Bennu Cafe and Bar in Dunedin City Menu

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Soup of the day served with fresh homemade bread and butter * $10.5
Baked loaf of homemade bread with garlic butter * $8.5
Fresh loaf of homemade bread and dips * / Add herb & rock salt flatbread * $16 $10
Antipasto platter with a selection of cured meats, pickles, dips, cheese and bread * Small $20 / Large $29

- Feta, honey, rosemary and garlic oil $11
- Fresh tomato, jalapeno, Spanish onion, cream cheese and mozzarella $11
- Bacon, mushroom, basil and mozzarella $11
- Olive tapenade, fresh tomato, pine nut and parmesan $11
* Gluten-free option available at additional cost -

Vege Lovers Pizza sauce, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, caramelized onions, blue cheese, toasted seeds and mozzarella / * Add chorizo -
Vege Lovers II Pizza sauce, roasted beetroot, fresh tomato, basil, olives, spring onion, bocconcini and mozzarella / * Add salami -
Jimmy’s Special Pizza sauce, spicy chicken, red onion, roasted garlic, mushrooms, spinach, cream cheese and mozzarellas -
Original Thanks Giving House smoked chicken, brie, cream cheese and cashew nuts on a cranberry sauce base with mozzarella / * Add Bacon -
Meat Lovers Pizza sauce, salami, chorizo, ham, bacon, mushrooms, onion and mozzarella topped with BBQ sauce -
Nacho Libre Pizza sauce, chilli con carne, jalapenos, fresh tomato, guacamole and mozzarella topped with sour cream and corn chips -
Spicy Prawn Pizza sauce, spicy prawns, tomato, jalapenos, Spanish onion, spinach, pine nuts, cream cheese and mozzarella -
* Add meat options Medium $3 Large $4 - Gluten-free base $4 -

Ribeye Steak - Grilled to your liking, served on fondant potatoes with Portobello mushrooms, caramalised onions and a red wine jus* $31
Kawakawa Rubbed Chicken Breast - Served with minted pea & prune risotto, sauteed black pudding, parmesan crisps and a drizzle of tuffle oil* $30
Pork Belly - Slowly braised in a fragrant Asian master stock, served on cauliflower puree with a pear & chilli relish * $29
New Zealand Lamb Rump - Smoked and served medium rare with kumara and harvati hash, mustard spiced tomato chutney and a red wine jus* $32
Fish of the day - Please ask your wait staff for today’s fresh creation POA
Vegetarian Lasagne - Seasonal vegetables layered with gluten free pasta, Napoli sauce & cheese, served with fresh salad greens * $22
Mexican Style Quesadillas - Served with brie, roast capsicum, cashew nuts & mozzarella and your choice of: Mexican-style chicken or Mixed vegetables * Small $19 / Large $25
Bennu Caesar Salad - A mixture of cos lettuce & salad greens with crispy bacon, grilled chicken & crostini finished with a poached free range egg & parmesan * $20
House Smoked Chicken Salad - Tomato, spring onions and avocado mixed with iceberg lettuce, salad greens, cashews and finished with raspberry vinaigrette * $20
Vegetarian Salad - Roasted beetroot, fresh & sundried tomatoes, olives, cucumber & spring onions with a mixture of salad greens topped with a feta & garlic dressing * $20
Creamy Spaghetti Marinara - Mussels, prawns, market fish and squid tossed with spaghetti and finished with a white wine and dill cream sauce $20
Vegetarian Pasta - Mushroom, spinach and pinenut penne pasta in a pesto cream sauce and topped with parmasan / Add Chicken $22 $18
Mixed green salad $4.5
Side of vegetables $4.5
* Gluten-free meal/option available -

Lemon Posset topped with stewed Black Dorris plums and a pistachio nut tuille * $12
Raspberry and White Chocolate Cheesecake served with blueberry compote and whipped cream $12
Baked Granny Smith Apples filled with a selection of chopped nuts drizzled in a butterscotch sauce, accompanied by vanilla ice-cream * $12
Rich Chocolate Tart served with whipped cream, burnt orange sauce and candied citrus peel $12
A Trio of Vanilla Pannacotta served with stewed Rhubarb, Champagne Rhubarb Jelly and Boysenberry Sorbet * $12
Vanilla ice-cream sundae with your choice of chocolate, berry or butterscotch sauce, topped with nuts and whipped cream * $10
* Gluten-free desserts option available -

