Three Cows in Christchurch City Menu

ENTREES ENTREES
  • GARLIC BREAD $7.20
    • This has no story... except to say it's bloody great!!!!
  • FLATBREAD $12.90
    • Pita bread smothered in sundried tomato, parmesan cheese.The locals favourite.
  • SEAFOOD CHOWDER $14.50
    • Now even that chef from England would say this is NZ’s best. The finest morsels plucked from the sea, combined in our secret recipe. Slurp!
  • CRACKED PEPPER & BOURBON PATE $14.80
    • Now what about this, we would be billionaires if we sold this on the streets of victoria.... Comes with tomato jam, pickles n toasted bread.
  • DUCK LEG $15.50
    • Roasted duck leg in honey & star anise sauce, with a potato puff and a watercress & apple salad.
  • CRISPY CHICKEN $14.80
    • Crispy, tasty chicken marinated overnight in our chef’s special sauce. Finger licking good!
  • PRAWNS & SCALLOPS $15.70
    • Grilled black tiger prawns & scallops drizzled with a creamy vermouth & tarragon sauce. Just a hint of spice to tantalise your taste buds!
  • VENISON CARPACCIO $16.50
    • Horseradish aioli shaved parmesan & pickled walnut.Melts in your mouth, mmm..
  • BEEF BRISKET BRUSCHETTA $15.00
    • Tender pieces of beef upon homemade bread with melted cheese
  • VENISON RIBS $16.50
    • Succulent ribs glazed with a homemade barbeque kinda sauce.
MAINS MAINS
  • KING SALMON & SCALLOP $31.50
    • Oven baked king salmon fillet, with gnocchi and creamy vermouth & tarragon sauce. Finished with grilled scallops plus a watercress & apple salad. Now don't feel too guilty for looking at the dessert menu, coz this is rather healthy!
  • RIBEYE $33.50
    • Succulent Rib-eye served with rosemary roast potatoes with sauté seasonal vegetables. Topped with prawn twisters, streaky bacon and finished with a Jack Daniels bourbon plate & a dash of jus. This will leave you with a tingling sensation on your taste buds!
  • PORK BELLY $32.50
    • Twice roasted belly, marinated in hoisin and. spice. Comes with roast potatoes, some chargrilled bok choy and a mango and peach chutney. Now the chefs pile this high, so I hope it's earthquake proof, or you could be missing some when you get it!
  • STUFFED CHICKEN $31.80
    • The plumpest chicken breast stuffed with walnuts, baby spinach and brie cheese wrapped up in streaky bacon, oven roasted and plonked upon potato & herb puffs. Topped with a tomato jam and sweet kumara crisps
  • LAMB SHANK $26.50/double$32.50
    • Lots of shanks slowly braised for hours & hours with mushrooms, celery and carrots in a rich merlot sauce. Comes with garlic butter potato mash. Sounds nice if you’re into stews...Good on a chilly night.
  • T-BONE $36.50
    • Yup, the good old T-bone comes with tomatoes, buttered mushrooms, eggs, onion rings and a shit load of chips for you Former folk. or for the Farmer folk wife, we have a classier version. It comes with roasted baby potatoes, balsamic roasted tomatoes a cracked pepper and mushroom sauce and a baby salad too. Now don’t be thinking you can mix n match cause the chefs won’t do it!!!!
  • CHICKEN BACON AND CASHEW SALAD $22.50
    • Lettuce leaves mixed with julienne vegetables, cashews, herby croutons and some other goodies all tossed in an Italian vinaigrette and finished with marinated chicken, bacon and there’s a bit of smelly cheese too. Now there is a truckload of lettuce so f you don’t like rabbit food. Don’t order it.
  • FAMOUS FRITTERS $21.50
    • our legendary sundried tomato, sweet corn and kumara fritters on a pine nut and leaf salad, with smoked salmon. Yeah there are other spectacular goodies in the salad but I can’t be telling ya everything or there will be no surprise.
  • CAJUN FISH & PRAWN SALAD $26.50
    • Fillets of today’s fish coated in a yummy Cajun spice pan-seared to perfection and plonked on a salad of mandarins, snow pea shoots, cucumber, red onion and baby spinach and maybe some other goodies if you're lucky. finished with garlic aioli and grilled prawns. Yummo!
  • Moroccan LAMB SHOULDER $27.50
    • Tender pieces of a green salad with whole grain puffed wheat, feta cheese, roasted beetroot with a minted yoghurt and pomegranate dressing.
