Taste Cafe in Canterbury Menu

LUNCH LUNCH
  • - Beef Nachos $16.00
  • - B.L.T Toasted Club Sandwich with Fries $17.50
  • - Chicken Tex Mex $17.50
    • With guacamole, sweet chili chicken and salad greens in a deep fried burrito basket
  • - Pasta of the Day $16.00
    • Please check with staff
  • - Steak Sandwich $23.00
    • With fries on Turkish bread, bacon, caramelised onions, emmental cheese, lettuce and tomato
  • - Loaded Wedges $16.50
    • with bacon, tomato, cheese + onion topped with sweet chilli and sour cream
  • - Fries Small $5 Large $8
    • + tomato sauce
  • - Wedges Small $5 Large $8
    • + sweet chilli and sour cream
BREAKFAST 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
  • - 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

  • BLUE CHEESE SALAD $22.00
    • roast and pickled beets / Parma ham / cider poached pears / walnuts / arugula
  • THAI STYLED HOT DOG $24.00
    • pork belly, sausage / pickles / roast peanuts / slaw / sariacha / mayo / pretzel roll
  • CHOCOLATE BROWNIE SUNDAE $12.00
    • cookie crumble / raspberry sorbet / meringue / dark chocolate sauce
  • JALAPEÑO CHEESE DIP $18.00
    • crusty bread
  • BEER BATTERED FISH $24.00
    • smashed peas / fries / tartare / lemon
  • WHIPPED GOATS CHEESE $22.00
    • shaved spring vegetables / rocket / olive oil toast / baby pea dressing
  • ORANGE CREME BRULEE $12.00
    • biscotti
  • AGED RIB EYE $38.00
    • duck fat “chips” / rainbow chard / café de paris butter / jus
  • Burger, Chips & Drink (only) $15.50
  • Eggs benedict $16.00
    • Poached eggs on toasted english muffins with bacon, spinach & topped with hollandaise
  • Moroccan Spiced Lamb Ragu $14.00
    • slow braised lamb, authentic spices, apricots and dates served with creamy hummus and grilled flat bread
  • Toast + jam $8.00
    • Toasted sourdough with your choice of raspberry or strawberry jam
  • Talbot Forest Cheese $20.00
    • A selection of award winning Geraldine crafted cheeses, served with saffron pear, lavosh bark and almonds
  • Hashbrowns $3.00
  • Choose a drink Soft Drink or Juice. Then one of these $15.00
    • Crunchy Chicken Crumbed chicken tenders with salad, tomato sauce and our waffle fries/ Battered Fish Fresh fish with salad, tomato sauce and our waffle fries/ Mini Cheese Burger Beef pattie with cheese, tomato sauce and waffle chips. Then something sweet: Donut Cinnamon dusted donut with chocolate, passionfruit or jelly tip sauce/ Ice Cream Sundae NZ favourite icecream with chocolate, pasionfruit or caramel 100s and 1000/ Chocolate Brownie Warmed chocolate and raspberry brownie with cream
  • Battered Fish of the Day $7.50
  • STEAK & ONION ROLLS $2.90
  • CHICKEN PATTIES $2.90
  • VEGETARIAN $4.70
  • CHOCOLATE DONUTS $2.10
  • CHICKEN NUGGETS 1/2 DOZ $4.80
  • POTATO FRITTER $1.20
  • LASAGNE TOPPER $2.90
  • CHEESE $4.00
  • Tom Kha
    • A delicious coconut cream soup, spiced with chilli, galangal, lemon juice, mushrooms, and topped with coriander.
  • Stir-fry Mixed Vegetable $12.00
  • Deep Fried Whole Fish $28.00
    • A whole fresh fish (Tarakihi) deep fried and drowned in a hot sweet chilli ginger sauce with courgettes, capsicum, mushrooms, onion, and topped with coriander.
  • -Beef, Chicken, Pork, Crispy Pork, Vegetarian, or Tofu $19.00
  • Pineapple Red Curry
    • Our red curry with capsicum, courgette, green beans, onions, and pineapple
  • Choo Chee
    • A thick rich curry, with many flavours to dance in your mouth. With capsicum, courgette, mushrooms, and onions. Purely a seafood curry.
