Cafe 55 Balclutha in Otago Menu

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BIG BREAKFAST $18.00
- bacon,eggs,sausages.mushrooms,hash browns,tomatoes + toast.
EGGS YOUR WAY $10.00
- bacon,eggs + toast(eggs fried,poached or scrambled).
SCOTSMAN BREAKFAST $15.00
- bacon,eggs,sausages,baked beans + toast.
CREPES $14.00
- thin rolled pancakes with apples and cinnamon or lemon and sugar.
EGGS BENEDICT $16.00
- poached eggs, smoked salmon, baby spinach, English homemade hollandaise on an English muffin.

CHICKEN RANCH SALAD $13.00
- greens, cherry tomatoes, red onion, chicken croutons and homemade ranch dressing.
LAMB WRAP $14.00
- seasoned lamb with salad wrapped in a warm tortilla with tzatziki sauce
BBQ BEEF BURGER & FRIES $15.00
- homemade beef pattie, lettuce, cheese, onion & beetroot with BBQ sauce, fries & aioli
CUBAN PORK SANDWICH $12.00
- thick sliced ham with cheese, mustard & slaw on toasted homemade bread
NACHOS $14.00
- chilli beans, salsa & cheese on can chips with sour cream
RUSTIC FRIES $6.00
- served with tomato sauce or aioli.
DISH OF THE DAY $10.00

Nearby Sample Menus

PASTA O’ THE DAY $19.00
- Nothing silences the stomach grumbles like a bowl of pasta. Ask the staff what Mental Mike came up with for today’s pasta. Whatever it is, I’ll be hot, scrummy, and it’ll come with garlic toasted ciabatta bread >>
RIBS, WEDGES, & RINGS $24.50
- Mate, our ribs have been rocking out the door since we took over this crazy place. Try them and see why: A stack of slow-braised, fall-off-the-bone pork ribs drenched in our secret sauce, with seasoned wedges, a tower of beer battered onion rings, and sour cream. Oh, and a finger bowl ’cause you’ll need it!
CLASSIC CHICKEN PARM $20.00
- The locals would riot if we took this off the menu. Butterflied breast of chicken, coated in our super-crispy secret coating, smothered in our house made tomato relish, topped with cheese and baked until ooey-gooey. Served with steak fries, and a crisp garden side salad
BAKED PARMESAN BLUE COD $28.00
- This is a twist on one of Mike’s mother’s recipes: Blue cod fillets smothered in a creamy parmesan and spring onion spread, baked until bubbly and golden, served with roasted garlic herb potatoes, pan fried market vegetables, and finished with slivers of red pepper
BEEF BURGER $19.00
- This towering monstrosity of a burger is a jaw-dropper – 100% beef patty, thick-cut cheddar, streaky bacon, fried egg, tomato relish, stacked up on lettuce, salad goodies, tomato, house pickles, aioli. Served in a gourmet toasted garlic bun with fries, Tommy, and a crisp onion ring
THE F.A.T. 250 $28.00
- This feed is not for the faint of heart: 250g of Prime NZ porterhouse steak served with garlic herb potatoes, pan fried broccoli (and whatever vegetables fall off the truck), finished with jus, streaky bacon, and tangy, onion jam. Or your classic Steak, Eggs & Chips etc!
BEER BATTERED FISH & CHIPS $18.00
- Michelle likes everything to be perfect, and that is never more apparent than with her beer batter: Back to basics I say Fish, chips, salad, aioli, tomato sauce and lemon(WITH BLUE COD $27)
BANGERS & MASH $16.50
- Old man Winter is here, and that means it’s time for two beautiful sausages, creamy mashed potato, plenty of cider gravy, crisp peas, a slice of garlic toasted ciabatta, and a grilled BBQ tomato

Raw Muesli $15.50
- Made for the health conscious, A mixture of dried fruits, nuts and oats. Served with coconut & almond milk and fresh banana or blueberry compote
Grilled Banana $4.00
Ironic baked beans $4.00
Salmon Roulade $18.50
- smoked salmon, baby spinach & cream cheese in an egg sponge. Served with green salad (GF)
Gluten free bread $2.50
Prime Porterhouse Steak $22.50
- Open steak sandwich with lettuce, tomato relish, streaky bacon, creamy mushroom sauce and topped with beer battered onion rings. Served on toasted house-made bread and with fries (OR)
Extra bread $2.50
Maple syrup I Lemon syrup $3.00

Tokyo Garden Salmon Platter $15.00
- 6 pcs. California roll and 4 salmon nigiri
Salmon California
- 4 Pieces $4.00
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi Platter
Spicy Karaage Chicken $15.50
- crispy, deep fried chicken with spicy sauce
Sashimi Bento $25.00
- Served with sashimi and nigiri
Mixed Starter Platter $18.00
- 5 agegyoza, 5 spring rolls, 5 squid rings, 4 Thai prawns
Kushi Katsu $6.50
- 2 deep fried, breadcrumbed skewers chicken served with sauce

Delicious seafood chowder with prawns, white fish, clams, mussels and squid, served with toasted ciabatta. $25.00
New York-style baked cheesecake subtly flavoured with lemon zest and served with berry compote. $14.50
Organic salad greens with lemon vinigrette $7.50
Capsicum stuffed with pumpkin, sundried tomato, feta, almonds and baby spinach, topped with crispy tortilla chips and served with organic greens dressed with a tofu mayo. $28.50
Mild southern style elephant fish curry in a coconut cream sauce, flavored with pomegranate, masala and fenugreek and finished with potatoes, okra and eggplant. $36.00
Fresh fish fillets of your choice, served with steamed rice, EITHER: coated in a kelp crust, pan-fried and finished with lemon butter OR pan-fried and served with capsicum chilli jam and cucumber salsa OR coated in a citrus crust, pan-fried and served with fresh pineapple salsa OR pan-fried with spring onion, ginger, garlic and coriander. $34.00/$36.00
Crispy sliced porkbelly, served on a salad of fresh greens and apple, tossed through aioli. $19.50
Ribeye steak cooked to your liking, topped with crispy garlic rosemary ravioli, and served on creamy mustard mashed potatoes with a rich red wine jus. $34.00

Yellow fin tuna tartare, avocado, roast pepper, sesame soy (subject to availability) $21.50
Turkish bread with olive oil and dukkah $6.00
Pork belly slow cooked in star anise, garlic and hoisin on sticky rice and bok choy, tart apple dressing $24.50
Soup of the day $15.00
- Made fresh and changes daily
Silver fern farms lamb rump, with sundried tomato crust on lentil, spinach and parsley tabbouleh, feta yoghurt mint dressing $32.50
Shoestring fries $7.00
Chicken liver pate with beetroot relish and toasted crostini $16.50
Fresh boneless chicken breast wrapped in bacon on spring vegetable couscous, sweet chilli and avocado dressing $24.50

FIELD MUSHROOMS $22.50
- Grilled field mushrooms on toasted chunky bread with salad garnish, streaky bacon and a creamy mushroom sauce
W/ creamy mushroom sauce, bacon and onion $19.00
SRI LANKAN CURRY $24.00
- Your choice of chicken, lamb or vegetarian served in a coconut and turmeric curry with rice, flat bread, and a duo of coriander and lime relish and yoghurt
Cheese, onion and pesto toasted flatbreads $8.50
Large $16.50
W/ cheese, spicy tomato salsa, sour cream $16.00
PASTA OF THE DAY $19.00
- Ask wait staff for today’s choice. Light
PRAWNS & CALAMARI $22.00
- Crunchy prawns and salt and pepper calamari served on mesculin and salad mix served with lemon wedges and a duo of dips...chilpolte aioli, sweet chilli syrup

Duck Pâté $19
- Pinot noir, cherry, 4 grain crackers
Affogato, $12
- vanilla ice cream, espresso, Frangelico
Build your own breakfast or add a side $6
- Avocado, black pudding, grapefruit, hash potato, bacon, farm eggs, sour dough
Spring omelette $19
- asparagus, smoked chilies, avocado, crème fraiche, rocket, spring salad, house sourdough
Ice Cream Sundae $12
- ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, brownie bits, nuts
Bacon butty $12
- hollandaise, rocket
Buttermilk pancakes $16
- lemon mascarpone, blueberries, maple, toasted pistachios
Southern Blue Cod $32
- hand cut chips, caper mayo

Southland Fisherman’s Stew $37.50
- with char-grilled squid, scallops, mussels, clams, fish, paddle crab broth & charred locally baked bread
Gurnard $25.90
- battered with pickled onion mayonnaise
West Coast Whitebait, sautéed with garlic, lemon & parsley, extra-virgin olive oil, char-grilled bread $27.90
Southland Lamb $37.90
- slow cooked shoulder with farro, asparagus & peas, green garlic & pumpkin seed pesto, crumbed lamb sweetbreads
The Happy Hen Pavlova $15.90
- made with fresh eggs from our own very happy hens free ranging at Fishbone Farm – with strawberries & cream
Sole $38
- distinct, mildly flavoured fillet with a firm yet tender texture - panroasted fillet with new potatoes, Moko smoked eel, broad beans, baked beetroot, spinach, roasted Blue Cod cream
Green-lipped Mussels $33.90
- steamed with white wine, garlic & slow cooked onions served with our hand cut chips & grilled bread
Marinated Northland Hikuwai Sardine fillets with marjoram salsa verde, house-made yoghurt, grilled toasts $19

Hoki-large L $7.50 / S $3.50
Donut (Plain or Chocolate) $1.80
-large $4.50
Shark $5
Between 12Pm And 2Pm
-Chips and Cheese with Curry or Gravy Small S $6.50 / L $11
6 Onion Rings $3.50
Small Battered Sausage and Chips $5

-Dozen $35.00
Bluff Oysters Battered or Raw
Fatties & Shoestrings 1 Scoop $3.50 / 2 Scoop $5.40
Sole $5.50
Fish Wrap $6.80
Fish Bites $1.00 each
Seafood Chowder $9.00
-2 Oysters $7.00

Native Kumara Chips $7.5
Manburger $22.90
- Our biggest burger ever! Beef pattie, venison pattie, crumbed chicken breast, lamb pattie, streaky bacon, cheese, relish & aioli.
Babe $14.50
- Looks good on paper and tastes even better- a great combination of Crumbed Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon, Pineapple and Cheese with Aioli and Velvet Relish.
Gluten Free Bun $2.5
Velvet Lady $13.90
- Everybody wants her but she keeps it classy just like your mum back in the day - Grilled Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon, Avocado and Cheese with Aioli and Velvet Relish.
Goneburger $16.00
- If you can eat this one someone will definitely give you a high five Goes down great with a cold beer. Beef Pattie, Crumbed Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon with Aioli and Velvet Relish.
Cheese $2
Juices $5

Jerk Chicken $14
- Hot Jamaican jerk spiced chicken on a chilled almond noodle mix dressed with coriander & sesame oil
Kids Chicken Nuggets & Chips
Ugly Bread $13.00
- Our own special pumpkin chutney served on a garlic baguette with cheese & sour cream
3 Hour Slow Cooked Beef $20.00
- Slow cooked Rump steak served medium/rare with mushroom sauce, Pub slow, rosemary potatoes & onion rings
Pub Fries $10
- Served with tomato sauce
3 Hour Slow Cooked Beef $20
- Slow cooked Rump steak served medium/rare with mushroom sauce, pub slaw, rosemary potatoes & onion rings
Chicken Parmigiana $20.00
- Breadcrumbed chicken breast topped with ham, cheese & Napoli sauce. Served with Pum slow & potato wedges
Mediterranean Pasta $14
- Pappardelle pasta tossed with sundried tomato, mushrooms, spinach, pumpkin seeds & ciabatta croutons

Hash brown
Rustic Fries w/ tomato relish - (V,DF) $10.00
Beef Burger $21.00
- 200g beef patty, middle back bacon, tasty cheddar, salad, relish & aioli
steamed vegetables (V,DF,GF)
Bircher Muesli $13.00
- Toasted Oats with nuts, dried fruits, orange juice and natural yoghurt
Soup of the day - (v/GF)* $14.50
- freshly baked bread rolls
Wilted baby spinach
SEARED NELSON SCALLOPS $22.00
- charred mango, spiced chilled mango soup, sprouts, lime powder

Various Slices $3-$3.50
Cheddar Cheese with Gherkin Relish $6.50
Smoked Chicken, Mozzarella, Blue Cheese & Plum Sauce $12.50
Hearty Breakfast $15.50
- Two eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Hash Browns & Bake Beans with Toast, butter and conserve
Fish Pot $10
- Smoked fish fillets in a creamy sauce, top with Mash potatoes, served with bread
Filo Basket $11
- Breast of Chicken, Mushrooms & Asparagus In a delicate white sauce
Lemon Cheese Cake $5
- With Cream or Yogurt
Gourmet 100% Beef Burger $9.50
- 160 gram Beef patty top with Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion & Bacon on a Toasted Bun With Home made Relishes on the side

Royale Fry Up $18.50
- Eggs, bacon, grilled tomatoes, potatoes and mushrooms served on home- made foccacia bread
B.L.E.T $15.00
- Bacon Lettuce Egg and Tomato
Smoked Salmon Salad $18.00
- Fresh garden salad, served with Smoked Salmon and honey roasted nuts.
Vegetarian/Vegan $15.00
- Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber, Red Onion, Capsicum, Brie Cheese, served on a toasted bagel with cream cheese, sundried tomato and basil mayo. Topped with our own honey roasted nuts.
B.L.T $13.00
- Bacon Lettuce and Tomato
Eggs And Soldiers
Smoked Salmon $15.00
- Smoked Salmon
Fritata w Chutney $15.00 / $8
- Potato and Mushroom Fritata, served with or without Salad.