onion $22.00
  • Lettuce with Garlic Sauce or Oyster Sauce $15.00
  • Combination Fried Rice $15.00
  • Seafood Fried Rice (Spicy) $15.00
  • Chinese Vegetables in soup $16.00
  • Kung-Pao Chicken $22.00
  • Chicken with Satay Sauce $22.00
  • Breakfast of Champions $20
    • Bratwurst sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, hash browns, toasted sour dough & your choice of eggs
  • Vegetarian Falafel Burger $20
    • Falafel pattie served with beetroot relish, tomato, lettuce & tzatziki on a toasted bap, accompanied with seasoned wedges & sour cream
  • Breads & Dips 4 people $15 / Gluten free $17
    • Selection of baked breads and dips
  • Akaroa Salmon $32
    • Fresh local Salmon, lemon cajun rubbed, pan seared oven baked to perfection, served with savoury potatoes, wilted spinach and steamed vegetables.
  • Catch of the Day $26
  • Kids Nuggets & Chips $8
    • Salad & tomato sauce
  • Moroccan Spiced Filo $28
    • Filled with spiced pumpkin, kumara, capsicum, feta, pine nuts, marinated mushrooms & bell pepper coulis. Served with summer vegetables.
  • Kiwi Kids Burger $9
    • mini hamburger with lettuce, cheese and tomato sauce.  Served with fries
  • Prawn biryani $19.00
  • Goan fish curry $18.50
    • firm fish pieces cooked in coconut milk, chopped capsicum and spices
  • Vegetable pakora $6.00
    • a selection of vegetables mildly spiced in chickpea flour and deep fried. served with tamarind chutney
  • Kechumber $4.00
    • diced onions, cucumber, tomatoes and coriander with touch of lemon juice and spices
  • Keema naan $5.00
    • naan mildly spiced minced lamb
  • Fish tikka masala $18.50
    • marinated fish fillets grilled on skewers and cooked in tikka masala sauce
  • Balti (chicken, lamb) $17.00/$18.00
    • chicken, lamb pieces cooked in onion, yoghurt, spices and finished with coriander
  • Rogan josh (beef, lamb) $17.50/$18.00
    • beef, lamb pieces cooked with roasted crushed spices, tomatoes and onions
  • Tandoori Chicken (Full Size ) $18.90
    • Chicken cooked with yoghurt and spices, cooked in Tandoor
  • Mango Chutney $4.00
  • Lamb korma $10.00
    • Boneless lamb cooked in creamy dry fruit sauce and spices.
  • Goa Fish $18.90
    • Boneless fillet of fish, prawn cooked with vinegar, coconut milk, ginger garlic, green capsicum and variety of spices and cream.
  • Vegetable Korma $14.90
    • Mix Vegetables and cottage cheese simmered in a mild gravy.
  • Chicken Posht $15.90
    • Tender cubes of chicken sauteed in onions, garlic, ginger, fresh corianders and tomato, then cooked with roasted poppy seeds and spices.
  • Fish Curry $17.90
    • Boneless fillets of fish cooked with exotic Indian spices and herbs.
  • Onion salad $4.00
  • Salmon $5
  • Eye Fillet Steak $27
    • w garlic & jalapeno chimmichurri on the side served w fries & small green salad
  • Toast $7
    • (multigrain ciabatta or gluten free) w spreads
  • Mama Hooch Cheeseburger $19
    • beef/pork pattie, smoked cheddar, pickled onion rings, Mustard aioli, gherkins in a brioche bun. Served w fries
  • Piggy Burger $19
    • crispy bbq pork belly, smoked cheddar, gherkins, lettuce, avo, salsa & mustard aioli. Served w fries
  • Avo Smash $16
    • w a poached egg, feta, chilli flakes, pumpkin seeds, tomato salsa salt & pepper served on multigrain toast
  • Bacon $3
  • Breakfast Tray $19
    • petit bircher muesli, crossiant, jam, ricotta & fruit salad
  • Flaming cow classic
    • Prime new zealand beef with streaky bacon, melted cheddar, salad greens, aioli & our special hickory smoked BBQ sauce
  • Pretty lady $11.90
    • Grilled chicken breast with our special sundried tomato - olives & roasted, red capsicum chutney, feta cheese, salad greens & garlic mayo
  • Peanut piston $11.90
    • House made satay chicken patty grilled with our signature peanut & coconut sauce, salad greens, tomato & aioli
  • Moroccan lover $12.50