  • Stir-fry Chilli
    • For those who like it hot, this is stir fried chilli and vegetables. Ask for it hotter if you dare.
  • Stir-fry Noodle
    • Stir fried noodles, with vegetables and egg. And your choices between egg noodles or rice noodles
  • Steak Foo Young $9.50
    • Sliced steak, onions, peas, beans and egg (like an omelette)
  • Pork with Cashew Nuts $12.50
    • Sliced pork, mushrooms with seasonal vegetables and cashew nuts in gravy
  • Satay Steak $12.00
    • Sliced steak with seasonal vegetables, pineapple and tomatoes in satay peanut sauce
  • Chicken with Cashew Nuts $12.50
    • Sliced chicken, mushrooms with seasonal vegetables and cashew nuts in gravy
  • Satay Chicken $12.00
    • Sliced chicken with seasonal vegetables, pineapple and tomato in satay peanut sauce
  • New Town Fried Rice (Combination) $11.50
    • Sliced steak, chicken, Roast pork. prawns, onions, peas and egg with rice
  • Set Menu for 4-6 people $47.00
    • Chicken with cashew nuts, Steak black bean sauce, New Town fried rice, Sweet and sour pork
  • Prawn Chow Mein $11.50
    • Prawns with seasonal vegetables in gravy on egg noodles
  • Ploughman's Platter $34.00
    • selection of New Zealand cheeses, meats, pickles, olives, sun-dried tomatoes. Served with fresh breads, crackers and home made chutney (serves two)
  • Soup of the Day $13.00
    • See waitress for details
  • Killybegs Seafood Chowder $17.00
    • A hearty local favourite; thick creamy seafood soup
  • Beef Nachos $15.00
    • corn chips covered with spicy beef topped with cheese, salsa and sour cream
  • Ribeye Steak $34.00
    • Grilled with a garlic, mushroom or peppercorn sauce
  • Seafood Basket $24.00
    • Fish, squid, prawns, mussels, scallops and chips
  • Blue Cod $34.00
    • Grilled with a lemon hollandaise
  • Donegal Famous Roast $20.00
    • Lamb, pork or chicken
  • Breakfast Burger $15.00
    • with refried beans, chipotle bacon, greens, fried egg and relish + smoked mushrooms $4.50 + haloumi $4.50
  • Walnut & Butterscotch Tart $10.00
    • with vanilla ice-cream
  • Braised Lamb $12.00
    • braised lamb, beans, breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese
  • Goat Cheese & Caramelised Onion Tart $18.00
    • pear & date chutney, walnuts, rocket salad
  • Ice Cream Sundae $10.00
    • vanilla ice-cream, chocolate sauce & toasted almonds
  • Beef Burger $19.00
    • beef rump patty, caramelised onion, cheese, cress and mustard mayo with chips + blue cheese $2.00
  • Chicken Wings $10.00
    • buffalo chicken wings, spicy sauce and blue cheese dressing
  • Lamb $14.00
    • moroccan lamb patty, harissa, baba ganoush and lettuce
  • Mushroom $3.40
  • Plain $2.80
  • Steak $4.40
  • Mushroom $2.50
  • Beetroot $3.40
  • Steak $3.50
  • Pineapple $3.40
  • Pienapple $2.50
  • Cashew nuts, mushrooms, tomato $3.00/each
  • Sweet corn & pork or fish on rice $16.00
  • Shredded pork with hot chilli $17.00
  • Chinese vegetables with garlic $14.50
  • Lycheese and ice cream $5.50
  • Chicken, pork or steak fried vegetables in oyster sauce $15.50
  • Sweet & sour king prawns $20.00
  • Roast pork fried rice or chow mein with cashew nuts $18.00
  • Choice Seasoning
    • salt, pepper & white wine/cajun spices/lemon pepper/garlic butter
  • Pasta of the day $19.50
  • Atlantic Scallops x3 on Cauliflower Puree $13.00
  • Curly fries $7.00
  • BBQ Beef Burger with bacon & cheese $20.00
  • Soup & Bread $9.50
