Address
149 Wills Street, Ashburton, Canterbury, 7700, New Zealand
Taste Cafe in Canterbury Menu
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LUNCH- - Beef Nachos $16.00
- - B.L.T Toasted Club Sandwich with Fries $17.50
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- Chicken Tex Mex $17.50
- With guacamole, sweet chili chicken and salad greens in a deep fried burrito basket
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- Pasta of the Day $16.00
- Please check with staff
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- Steak Sandwich $23.00
- With fries on Turkish bread, bacon, caramelised onions, emmental cheese, lettuce and tomato
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- Loaded Wedges $16.50
- with bacon, tomato, cheese + onion topped with sweet chilli and sour cream
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- Fries Small $5 Large $8
- + tomato sauce
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- Wedges Small $5 Large $8
- + sweet chilli and sour cream
BREAKFAST- - Toast or Fruit Toast $6.50
- - muesli, fruit + yogurt $13.50
- - Eggs Any style on Toast $11.00
- Add Bacon $15.00
- - Pancakes with Banana and Bacon or Berries $16.00
- - Omelette with Ham, Cheese, Spinach and Toast $15.50
- - Eggs Benedict with Bacon $16.50
- or Salmon $18.50
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- Taste Breakfast $17.50
- 2 poached eggs, 1x sausage, 1x hashbrown, 1x bacon, mushrooms and toast
- - Avocado Smash on Toast Topped with 2 Poached Eggs & Feta $13.50
Nearby Sample Menus
- Salmon pastrami, blood orange, fennel, burrata $19
- Porcini gnocchi, fungi ragu, oats cheese shanklish, sunchoke $32
- Confit chicken maryland, israeli couscous, boudin blanc, jus gras $33
- Figs, pecans, gorgonzola, curd, truffle, honey, pollen $18
- Seasonal Vegetables $8
- Beef or tomato tartare, truffle, fermented hot sauce, egg $18
- Celeriac, nashi pear, rocket, watercress, truffle $10
- O.G.B Mash $10
- Garlic bread $9.50
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Pork Ribs GF $16.00
- Marinated in sticky barbeque sauce
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Local Crayfish (NZ Rock Lobster) GF option Half $45.00 Whole $90.00
- Oven baked with garlic butter; served with fries and salad.
- Steak: 130g ribeye & red onion marmalade. $20.00
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FreshGreen Salad with Tara Goats Cheese V GF $18.50
- With Falafel
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Salt & Pepper Calamari $14.00
- In-house crumbed, on mesclun with lemon mayonnaise
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Crawfish Chowder $29.00
- made with Kaikoura Crayfish Served with our toasted homemade bread.
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Homemade Bread & Dips $12.00
- A selection of warm homemade bread & trio of dips.
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Kids Pancakes $12
- Blueberry pancakes with caramelised banana, maple syrup and whipped cream
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Prawn Tacos $21
- Two soft shell tacos served with golden prawns, pineapple salsa, heirloom tomatoes, capsicum and coriander, finished with lime zested sour cream
- Add smoked salmon $6
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Kids Tostada $12
- A crispy tortilla with house made tomato relish, roasted tomato, cheese and a fried egg
- Garlic Spinach $3
- Add Bacon $4
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Lamb Backstrap Salad $23
- Marinated lamb backstrap served with a roasted vegetable, green bean, asparagus and feta salad and a red wine vinaigrette
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Classic Bene Half $16 Full $21
- Free range poached eggs served on toasted ciabatta with Luciano’s famous hollandaise, a roasted tomato and Marlborough Smoked Salmon
- Fried Chicken Pieces $3.00 each
- -Roast Pumpkin $0.8 each
- -Rolls $7.90
- -Small $10.50
- -Sandwiches $6.90
- Lamb
- - Medium $13.50
- served with potatoes, pumpkin, kumara, mixed vegetables and gravy
- Plain udon $8.90
- Served on rice with miso soup
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Unagi don $18.90
- Fresh water eel
- Teriyaki / Katsu / Karaage chicken don $12.90
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Ten don $13.90
- Deep fried prawns and tempura veges
- Served on rice with miso soup
- Tempura prawn udon $11.90
- Chicken katsu curry $15.90
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Chicken Yum $18.50
- Tender thinly sliced chicken mixed with Thai herbs and lemon juice served on a base of fresh of vegetables
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Garlic and Pepper Fish $20.50
- Deep fried fillets of fish stir fried with garlic and pepper topped with fresh coriander
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Prawn Fried Rice $18.50
- Fried rice with prawn, vegetable and eggs prepared in Thai chef's style