  • Foccacia MELT $24.50
    • Now! want to take it off from the menu, but you guys said you wouldn’t vote for me to become the Mayor II did. Chicken with cream cheese, cranberry, mozzarella, Drizzled with honey basil pesto. Your choice of a side of chips or salad.
  • PASTA OF THE DAY $24.50
    • Depending on the way the winds blowing or whatever the chefs decide to feed ya!
  • LAMBS FRY $23.80
    • Now this ain’t how your gran cooks it. It’s better!! well better than how my gran did it anyway (no offence gran!). Tender pieces of lambs fry pan-seared and served on toasted garlic bread, with a beauty mushroom and pepper sauce finished off with crispy streaky bacon and horseradish onion jam.
DESSERT $14.00 DESSERT $14.00
  • VANILLA BRULE
    • Yip this is another one of our famous desserts, our vanilla bean Brulee made to perfection.... It comes with homemade vanilla bean ice cream and some kinda biscuit. I would even go as far as saying ladies this is better than sex.
  • CHOCOLATE OVERLOAD
    • A rich moist chocolate brownie smothered in baileys chocolate sauce and homemade chocolate ice cream (told ya it was choc madness!)
  • RICE PUDDING
    • This is coconut flavoured and rich & creamy. Served with caramelised banana and a scoop of homemade ice cream. This is divine perfection.
  • WARM APPLE WALNUT CAKE
    • I reckon this is better than grandma used to make, but then what do I know I’m just the sucker that has to type this. A warm rich style cake with apple syrup and homemade vanilla ice cream.
  • MAD COWS CHEESECAKE
    • Here at the Three Cows we’ve made about 3 billion types of cheesecake and all completely different. we are slowly running out of flavours to make, but don’t panic we've always got the internet to help us out if the chefs are having another one of their blank moments.
  • PANNA COTTA
    • we reckon that we make it better here at the Three Cows than the Italians do. Comes with seasonal poached fruits and shortbread crumbs, this is food for the soul.
  • APPLE & BERRY CRUMBLE
    • Good ale fashion fruit cooked with a hint of spice and all the love in the world. Topped with a butter shortbread crumble and oven-baked to warm and toastie. Comes with yep you got it, homemade vanilla ice cream.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Potato rosti $2.50
  • House hot smoked salmon, sugar snap peas, crumbed egg, Asian greens, roast peanuts, coconut tamarind caramel $25.00
  • Eggs your way on sour dough toast with tomato relish $9.50
  • Blueberry hotcake, caramelised banana, ricotta vanilla cream, strawberries, toasted nuts, pure maple $21.50
  • Baked Beans, poached eggs, white beans, chorizo, smoked tomato chilli sauce, Danish feta, Turkish bread $18.50
  • Grilled halloumi, sugar snap peas, smashed peas, avocado, broccolini, smoked almonds, poached eggs, multi grain toast, olive oil $24.00
  • Smoked tomato chilli beans $3.50
  • Tomato relish $1.50
  • My Fav Chicken Bacon & Cashew Salad $21.50
    • Lettuce leaves mixed with julienne vegetables, cashews, herby croutons, avocado salsa and some other goodies all tossed in an Italian vinaigrette and finished with marinated chicken, crispy bacon & parmesan cheese.
  • Cajun Fish & Prawn Salad $26.50
    • Fillets of today's fish coated in a Cajun spice, pan-seared to perfection & plonked on a salad of mandarins, snow pea shoots, cucumber, red onion & baby spinach. Bounded with vinaigrette & finished with avocado salsa, garlic aioli & grilled prawns.
  • Pork Belly $31.80
    • Twice roasted belly, marinated in hoisin and 5spice. Comes with potatoes, honey kumara rounds, add some chargrilled bokchoi and finished with a ginger & mango chutney and a hint of jus. Now the chefs pile this high, so I hope it's earthquake proof!
  • Three Cows Brekkie $17.50
    • Toasted bread, mushrooms, tomatoes, streaky bacon, hash brown, (fried, poached or scrambled) eggs
  • Good Ole Steak $27.00
    • Yummo rib eye cooked to your liking, served with a garden salad. Comes with crisp fries and finished with a horseradish & beetroot pesto and battered onion rings.
