Farrington Tavern in Christchurch Menu

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Available – Mon to Fri 10am – 4pm Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays 9am – 4pm
All Items $15 Unless Stated
$6 Eggs on toast
- 2 eggs the way you like poached, scrambled or fried. Served on toasted Turkish bread.
Add: Bacon $4.00, Sausage $2.50, Tomato, Avocado or Potato Hash $2.00
Eggs Benedict
- 2 poached eggs, served on toasted ciabatta bread smothered in hollandaise sauce. With a choice of either: Bacon, Smoked Salmon or Wilted Spinach
Hot Cakes
- Served with mixed berry compote, freshly whipped cream & lashing of icing sugar.
Mussel Chowder
- Creamy traditional chowder with NZ green lipped mussels, potatoes and bacon. Served with toasted bread.
Smoked Chicken Salad
- With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
Vietnamese Beef Salad
- Marinated beef strips, soft vermicelli noodles, spring onion, diced tomatoes and salad garnish. Tossed through a sweet chilli, mirin dressing.
Camembert & Chicken Melt
- Chargrilled chicken thigh & baked camembert cheese. Served on crisp toasted ciabatta bread topped with cranberry jelly.
Bishops Fish n Chips.
- A twist on an old classic, Panko crumbed Orange Roughy, served with steak fries and homemade tartare sauce.
Beef, Bacon & BBQ Burger
- Fresh Vienna bun, 200gm Beef Pattie, streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served with chunky fries and chipotle aioli.
Philly Steak Roll
- Angus Rump Steak, Philly style. Topped with Swiss cheese finished under the grill. Accompanied with southern seasoned crispy fries.
Mushroom and Almond Risotto
- Finished with parmesan cheese and baby spinach.
Roast of the Day $12.95
- Your waiter will advise you on the day’s selection.

Classic Bread ‘N’ Butter Pudding
- Served hot with Irish crème ice cream & blueberry compote.
Available from 5pm
STARTERS
Garlic Loaf $9.50
- Served with homemade garlic & herb butter.
Cheesy Pesto Sticks $12.00
- Baked Turkish bread topped with lashings of basil pesto and cheddar cheese.
Seafood Chowder $14.80
- Creamy thick traditional chowder with bacon, mussels, cuttlefish and prawns. Served with grilled bread.
Chicken Pate $14.00
- Kath’s secret recipe with chicken livers, bacon and lager. Served with onion relish, pickles and balsamic sticks.
Garlic Chilli Prawns $16.00
- Served with a rocket salad with spring onion and cherry tomatoes. Accompanied with charred lime and sour cream.
SALADS
Smoked Chicken Salad $16.50
- With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
Vietnamese Beef Salad $15.50
- Marinated beef rump strips, soft vermicelli noodles, spring onion, diced tomatoes and salad garnish. Tossed through a sweet chilli, mirin dressing.
PIZZA & PASTA
ALL PIZZAS – $20.00
Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
- Minced beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli.
Thai Mushroom & Roasted Capsicum
- Sliced mushrooms, roasted peppers, feta cheese on a sweet thai chilli base topped with basil pesto.
Ultimate Pizza Lovers
- Salami, ground beef, tender chick pieces with grated cheese on a Italian sauced base topped with whiskey BBQ.
Chicken & Pistachio Penne $19.80
- Tender chicken thigh, roasted pistachio bits, feta cheese, fresh basil & penne pasta. Tossed with cream and basil pesto.
Bacon & Pea Alfredo Fettucine $18.50
- Crispy bacon bits, baby peas & tri colour fettuccine, mixed in traditional Alfredo sauce.
FROM THE SEA
Teriyaki Salmon Fillet $27.50
- Grilled Succulent Salmon brushed with teriyaki sauce. Served on Asian chilli soft vermicelli noodles with sauteed bok choy green beans and peanuts. Accompanied with sesame soy sauce.
Fresh Fish $27.00
- Served on creamy Agria puree. With roasted cajun capsicum slithers, green beans. Topped with herb sour cream. *Please ask our friendly wait staff for the chef’s choice of Fish this evening.
FROM THE LAND
Supreme Chicken $25.50
- Char-grilled bacon wrapped chicken breast, served on potato gratin with garlic sautéed baby carrots, finished with creamy basil pesto sauce.
Confit Pork Belly $24.50
- Belly of the Pig slowly roasted in seasoned spiced oil. Served on a curry kumara and carrot salad with pan seared Asian greens. Topped with plum & tamarillo chutney.
“Shank Heaps” $24.00
- Herbed tomato braised Lamb Shank, served on potato smash with blanched broccoli, garlic con fit. Finished with its own braising liquid, topped with carrot chips.
*Extra charge of $8 for an extra shank.
Charred Vegetable Skewers $23.00
- Button mushrooms, capsicum, red onion, polenta chips and sun dried tomato skewers, brushed with chilli oil then char-grilled. Served with buttery new potatoes, sautéed spinach finished with coriander lime sauce.
FROM THE GRILL
Chargrilled Steaks $32.00
- Choose your steak, from one of the following, cooked to your liking: Rump 400 GM, Angus T Bone 350 GM, Porterhouse 300 GM, Rib Eye 250 GM.
All steaks served on a potato and herb rosti, with bacon wrapped green beans, and sauteed field mushrooms.
Add a sauce of your choice for $2.00
- Creamy Mushroom, Basil Pesto, Green Peppercorn, Roasted Capsicum, Diane Sauce
BITS ‘N’ PIECES
Fries / Salad / Slaw / Sauteed Seasonal Vegetables $4.00
- Garlic butter, Aioli, BBQ sauce, Sweet Thai chilli, Chipotle aioli, Hollandaise (Complimentary)
SWEET ENDINGS
ALL DESSERTS $12.50
Banoffee Pie
- Buttery malt biscuit base with succulent banana caramel finished with fresh Chantilly cream.
Chocolate Brownie Cup
- Served hot with vanilla ice cream & lashings of chocolate ganache.
Berry Mousse
- Homemade with white chocolate shards & whipped cream.
Ice Cream Trilogy
- Caramel Cookie, Mochaccino & Peaches n Cream. With a selection of sweet sauces.
Assortment of Tea’s & Coffees $4.50 small $5.00 large

