Zest in Canterbury Menu

PIZZAS Regular $20.00/Large $27.00 PIZZAS Regular $20.00/Large $27.00
  • Aoraki Smoke
    • Lightly smoked salmon partnered with fried capers, spinach, parsley and dill finished with cream cheese and mozzarella.
  • Apricot Chicken
    • Tender chicken, sun dried apricots, roasted capsicums and onions topped with a spiced apricot sauce and cream cheese
  • Broccoli & Blue Cheese
    • Sweet onion relish base, caramelised onion, broccoli, spinach, mozzarella and blue cheese.
  • Farmyard
    • Seasoned chicken, bacon, fried egg, sweet corn and diced white onion topped with BBQ sauce.
  • Greek
    • A tomato base with fresh roasted garlic, feta cheese, olives, chunky tomatoes, red onions and spinach topped with sour cream and a sprinkling of parmesan.
  • Hawaiian Zest
    • Ham, pineapple, onions and capsicums with a Hawaiian chutney base and mozzarella cheese.
  • Little Italy
    • A tomato base layered with pepperoni, salami, tomatoes, mushrooms, red onions, capsicums topped with a basil pesto swirl and a sprinkle of parmesan.
  • Seafood Mornay
    • Selection of mixed seafood, fresh herbs and onions topped with mozzarella and a rich mornay sauce.
  • Summer BBQ
    • Prime beef, smoky bacon, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms on a sweet onion relish base topped with BBQ sauce.
  • Sweet Chilli Chicken
    • Chicken, ham, capsicum, red onion, mozzarella and cream cheese with a sweet chilli swirl.
  • The Mongrel
    • Sweet onion relish base with salami, chicken, white onion, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, feta and mozzarella topped with a BBQ sauce swirl.
  • The Roast
    • Roast chicken, pumpkin, kumara and caramelised onions topped with Brie cheese and plum sauce.
  • Vegetarian Delight
    • Pesto base covered with roast capsicums, sundried tomatoes, red onions, mushrooms and mozzarella finished with a parmesan sprinkle and an aioli swirl.
  • Zest Favourite
    • Tender chicken pieces alongside red onions, capsicums, cranberry sauce and Brie cheese.
LUNCH MEALS LUNCH MEALS
  • Soup of the Day $11.50
    • Made with our ever changing fresh market produce.
  • Seafood Chowder $13.50
    • A selection of seafood in a delicious cream-based chowder.
  • Chicken Nachos $16.50
    • Spicy corn chips topped with seasoned chicken tossed through a tomato and coriander salsa with melted cheese and finished with sour cream on top
  • Wedges with Bacon and Cheese $16.50
    • Seasoned wedges tossed through sweet chilli, partnered with bacon and melted cheese, topped with sour cream.
  • BLT $17.50
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise in lightly toasted bread served with fries.
  • Moroccan Chicken Salad $19.00
    • $19.00Grilled chicken pieces dusted with Moroccan spices tossed through a market salad, served with a fresh herb yoghurt dressing and finished with triangles of flatbread.
  • Smoked Salmon & Spinach Omelette $18.20
    • Smoked salmon mixed with spinach and fresh herbs in a 3 egg omelette served with salad.
  • Vegetarian Tartlet $18.50
    • Roasted pumpkin, red onion, spinach, courgettes with cream cheese and basil pesto alongside a garden salad.
  • Smoked Chicken Salad $19.00
    • Smoked chicken, snow peas and cherry tomatoes tossed through a garden salad, dressed with a strawberry vinaigrette and partnered with rosemary potatoes.