    • Prime nz lamb with moroccan spices, mint & cucumber yoghurt, hummus, fancy lettuce, tomato & red onion with drizzles of tangy balsamic reduction
  • Kid's hot dog $4.00
  • -Add bacon & egg $19.50
  • -Small $3.00
  • -Add edam cheese $9.90
  • Chicken and Cranberry
  • Mince Pies
  • Chicken Pies
  • Mince Savouries
  • Mince and Cheese Pies
  • Steak and Mushroom
  • Cornish Pastie
  • Chicken, Corn & Plum Sauce Quiche
  • Thai yellow curry of pumpkin with fried tofu, mushrooms, greens, cashew nuts with steamed rice (VG&GF) $24.00
  • Sticky pork belly bao buns, topped with crushed chili peanuts (2 buns) $14.00
  • ​Lamb Dan Dan noodles, spicy crushed peanuts $21.00
  • Sago pudding with coconut cream, palm syrup, roast almonds (GF)​ $14.00
  • Oatmeal cookie ice cream sandwich with vanilla bean ice cream $7.00
  • Steamed vegetables $8.00
  • Chinese fried chicken with Sriracha mayo, crushed peanuts (GF) $18.00
  • ​Sweet and sour pork with capsicum, greens with steamed rice (GF) $25.00
  • Kimchi Tofu Salad(V) $ 11
  • Galbi-1 (Grilled Beef Ribs) $25
    • Short beef ribs marinated in a blended of ginger, Korean dark soy and garlic
  • Spicy kimchi and spring onion pancake Seafood $15
  • Kimchi and cooked rice are sautéed in a pan Beef or Chicken $18
  • Bulgogi Ssam $ 13
    • Bulgogi on Korean lettuces & herbs (6 pcs)
  • Pa Jeon (Green Onion Pancake) $ 19
    • Savoury seafood pancake with prawn, squid and spring onion, mussels
  • Kimchi Jeon (kimchi Pancake)(V) $ 12
  • Kimchi Bokkeumbap $16
  • Mango Chicken M $8.00 / F $14.00
    • Pieces of boneless chicken cooked in a mild fruity mango flavoured sauce
  • Vegetable/Lamb Samosa $4.90
    • Crispy pastry parcels filled with diced potatoes, peas or lamb mince and then deep fried in oil. Two samosas per portion
  • Chicken/Lamb Palau $9.00
    • Rice steamed in stock of meat chunks and herbs, sauteed with onion
  • Palik Paneer M $8.00 / F $14.00
    • Paneer( homemade cottage cheese) cooked with spinach sauteed with onion, ginger, garam masala and fresh green chilli.
  • Fish Curry M $10.00 / F $17.00
    • Fish pieces in a cooked in mild curry seasoned with dried fenugreek
  • Tandoori Lamb Chops (4 pcs) $8.90
    • Lamb chops dipped in a spicy marinade overnight in taj mahal's own mix of voqhurt spices herbs, then skewered and roasted in tandoor.
  • Sagg (Lamb/Chicken)
    • Either chicken or lamb cooked with spinach, sauteed with onion, ginger, garam masala and chilli.
  • Tandoori Tikka (Chicken/Lamb) $5.90
    • Diced lean meat marinated overnight in a secret spices then skewered and roasted in the tandoor. Five of chicken or six pieces of lamb per portion.
  • Saboro bento salmon (salmon rice box) $8.90
  • Chirashizushi (mix seafood sashimi on rice) $11.90
  • California ocean roll $11.90
  • Karaage chicken rice ball $5.40
  • Teriyaki chicken & large king salmon & avocado $9.90
  • Teriyaki salmon $12.90
  • Karaage chicken & pork tonkatsu $9.90
  • Karaage chicken half roll $4.50
  • Chicken Pie
  • Cottage pie
  • Each $3.90
  • Stuff Sausage $2.20
  • Mince & Cheese
  • Steak, Onion & Tomato
  • Mince Pie
  • Steak & Cheese
  • Chicken Nugget & fries $7.00
  • Fish Bites & fries $7.00
  • Toasties $3.50
  • Nachos & Sour Cream $6.50
  • Basket fries $4.50
    • w Tom sauce or aioli
  • Wedges $7.00
    • Sour Cream, Sweet Chilli & Oil
  • Seafood Basket $12.50
Bench Cafe

Bench Cafe

location

Address

295 Durham Street, Christchurch City Centre, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033663852

clock

Opened hours

Mon7:00am – 3:00pm Tue7:00am – 3:00pm Wed7:00am – 3:00pm Thu7:00am – 3:00pm Fri7:00am – 3:00pm Sat Sun
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Cash ,  Bankcard

Location
295 Durham Street, Christchurch City Centre, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand
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