Available all day
Bishop’s Wicked Wings
- Your choice of 500gm OR 1kg with one of the following sauces: Whiskey BBQ, Honey Mustard, Teriyaki Orange, Jamaican Jerk
500gm – $15.00
1Kg – $22.50
Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza $20.00
- Ground beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli
Ultimate Pizza Lovers $20.00
- Salami, ground beef, tender chicken pieces with grated cheese on a Italian sauced base topped with whiskey BBQ
Bishop’s BBQ Ribs 350Gms $15.50
Cheese & Bacon Wedges $11.50
- Served with chimichurri sour cream and capsicum salsa.
Steak Fries $8.50
- Served with tomato sauce & garlic aioli
1K Mussel Pots $23.50
- Your choice of 2 flavours: Kath’s Famous Cream Curry Sauce OR Garlic Butter & Lager
Chef’s Platter $25.00
- Vege Samosas, Salami, Hoki Bites, Southern Chicken Sticks, Salt & pepper Squid, Battered Pineapple Rings
Tasting Plate $28.00
- Sticky chicken wings, Bbq Ribs, Prawn cutlets, BBQ pork steam bun, Broccoli & ricotta balls, Pesto sticks
Beef, Bacon & BBQ Burger $15.00
- Fresh Vienna bun, 200gm Beef Pattie, streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served with chunky fries and chipotle aioli
Chargrilled Steak Sandwich $21.50
- 200Gm Ribeye steak, cooked the way you like. With garlic aioli, salad greens, sun dried tomatoes, and onion relish. Served in toasted ciabatta bread with steak fries and tomato sauce

All Meals $10
Hot Dog & Chips
Spaghetti Bolognese with salad OR fries
Chicken & Slaw Burger with crispy fries
Mini Bacon, Pineapple & Mozzarella
Pizza
All kid’s meals are served with an ice cream sundae. Choose from Chocolate, Caramel, Raspberry OR Strawberry. With hundreds n thousands, chocolate bites and a pink wafer.

