CAFÉ 53 in Christchurch City Menu

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Soup of the day $6.50
Toasted sandwiches
-2 fillings $4.50
-3fillings $5.00
-Extra $0.50
Beans on toast $5.50
Eggs & soldiers $6.50
Scrambled eggs $7.00
Toasted bagel $5.00
-with bacon or salmon $7.00
Bacon & eggs $9.50
Creamy mushrooms $9.50
Lambs fry & bacon $12.00
Bacon buttie $3.50
-with egg $5.00
Eggs benedict $12.00
- With bacon
French toast $12.00
- With bacon & berries
The lot $14.00
Extras
-Bacon $2.00
-Other $1.50

Nearby Sample Menus

cheesy salmon salad $23.50
- Oven Baked pacific salmon fillet on a warm penne salad with Parmesan cheese, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and red onion, carrot and sesame tossed in honey basil pesto. Absolutely divine!
Garlic Bread $7.20
- This has no story.. except to say it is bloody great!!
Beer Battered Fish $19.50
- This is what we call our 'back to basics' dish. Kaiapoi's finest! Not your everyday f.n.c's that's for sure. Hoki fillets in a crispy beer batter served with golden fries and a garden salad on one side and tartare and lemon on the other side.
Cow Chips & Dip $12.70
- Corn chips with a warmed Mexican style chilli bean dip. We've even thrown in some avocado salsa and sour cream to make a mess. Good for a nibble before your main fare me thinks...
Chicken/smoked salmon tortilla chicken14/salmon15.50
- Pair of wraps, ever so popular, so now you have a choice. Cheesy tortilla with lettuce, salad prep, avocado and tomato salsa and bb pickles. Choice of chicken or smoked salmon….
Moroccan chicken filo $16.50
- Marinated chicken in Moroccan spice wrapped in filo pastry with baby spinach & cream cheese, served with salad & golden fries & cranberry salsa.
Chilli & Lime Chicken Sammie $24.50
- An absolutely awesome chilli and lime chicken on toasted focaccia with roast peppers, char courgettes and bb pickles finished with streaky bacon, brie cheese and sweet corn sour cream, served with a side of fries and aioli. Yumm..
Cracked pepper and bourbon pate $12.50
- An old homemade favourite of ours. Bourbon & cracked pepper blended pate. Served with crusty bread, pickled cucumbers & beetroot pesto.

Warm Lamb Salad $25.00
- Tender sliced marinated backstrap, on a bed of salad and served with carrot hummus, feta cheese and a minted Tzatziki style dressing. Served with bread.
Café Granola $12.00
- Homemade - with organic oats, almonds, coconut and heaps of dried fruit. Served with organic yoghurt and berry compote (fresh berries in season).
Pie of the Day $18.00
- Please see our specials blackboard for today's flavours. With salad.
Savoury Scrambled Eggs $16.00
- Three free range eggs, mixed with diced tomato, fresh herbs and cream, and served on wholegrain toast.
CCB (Chicken, Cranberry and Brie Filo) $18.00
- A delicious mix of creamy, herbed chicken and béchamel sauce, rolled with brie and cranberry sauce. With salad.
The Full Monty $20.00
- Two poached eggs on toast with grilled tomato, sausage, bacon, mushrooms and our own herbed potato hash.
French Toast $16.50
- Thick baguette slices, soaked in vanilla and cinnamon flavoured mix and served with either maple, bacon and banana OR berry compote.
Sides $4.00 per serve
- Toast, Mushrooms, Potato Hash, Tomato, Sausage, Bacon.

All eggs are free range
Loaded Wedges $14.50
- Baked wedges with bacon bits, cheddar cheese, sour cream & chipotle mayonnaise
Brioche Muffin $19.50
BLAT $16.50
- Sliced tomato, smashed avocado, lettuce with crispy bacon, house made aioli
- With Bacon $19.50
Available till 11am
Avocado Bruchetta $18.50
- Smashed avocado & edamame beans, cherry tomato, basil pesto, dukkah, danish feta & a poached egg
Sour Dough/ Grain / GF Bread

CHOCOLATE - CHEESE NAAN $5.00
- Naan Bread Stuffed With Chocolate & Cheddar Cheese And Cooked In Tandoor.
POPPADAM (FOUR PIECES) $2.00
ALOO KULCHA $5.00
- Plain Flour Bread Stuffed With Spiced Potatoes, Cooked In Tandoor Oven.
CHICKEN LOLLYPOP $8.50
- Chicken Wings Marinated in Ginger, Garlic & Light Spices and Deep Fried
KASHMIRI NAAN $5.00
- Naan Bread Stuffed With Nuts And Sultanas And Cooked In Tandoor Oven.
VEGETABLE PAKORA $6.50
- Onion & Spinach Deep Fried in Chickpea Batter. Four pieces per portion.
CHICKEN MUGHLAI $10.50
- One of the most popular dishes in India. Boneless Chicken cooked with Vegetable Gravy and egg
MIXED PICKLE $3.50

Chocolate Donuts $2.20
Crab Sticks $1.80
Fried Mussels dozen $8.00
Crumbed Deep Sea Cod $4.90
Banana Fritters $2.20
Scallops dozen $17.00
Oysters dozen (pacific) N/A
Fish Cakes $1.80

