Bessie in Christchurch Menu

ENTREES ENTREES
  • Artisan Stone-Baked Sourdough $9
    • culture butter
  • Market Oysters
  • Cloudy Bay Clams $18
    • Seaweed Butter, Chilli, Parsley
  • Octopus $18
    • Romesco Sauce, Fried Paprika Chicken, Rocket
  • Pork Jowl Croquettes $15
    • Brunt Apple, Radish
  • Chicken Liver Parfait $15
    • Fig, Pistachio, Crostini
  • House Hung Dry Aged Charcuterie $28
    • Condiments
  • Marlborough King Salmon $24
    • Escabeche, Fennel, Buckwheat
  • Manuka Smoked Egg $21.5
    • Onion Veloute, Bacon, Truffle, Mushroom
SALADS SALADS
  • Cod Lettuce $12
    • Pea Shoots, Radish, Buttermilk Dressing
  • Chopped Salad $12
    • Swede, Red Cabbage, Apple, Hazelnut
OUR PRIME CUTS OUR PRIME CUTS
  • Rib Eye 250g $39
  • Eye Fillet 180g $37
  • Grass Fed Prime Beef
  • Sirloin 300g $33
  • Eye Fillet 200g $29
  • Firstlight Grass Fed Wagyu MarbleScore 7-9
  • Rump 350g $48
  • Rib Eye 200g $58
  • Wakani Ashburton Go Day Grain Fed Beef
SAUCES SAUCES
  • White Peppercorn $5.5
  • Smoked Hollandaise $3
  • Chinichurri $3
  • Black Garlic, Mushroom $3
  • Red Wine Jus $5
  • Seaweed Butter $4
  • Horseradish $3
SIDES SIDES
  • Cauliflower, Vadouvan, Curry Leaves, Almonds $13
  • Roasted Brussels, Leaves, Bacon, Walnut Crema $15
  • Spring Carrots, Honega, Sheep’s Feta, Mint $13
  • Duck Fat Potatoes, Mushroom, Rosemary Salt $8
  • Freekah Wheat, Broccolini, Dates, Pine Nuts $13
  • White Polenta, Mushroom, Crispy Cavolo Nero, Parmesan $15
  • Potato Skins, Black Pepper Sour Cream, Pickles Onion, Dill $10
MAINS MAINS
  • Westwood Organic Chicken $34
    • Black Barley, Roasted Carrots, Miso
  • Canterbury Venison Cheek $37
    • Pumpkin Tahini, Sprouting Broccoli, Dukkah
  • Freedom Farms Pork Belly $34
    • Celeriac, Kale Sprouts, Persimmon
  • Market Fish $37
    • Cauliflower, Spinach, Meyer Lemon, Caper, Raisin
SPECIALTY CUTS SPECIALTY CUTS
  • Specially Cuts-Dry Aged $55
    • aged rib eye on the bone 500g
  • Specially Cuts-To Share
  • Merino Lamb Shoulder 1Kg $80
  • Wagyu Cross Cut Skirt Steak 500g $55
  • Specially Cuts-Butchers Block
  • Beef Intercostals 350g $26
  • Lamb Collar 350g $30

Nearby Sample Menus

  • 3e Cranberry Chick $13.00
    • Free-range chicken breast, caramelised onions, cranberry & brie
  • Chocolate $8.00
    • (Whitaker's 50% dark, white or milk)
  • Our savoury crepes are hand mixed the traditional French way with buckwheat flour from France.
  • 3e Breakfast $12.00
    • Bacon, egg, herb mushrooms & baby spinach
  • 3e French Toast $14.00
    • Bacon, egg, caramelised banana, cinnamon & real Canadian maple syrup
  • 3e Saumon $15.00
    • Smoked salmon, cream cheese, baby spinach, red onions, capers, hollandaise & a squeeze of lemon
  • Butter & Sugar $7.00
  • Gelato/Sorbet with Crepe $3.00
  • Sticky Date Pudding $12.50
    • Smothered with butterscotch sauce, ice-cream and berries
  • Daily Creation $10.00
    • Please check with our staff for today’s special dessert creation
  • Extras $2.00 each
    • bacon, egg, mushroom, hash brown, onion rings
  • Fries
  • Fries
  • Fresh fruit
  • Cheese $18.00
    • cheese, cheese or more cheese
  • Extras $3.00
    • Onion rings, Eggs (2), Mushrooms, Tomato, Hash-browns (2)
  • Shrimp Dumpling $5.50
  • Taro Buns $3.50
  • Young Tofu $5.00
  • Glutinous Coconut Balls $4.50
  • Gai Jart $4.50
  • Deep Fried Squid $5.00
  • Law Buck Go $4.50
  • Har Cheong Fun $4.50
  • Thai Orchid Noodle Soup $12.00
    • Home-made special noodles soup with meat, bean sprouts & bok choy
  • Pad Priew Warn $12.00
    • Sweet and sour sauce combined with pineapple, tomato, onion & cucumber
  • Gaeng Daeng $12.50
    • Red curry with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, beans, sweet basil, peas & eggplant
  • Panaeng $12.50
    • Panaeng curry with coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves, chillies, peanuts & capsicum
  • Chicken Tom Yum Soup $5.00
  • Pad Khing $12.00
    • Sauteed meat with ginger, onion, capsicum & chinese mushrooms
  • Gaeng Kiow Waan $12.50
    • Green curry with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, beans, sweet basil, peas & eggplant
  • Pad Mee $10.00
    • Stir fried egg noodles with meat, broccoli, carrot, cabbage & bok choy
  • Cold beef tendon $6.80
  • Chicken gizzard $1.50
  • Handmade Meat ball $8.00
  • Dish pickle $0.50 each
  • Spiced Pork Leg $6.80
  • Wonton soup $7.50 Extra egg $0.50
  • Sheep waist $2.00
  • Chicken heart $1.50
  • PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM, TOMATO & SPINACH ON POLENTA CAKE $18.00
    • Oven baked Portobello mushroom with tomato and spinach, served on herbed parmesan polenta cake with a poached egg and house made hollandaise sauce (V), (GF)
  • CLASSIC BLT $12.50
    • Bacon, lettuce & tomato sandwich, served with fries and home made aioli (DF)
  • MIXED PLATTER $15.00
    • Brie, olives and pesto, served with toasted ciabatta (V)
  • BOWL OF FRENCH FRIES $7.00
    • With home made aioli (V), (GF), (DF)
  • OVEN BAKED FRITTATA $17.50
    • Chorizos, free range eggs, potato, tomato, capsicum, feta, red onion, Italian parsley (GF)
  • APPLE CRANBERRY FETA SALAD WITH TOASTED WALNUTS $8.00
    • Apple, cranberries, toasted walnuts and feta with fresh salad leaves and a lite balsamic dressing (GF), (V)
  • EGGS ON TOAST $13.00
    • Two poached free range eggs on toasted ciabatta. Side extra’s available (DF)
  • BACON & EGGS $16.00
    • Two poached free range eggs & streaky bacon on toasted ciabatta (DF)
  • Pancakes
    • served with fruit or bacon, maple syrup or yogurt or cream
  • - Or cream cheese, pesto, sun-dried tomato & black olives $7.50
  • with meal, Jam, Yogurt, Cream, Sauce or Chutney $1.00
  • Toasted Sandwich $7.00
    • served on 3 slices of bread, your choice of fillings
  • Portobello Mushroom $19.50
    • served on a potato cake with bacon & oven roasted pumpkin topped with bacon & feta cheese
  • Bacon & Eggs, Potato cake, mini sausages, tomato, mushroom & toast $19.50
  • Bacon & Banana $19.50
    • stacked on a toasted wholemeal, cheese scone or French toast, then drizzled with maple syrup
  • Potato Pancake $19.50
    • stacked with bacon, grilled tomato & basil served with sweet fruit chutney
  • Vegetarian $4.40
  • Mushroom $2.50
  • Pienapple $2.50
  • Chicken Nuggets 1/2 doz $3.80
  • Cheese $2.50
  • Double Meat $4.00
  • Squid Rings 1/2 doz $4.50
  • 1/4 Chicken $6.00
  • Pancakes $10.90
    • Trio of Pancakes, Rhubarb & Vanilla Butter
  • Hand Cut Fries $6.90
  • Granola $12.90
    • Mrs. Hucks Granola with homemade Blueberry Yogurt Whole Milled Oats, Sunflower, Pumpkin & Flax seeds, Hazelnuts, Dried Fruit
  • Denver Omelette $15.90
    • Three Organic Eggs, Bacon, Ham & Peppers
  • - Before 9.00am $5.00
  • New Season Asparagus $15.90
    • New Season Asparagus, Soft Parmesan Polenta, Poached Egg & Crisp Kale
  • Eggs on Toast $9.90
    • Two Organic Eggs Cooked any way on Toast
  • Periperi Chicken $17.90
    • Char-grilled Periperi Chicken, Kumara Wedges, Jalapeno Salsa & Sour Cream
  • Chicken Tarragon $19.90
    • Chicken tenders with white button mushrooms and courgette in a creamy tarragon sauce with mixed green salad and golden fries
  • Caesar Salad $18.90
    • Salad of Cos lettuces and croutons dressed with Parmesan cheese Milieu special Caesar dressing serves with grilled chicken, streaky bacon, fried egg and anchovies.
  • Lunch Special N/A
    • Please ask our friendly staff for more details.
  • Kumara Corn Fritters $18.50
    • Streaky Bacon or Smoked Salmon. Served with seasonal salad, sliced cucumber, cherry tomato and feta, drizzled with sweet chili sauce.
  • Onion Rings (one dozen) $9.90
    • Served with aioli and tomato sauce.
  • Tandoori Chicken Salad $18.90
    • Chicken strip marinated in tandoori spiced then grilled and tossed through seasonal salad greens with a vinaigrette dressing.
  • Lambs Fry and Bacon $18.90
    • A Milieu favorite - Lightly cooked in a creamy garlic reduction with caramelized onions and mushrooms served with Turkish bread.
  • Kumara Wedges $10.90
    • Served with sweet chili sauce, sour cream and aioli sauce.
  • SIDES
  • ESPRESSO EGG $15.50
    • with potato hash, mushroom, spinach, a poached egg & hollandaise
  • CHICKEN SALAD $14.00
    • with cashews & yogurt dressing
  • 1 EGG $2.50
  • PANCAKES $14.50
    • with berry compote, maple syrup & cream
  • TOMATO / MUSHROOMS / HASHBROWNS / TOAST $4.00
  • BANGERS & MASH $15.50
    • with caramelised onion & gravy
  • 3 EGG OMELETTE $15.50
    • with tomato, bacon, mushroom & cheese
  • Soup Festival $15.00
    • A rich and spicy soup with pheasant, basil and shredded vegetables
  • Whitestone Windsor Blue (75g) $16.00
    • With gingered walnut loaf and fig chutney
  • Deep-fried Camembert (75g) $14.00
    • With old-school apricot sauce
  • The Anti Vego $26.00
    • Pumpkin and spinach tagliatelle with bacon and tomato ragout
  • Akaroa Salmon $17.00
    • Leaves of cured salmon, fried capers, vodka and melon salsa with buttered wholemeal bread
  • Gas Paris Brest $14.00
    • Strawberries, banana and passion-fruit in a cream filled choux bun with an almond-caramel sauce
  • Daily Cheese (75g) $16.00
    • With Branston pickle, gherkin and lavoche
  • Crepes a la Gas $16.00
    • Flambéed in Mandarin Napoleon and served with fresh and frozen creams
  • Fresh Salmon (GF)
    • New Zealand's finest King Salmon from the Marlborough Sounds is rolled up with avocado to give you a real omega 3 hit.
  • Nigiri (GF)
    • A real sushi connoisseurs dream. Nigiri slices of fresh salmon are placed on beds of rice
  • Five Piece Nigiri (GF)
    • A real sushi connoisseurs dream. Nigiri slices of fresh salmon are placed on beds of rice
  • Chicken Supreme
    • Mayo and Katsu sauce is drizzled over teriyaki chicken to create this saucy number
  • Rice Balls $4 each
    • Eat like an apple. Your choice of teriyaki chicken tuna or vegetarian is engifted by rice and sprinkled with sesame seeds, or add all the trimmings such as avocado, red pepper an mayo for $1
  • Premier Platter $35
    • A selection of 28 pieces of sushi. This variety includes fresh salmon, vegetarian, teriyaki chicken and tuna. (price includes all the extras like ginger, soy, wasabi and chopsticks). delivery free may apply
  • (GF) = Gluten Free
  • Double Avocado Chicken
    • Need that extra avocado hit? The avocado is doubled in this number to accompany our teriyaki chicken
  • Deep fried pork wontons $7.00
    • 5pcs
  • Hong kong style prawn wonton noodle soup $19.00
  • Chicken/ Beef/ BBQ pork & egg fried rice $18.00
  • Pan fried noodles with shredded pork topping $18.00
  • Vegetarian fried noodles with soy sauce $15.00
  • Large bowl of steamed rice $6.00
  • Chicken with cashew nuts $18.00
  • Yangzhou fried rice with prawns & BBQ pork $19.00
  • 1 corn fritter or potato rosti with avocado salsa and house relish $7.50
  • full English, eggs your own way, sausage, bacon, mushroom, potato rosti and tomato $19.50
  • open chicken breast sandwich with avocado salsa $18.50
  • fresh fruit salad with yogurt $10.50
  • pulled pork with Dijon and maple slaw wrap $13.50
  • portobello mushrooms with fresh thyme and lemon on toast $15.50
  • – avocado and bacon $12.00
  • corn fritters with zucchini, fresh basil, avocado salsa, house relish and greens $12.50
Bessie

Bessie

location

Address

Level 1, 178 St Asaph Street, Christchurch Central,

phone

Phone

035952799

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Tuesday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Wednesday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Thursday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Friday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Saturday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM
price range

Price

$50+

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Steak , Steakhouse

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Full Bar

Location
Level 1, 178 St Asaph Street, Christchurch Central,