Nearby Sample Menus

Steak and Chips
- 250g Angus rump cooked to your liking served with green salad, golden fries and jus.
Bacon and Eggs
- Streaky bacon, two fried eggs, hash browns and warmed batard
Curry of the Day
- Served with steamed rice
Zucchini and Mint Fritters $17.40
- Served with a green salad and minted yogurt and apple chilli relish
Tasting Stone $21.40
- Combined taste sensation. 50g lean pork fillet, 50g Angus beef rump, prawns, scallops and mussels. Served with golden fries, green salad and hollandaise sauce
Fish and Chips
- Beer battered fresh fish of the day served with a green salad, golden fries and tartare sauce
Chicken Burger $22.40
- Marinated chicken breast served with salad, tomato, bacon, creamy brie, aioli and guacamole served with golden fries
Nachos $15.50
- Chicken, beef or vegetarian served with house made bean mix mozzarella cheese, sour cream, tomato salsa and guacamole

Charred octopus, sofrito, pickled radish, black garlic $18
Beef or tomato tartare, truffle, fermented hot sauce, egg $18
Salmon pastrami, blood orange, fennel, burrata $19
Figs, pecans, gorgonzola, curd, truffle, honey, pollen $18
Porcini gnocchi, fungi ragu, oats cheese shanklish, sunchoke $32
Market fish cotterchio, braised kale, tua tua’s, cumin, crusty sourdough $33
Celeriac, nashi pear, rocket, watercress, truffle $10
Aged 350g rib eye, heirloom carrots, whipped bone marrow, jus $34

Omelette $16.50
- a free-range egg omelette with a choice of filling. served with a side salad
Curry dosa $18.95
- today's curry with basmati rice served with a fresh dosa and house chutney. vegan option available. gluten-free
Refrito wrap $12.95
- refrito beans with melted edam cheese, basmati rice, lettuce, organic sour cream, fresh salsa and tabasco sauce wrapped in tortilla
Dal $9.95/$13.95
- blended red lentils mingled with mild spices gently simmered to perfection (cup/bowl)
Masala dosa $14.95
- our signature south indian lentil and rice dosa crepe filled with potato masala. served with dal and chutney
Sun burger $12.95 - $16.95
- a tasty sunflower seed pattie with melted cheddar, mayo, house chutney, gherkins, tomato and lettuce
Sun burger $15.95 - $18.95
- a tasty sunflower seed pattie with melted cheese, house chutney, mayo and fresh salad. served with salad and/or fries
Green power smoothie $8.95
- a great-tasting superblend of nutrients-rich greens, fruits, vegetables and berries with priobiotics, digestive enzymes, herbs, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants

Sides & Sauces
Builder’s platter $40.00
- BBQ bacon beef sliders x4, crispy chicken sliders x4, battered fish sliders x4, beer battered fries with tomato sauce & aioli
-300g Beef Rib eye $32.00
-Add chicken $4
Thai beef salad (GF) $19.00
- Tender marinated beef strips with an Asian slaw coriander leaves, toasted peanuts, crispy fried shallots, sweet sour spicy Thai dressing
-Add bacon $1.50
Beef $15
- Tender marinated beef strips, black olives, capsicum, mushrooms, red onion, mozzarella with oregano & BBQ sauce
-red wine jus

BACON AND MUSHROOM FETTUCINE $15.00
- in a creamy sauce, vegetarian option available
LOADED HOG
- roast pork, bacon, red onion, capsicum and cream cheese
FISH AND CHIPS $20.00
- fresh fish, beer battered or pan seared served with salad, fries and tartare sauce
EGGS BENEDICT $15.00
- Poached eggs on a toasted English muffin topped with hollandaise and crispy bacon or smoked salmon
CHICKEN PARMY $20.00
- chicken breast served with homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella or mushroom sauce served with salad and fries
ANTIPASTI PLATTER $32.00
1 cheese $10.00
Served with cream and blueberry compote $15.00

Smoked salmon roll $12.00
- avocado, cream cheese, smoked salmon (8P)
BBQ pork $5.00
Garlic beef don $14.50
Vege yaki-meshi $9.50
Gyu don large $14.50
Yaki-emshi $9.50
Half & half sushi 8P $10.00
Kitsume udon $11.00