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Curry Puffs $9.50
- Deep fried minced chicken with onion and kumara in puff pastry
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Chicken Dried Fried Ho Fun $16.50
- Flat stir fried noodle with eggs and chicken topped with deep fried tofu
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Pineapple Curry $18.50
- Tender sliced Beef or Pork is used with pineapple to create the delicate sweet and sour flavours of this Thai curry
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Garlic and Pepper $18.50
- Your choice of tender pieces of Chicken, Beef or Pork with garlic, pepper and mushroom topped with fresh aromatic coriander
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Vegetarian Peanut Sauce $16.50
- Stir fried vegetables with chef's special peanut sauce
- Barbeque Pork Noodles Soup (BBQ pork) $9.00
- Honey Dew Green Tea $4.90
- Nasi Goreng (beef) $10.50
- Papaya Green Milk Tea $5.50
- Laksa (coconut) (BBQ pork & prawn) $12.00
- Blueberry Bubbly Shake $4.50
- Cereal Milk Tea $5.30
- Coconut Jelly or Pearl $0.60
- Chicken $5.00
- Sausage battered $2.00
- Cod Fillets $3.30
- Giant $5.30
- Vegetarian no meat $5.30
- Sole & Eggs $9.50
- Spring Roll $2.80
- Hot Dog $2.00
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Chicken and bacon Pappardelle $27
- Spiced chicken breast, streaky bacon, and pappardelle tossed through a red wine sauce finished with grapes, tossed walnuts a side of house bread and parmesan
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Prawns $22
- Served sizzling in the pan with chilli, garlic, lemon and a side of house bread
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Market fish $28
- Please refer to daily specials
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Venison Burger $24
- Char grilled venison Pattie served medium in a brioche bun with blue cheese, streaky bacon, sliced tomato and lettuce drizzled with mustard mayo finished with a side of fries
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Chicken and brown rice salad $24
- Pan seared chicken, streaky bacon, and brown rice tossed through a tomato dressing tossed with Broccoli, sun dried tomato and finished with feta
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Beef burger $24
- Char grilled Beef Pattie served medium in a Sourdough bun with lettuce, Havarti cheese streaky bacon, red onion, beetroot, and tomato relish drizzled with paprika aioli and a side of fries
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Savoury Bagel $16
- Freshly made Toasted bagel served with cream fraiche Streaky bacon, tomato avocado and lettuce finished with a smoked tomato drizzle
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Pork and falafel salad $23
- Pork belly, falafel and spiced cous cous served on cos lettuce with red onion, coriander Finished with yoghurt dressing
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MARINATED CHICKEN BURGER $21.50
- Marinated Asian style chicken thigh with streaky bacon, coriander, mint, sprouts, chilli and salad, served in a ciabatta bun with a lime & sweet chilli aioli (DF)
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SMOKED SALMON EGG BENEDICT $21.50
- Hot smoked salmon, spinach, two free range poached eggs, house made hollandaise sauce on toasted English muffin
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MONK’S BACON AND EGGS $21.00
- Bacon, free range eggs, tomato, mushrooms, oven roasted potatoes, toasted ciabatta with house made hollandaise sauce
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OVEN BAKED FRITTATA $17.50
- Chorizos, free range eggs, potato, tomato, capsicum, feta, red onion, Italian parsley (GF)
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TOASTED MUESLI $8.00
- Toasted muesli, natural yogurt & poached fruit (V)
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BACON & EGGS $16.00
- Two poached free range eggs & streaky bacon on toasted ciabatta (DF)
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BOWL OF FRENCH FRIES $7.00
- With home made aioli (V), (GF), (DF)
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MIXED PLATTER $15.00
- Brie, olives and pesto, served with toasted ciabatta (V)
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Vegetarian chew kua teaw $14.00
- fresh vegetable stir-fry with rice noodles in soy sauce
- Sweet & sour king prawns $20.00
- Seafood, lamb, meat $4.00/each
- Beef with ginger and spring onion $19.00
- Chicken, beef or pork chow mein $15.00
- Honey BBQ pork $17.50
- Chicken, pork or steak with cashew nuts on rice $18.00
- Crispy skin chicken $16.00
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Do-Payaza Chicken/Lamb/Beef $19.00
- Meat pieces cooked with stir-fried onions, pepper and tomato based gravy and lightly spiced with fresh herbs
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Garlic Tadak Daal (Yellow Lentils) $18.00
- Yellow lentils cooked in the traditional Indian style.
