The Bookshop Cafe in Gisborne Menu

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Cobb Loaf (1-3 people) $15.00
- Remember the 70’s . . . creamy bacon, spinach and cheese dip inside a warm cobb loaf.
Creamy Mash Potato $4.00
Rivers Cheese Board $20.00
- Fragrant blue cheese, reserve camembert, aged cheddar, served with fresh fruit and crackers.
Scallop Potato $4.50
Fresh Market Fish $28.00
- Check what today’s catch is . . . and have it: Pan Fried / Crumbed / Beer Battered. Served with your choice of two sides: Chunky Fries / Garden Salad / Scallop Potato / Sautéed Vegetables / Creamy Mash Potato. Check the Specials Board for today’s special catch.
Rivers Pasta $18.00
- Chicken, bacon and mushrooms combined in a creamy white wine sauce with parmesan cheese.
Sautéed Mushrooms $5.50
Spiders $5.50
- Coke, Raspberry or Lemonade.

Nipper'S Fish & Chips $12,5
- Lightly battered fish, flash fried crisp and golden.
Midnight Nachos Gf (V) $19
- Corn chips topped with our famous spicy bean mix, with your choice of chicken, beef or both. Topped with grilled cheese and finished with salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Barney'S Ribs (DF) $15,5
- Juicy pork ribs smothered in Barney’s sweet Lone Star sauce...lip smacking, finger licking, all the good things.
Shanks Peninsula (DF)
- Slow-braised lamb shank in a rich stock of mushroom, onion, fresh herbs and red wine. Served with mashed potato, sautéed spinach and roasted cherry tomatoes.
Mushrooms GF DFO $3
Green Salad GFO DFO $6
Burrito Ranchero (DF) $24
- Chicken thigh mixed with jalapeños, fresh herbs and sundried tomatoes. Topped with grilled cheese, BBQ sauce, salsa and sour cream. Served with chilli rice and Lone Star coleslaw.
Hero Burger $13,5
- A beef pattie with lettuce and tomato served in a toasted burger bun with grilled cheese. If you want any other salad greens on your burger, just let us know!

Steak $8.00
Lasagne Topper $2.70
Scallops $2.20
Steak & Egg $5.80
Special $15.00
- 3 Fish, 1 Sausage, 1 Scoop
Battered Mars $3.00
Paua $6.50
Garlic Chips $4.50

Local margherita $14.00
- A local twist on the margherita...using fresh mozzarella from our friend @ waimata cheese
Garlic bread $7.00
- Pizza shaped with lots of garlic oil and mozzarella
Mushroom & feta $17.00
- With rosemary, olives and cracked pepper
All pizzas @ the neighborhood pizzeria come with housemade tomato sauce, mozzarella, garlic oil and seasoning
Ham & pineapple $13.00
- You know how this one goes
Flatbread $9.00
- The garlic bread with oven warmed homemade hummus
Beef & jalapeno $17.00
- Started life as a special, becoming a legend
Pepperoni $12.00
- The margherita with pepperoni

Beef Saagwala $16.50
- Beef marinated in yoghurt and spices and delicately cooked in spinach
Sweet Mango Chutney $3.00
Onion Bhaji $6.00
- Slices of onions stirred in spiced Channa flour then crisped to a golden brown Chopped vegetables dipped in mildly spiced batter and deep fried
Beef Vindaloo $16.50
- A hot dish, made world famous by the chefs of goa.It has Portuguese influence
Lamb Nawabi $16.50
- Mild lamb curry, marinated first in natural yogurt then sautéed with sliced onions, tomatoes and fenugreek.Finished in a lightly spiced coconut sauce
Cheese and Onion Naan $4.00
- Bread filled with premium NZ cheese & Onion
Butter Lamb $16.50
- Tender pieces and boneless lamb cooked with creamy tomato gravy
Tandoori Chicken $20.00 / $11.00
- A dish that needs very little introduction. The secret lies in the marinating process. A tender spring chicken marinated in our traditional spices & smoked over charcoal

Mushrooms on Toast $15.50
- W bacon & hash browns
East Coast Kahuna Burger $15.50
Eggs Benedict $15.50
- W bacon & hash browns
Fish Burger $15.50
Vegetarian Burger $15.50
''Crispy Skinned Salmon'' $22.50
- Served on a bed of passion fruit slaw w tempura prawns
''Steak & Eggs'' $25.00
- 250gm Scotch Fillet Steak w fries & salad. Your choice of sauce: Pepper, mushroom or garlic butter.
Works Wedges W cheese & bacon, sour cream & relish $13.50

Duck & Mushroom Pate $14.00
- With homemade bread & garden salad
Dark Chocolate Bavarois Cake $12.50
Main Special $25.00
- 3 courses $35.00
Chinese 5 Spice Smoked Duck Breast $18.00
- Pickled vegetables, sweet & sour sauce
Fresh Strawberry Gateau $15.00
- Mascarpone creme, strawberry sorbet
Chef Special $15.00
Garlic Bread $10.00

LAMB DO PYAZA $10.00
- spicy curry with lamb and twice cooked onions and peppers
SOUTH INDIAN STYLE PEPPER BEEF $10.00
- pieces of beef masala and crushed peppercorns
BEEF KORMA $10.00
- mild flavored from the royal houses of India, with a cashew and almond gravy
MAH KI DAL MAKHANI $10.00
- black lentils cooked overnight on the tandoor with butter and cream
BEEF VINDALOO $10.00
- Goan specialty slightly soured with natural vinegar and spices
PINDI CHANA MASALA $10.00
- chickpeas simmered in a North Indian spicy gravy with cinnamon, cloves, and pomegranate seeds
BUTTER CHICKEN $10.00
- morsels of tandoor cooked chicken simmered in a creamy tomato sauce
SUBZI MAKHANWALA $10.00
- mixed vegetables simmered in a creamy tomato gravy