Lamb Korma $16.00
Tandoori Chicken Salad $13.00
Tender strips of tandoori chicken, lamb or paneer tossed with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and red onions dressed with lemon juice, chaat masala and chopped coriander served with mint chutney.
Palak Paneer $14.00
(Available for dine in only)
Lamb Bhatura $16.00
Daal $12.00
Butter Chicken $15.00

Egg $3.40
Mushroom $3.40
Extra Fillings $1.00
Steak $3.50
Whole Chicken $21.00
Onion $3.20
Double Meat $4.00
Ham $2.50

TOMATO / MUSHROOMS / HASHBROWNS / TOAST $4.00
CHICKEN SALAD $14.00
- with cashews & yogurt dressing
3 EGG OMELETTE $15.50
- with tomato, bacon, mushroom & cheese
ESPRESSO EGG $15.50
- with potato hash, mushroom, spinach, a poached egg & hollandaise
HOT STEAK SAMMY $12.50
BANGERS & MASH $15.50
- with caramelised onion & gravy
FRENCH TOAST $14.50
- with bacon, banana, maple syrup & cream
1 EGG $2.50

Mushroom $2.50
EGg $3.20
3 Bees Satay on steamed Rice $11.90
- Combination Meat, Prawn, Cashew Nuts;
Prawn $11.50
Combination $11.50
Combination Meat $11.50
FIsh $4.20
Pork Satay on steamed Rice $10.90

Mashed Potato
Hot Butter Cuttle Fish $ 10.00
- Served with a dressed salad
Beer Buttered
Hot Butter Cuttle Fish
Gourmet Fries
Selection of Artisan Breads and Dips $ 15.50
- Marinated olives (two to share)
Garlic Focaccia Bread
Happening Frenchsingha $ 34.50
- Inspiration of a traditional Portuguese Dish, side of gourmet fries

Open steak sandwich (on request) GF $20.50
- Grilled 150g sirloin steak with lettuce, tomatoes, onion marmalade and aioli served on a garlic batard with garden salad and fries
Pork belly (warm) GF $14.00
- Twice cooked served with apple slaw
Thai prawns (warm) GF $15.00
- Sauteed in chili, garlic and coriander served with charred lime
Duo of beef GF $29.50
- Grilled sirloin of beef and braised brisket with fondant potato, red onion marmalade, bell pepper vinaigrette and jus
Canterburry lamb rump GF $30.00
- Oven roasted lamb rump with kumara and potato dauphinoise, spinach puree, semidried vine tomatoes and red currant jus
Potato wedges (fried) GF $9.50
- Served with cheese, sour cream and sweet chilli
Marinated lamb (warm) GF $16.50
- Grilled and served with semi dried tomatoes and bell pepper vinaigrette
Crumbed mozzarella (fried) $14.00
- Served with spicy plum sauce

Fish and chips $25.00
- beer battered fish with hand cut fries, green leaves, lemon and tartare sauce
Mussel fritter (x3) $18.00
- with lemon aioli and lettuce
Beer battered fish (x3) $18.00
- with tartare sauce and cos lettuce
Coconut cream, coriander, chilli and ginger $22.50 / $16.50
- 1 kilo / 500g
Canterbury rib-eye steak $33.00
- 300g rib-eye steak served with polenta chips, portobello mushrooms, jus and salad
The Slip Inn seafood platter $55.00
- house smoked salmon, steamed mussels, beer battered fish and mussels, bread, gherkins, aioli, tartare sauce and lemon
Add fresh bread $3.00
Garden green salad $7.00
- green salad leaves with house vinaigrette

Nasi Goreng $12.00
Fish $2.40
Prawn Chow Mein $13.00
Egg $4.40
Fried Mussel $0.80 (each) $9.20 (doz)
- (1/2 Scoop) $1.50
Fu yong Egg $13.00
Cashew Nuts $4.00

Fish $3.50
- per piece
Hot dog $3.00
The Fat Pig $11.00
- Champagne ham, chunky pineapple pieces teamed up with tasty cheese.
Spring Roll $3.50
Chips $4.50
- per bag
The Stone and Bone $15.50
- Roasted chicken breast, capsicum, creamy apricot sauce, compote with X-Brie cheese
Chicken Nuggets $4.00
- half dozen
Family Pack $18.00
- Includes 2 bags of chips and 4 sides as per above