Cafe '88 in Queenstown Menu

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The Original $10.00
- 100% beef pattie, red onion, fresh tomato, crispy lettuce, tasty cheese, yummy aioli and tomato relish
The Big Bugga $13.00
- 100% beef pattie, hash brown, fried egg, crispy bacon, tomato, crispy lettuce, onion, beetroot, tasty cheese, aioli & tomato relish
Chickened Out $12.00
- Chicken tenderloin, red onion, fresh tomato, crispy lettuce, brie and aioli
Ocean Touch $10.00
- Battered Hoki fillet, crispy lettuce, fresh tomato, red onion and yummy tartare sauce
Summer of '88 $12.00
- 100% beef pattie, bacon, pineapple, red onion, brie, crispy lettuce and a mango and peach chutney
Where's The Beef? $10.00
- VEGETARIAN OPTION: Veggie pattie, onion, tomato, crispy lettuce, tasty cheese, aioli and chutney
K COMBO $5.50
- Add chips and a 300ml Soft Drink to any burger!
Hot Chips $4.00

Bacon / Egg / Gluten-free Bun / Hash Brown $1.50
Cheese / Avocado $ 1.50

Wee Fella $5.00
- (Kids Burger) - 100% beef pattie with tasty cheese and tomato sauce

Nearby Sample Menus

WHOLE CARDRONA MERINO LAMB SHOULDER $85.00
- share 3-4 1400g salsa verde smoked tomato and eggplant
Buttermilk Pancakes $18.00
- fluffy American style pancakes vanilla mascarpone caramelized banana and maple syrup
Homemade pastrami, mustard, caramelized onion $16.00
Eichardt's Legendary Seafood chowder $26.00
- hot sourdough, wakame, lemon
Homemade black pudding
Tahr Tartare $19.00
- homemade mustard, saffron roll, pickles
Charcuterie
- Serrano Ham, locally-cured Bresaola, Lomo, homemade pickles, relish & bread
Sautéed Sole $26.00
- brown butter, cauliflower & home-grown rainbow beet

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
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
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)
BIG F.A.T. BELLY $27.00
- marinated, slow roasted pork belly, served up with creamy mash, potato, roast pumpkin, butter-sautéed market veg, and finished with cider jus and mango peach chutney,
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!
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 >>
HAM & MUSHROOM CHICKEN SNITZEL $23.00
- Herb crusted breast of chicken, smothered in a ham, mushroom, and basil pesto infused cream cheese, topped with mozzarella & baked until bubbly. Served over chunky garlic herb potato, sautéed broccoli, and whatever else we pulled out of Jeff’s garden this morning

Garlic bread & dips $6.00
Cured pastrami, grilled mozzarella& aioli
Cold smoked Aoraki salmon, capers & cream cheese
all toasted sandwiches served with chips and aioli
Slow-roasted Zamora pulled pork w/ slaw and spicy Jamaican jerk sauce
Chicken quesadilla w/ melted cheddar red onion and guacamole
Avocado, grilled halloumi & tomato
Cheese and antipasto platter 2-4 people $30.00
- Whitestone Windsor blue, Curio bay sheep’s milk pecorino, KaikouraLabneh. Zamora havoc Salami, Pastrami &Coppa.Aoraki cold smoked salmon & capers. Marinated olives, sundried tomatoes &peppadew. Relishes, fruits, crackers & breads

Fries $7.00
Lemon Pepper Squid $14.00
- spiced lentil salsa, dill coulis & micro salad.
BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIB $32.00
- Braised for hours so it falls off the bone.
ANGUS STRIP LOIN $36.00
- Cut from the short loin, grass fed, NZ Reared. 300gm.
Affogato $11.00
- Espresso coffee, vanilla bean ice cream, coffee syrup &almond biscotti
Creamy Seafood Chowder $14.00
- with toasted bread & herbed butter.
Roasted Root Vegetables $7.00
SOUTHLAND LAMB RUMP $32.00
- Locally reared lambs from the farms of Southland.