  • Zest Vegetarian Salad $17.80
    • $17.80A mixed salad of lettuce, capsicum, carrot, cucumber, red onion, pumpkin seeds, tomato, sprouts, spring onion, roast pumpkin, Swiss cheese, partnered with toasted garlic bread.
  • Pan-fried Fish $19.00
    • Pan fried fish topped with a lemon hollandaise served with salad and your choice of steamed potatoes or creamy kumara mash.
  • Prawns Wrapped in Bacon $19.50
    • Succulent prawns wrapped in prime bacon and pan-fried with lemon, sweet chilli and garlic served over rice with salad.
  • Chicken & Bacon Pasta $19.20
    • Sauteed chicken, bacon and onions in a creamy herb sauce tossed through penne pasta topped with parmesan cheese.
  • Chicken & Banana Curry $19.50
    • Chicken, onions and capsicums in a mild green curry finished with banana slices and toasted cashew nuts served on jasmine rice.
  • Stir fry Choice $19.00
    • Your choice of Chicken or Beef or Pork with stir fried seasonal vegetables served on jasmine rice.
  • Tortilla Stack $19.50
    • Battered Cajun chicken on guacamole and salad, sitting in a tortilla stack topped with melted cheese and sour cream.
  • Beer Battered Blue Cod $19.50
    • Everybody’s favourite Blue Cod encased in a fine ale batter served with fries and salad.
  • Lunch Rib Eye $19.90
    • 200gram Rib Eye steak grilled the way you like it, served with fries and salad.
  • Sauces
    • mushroom, pepper, garlic butter
BREADS AND SOUPS BREADS AND SOUPS
  • Garlic Bread $7.50
    • Slices of ciabatta bread covered with garlic butter
  • Cheese & Herb Ciabatta $8.50
    • Toasted ciabatta topped with Italian herb butter and melted cheese.
  • Sundried Tomato Flatbread $11.50
    • Sundried tomato pesto, onions, herbs and mozzarella cheese.
  • Pesto Flatbread $11.50
    • Basil pesto, parmesan, mozzarella and cream cheese.
  • ½ and½ Flatbread $12.50
    • Basil pesto and Sun-dried tomato.
  • Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Flatbread $11.50
    • Sweet onion relish, caramelised onions, mozzarella and creamy blue cheese.
  • Bread Selection $14.80
    • >A variety of breads and dips.
EXTRAS EXTRAS
  • Steamed Vegetables $8.00
  • Greek Salad $8.00
  • Garden Salad $7.00
  • Seasoned Wedges served with sour cream $6.80
    • To.Share
  • Seasoned Wedges served with sour cream $4.40
    • Small Bowl
  • Fries $5.50
    • To Share
  • Fries $3.00
    • Small Bowl
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Cheesecake $11.00
    • Our waiting staff will let you know today’s yummy flavour served with cream and ice cream
  • Mud Cake $11.00
    • A rich and decadent mud cake served warm with ice cream and cream.
  • Ice Cream Sundae $10.00
    • Your choice of strawberry, caramel or chocolate sauce on a sundae topped with cream and mixed nuts.
  • Apple Crumble $11.00
    • Traditional style crumble partnered with warm custard, cream and ice cream
  • Pavlova $11.00
    • $11.00Home-made individual Pavlova topped with cream and fruit served with ice cream
  • Warm Caramel Crepes $11.00
    • Fresh crepes drizzled with warm caramel sauce accompanied with ice cream and cream.
  • Boysenberry Parfait $11.00
    • Layers of sweetened boysenberries, meringue and ice-cream topped with cream