SAUVIGNON BLANC -
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 2009 $7.50 / $35.00
Mudhouse Marlborough 2009 $8.50 / $38.00
The Ned Marlborough 2009 $9.00 / $42.00
Astrolabe Marlborough 2009 - / $42.00
Coal Pit Central Otago 2008 - / $44.00
CHARDONNAY -
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 2008 $7.50 / $35.00
Couper’s Shed Hawkes Bay 2009 $8.70 / $38.00
Church Road Cuve Hawkes Bay 2009 $10.00 / $44.00
Man O’ War Waiheke 2008 - / $47.00
Escarpment Martinborough 2007 - / $55.00
Te Mata Estate ‘Elston’ Hawkes Bay 2008 - / $60.00
AROMATICS -
Muddy Water Reisling Waipara 2008 $8.50 / $38.00
Main Divide Riesling Waipara 2009 $9.00 / $42.00
Aravin Estate Pinot Gris Central Otago 2010 $10.00 / $38.00
Bilancia Pinot Gris Hawkes Bay 2009 - / $42.00
Aravin Estate Rose Central Otago 2010 - / $38.00
Millton Viognier Gisborne 2008 - / $42.00
PINOT NOIR -
Aravin Estate Central Otago 2009 $9.00 / $42.00
Ata Rangi ‘Crimson’ Martinborough 2009 $10.00 / $52.00
Margrain ‘Rivers Edge' Martinborough 2008 - / $48.00
Seresin ‘Leah’ Marlborough 2008 - / $60.00
Wild Earth Central Otago 2007 - / $65.00
MERLOT,CABERNETS & BLENDS -
Trinity Hill ‘The Trinity’ Hawkes Bay 2006 $7.50 / $35.00
Wild Rock Merlot/Malbec Hawkes Bay 2008 $8.50 / $38.00
Angus The Bull Cab/Sav South Australia 2008 $9.00 / $42.00
Obsidian Cabernet Merlot Waiheke 2006 - / $45.00
Trinity Hill Merlot Hawkes Bay 2007 - / $50.00
Te Mata Awatea Cab/Merlot Hawkes Bay 2008 - / $55.00
SHIRAZ & SYRAH -
Couper’s Shed Syrah Hawkes Bay 2009 - / $38.00
Craggy Range Syrah Hawkes Bay 2008 - / $50.00
La Strada Syrah Marlborough 2008 - / $55.00
Coriole McLarin Vale Shiraz South Australia 2007 - / $55.00
CHAMPAGNE -
Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Reserve Particuliere N.V. - / $125.00
Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut N.V. - / $110.00
Moet & Chandon Brut N.V. - / $125.00
METHODE TRADITIONELLE -
Lindauer Brut Marlborough N.V. - / $30.00
Lindauer Fraise 200mls Marlborough N.V. - / $7.00
Lindauer Special Reserve Marlborough N.V. - / $34.00
Lindauer Special Reserve Marlborough 2004 - / $55.00

Nearby Sample Menus

-Medium
Sausage
Single filling only, on you have it with rice or noodles. Pack enough for 6-7 people. From $40.00 To $45.00
human chicken & shrimps
Bombay curry soup
-Sweet sour wonton
You can have
Khmer style curry chicken

Smoked Chicken - 5pcs/8pcs $4.50/$7.00
Nigiri Sushi Platter $14.00
Dumpling Soup $7.00
Temaki Sushi (Cone Shaped Sushi) $4.00
- Salmon, Prawn, Tuna or Vegetarian
Ton Katsu with Curry $15.00
Yakiniku Beef $11.00
Spring Roll - 6 pieces $5.50
Lemon Chicken $12.00