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Butter Chicken $19.00
- Chick Peas cooked with ginger, garlic and tomato sauce in North Indian style.
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Vegetable Jalferzi $18.00
- Sweet and sour curry with chunky vegetables.
- Mango Kulfi $6.00
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Aloo Gobhi $18.00
- Fresh potatoes and cauliflower cooked with onion, garlic & spiced sauces in Indian homemade style.
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Vindaloo Chicken/Lamb/Beef $19.00
- Famous dish from Goa specially cooked with onion, tomatoes, and hot ground spices.
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Vegetable Samosas (2 pcs) $8.00
- Potato and green peas cooked in Indian spices and cumin, wrapped in a flaky crispy pastry triangle. Served with tamarind chutney.
- Char Grilled Canterbury Venison with Roasted Shallots, Kumara, Roquette & Raspberry Vinaigrette (GF, DF) $22
- THE BRAEMAR LITE BREAKFAST $15
- Extras - bacon, sausage, tomato, mushroom, hash brown $2 each
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- Dark Chocolate & Hazel Nut Filo with Cointreau Anglaise & Chocolate Ice Cream $19
- Grilled Cajun Spiced Chicken & Feta with Stuffed Portabello Mushroom with Basil, Pesto, Roasted seasonal Vegetables & Lemon Garlic Dressing (GF, DF) $39
- Aged Venison Denver Glazed with Worcestershire & Honey Grilled Orange, Spring, Onions, Pan tossed root vegetables Wild Berry & Pinot Noir Jus (GF, DF) $43
- Saffron Risotto with Basil, Asparagus, Baby Spinach, Windsor Bean & Aged Parmesan(V, VG, GF, DF)
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Tasting Plate $13.00
- Chorizo, Feta in basil infused oil and home marinated Kalamata olives (for two)
- Herb & Garlic Ciabatta drizzled with balsamic glaze (for two) $9.00
- Rhubarb crème brulee with amaretti biscuits and candied citrus $12.50
- Cheese of the day with chutney, fruit, crackers & croutes POA
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Venison Salad $23.00
- raspberry tea-smoked venison with beets, glazed pear, radish, candied walnut & brie, & a raspberry vinaigrette
- Feta and pesto topped Portobello mushrooms $7.00
- Scallops and prawns in a creamy garlic and white wine sauce on a potato dauphinoise with sautéed greens $26.00
- Spring vegetable and pesto tart with Gruyere pastry base. Served with slow roasted tomatoes, garden salad and minted aioli $20.00
- (GF) = Gluten Free / (VA) = Vegan Available / (EF) = Egg Free /(V)= Vegan / (DF) = Dairy Free
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Bubble & squeak (gf) (ef) $28
- With braised 'apple tree farm' free farmed pork belly, mustard sauce and crackling straws
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Lox 'n bagel $17.50
- Salt cured salmon, tomato, pesto, red onion, capers & cream cheese on a toasted bagel
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Terra viva spiced meatballs $22.50
- Olive, parmesan & rosemary flatbread, hummus, rocket & garlic herb sauce
- Mushroom, 2 eggs, spinach $5
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Crispy calamari (gf) $25
- Seaweed salad, hoisin mayonnaise, fried onions & crispy calamari
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Brioche french toast (va) $19.50
- With bacon jam ice cream & maple syrup
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Ginger marinated chicken or halloumi skewers $25
- With cos, tomato & tzatziki served with a side of tempura courgette ribbons
Taste Cafe
Phone
033070307
Opened hours
Monday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Saturday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Price
$10 - $20
Type
None
Service
Table Service
Cuisine
Cafe Food , New Zealand
Features
Dine in , EFTPOS , Mastercard , Takeaway , Visa , Wheelchair accessible , Breakfast , Takeout , Cash , Bankcard , Lunch , Seating , Child-friendly
149 Wills Street, Ashburton, Canterbury, 7700, New Zealand
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