Nearby Sample Menus

  • MEAT $1.50
  • ONION SAUSAGES $2.30
  • BATTERED BLUE COD $6.50
  • ONION RINGS 1/2 DOZ $4.80
  • CRUMBED HOKI $4.20
  • FISH BITES(3) $1.10
  • CORN & BACON PATTIE $2.30
  • JAM FRAPS (WITH CHOCOLATE $1.20 EXTRA) $2.30
  • Spaghetti Bolognese $12.50
    • Homemade savoury mince placed on a bed of spaghetti topped with parmesan.
  • Pannacotta $16.50
    • Vanilla & coffee mousse set in a raspberry jelly topped with chocolate coffee beans
  • Gnocchi $20.00
    • Gnocchi are thick, soft dumplins made from potato & semolina with a variety of flavours. Ours is Pumpkin served with broccoli florets, shredded leeks & sundried tomato topped with a blue cheese sauce.
  • Fried Chicken $15.00
    • Our very own recipe for these moorish chicken pieces, served on a bed of salad and dipping sauce
  • Brandy basket $16.50
    • Handmade baskets of awesomeness filled with marshmallow & mango mousse, surrounded with a three-berry coulis
  • Nachos $15.50
    • Beef / Vegetarian. Topped with cheese and served with sour cream, tomato salsa and guacamole
  • Waldorf Salad $15.00
    • Crisp cos lettuce tossed with celery, walnuts & apples bound in a light mayonnaise and topped with grapes
  • Kebab $12.00
    • Handmade chicken kebab served with crispy fries and mayonaise.
  • Chu chee Pia $19.00
    • Deep fried fillet of fish with thick red Thai curry sauce.
  • Wild Pork (Strip-loin organic) $25.00
  • Gang Parr (without coconut Milk) N/A
    • A mixture of vegetables with sweet basil, capsicum, kachai and young green peppers.
  • Tom Yum Talay $15.00
    • Fresh lemon juice wit mixed seafood and smooth chicken stock combined with a galangal ,lemongrass, and Thai herbs
  • Mix Entrée $12.00
    • Chef's selection (spring roll, curry puff, money bag, chicken satay and chicken wing)
  • Fish cakes $8.50
    • Deep- fried patties of fish, lightly seasoned served with sweet chili sauce
  • Gang Panang (panang Curry) N/A
    • Coconut cream ,Spicy curry paste and sliced lime leaves, combined to create a creamy smooth taste.
  • Served with Thai Jasmine Rice. N/A
  • Herb crushed potatoes $9
  • Catch of the day w/ fennel salad $36
  • House marinated olives $8
  • Local & wild organic leafy greens $9
  • Rachel Scott ciabatta, w/ Athena olive oil. $10
  • Confit organic chicken leg w/ roast vegetable & bulgur wheat salad. $38
  • Seared rare venison w/ foraged herb verde. $18
  • Canterbury lamb salad w/ Darfield lentils, snow peas, curd, mint and garlic & shallot dressing. $34
  • Groper battered $7.50
  • Fish bites $1.50
  • Pineapple ring $1.80
  • Double meat $7.50
  • Donut $2.80
  • battered blue cod $9.50
  • Hawaiian $10.00
    • with a hamsteak
  • Giant $11.00
  • Chipotle Bacon $5.00
  • Baked Omelette $19.00
    • seasonal veges, dressed greens and feta + toast $2.00 + chorizo $5.00
  • Lamb $14.00
    • moroccan lamb patty, harissa, baba ganoush and lettuce
  • Halloumi $4.50
  • Chicken $14.00
    • spicy fried chicken, red onion & carrot pickle, smiracha mayo, grilled pineapple
  • Fish Bites $12.00
    • tempura fish bites, aioli and relish
  • Black Doris Plum Tart $10.00
    • warmed with a plum sauce and yoghurt
  • Smoked Salmon $20.00
    • roast baby beets, sorret, walnuts, honey lemon & sumac dressing & horseradish cream
  • Corn Chip Platter $15.00
    • Guacamole, crab & corn, Indian pumpkin dip
  • Steak Fries $6.50
  • Kiwi Pepper Lamb Rump $26.00
    • Roasted over the charcoal barrel & served w mint & caper salsa verde, potato hash & chipotle slaw
  • Pulled Pork - Soft Shell Tortilla $8.00
    • 24hr cured & slow braised pork, apple, celeriac remoulade, w chilli, lime, pineapple & mango salsa
  • Bangers 'n' Mash $12.50
    • Cheese Kransky sausages / potato hash / Shack tomato relish
  • Cheesecake of the Day $12.50
    • Please ask your wait person for today's flavour
  • BBQ Vodka Cured Akaroa Salmon $14.00
    • Prelibato cucumber & horseradish cream
  • 1/4 pound $13.50
  • -Grilled Fish $14.50
  • Feta $3
  • -Marinated Prawn $14.50
  • Tzatziki sauce $3
  • -Beef R/$ 12.50 M/$14.00
  • Small pieces of tender meat marinated overnight, cooked on grill. Served with fresh salad, tzatziki sauce and tomato sauce on pita breads.
  • Mushroom El Bahia $12
    • Mushroom marinade lightly spiced cooked in hot grill served with home tomato sauce.
  • -Lemon rice
  • Pressed Cheese
    • Whitestone Airedale. Harder pressed, producing a cheese with a pale golden centre. The semi-soft texture produces a full rich flavour with a strong to sharp edge that intensifies with ageing.
  • Time for Chocolate $11.50
    • Chocolate mousse layered between chocolate cookies, white chocolate crème brûlée finished with double chocolate ice cream.
  • Potatoes