Vegs $2.00
Steak Fried Noodle $9.00
Cashew Nuts $3.00
Shrimp Egg Foo Young $10.00
Chicken Combination Satay $7.00
- Grilled marinated chicken pieces on a bed of steamed rice and salad topped with our special peanut sauce
Pork Egg Foo Young $9.00
Sweet and Sour Satay $7.00
- Marinated beef stir-fry with pineapple, onion and natural pineapple juice on abed of steamed rice topped with our special peanut sauce
Steak and Vegetables $9.00

Salmon Don $10.00
- Fresh Salmon on Sushi rice
Katsu Don $9.00
- Crumbed pork, egg, veges on rice
Curry Udon $6.50
- with chicken curry
Teriyaki Chicken on rice $8.00
Chicken Combination $5.00/$6.50
- 6pcs/8pcs
Sukiyaki Udon Chicken $10.00
- fried noodle with chicken
Tuna Sushi $5.00/$6.50
- Cooked Tuna - 6pcs/8pcs
Teriyaki Chicken with Curry on Rice $10.00

Antipasto Platter $30.00
- Sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives, cornichous salami, pesto, chorizo, served with fresh ciabatta.
Bread ‘N’ Dips $15.00
- Fresh ciabatta with pesto, extra virgin olive oil & balsamic
Middle Eastern $20.00
- Toasted flatbreads, hummus, kalamata olives, dukkah, extra virgin olive oil.
Vegetarian Antipasto $25.00
Cheese Platter (GF) $15.00
- Wedge of brie, crackers, quince paste.

(v ) vegetarian (gf* ) gluten free on request – add $2.00
Smoked salmon stack $22.00
- Hot smoked salmon with spinach, poached egg & hollandaise, served on potato cakes.
Seafood chowder $16.50
Pasta $18.50
- Bacon, spinach & mushroom served with white wine sauce
Fish of the day (gf*) $24.00
- Cooked beer battered or pan fried; served with fries, side salad & tartare sauce,
Blackstone muesli (v) $12.50
- Served with yogurt & berry compote.
Toast (gf*) $6.50
- Served with raspberry jam or marmite
(v ) vegetarian (gf* ) gluten free on request – add $2.00

Chicken Burger and chips $13.00
Mixed Dolma
- Capsicum, vine leaves, eggplant stuffed with rice and spices, served with a salad garnish and a minted garlic sauce
Rice $4.50
- 1 portion
Combo Kebab One-size $14.50
- Mix of any two items (lamb, chicken, falafel, zucchini)
Falafel Burger and chips $12.00
Add
Chilli Sauce
- Our homemade chilli sauce - hot, spicy and delicious
Served in a container with salad (no tabuli) your choice of Kebabs or Shish Kebabs, meat and sauce, (falafel or zucchini)

Passion Fruit Panna Cotta A softly set Italian custard delicately flavoured with passion fruit served with lemon shortbread biscuits (Only Gluten free without biscuit) $12.00
Bowl of Wedges Served with sour cream & chilli sauce $6.00
Side of Salad $4.50
Vegetarian Soup of the Day Served with in house bread $10.50
Fresh New Zealand Salmon Stewart Island salmon resting on a lentil cake & blanketed with a coriander & garlic hollandaise $31.00
Affogato Vanilla ice cream doused with a shot of espresso with a hit of Kahlua, Bailey’s or Cointreau served with a walnut biscotti (Only Gluten free without biscotti) $15.00
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Bowl of Chips $4.50

Cheese & Garlic Naan - Leavened bread with a generous sprinkling of crushed garlic & cottage cheese stuffing $6.00
Mango Lassi $3.50
Vegetable Jaypuri - Crisp seasonal vegetables with aromatic spices – garnished with cashews and poppadom pieces $14.50
Ginger Chicken /Lamb - Onion and tomato based exotic curry simmered with fresh ginger $15.50, Lamb: $16.50
Roasted Poppadoms - Wafer thin spiced crisp bread (5 poppadom) $2.00
Garlic Naan - Leavened bread with a good sprinkling of crushed garlic $3.50
Lamb Dhansak - Popular delicious Parsi lamb dish with lentils, soaked overnight and slow cooked, with a selection of spices. $16.50
Chicken or Lamb Palak - Creamy spinach cooked with tomato, whole and ground spices, and a hint of garlic $15.50