Public's duck fat potatoes w sage and roasted shallots $9.00
Extra Poached Egg $2.00
Carrot & spinach salad w walnuts and blue cheese $9.00
Pork Belly Burger $14.00
- Juicy pork belly topped w beetroot, gherkins, onions and crispy iceberg lettuce
Public's Breakfast Burger $14.00
- Bacon, eggs, relish and coleslaw
Beef Burger $14.00
- 100% prime New Zealand beef patty w beetroot, gherkins and onions finished with old fashioned relish
Extras
Public's Hash $14.00
- Sauteed potatoes, spinach, mushrooms and a poached egg. Choose smoked fish or corned beef

Soup: Cannelini, cabbage, confit garlic, grillled bread (v) $14
Bacon, roast onion, rosemary, pecorino $28
Mixed leaf, olives, sundried tomato, feta (v)(gf) $15
Roast Lamb, rosemary polenta, braised shallots, baby spinach, jus (gf) $35
Char grilled squid, orange, chilli, fennel, herb salad (gf) $17
Bella's Famous Beef Carpaccio, parmesan, rocket, aioli, capers (gf) $20
Ice Cream –Vanilla, Rum and Raisin, Cinnamon $12.5
Parma ham, mushroom, watercress, parmesan $29

Salmon Fins $11.50
- Sesame-coated fins fried crispy, served with a green apple som tum salad
Sticky Pork Wonton $9.50
- Our special sticky pork wrapped in a crunchy wonton
Chicken & Prawn Phad Thai $22.00
- The first choice of noodle lovers – served with egg, tofu, bean sprouts & peanuts
Larb Gai $20.00
- Minced chicken salad mixed with Thai herbs & roasted rice powder, served in lettuce cups
My Thai Lamb Curry $24.50
- Lamb slow cooked in our fresh herb curry paste. Served medium or hot only.
Coconut Tempeh $8.00
- Crispy tempeh nuggets tossed with cashew nuts, coconut & palm sugar
Thai Roti $3.50
Seasonal Vegetables $6.50

Black Rice Porridge $17.00
- Chilled porridge of black rice, quinoa and chia seeds in coconut milk, poached pears, passionfruit, honey yoghur
Fried halloumi, marinated courgette, smoked tomato sauce $11.50
Salad of roast beetroot, smoked homemade ricotta, pickled pear, walnuts $11.00
Brioche & jam $6.00
Local cheese with our homemade crackers and relishes. Choice of Gibbston Valley’s Glenroy Cheddar or Kawarau Blue $11.00
Mushrooms & Hollandaise $19.00
- Roast wild thyme mushrooms, poached eggs, dark rye sourdough toast, creamy hollandaise, local rocke
Calamari in squid-ink tempura batter, lemon aioli, wild watercress $12.00
Wild game terrine, sourdough toasts, homemade pickles & relish $11.50

Slow cooked beetroot w/ walnuts $16.00
SPRING VEGETABLE PIZZA $23.00
- asparagus, spring onion, baby spinach, puhoi brie, mozzarella
AFTER DINNER MINT $18.00
- baileys, crème de cacao, crème de menthe, cream
FOVEAUX STRAIT SQUID & OCTOPUS SALAD $25.00
- kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, rocket, feta, balsamic
Seasonal beans w/ bacon $15.00
AKAROA SALMON FILLET $37.00
- asparagus spears, julienned carrot & leek, petite salad, asparagus velouté
CANTERBURY DUCK BREAST $38.00
- confit duck croquette, red cabbage, beetroot, boysenberries, port jus
SELECTION OF HOUSE MADE SORBETS $14.00

Crayfish $32
- Fiordland crayfish risotto, saffron bisque,wild mushrooms, tarragon pesto.
Rocket, tomato and goats cheese salad $$12 / $18
Mozzarella $22
- Buffalo mozzarella, textures of tomato, quinoa crisp, baby herbs, garlic oil.
Lamb $42
- Walnut crusted rump of Otago Alpine Merino, pumpkin and sage gnocchi, goats cheese, pearl onions, sumac spiced jus.
Paua $24
- Hand picked West Coast abalone ravioli, confit garlic cream, parmesan crumb, baby watercress, parmesan croute. -
Salmon $39
- Sea run Stewart Island salmon fillet, sauteed cloudy bay clams, buttered asparagus, new potatoes, watercress emulsion.
Parfait $19
- Duck liver parfait, tamarillo chutney, house pickles, toasted brioche.
Pork $42
- Confit Airendale farm pork belly, ginger buttered Stewart Island scampi, sauteed bok choy, peanut praline, orange caramel glaze.

Tomato Sauce $1.00
- One Pottle of New Zealand Favourite Watties Tomato sauce
Doughnut $3.50
- Delicious deep fried doughnut dusted with cinnamon and sugar. Available gluten-free
Chunky Chips Cheese And Gravy $9.00
Calamari Rings 6 pieces $8.00
- 6 pieces of Delicious Calamari from the South Island seas dusted with salt and pepper. Available gluten-free
Family Meal Deal $25.00
- 2 pieces of hoki, 6 fish bites, 2 chips, 2 tomato sauces and a 1.5-litre soft drink. If you would like to change the drink for hoki, hot dog or an extra chip, please choose no drink and write your choice in notes Available gluten free
Chips, Gravy and Cheese $7.50
Red Onion Wedges $6.00
- Handcrafted red onion wedges, battered and deep fried becoming succulent caramelised pieces. Available gluten-free
Hoki $4.50
- A mild fish flavour, slightly oily with a finer texture Sourced from South Island Seas. Available gluten-free

Sautéed leek, chive & rice noodle dumplings with pearl barley risotto, exotic mushrooms, karengo seaweed & ponzu sauce $28.00
Harmony free-range pork belly with sauerkraut hash, crisp black pudding & ginger beer reduction $28.00
Salad of roasted winter vegetables, candied walnuts, crispy kale leaf, fried lentils & port wine vinaigrette $16.00
Ora king salmon, roast butternut, carrot puree, quinoa, spring onion & cashews with basil coconut dressing & chilli jam glaze $34.00
Roasted potatoes with rosemary salt $6.00
Autumn Gold, Gibbston Valley $8.00
- Pinot Cheddar, Gibbston Valley
Orange & almond cake with cointreau syrup & cinnamon mascarpone ice cream $8.00
Tuna loin carpaccio, potato puree, chorizo, lemon aioli & radish $16.00

Crispy roast pork belly $20.00
West coast wild venison tataki with ponzu dipping $18.00
Fresh New Zeland oyster SP
House green salad $12.00
MARKET FISH MP
- Steamed
Black pepper wild venison $32.00
- Wok fried west coast wild venison with black pepper and onion
Crispy skin chicken (free range) half $35.00/whole $65.00
Fiordland crayfish 128/500g
- Wok Fried with white soy, ginger and shallots

Eton mess, Meringue, mixed berries, chantilly cream & berry coulis $13.00
Bakery breads & spreads $10.00
Butterscotch or chocolate ice cream sundae $9.00
Add cured ham, salami & pickles $6.00
New Zealand cheese platter: Kapiti cheeses, quince paste, Central Otago stone fruit chutney, crackers & grapes $18.00
Beer battered fish & chips served with rustic fries, dill & caper mayo $23.00
Market fish $12.00
Add chicken to your salad $5.00

MOLTEN MARU CHOCOLATE PUDDING $15.00
- Salted caramel sauce, cocoa nibs, homemade vanilla bean ice-cream
MIXED LOCAL LEAF SALAD $7.00
NO5 MEZZE & DESSERT & GLASS OF BUBBLES/LOCAL WINE $45pp
SMOKED SALMON & SCRAMBLED EGGS $19.00
- House-smoked Mt Cook salmon, scrambled free-range eggs, Tony’s roquette, toasted wholemeal sourdough
CHORIZO $22.00
- Smoked homemade chorizo, roast peppers, Gibbston Valley mozzarella
HOKEY POKEY $8.00
- A scoop of our homemade classic Kiwi ice-cream with plenty of crunchy honeycombs
VENISON & PINOT NOIR PATE $16/28
- Pate of wild Fiordland venison liver-enriched with local pinot, rhubarb relish, walnuts, spiced wine jelly, sourdough
Roast wild thyme mushrooms (v); Grilled tomatoes (v); Potato & parsnip rosti (v) $5.00