    • Shoestring fries or steak fries/Truffle mashed potato/Creamy mashed potato /Potato gratin/Herb croquettes/Cajun roasted potato
  • Roast Vegetable Strudel $25.00
    • Roast medley of vegetables and feta cheese encased in a strudel dough, topped with basil pesto and served with a chargrilled red pepper coulis
  • Confit of Duck $25.50
    • Confit of duck leg on a pastry tart filled with shredded duck, pine nuts, mango salsa, finished with honey ice wine sauce.
  • Fig and Beetroot Tart $14.00
    • Spicy fig and beetroot on caramelised shallot, flaky pastry topped with goat’s cheese and finished with a red wine jus.
  • Soft White Cheese
    • Whitestone Mt Dome Double Cream. Plump soft texture, the full cream flavour profile strengthens with a mushroom finish.
  • Soft White Cheese
    • Kapiti Mount Herbert. A goat’s cheese; flavour is mildly acidic with a clean taste of aromatic goat’s milk.
  • Fish of the Day $26.50
    • in a crispy beer batter or panfried on a pea & pinenut puree, with potato or fries and salad
  • Curry of the Day $22.50
    • see our blackboard for details
  • Open Steak Sandwich $22.00
    • garlic bread topped with a minute steak, bacon, onions, mushrooms, tomato, salad greens and an egg & served with fries
  • Nachos $17.50
    • spicy bean mix with a sprinkle of cheese, sweet chilli sauce & sour cream
  • Battered Fish Fillet $13.50
    • with fries & salad garnish
  • Sizzling T-Bone $29.50
    • on mushrooms and onions with garlic butter or onion gravy and salad & fries or eggs & chips
  • Potato Wedges $13.50
    • with sour cream and salsa
  • Burgers $17.50
    • Beef, Chicken or Fish with fries
  • Steak Tomatoes on Rice
  • Chicken Mushrooms Chow Mein
  • Chicken Curry on Rice
  • Curried Steak on Rice
  • Pork Foo Young
  • Nasi Goreng (Rice)
  • Roast Pork Cashew Nuts on Rice
  • Bami Goreng (Noodles)
  • Wedges $7.50
  • Prawn Twisters $15.00
    • Delicious Prawn Twisters on a light Garnish Salad with dipping sauces of Aioli & Sweet Chilli
  • Wedges (V) $13.00
    • Seasoned Wedges served with Cheese, Sour Cream & Sweet Chilli Sauce topped with Crispy Bacon
  • Bacon $3.00
  • Pork Chops(GF) $25.00
    • Two Juicy Pork Chops served with a side of Vegetables, Gravy & Apple Sauce
  • Stuffed Chicken Breast(GF) $28.50
    • A Chicken Breast stuffed with Spinach, Ricotta Cheese & Cashew Nuts, wrapped in Streaky Bacon, served on a Creamy Kumara Mash with Salad & Plum Sauce
  • V= vegetarian option GF= gluten free option
  • Beer Battered Blue Cod – Half or Full (GF) $19.50/ $29.00
    • Blue Cod Fillet in a Crunchy Beer Batter served with Salad, Chips, Tartare Sauce & a Lemon Wedge
  • Beef nacho $10.00
    • Served with sour cream
  • Chips S$4/L$6
    • Served with sauce and aioli
  • Spicy wedges supreme
    • Spicy wedges with grilles cheese and bacon served with sour créme and chilli sauce
  • Spicy wedges $8.00
    • Served with sour creme and chilli sauce
  • Chicken nuggets and chips $8.00
    • 6 chicken nuggets with chips and tomato sauce
  • Seafood basket $10.00
    • assortment of seafood snacks bites and chips
  • Rice $2.00
  • Kao pad kaprao - $12.90
    • Stirfried meat with chilli, basil and vegetables with rice
  • Peanuts sauce on top/ Cashew nuts $4.90
  • Thai Spring Rolls $8.90
    • 8mini rolb homemade - vegetarian spring roll
  • Tom Yum Po-Tak (Seafood) $12.90
  • Ginger with meat and vegetables with rice $12.90
  • Peanut sauce $12.90
    • with meat and vegetables with rice
  • Gang KeoWan $14.90
    • Green Curry with meat and vegetables and Thai herbs, served with rice
  • Wontons $9.00
    • Vegetarian wontons with chilli sauce
  • Phad Prik Pao Nua $16.00
    • Stir fried veges with beef and soya bean oil chilli paste and cashew nuts
  • Phad Gai Met Mamuang $16.00
    • Mild chicken with cashew nuts, vegetables & rice
  • Phad Prik Gaeng Pla Meuk $18.00
    • Medium fried curry paste, bamboo shoots, squid and bean
  • Phad Prik Pao Goong $20.00
    • Stir fried veges with prawns and soya bean oil chilli paste and cashew nuts
  • Gaeng Masaman Gai $16.00
    • Med-Spicy chicken curry with potato, onion, peanuts & rice
  • Yum Woon Sen Mu $16.00
    • Medium pork salad with glass noodles, herbs, chilli, peanuts and rice
  • Phad Preoh Wahn Goong Thai $19.00
    • Mild sweet & sour prawns with veges. tomato & rice
Zest

Zest

location

Address

4A Elizabeth Place, Timaru Central, Timaru, NZ, 7910, New Zealand

phone

Phone

036888313

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 10:30 AM – 8:30 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , New Zealand , Pizza , Pizza & Pasta , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
4A Elizabeth Place, Timaru Central, Timaru, NZ, 7910, New Zealand