  • Nachos & Cheese (add beans/mince $3.00)
  • Beef & Bacon Melt $22.00
  • Handmade spring onion pancake $4.50
  • Signature giant fried chicken cutlet $8.50
    • It's almost as big as your plate! One large portion of chicken breast, coated with chef's secret recipe, deep fried and finished with five spice and pepper to give it a kick!
  • Braised chicken gizzards $4.00
  • Thick cut toast w/ peanut butter $4.80
  • Signature giant fried chicken cutlet $15.00
  • Taiwanese style pop-corn chicken $6.50
    • Dangerously addictive! Juicy bite size pieces of chicken deep fried in batter and seasoned with a generous amount of salt and pepper
  • Signature crispy chicken leg $15.00
    • Three pieces of chicken leg with a crispy batter, and sprinkle with generous five spice and pepper. Chicken was still moist inside while the thin crust was crispy
  • Deep fried green beans $4.50
  • Rice $2.00
  • Kakuni (Pork Belly) $19.00
    • Pork Belly braised in special sweet ginger sauce
  • Kakuni (Pork Belly) Don $15.90
    • Pork Belly braised in sweet ginger sauce on rice
  • Seared Salmon $2.90
  • Teriyaki Ninja $7.20
    • Teriyaki chicken with spring onion & Hachi Hachi mayo
  • Aburi Salmon Don $16.90
    • Seared New Zealand salmon with traditional teriyaki sauce & Hachi Hachi mayo on rice
  • Oki Hoki (Seasonal) $7.20
    • Deep fried fish fillet with lettuce & special tartare sauce
  • Grilled Chicken Slider with Kumara Crisps & Karaage Crispy Chicken $9.20
  • Deep fried Chicken with Peking Sauce $11.00
  • All served with a bowl of rice N/A
  • Combination Egg Foo Young $10.00
  • Lemon Chicken $11.00
  • Beef with Mushroom $10.00
  • King Prawns with Cashew Nuts & Vegetables $12.00
  • Mini Spring Rolls - 6pcs $4.50
  • Squid with Ginger and Spring Onion $11.00
  • • Prawn
  • • King Salmon
  • Ace Bento Set $24.00
    • Chicken teriyaki / mixed tempura / dumplings (3pcs) / salmon sashimi (3pcs), rice, miso soup
  • King Dragon Roll $ 25.00
    • King prawns, eel, cucumber, avocado
  • Vegetable Tempura Roll $ 15.00
    • Potato, sweet potato, capsicum, tofu, soy bean
  • and choose TWO of below:
  • • Teriyaki Chicken
  • Teriyaki Chicken Don $ 12.00
    • Teriyaki chicken, cucumber, shichimi, spring onion, sesame seed, mayo, egg
  • Xócolate $12.00
    • pecan, citrus crème, xocolate chili ganache, pistachio praline, orange, mint
  • Cinnamon Spiced Churros $12.00
    • w dulce de leches & dark cacao soil
  • Plancha BBQ Apple Mole Chicken (Free Range) $18.00
    • charred pineapple, sesame
  • Mexico Fried Chicken (Free Range) $16.00
    • Not to be missed!
  • Candied Fennel Yeast Battered Prawns $7.00
    • chipotle crema, pineapple pico, red slaw
  • Butternut Pumpkin $7.00
    • salsa negra, baby spinach, queso seco, crispy sesame
  • Beetroot & Sweet Potato Dip $8.00
    • w cricket tortilla, smoky chorizo crumb, queso blanco
  • Cheesecake $10.00
    • Mexican wedding biscuit, candied pineapple, lime curd, puffed wild rice
Taste Cafe

Taste Cafe

location

Address

149 Wills Street, Ashburton, Canterbury, 7700, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033070307

clock

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 range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , New Zealand

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Breakfast ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Child-friendly

Location
149 Wills Street, Ashburton, Canterbury, 7700, New Zealand
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