Chicken Nachos N/A
Breakfast Bagel $6.50
- cream cheese, raspberry jam
Club Sandwiches N/A
Kid's Lunch Box N/A
Bacon and Eggs $10.50
- poached, scrambled or fried.
Aurora Burger N/A
Pasta Salad N/A
Mini Hot Dogs & Fries N/A

Mixed Pack $6.00
- 3 Fishbites, Mini Hotdog, 1/2 Scp, with sauce of own choice
Mixed Pack $50.00
- 7 Fish, 4 Saveloy, 4 Sausage, 3 1/2 Scp
Mixed Pack $10.00
- 2 Fish, 1 Saveloy or Sausage, 1/2 Scp
Fish & Chip Pack $20.00
- 5 Fish, 2 Scp
Fishbite Pack $10.00
- 10 Fishbites, 1 Scp, with $1 sauce of own choice
Mixed Pack $30.00
- 5 Fish, 4 Saveloy or Sausage, or 2 of each, 2 Scp
Fish & Chip Pack $50.00
- 14 Fish, 3 Scp
Mixed Pack $20.00
- 3 Fish, 3 Saveloy or Sausage, 1 1/2 Scp

-OPTION 3 : (VEGAN) Toasted Ciabatta, Grilled Tomato, Mushrooms, Wilted Spinach, w/ hummus, chili jam & toasted seeds. $16
- Tomato (1)/ Avocado (1/2)/ Chorizo Sausages (2) $4
Smashed avo 1 $13
- Smashed avocado and cherry tomatoes on five grain toast w/ wedge of lemon.
Bacon eggs benedict $17
- The classy classic.. Bacon, wilted spinach and hollandaise
Grilled halloumi $16
- Pan fried halloumi cheese served on toasted ciabatta w/ chili jam, rocket & avocado
Bacon buttie $10
- In ciabatta, loaded w/ free range bacon and choice of sauces
House made muesli
- Toasted Muesli w/ Unsweetened Yogurt, Honey, & Seasonal Fruit.
Gluten free $3
- Breakfasts containing bread can be made with gluten free bread

- Add chorizo or bacon $18.50
house-made Muesli $12
- With yoghurt & seasonal fruit compote
-Add salmon or haloumi $6
Toasted Sandwich $10
- With your choice of 3 fillings:cheese, ham, tomatoes,bacon,mushrooms,cheese,onions,peppers.
Monday to Friday 7:30 am - 2:00 pm Saturday 8:00am-2:00pm
Porridge $10
- Served with cream, maple syrup & mixed berries
Eggs on toast ( 2 eggs served any way) $8
Toast with your choice of preserves $6

Iced chocolate N/A
Hot chocolate N/A
Choose from pumpkin, pea, tomato, or lentil $6.90
Black forest gateau $8.50
Cheese rolls $2.40
Chicken and avocado salad $11.50
Fruit pudding $7.90
Beer N/A

Fritata w Chutney $15.00 / $8
- Potato and Mushroom Fritata, served with or without Salad.
Baked Potato
- One or two big potatoes served with a healthy helping of sour cream, sundried tomato, and cheese. With or without Salad.
-French Toast w Bacon Banana and Maple Syrup
- A winner with the locals
Bacon and Egg $11
- Bacon and Egg bagel with cream cheese, red onion, capsicum and basil mayo. A winner with regulars.
Bacon, Banana and Maple
- Crispy bacon and fried bananas drizzled with maple syrup and topped in icing sugar.
Royale Fry Up $18.50
- Eggs, bacon, grilled tomatoes, potatoes and mushrooms served on home- made foccacia bread
-Bacon and Eggs
- Served on home-made foccacia
Lamb Salad $18.00
- Marinated Lamb served on big bed of fresh Green Salad, served with honey roasted nuts and basil mayo