Organic muesli $13.00
- with LSA, greek yoghurt,poached rhubarb & chia pudding
Creamy balsamic mushrooms $15.00
- in brioche cob loaf with spinach & tomato.
Eggs benedict $18.00
- with smoked salmon or bacon,on toasted ciaatta with fresh tomato.
See blackboard for today's specials POA
Ploughman's sharing plate $35.00
- with pastrami,camemnert,fried halloumi,marinated olives,pickled onion,gherkins,beetroot chutney,smoked butter & toasted ciabatta.
Today's cakes (see front counter) POA
Eggs on toasted ciabatta $10.00
- scrambled,poached or fried + add any sides bacon/mushroom/avocado/tomato/sausage/halloumi($4.00)
Pork & prawn dumplings $21.00
- with shaved cabbage,chilli soy sauce & pickled cucumber.

Creme brulee with chocolate and mascarpone filled brandy snap $14.00
Pumpkin & feta cannelloni with basil mascarpone topped with a pinenut and rocket salad $24.50
Dark chocolate parfair dome with salted peanut butter and caramel popcorn $14.00
Roasted seasonal vegetable $6.50
Fresh fish baked with maple smoked salmon herb crust, warm potato and rocket salad, grilled asparagus and citrus hollandise $32.50
Rare smoked venison serverd with a beetrot and horseradish puree, garnished with a rocket salad $17.00
Pavlova with summer fruits and kiwifruit coulis $14.00
Cinnamon dusted doughnuts with chocolate and berry jam syringe $14.00

Scotch Fillet Open Sandwich - Toasted Ciabatta, Salad, Brie, Streaky Bacon, Relish, Fries $21.5
Fish 'n' Chips - Crispy Beer Battered Fish, Fries, Salad & Tartare Sauce $28.0 (add 2 eggs $3.0)
Poached Prawn, Avocado & Mango Salad - Cos, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber, Lime, Chilli, Corriander Dressing (GF) $22.0
Creamy Seafood Chowder - Loaded w/ Fresh seafood served w/ Toasted Bread $15.0
Fish of the day $30.0
Wharf Grill - Breakfast Sausages, Bacon, Eggs, Hash browns , Mushroom , Toast $20.0
Roasted Thyme & Garlic Chicken - Pumpkin, Kumara & Potato Cake, Slow Roast Tomato, Roasting Pan Gravy $21.0
Mini Grill - Breakfast Sausages, Bacon, Eggs, Hash browns , Mushroom , Toast $16.5

Cheese cake $9.00
- Oreo cheese cake served with ice-cream. Tart 9.00
Fish bites & chips $8
Steak & chips $12
Ham, cheese and pineapple or Vegetarian $8
Pizza & chips $8
Creamy Seafood Chowder (small / large) $9.00 / $12.00
- Made up of fish, mussels, shrimp and salmon. Served with garlic bread.
Fisherman basket $14.00
- A mix of five battered seafood items served with chips.
Trio of dips $5.00
- Sundried tomato, pesto and black olives. Select from above breads to compliment with dip.

Hawaiian $12.00
- Pizza sauce, ham, pineapple & mozzarella
Champignon $14.00
- Pizza sauce, ham, mushrooms, herbs, garlic oil & mozzarella
Fish $4.90
- Panko crumbled
Meat $5.00
All with our own sauce N/A
Squid Lemon Pepper $5.00
All served on a bakery bun with fresh salad and relish N/A
Served on an artisan bap with homemade condiments & free range eggs N/A

Dessert Of The Day $8.50
Scotch Fillet $22.50
- With Mushroom Sauce Or Garlic Butter, Salad And Fries
Chicken And Bacon Salad $15.50
- Tossed With Fresh Green Salad And Topped With Aioli Dressing
Chicken Breast $19.50
- Stuffed With Cream Cheese, Apricots And Spinach And Wrapped In Baconsalad And Fries
Fish Of The Day $19.50
- In Crispy Batter Or Pan-Fried With Salad And Fries
Beef Nachos $15.50
- Corn Chips Topped With Mexican Beef And Beans Sour Cream And Sweet Chilli Sauce
Burgers - Fish $13.50
- Battred With Cheese, Tartare Sauce, Salad And Fries
Fish And Chips $14.50
- With Salad

SEARED TUNA $16.00
- Tuna served with pickled cabbage, crispy noodles & sesame aioli
FRIES $8.00
- Tomato sauce & aioli
ROASTED WINTER CHICKEN $23 / $33
- Chicken served on creamy mash with red onion jam, apricot puree & wilted greens
SHRIMP CROQUETTES $13.00
- Shrimp & potato croquettes served with curry mayo
LEMON CURD CHEESECAKE $14.00
- Lemon curd cheesecake served with a passionfruit ice cream
SEAFOOD PLATTER $65.00
- Grilled garlic mussels, shrimp croquettes, panko crumbed fish, salt & pepper squid, smoked salmon, seared tuna, tiger prawns, live oysters, dips & bread
SALT & PEPPER SQUID $13.00
- Salt & pepper floured squid with aioli
TANGY BBQ PORK BELLY $22 / $32
- Braised pork belly served in a tangy BBQ sauce with cauliflower puree, pickled red cabbage & apple

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