Plain $3.30
Corn Nuggets for 12 $8.00
Tomato $4.20
Cheese $4.20
Cheese & pineapple $5.20
Chicken $4.50
Corn Nuggets each $0.70
Prawn Twisters each $0.80

-Baked Bbq Pork Bun $3.00
Savoury Fried Rice $2.00
Fried Wonton $0.60
Spring Roll $3.00
Mini Spring Roll $0.60
Honey Chicken Drumstick $2.50
Chicken Satay $3.80
Lunch Box 2 $8.50
- Honey Chicken Or Bbq Pork Or Fried Rice

CHICKEN AND BACON SALAD
- with salad greens and aioli dressing
Small $14.90
CEREAL $11.50
- muesli with yoghurt and berries
EGGS ON TOAST $14.00
- three eggs poached, scrambled or fried on toast
LAMB SALAD
- with mint marinade, salad greens and yoghurt dressing
TOAST $7.00
- your choice of white or brown toast with your choice Of jams and spreads
ENGLISH MUFFIN $7.50
- toasted with bacon, eggs and topped with relish
EGGS BENEDICT $17.00
- two English muffins, bacon, eggs and hollandaise sauce

Smoked salmon, dill and caper mousse Violette
HOMEMADE MUESLI(V) $9.50
- berry compote & yoghurt
CREAMY MUSHROOMS $12.00
- served on gourmet toast
EGGS HEMINGWAY $19.00
- with cold smoked salmon
EGGS BENEDICT $17.00
- with crispy bacon
Blini w pastrami, cream cheese and red pepper jelly
Sausages roll-classic beef and chutney in flaky pastry
Greek style w tomatoes, cucumber, feta, olives and red onion

Steamed Rice $5.50
Sweet & Sour Pork R $11.90 / L $12.90
Crispy Skin Chicken R $11.90 / L $12.90
1/2 doz wontons, any large main, plain fried rice, prawn crackers, 1.5L drink $30.00
Samosa (vegetarian) $1.4 / $2.5
Plain Fried Rice $6.50
Cheesecake (Boysenberry & Strawberry) $3.50
Wontons with Sweet & Sour Sauce 1/2 doz $5 / 1 doz $9

Chicken $4.50
Curry + Rice Roll $2.60
Pineapple Ring $2.20
Steak $5.20
All burgers contain onion, lettuce, tomato sauce and beetroot
Extras $1.20
100% Meat Pattie $2.20
Cheese + Onion Pattie $2.20

Cabbie L $13.90 / S $12.40
- Chicken w/ fresh avocado, free formed bacon, salad, mayo & relish
Camembert $2.00
Beetroot Relish $1.00
Coriander & Lime Mayo $1.00
Customise
- See the extras menu below and add a little something
Bird On Fire L $12.90 / S $11.40
- Fresh grilled chicken tenderloins w/ sriracha chili sauce, tangy coriander & lime mayo, salad & relish
Triple C L $13.40 / S $11.90
- Chicken w/ camembert, cranberry sauce, salad & mayo
Wisconsin Burger L $9.90 / S $8.40
- Angus beef w/ salad, mayo & relish

B.L.T Sandwich $14.50
- Toasted focaccia bread with bacon, lettuce, tomato & aioli. Served as an open sandiwich
-With Bacon $15.50
Muesli with Fruit and Yoghurt $10.50
- Toasted Muesli served with fresh fruit and yoghurt
French Toast $15.50
- Sourdough bread served with bacon, grilled banana and maple syrup
Pancakes with bacon and banana $15.50
- Served with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
Soup of the Day $9.50
- Served with fresh focaccia bread & butter. Please ask to the counter for today's flavour
Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $16.00
Eggs Any Style with Toast $10.50
- Free range eggs scrambled, poached or fried served with toast

Lunch Box $8.00
- Sushi and rice box
Deluxe Bento $18.00
Vegetarian $8.00
- 8 Pieces
Curry Chicken $6.00
- 6 Pieces
Vegan $6.00
- 6 Pieces
Spicy Pork $5.00
Teriyaki Chicken $5.00
Seaweed R $8 / L $20
- Lettuce, avocado, capsicum, cucumber and carrot

Chicken tikka (5pcs) $12.50
- Chicken marinated overnight in spices and yoghurt, then cooked on skewers over flaming charcoal in clay oven
Bombay aloo $7.50
- Potatoes sautéed with cumin seeds, onions and tomatoes
Mango lassi $3.50
Bombay special tikka (5pcs) $13.00
- Fillets of chicken marinated in yoghurt, mustard, fenugreek and fresh ground spices, then cooked in tandoor
Chicken afghani $15.80
- Mildly marinated, tandoor roasted, and simmered in a delicate sauce with crushed cashews.
Chicken vegetable biryani $14.50
- A wholesome blend of a chicken ,fragnant basmati rice, and seasonal vegetables-served with raita
Sweet/Salted lassi $3.00
- Sweet mango lassi and salted lassi made from yoghurt
Bombay tandoor mix platter $16.00
- 2 bombay special tikka, 2 onion bhajees, 2 samosa, 2 mutton seekh kebab. Serves with the mint and tamarind chutney