Address
Level 1, 178 St Asaph Street, Christchurch Central,
Bessie in Christchurch Menu
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ENTREES-
Artisan Stone-Baked Sourdough $9
- culture butter
- Market Oysters
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Cloudy Bay Clams $18
- Seaweed Butter, Chilli, Parsley
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Octopus $18
- Romesco Sauce, Fried Paprika Chicken, Rocket
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Pork Jowl Croquettes $15
- Brunt Apple, Radish
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Chicken Liver Parfait $15
- Fig, Pistachio, Crostini
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House Hung Dry Aged Charcuterie $28
- Condiments
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Marlborough King Salmon $24
- Escabeche, Fennel, Buckwheat
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Manuka Smoked Egg $21.5
- Onion Veloute, Bacon, Truffle, Mushroom
SALADS-
Cod Lettuce $12
- Pea Shoots, Radish, Buttermilk Dressing
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Chopped Salad $12
- Swede, Red Cabbage, Apple, Hazelnut
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- White Peppercorn $5.5
- Smoked Hollandaise $3
- Chinichurri $3
- Black Garlic, Mushroom $3
- Red Wine Jus $5
- Seaweed Butter $4
- Horseradish $3
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-
Westwood Organic Chicken $34
- Black Barley, Roasted Carrots, Miso
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Canterbury Venison Cheek $37
- Pumpkin Tahini, Sprouting Broccoli, Dukkah
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Freedom Farms Pork Belly $34
- Celeriac, Kale Sprouts, Persimmon
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Market Fish $37
- Cauliflower, Spinach, Meyer Lemon, Caper, Raisin
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
- Pineapple $4.00
- Egg $4.00
- Chips (Per Scoop) $2.50
- Pineapple Ring $1.80
- Hot Dog + Sauce $2.50
- Vegetarian $4.80
- Corn Pattie $2.50
- Potato Fritter $1.00
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Steak sandwich $12.00
- 150g ribeye on focaccia with lettuce, onions, cheese, tomato and egg to top it off
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Beef wellington $25.00
- Beef fillet with bacon, mushroom and mustard wrapped in puff pastry. Served with potato roasties and veges. (add a rich mushroom sauce)
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Soup of the day $8.00
- Your wait staff will advise of today's flavour
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Meringue roulade $12.00
- Your wait staff will advise you of today's flavour
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Akroa salmon $23.00
- Baked salmon on a hot salad of green beans and silver beet with cheery tomatoes, potato hash, topped with a poached egg
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Farmhouse breakfast $15.00
- Two poached eggs stacked upon oven roasted field mushrooms, bacon, hashbrowns, sausage, tomatoes and wholegrain toast
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Garlic loaf $8.00
- Served warm with garlic butter
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Chicken supreme $23.00
- Garlic marinated chargrilles chicken on a potato cake with sauteed veges and cream fraiche vinaigrette
- Add sloppy Jose beef mince for $2.50
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Rock Around the Cluck $19.50
- Chicken, fried steak, tender top sirloin steak with a delicious country fried crust. Topped with our creamy sausage gravy and served with a side of crispy hashbrowns and 2 eggs how you like them
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Hey, Vegan-na Party $18.00
- Our delicious stove-top stuffing bread filled with refried black beans, spicy marinated tofu, seasonal roasted vegetables, slaw, onion straws and hazelnut gremolata
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Reverend Horton Heat Hash $19.50
- House made corned beef sauteed with hashbrowns, bacon, onions, capsicums, secret spices and served with 2 eggs any style
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Cinnamon Girl $6.00
- Have you seen the cinnamon rolls go by your table yet? Order one for now, one to split, one to take home. Then come back tomorrow. They are that good
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Dinosaur Jr Eggs $6.00
- That's right, deviled eggs. Simple, classic and out of this world. We'll start you with 6
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8-Bit Fries $8.00
- Hand-cut fries, double cooked and served with our house Bloody Mary ketchup and Big deal sauce
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The Buzzcocks $12.00
- Free range boneless chicken bits fried until crispy and then tossed in your choice of sauce
- Plain $3.50
- Sausages / Hot dog / Meat pattie / Donut / Choc donut $2.10
- Chicken satay sauce on fried rice $12.00
- Boiled rice $3.50
- Crab stick $1.50
- Chicken and corn soup $5.00
- Squid rings $4.50/ 1/2dozen
- Vegetarian fried rice / Vegetarian fried noodles $7.00
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Trouble $18.50 / $9.00
- Salami, Onions, Chicken, Bacon, Pineapple and Camembert. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
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Lamb Shank and Mash $12.00
- One Lamb Shank with a Rosemary and Mint gravy, mash and minted peas