  • Flat Bread $12.70
    • Pita bread smothered in sundried tomato pesto and topped with parmesan cheese. Oven baked and finished with sweet chilli and sour cream. The locals favourite.
  • Lambs fry $18.50
    • Cooked by our master chefs to perfection, add some crispy bacon, mushroom & cracked pepper sauce & Top it off with sticky onions and toasted garlic bread and whammo, better than nanas.
  • Vanilla Brulee $11.00
    • Yip this is another one of our famous desserts, our vanilla bean Brulee is made to perfection with berry compote, vanilla ice-cream and some kinda biscuit.
  • Steak & Cheese N/A
  • Vegetarian N/A
    • Brocolli & Mushroom
  • Chicken N/A
  • Beef Chilli N/A
  • Peppered Steak N/A
  • Bacon & Egg N/A
  • Chicken & Cranberry N/A
  • Chicken & Satay N/A
  • Apple turnover, $2.00
  • Pattie-Corn $1.50
  • Kebab Chicken $3.20
  • Sole-Battered $4.50
  • Half $10.00
  • Tarakihi-Crumbed $4.50
  • Meat $1.30
  • Family Pack $27.00
    • 4 fish 4 hotdog 4 potato fritter 2 meat pattie 2 donut 2 chips
  • Garlic Edamame Beans (S) $7.00
  • Udon Noodle Hot Pot with Prawn $12.00
  • Grilled Squid $7.50
  • Odon Noodle Soup with Poached Egg $7.00
  • Grille" Fish with Sweet Miso - Fish $10.00
  • CHIRASHI (Sashimi on Rice) $10.00
  • Buffalo Wings - 5pcs (Spicy) $8.50
  • Nigiri Platter - 6pcs $12.00
  • Chicken Naan $4.50
    • Tandoori chicken filling
  • Korma (Chicken or Lamb) $14.50
    • The Moguls, connoisseurs of foods describe this mixture of cream and masala, tossed with cashew nuts. Leaves an unforgettable taste in your mouth
  • Chicken Tikka (5 pieces) $12.00
    • Fresh boneless chicken marinated overnight in yoghurt, ginger and garlic - grilled in tandoor
  • Aloo Jeera $13.50
    • Diced potatoes cooked with cumin seeds and spices
  • Kuchumber Salad $4.00
  • Fish Curry $14.00
    • Ling fish cooked with coconut cream, almond paste, mustard seeds and spices
  • Vegetable Samosa (2 pieces) $5.00
    • Triangular pastry stuffed with mashed potatoes, peas and cumin seeds - fried to golden brown
  • Mixed Vegetables $13.50
    • Fresh vegetables cooked with a rich blend of spices, green herbs and garnished with fresh coriander
  • Sausages & eggs $9.00
  • Giant $5.30
  • Plain $3.80
  • Mince potato onion $2.00
  • Fish $2.40
  • Spring Roll $2.80
  • Cod Fillets $3.30
  • Paua Pattie $2.40
  • Zeytoon Parvadeh (GF) $13.00
    • Marinated green olives with walnuts, mountain herbs, spices and pomegranate sauce
  • Dolma Entrée (GF) $12.50
    • 5 vine leaves stuffed with rice and herbs served with our own homemade tomato sauce and minted garlic yoghurt
  • Lamb Iskander (GF) $23.00
    • Marinated lamb cubed cooked on the hot plate
  • Feta Cheese $1.50
  • Zucchini Iskander $19.50
    • Traditional home made zucchini fritters
  • $42.00 per person without dessert / $47.50 per person with dessert
  • Beetroot Dip $11.50
    • Mixture of beetroot, strained yoghurt, garlic and herbs - served with pita bread
  • Haydari Dip $11.50
    • Stained yoghurt, herbs, cucumber, and garlic - served with pita bread
  • Combination Chow Mein $11.00
  • Beef with Cashew Nuts $12.00
  • Vegetables egg 1oO Young $10.00
  • Roast pork with Vegetables $10. 50
  • Pork Fried Rice $9.90
  • Mini Spring Roll $0.60
  • Combination Fried Rice $11. 00
  • Prawn Fried Rice $14.00
  • Sweet & Sour Wontons $9.00
  • Vegetarian Burger $4.70
    • mushroom Chinese egg & pineapple
  • Noodle Base $1.50
  • Tomato $3.80
  • Chow Chow $3.80
  • Roast Pork Fred Noodle $11.00
  • Cheese $3.80
  • Briggston Special Fried Rice $11.00
  • Shrimp Fried Rice $11.00
  • Curry Rice Roll $3.00
  • Fish Meal $10.00
  • Nasi Goreng (Rice) $10.00
  • Hawaiian $6.00
    • Meat, Bacon, Egg, Cheese & Pineapple
  • Doz Mushrooms $7.00
  • Fresh whole Crumbed Tarakihi $5.00
