Al Centro Restaurant in Manawatu-Wanganui Menu

Warm puy lentil salad $14.00
- w carrot, radish, pickled red onion, sherry vinaigrette
Prawns in creamy butter sauce $17.00
- w a hint of pernod, tomato, pepper, olives
Hummus from “Jerusalem” $10.00
- w/ olive oil, toasted bread
Pork & veal meatballs $14.00
- w apple, tomato, fried sage, parmesan
Hand-cut sumac seasoned fries $5.50
“Roll your own” Soy braised duck $16.00
- w hoisin, cucumber, pancakes x 6
AngusPure sirloin $18.00
- w orange kumara miso mash
Garlic crusted squid $15.00
- w herbs, glass onion, cucumber, cashew nuts, chilli dressing, honey soy aioli

300g Angus Pure Scotch Fillet Steak (GF) 30.0
- Cooked to your liking, with fresh salad and either fries or mashed potato, served with a choice of sauce: Creamy Mushroom, Peppercorn, Blue Cheese, or Béarnaise Add an egg for $2
Chicken and Chickpea Curry
- Served with rice
Chicken Tenders
- Fresh crumbed chicken tenders with chips and tomato sauce
200g Angus Pure Eye-Fillet Steak (GF) 32.0
- Wrapped in streaky bacon, cooked to your liking, served with either fries or mashed potato, with fresh salad and your choice of sauce, as above
Garlic Ciabatta Bread 8.0
Irish Lamb Shanks (GF) 27.0
- Two garlic infused lamb shanks, served on a bed of garlic mash and a parsley and orange pesto sauce (If you prefer just one shank - $20)
Fresh Vegetable Quiche
- Served with fresh salad
Spanish Ham Croquettes
- Served with chips and side salad

Orange & Almond Sticky Cake $9.50
- With cardamom & orange sauce, mascarpone & pistachio nuts
Juicy Glazed Pork Burger $16.50
- Served with aioli, slaw and pineapple & mango chutney
Espresso French Toast on Brioche $17.50
- Served with bacon, banana, berry compote and maple syrup
Lamb Salad $27.50
- Lamb rump on seasonal vegetable tabouleh salad topped with cumin labneh and vegetable crisps
Salmone $16.50
- Smoked salmon, cream cheese, lemon, capers and rocket
Seafood Platter $21.50
- Served with pan-fried and deep-fried seafood
Scallops $21.50
- Pan seared scallops, pea puree, rocket & asparagus salad and coriander, fennel & almond crumb
Flamma $16.50
- Smoked chicken, bacon, red onion and BBQ sauce

Grilled flat iron steak, pressed potato and salsa verde (GF) $14.00
Bruschetta with peperonata and ricotta (V, GF available) $10.00
Roast broccoli and smoked gouda croquettes, caper mayo (V) $9.00
V-vegan-vegetarian/gf-gluten free/df-dairy free
Mussel fritters, sour cream and chives (DF available) $15.00
Pressed potato with peperonata, a fried egg and green leaves (V, GF) $22.00
Lamb ragú, rigatoni pasta, peas, mint and parmesan (DF available) $26.00
Grilled chicken, yoghurt, warm cauliflower and chickpea salad (GF) $26.00

- roasted capsicum, garlic, e.v.o.o, feta, parsley & rocket $9.90 each
Prosciutto E Bufala $26.90
- buffalo mozzarella w parma ham, sundried tomato, fresh basil & marinated olives (as available)
Insalata Con Feta $16.90
- fresh tomato, olives, feta, onion, white cannellini beans & capsicum
Carpaccio Di Salmone Affumicato $19.90
- thinly sliced salmon w. capers, pesto, parmigiano, e.v.o.o & rocket
Calamari In Crema
- pan fried squid rings w. capers, lemon, garlic, olive oil & crema sauce, arborio rice & rocket
marinated olives $ 8.90
Capesante Inferno
- gently pan fried scallops in olive oil, flamed w. napoleon brandy, bacon, tomato salsa, chilli, garlic, parsley & served w. arborio rice & rocket
Cozze Alla Genovese $18.90
- steamed mussels, frascati wine, garlic, chilli, onion, rosmarino & tomato crema

Steak Sandwich $19.50
- Sirloin Steak, served with Caramelised Onions, Tomato Slices, Mesculin on a toasted Gluten Free Bread with a side of Fries and your choice of a Smokey BBQ Sauce or Garlic Chilli Mayo
Moxies Hawaiian Burger $19.50
- Grilled Chicken Tenders Crispy Bacon, and a Pineapple ring, with Fresh Coleslaw and Apricot and Capsicum Chutney in a Toasted Gluten Free Bun, with a side of Fries
"The Elvis" - King of Open Sandwiches $17.50
- Toasted foccacia stacked with Hash Browns, Bacon & Fried eggs, drizzled with Hollandaise & Sweet Chilli Sauce
Lamb Salad $19.50
- Lamb strips served on a bed of Rocket, Cherry Tomatoes, Beetroot and Fennel Honey Roasted Pumpkin
Pita & Spreads $10.00
- Your choice of Pita bread
French Toast $12.50/ $16.50
- French toast with bacon & banana topped with maple syrup Half serve / Full serve
Fresh Muesli $9.50
- Served with honey yoghurt & milk
Fish & Chips $18.50
- Fish Fillets served with a Garden Salad, Aioli and a side of Fries

- Two filling $6.50
Works wedges $15
- served with sour cream, cheese, relish and bacon
-Large $8
Plain Wedges $10
- served with sour cream and tomato sauce
(DF)Meals can be made dairy free please specify to wait staff
Eggs on Toast (GF) $14
- Your choice of fried poached or scrambled with bacon
Chicken Salad (GF) (DF) $20
- Smoked chicken, cranberry, cherry tomatoes, cashews and mesculin drizzled in balsamic vinaigrette topped with grilled haloumi
(GF) Meals can be made gluten free please specify to wait staff

Quinoa Porridge $11.50
- Infused quinoa grain finished with coconut and mango.
Yellow House Breakfast $20.00
- Fresh toasted multigrain bread with Sausage, oven dried tomato, portobello mushroom, streaky bacon, hash browns, fried eggs, and black pudding.
Vodka cured Salmon and Scrambled Egg $17.00
- House cured salmon, smoked tomato, capers, cress and scrambled egg on house made English muffins
Buttermilk Pancakes $16.50
- Topped with bacon, banana and maple syrup.
Mushrooms on Toast $17.50
- Mushrooms served on multigrain toast with blue cheese sauce, Portobello, and split poached egg.
Mushroom,Tomato and Haloumi Stack $17.80
- Smoked tomato, Portobello mushroom. and grilled haloumi, on baby spinach and wholegrain toast, finished with a poached egg.
Toasted Sandwiches
- Cheese, tomato, ham, onion, pineapple, corn, mushroom
Extras bacon, tomato, avocado. mushrooms, sausage $4.00

Palak aloo $8.00 / $13.00
- Potatoes cooked with creamy spinach gravy
Masala junction special chicken $16.00
- Boneless chicken pieces and vegetable cooked with onion, tomato, and creamy butter gravy.
Roti $2,5
- Bread with Wholemeal flour
Lamb / beef nawabi $9.00 / $14.00
- Diced boneless pieces cooked with tomato and creamy cashew nut gravy
Chicken saag $9.00 / $14.00
- Boneless chicken cooked with spinash sause and spices
Vegetable birvani $13.00
- Mixed vegetable marinated with spices, herbs and cooked with flavoured basmati rice, (served with raita)
Butter prawns $10.00 / $16.00
- King Prawns cooked with rich creamy tomato gravy.
Lamb / beef - saag $9.00 / $14.00
- Diced pieces cooked with spinach, onion and tomato gravy

Fish And Fries $7
Eggs Benedict Bacon $16
Big Breakfast $20
Toasted Sandwich (1 Filling) $6.5
Eggs Benedict Salmon $18
Lamb Burger $18
Kids Breakfast $10
Granola $11

Eggs any style $11.00
- With toasted wholemeal bread grilled tomato & balsamic glaze
Hot dogs
- With fries a small salad & tomato sauce
French Fries small $7 large $10.50
- With aioli & tomato sauce
Sorbet
- Served with a berry coulis (dairy and gluten-free)
Gluten free bread available for extra $2
Garlic & Thyme Ciabatta $9.50
Eggs Benedict All $20.00
- Soft poached eggs, toasted split muffin Hollandaise sauce, hash brown
Tempura fried Fresh Fish $22.50
- Garden salad, tartare sauce, tomato sauce, lemon & fries

300gm Scotch fillet steak (GF) $36
- Premium New Zealand Angus scotch served on a swede & parsnip mash w garlic infused wilted spinach and topped with our house made beetroot salsa
Beef & Reef (GF) $38
- 200gm of Premium New Zealand Angus eye fillet, seared prawns & scallops infused w garlic butter accompanied by button mushrooms, cherry tomatos & green beans
New Zealand Diamond-Shell clams & Nz green lipped mussels (GF w/o the ciabatta) $29
- This dish is one to get your mouth watering! Fresh clams & mussels steamed together in tomato, chilli & mint - served with toasted ciabatta
Chocolate Brownie $14
- Warmed, drizzled with choc sauce & served with French vanilla ice cream and whipped cream
Fries $8
- Served with aioli and tomato sauce
Winter warmer! $28
- Lamb meatballs in tomato, bacon and butter bean sauce
300g Scotch Fillet Steak $34
- Premium New Zealand Angus scotch fillet steak served on thyme potato’s, wilted spinach drizzled with béarnaise sauce & topped with house made onion rings
Crispy Coated Prawns f/2 $12 f/4 $18
- Served with a delicious chilli aioli dipping sauce

Ballotine Of Chicken $32.00
- Boned leg of chicken with mushrooms and served with boulangere potatoes, steamed green vegetables, crispy chicken skin and a white wine, thyme sauce
Chef'S Fish Special PRICED DAILY
- Please ask your server about todays special.
Beetroot Risotto $32 00
- A beetroot risotto served with goats cheese, toasted walnuts and rocket
Venison Loin $39.50
- Served with asmoked garlic mash, balsamic roasted beets, black kale and a port jus .
Seared Duck Breast $40.00
- Seared then flash roasted to medium rare and served with fondant potato, braised red cabbage with a star anise jus
Angus Beef Fillet S35.00
- Grilled eye fillet served with horseradish mash, roasted heirloom carrots, rosemary yorkshire pudding with a bordelaise sauce.
Fish Of The Day
- Please select the type of fish you like then the way you want it cooked. (All fish is subject to availability)
Twice Cooked Pork Belly $29.50
- Served with braised savoy cabbage, apple potato mash, crispy crackling and black pudding sauce

MG Eggs Bennie $17.50
- Poached eggs served on MG toast and topped with house made hollandaise. Served with bacon, spinach & mushrooms, or house smoked salmon (add $2 for salmon)
Breakfast Muesli $12.50
- MG muesli served with yoghurt and berry compote
Toasted Sandwich & Fries $12.50
- Made with MG Bread: tomato, onion, pesto & cheddar; chicken, brie & cranberry; ham, tomato & cheddar
Toast and Toppings $6.50
- MG toast served with butter and jam, or pesto and cream cheese
Small Fries $4.50
Egg $2.00
Large Fries $8.00
Hash Brown $2.50

Pork Belly (GF) Cooked in a master stock until succulent and tender, served with cauliflower puree, baby carrots and leeks, bok choy, edamame bean and tomato salsa, glazed with master stock and soy to $27
Duo of Kapiti Ice Cream Four scoops, two flavours, cinnamon tuile. $14
Moroccan Chicken Pasta Fresh chicken, button mushrooms, olives & Moroccan spice. Bound in cream & tomato. Topped with hummus parmesan and toasted ciabatta $20
Thai Beef and Prawn Salad (GF without noodles) Beef fillet, tiger prawns sautéed and bound in a coconut, soy, lime and sweet chilli dressing, tossed with mesculin leaves, red onion, carrot ribbons, mu $21
Tui, Export Gold 6.00
Warm Chocolate Tart Chocolate sauce, berry coulis, caramel, chocolate soil and vanilla bean ice cream $14
Sparkling Grape Juice white or red 750 ml $11
Roast gourmet potatoes With bacon lardons. $8

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105 Hautapu St, Taihape, Rangitikei

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