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Creator Salad $3.00
- Every Creator Salad includes fresh Mesclun Lettuce and your choice of dressing. Click on Salad Ingredients to select your options
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Corn Nuggets $4.50
- A dozen battered balls of sweet corn deep fried and served with a dip of your choice
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Plain Wedges $5.00
- Deep fried Potato Wedges served with a dip of your choice
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Damned $18.50 / $9.00
- Onions, Mushrooms, Fresh Spinach, Cashews, Avocado, Sundried Toms, Camembert. Optional Pineapple or Jalapenos (Double / Snack)
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Licorice Gelato $5.00
- 2015 Silver Award winning Gelato from Gellicious Gelato. If you are Hell bent on Licorice - this is for you. Contains Gluten and Dairy. 180ml tub - share it or smash it yourself
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The Kraken $21.00 / $10.00
- Smoked Paprika Spanish 'Sofrito' Sauce, Mozzarella, Calamari, Prawns, Chorizo, Cannellini Beans, Roasted Red and Green Peppers, finished with Chipotle Mayo (not GF) and Fresh Lemon Wedges
- Turkish Delight $0.50
- Baklava $3.00
- Egyptian Rice/Couscous $3.00
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Lamb $9.00 / $12.00 / $14.50
- Small / Large / Triple
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Mix $9.00 / $12.00 / $14.50
- Small / Large / Triple
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Falafel $8.00 / $12.00 / $14.00
- Small / Large / Triple
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Salad $8.00 / $11.00 / $14.00
- Small / Large / Triple
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Kofta $8.00 / $11.00 / $14.00
- Small / Large / Triple
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Thai Style Noodle Soup $10
- Chicken or pork or beef
- -Prawns $12.50
- -Fish Fillet $12.50
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Sweet & sour sauce $10
- served with rice. Softly fried pineapple, tomato and vegetables with sweet & sour sauce. Vegetables or tofu. Chicken, beef or pork
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Chilli & Basil $10
- served with rice. Softly fried fresh chilli, basil & vegetables. Vegetables or tofu. Chicken, beef or pork.
- -Stewed Pork or Beef $10.50
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Mussamun Curry
- Potato, carrot & nut with coconut milk. Chicken, beef or pork
- -Sukhothai Noodle Soup $10.50
- Sour cream $3.00
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Enchilada $14.50/ $19.50
- Flour tortilla filled with cheese, chili and your choice of pulled chicken or pulled pork, Smothered in Enchilada sauce and grilled cheese, Served with Mexi corn salad, corn chips and sour cream. (Single/ Double)
- Seasoned wedges $9.00
- Side salad $6.00
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Taquitos 2 for $9.00
- Corn tortillas filled with pulled pork and cheese, cooked till crispy and served with fresh salsa.
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Burrito $18.50
- Large flour tortilla filled and wrapped with cheese rice , Re-fried beans, and your choice of: Vegetarian, pulled chipotle pork, chicken tinga, carne asada (marinated BBQ Beef) Served with salad, salsa, guacamole and sour cream
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Frito tortillas & chips $12.00
- Fried flour tortilla crisps with warm bean dip & salsa queso
- Onion rings $6.00
- Add bacon $4.50
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Soup of the day $12.50
- Ask your waitperson
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Hotcakes $17.00
- Crispy bacon and grilled banana
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Prawn salad $21.50
- Prawns cooked in garlic butter, tossed through red onion, fresh pear, tomatoes, salad greens and topped with camembert cheese and lemon dressing
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Beer battered fish $18.50
- Served with salad and fries
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Hot cakes $12.00
- Mixed berries and cream or yoghurt, banana, chocolate sauce and ice cream
- Add avocado $5.50
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Pasta of the day $21.00
- Ask your waitperson
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Kids Bacon, Scrambled Eggs $11.00
- On toasted ciabatta, tomato sauce
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Today's Bread $16.00
- Whipped butter, olive oil, balsamic
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Green Lip Mussels $14.00
- Gremolata, sauvignon gel
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Pappardelle $25.50
- Prawn, chorizo, cherry tomato, parsley
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Sicilian Sausages $21.00
- Smokey beans, avocado, poached egg, dukkah
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Akaroa Salmon $33.00
- Horseradish ricotta, pickled radish, rhubarb
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Beef Cheek Arancini $14.50
- Soy, pinot noir, Sishuan salt
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Hereford Ribeye 300g $44.00
- Mushroom filo, shallot, cauliflower, watercress
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Maguro tataki $21.00
- 90g quick seared fresh tuna served rare with garlic soy sauce.
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Teppan banana $17.00
- grilled banana wrapped in pancake, flambé with rum, serve with honey cointreau sauce with ice cream
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Tori $15.00
- chicken teriyaki roll
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Gyu $32.00
- skotch Fillet 180g
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Teriyaki Chicken Set $12.00
- Grilled chicken glazed with teriyaki sauce served with rice & miso soup
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TEMPURA SET $52.00
- otoshi, sashimi/tatsutage, choise of tori/ebi/, moriawase tempura, seasonal, tempura veges, gohan, miso shiru, fruits & ice cream, tea/coffee
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@tony’s combo $39.00
- white fish, salmon, mussels, 90g beef 100g chicken
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Maguro toro $32.00
- tuna belly 180g (check availability)
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EGGS BENEDICT $18.50
- toasted ciabatta topped with poached eggs, hollandaise and smoked salmon
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BEEF FILLET 180gm $38.00
- grass fed canterbury beef cooked to your liking on truffle mash, served with a creamy, rich mushroom sauce and an onion marmalade and duck liver pate tartlet
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EGGS BENEDICT $17.50
- toasted ciabatta topped with poached eggs, hollandaise and ham
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TUDORS BREAKFAST FIT FOR A KING $22.50
- two eggs any style, crispy bacon, grilled tomato, Cumberland sausage, grilled mushrooms, hash browns, tomato chutney and grilled ciabatta
- Polenta chips with chilli sauce $7.00
- Polenta chips, sea salt roasted rosemary(DF)
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TRUFFLED SCRAMBLED EGGS $14.50
- scrambled eggs, seasoned with chive and truffle salt, served with grilled tomato and toasted ciabatta
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VEGETARIAN TRILOGY(V) $28.00
- fig and goats cheese filo wrap served alongside butternut pumpkin puree, kumara and rosti with wilted spinach and a poached egg
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T-Bone $39.50
- 500 gram classic T-Bone (what more can we say)
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Beans & Olives $10.50
- Fresh green beans sautéed with garlic, olives & tomato
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Cannelloni Fiorentina $20.50 / $26.50
- Filled with spinach, house ricotta & parmesan then baked with Napoli sauce. Served with chargrilled vegetables
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Penne Napolitana $19.50
- Penne sauteed with fresh tomato and basil
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Risotto Piselli & Zucca One size ~ $24.90
- Butternut pumpkin & pea risotto finished with mascarpone, crispy sage & pinenuts
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Pollo Pesto $24.50 / $34.50
- Our most popular pizza. Basil pesto, smoked chicken, tomato, avocado, mozzarella & parmesan
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Beef Fillet $39.50
- 300 gram premium fillet; or
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Fettuccine Posillipo $23.50 / $29.50
- Prawns, scallops, squid & mussels sautéed with garlic, chilli, tomato & vino bianco
- Hot Dog (Small) $2.60
- Singaporean Rice Noodle / Fried Rice S $5.50 / L $9.00
- Pepper Steak / Steak Bacon & Cheese / Chicken / Meat Pasties / Quiches $4.50
- Spring Roll / Curry Roll / Lasagna Square $3.00
- Hot Meat Sandwich / Roll $7.50
- Wedges S $2.40 / L $4.00
- Kransky Roll $2.20
- Mince Savouries $1.80
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Eggs Florentine $16.50
- Spinach
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Cajun Chicken Salad $19.50
- Chicken tenders tossed thru salad greens & topped with crispy noodles & a mint yoghurt dressing
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Bagel – Tomato, cream cheese and basil pesto $10.30
- A bagel with Tomato, cream cheese and basil pesto
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Smoked Salmon & Hash Browns $19.00
- Served with a poached egg, avocado & hollandaise (Gluten Free)
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Pancakes $17.50
- Banana, Bacon & Maple syrup
- Bagel – Smoked salmon and cream cheese $11.00
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Caesar Salad $16.50
- Cos lettuce with bacon,croutons,shaved parmesean,anchovies & a poached egg (available Gluten Free)
- Bagel – Cinnamon bagel with jam and cream cheese $8.10
Bessie
Phone
035952799
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
$50+
Type
None
Service
Table Service
Cuisine
European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Steak , Steakhouse
Features
Mastercard , Visa , Romantic , Wheelchair accessible , Business meetings , Reservations , Waitstaff , Groups , Bar Scene , Seating , Street Parking , Free Off-Street Parking , Serves Alcohol , Full Bar
Level 1, 178 St Asaph Street, Christchurch Central,
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