  • 2 Fish, 2 Hotdogs, 2 Scoops, 2 Patties & 2 Crab Sticks $15.00
  • Sweet and spicy shredded Pork $14.00
  • Braised Pork Hock Slice with Brown Sauce $12.00
  • Combination Fried Noodle $12.00
  • Chicken with Cashew nut $16.00
  • Sour and Spicy Soup Sml $5.00/Lge $15.00
  • Hot Plate Venison $24.00
  • Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork $14.00
  • Chef's Fried Chicken Steak $14.00
  • Rocket, pear, blue cheese salad (v) $10.50
  • Lasagne al Forno $21.00
    • Herbed low-fat ground beef and pork with tomato, onions, garlic and vegetables between sheets of fresh pasta. Topped with béchamel, parmesan and tomato and herb Napoletana
  • Broccoli and toasted garlic almonds (v) $9.50
  • Puttanesca $22.50
    • Cherry tomatoes, Clevedon Valley buffalo mozzarella, roast garlic, black olives, capers, anchovy, chilli and parsley.
  • Alpina $22.50
    • Tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms, blue cheese, prosciutto, rocket, shaved pecorino.
  • Pulled pork sandwich $22.50
    • Slow cooked Apple Tree Farm open range pork belly on toasted ciabatta with lemon aioli, cos lettuce, cucumber, apple chutney and fries.
  • Wood Fired Flatbreads (v) $12.00
    • Basil pesto, chilli and parmesan
  • Olive marinate (v) $10.00
    • Selection of olives marinated with fennel, orange, rosemary and garlic. Served gently warmed
  • Rustic Fries and Aioli $7.00
  • Lemon and Thyme Roasted Chicken Legs $28.00
    • Served with fondant potatoes, sage, onion and apricot stuffing and a slow roasted tomato. Finished with jus and red currant sauce
  • Truffle Mash $7.00
  • Polenta Chips, sea salt, roasted rosemary $8.00
  • Canterbury Merino Lamb Shoulder $28 For 1 / $48 For 2
    • Raised on the Canterbury plains; Lamb braised in tomato, lemon and Moroccan spices on pumpkin, raisin and almond cous cous. Finished with house made yoghurt and our own garden mint
  • - Streaky Bacon $17.50
  • Leak and Mushroom Arancini $15.00
    • Cheesy risotto balls in panko crumbs fried and served with a smoked paprika, tomato and roasted capsicum sauce
  • Croissant and Coffee $12.00
    • Freshly baked croissant filled with ham and Gruyere served with espresso coffee of your choice
  • Lamb Shish $17 Single/$26 Double
    • P.K. cubed and marinated grilled lamb served on a bed of rice, seasonal salad and sauces
  • House Bite Entree $11.50
    • Ground chickpeas with cashew nuts, sultanas, mixed peas and corn, beans, carrot, garlic, herbs and spices. Served with a trio of sauces
  • Beef Shish $17 Single/$26 Double
    • P.K. cubed and marinated grilled porterhouse beef served on a bed of rice, seasonal salad and sauces
  • P.K. Dolma Dish $22.00
    • Vine leaves stuffed with rice and spices served on a bed of rice and a trio of salads and sauces
  • Hummus Dip $9.00
    • Ground chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, tahini and garlic. Served with a side of pita bread.
  • Chef's Finest Combination of Dips
    • Chef's selection of the persian dips, Served with a side of pita bread. (4 dips for Two, 5 dips for Four)
  • Wedges $10.50
    • Served with sweet chilli and sour cream
  • Lamb Bursa $17 Single/$26 Double
    • P.K. diced and marinated lamb on top of a crispy garlic pita bread croutons, greek yoghurt and bursa sauce, accompanied by a seasonal salad
Three Cows

Three Cows

location

Address

71 Victoria Street, Christchurch City Centre, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033778944

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Cafe Food , European , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating Not Available ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Cards accepted ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
71 Victoria Street, Christchurch City Centre, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand