Cafe Express in Manawatu-Wanganui Menu

MAIN MENU MAIN MENU
  • Garlic Bread $10.00
  • Garlic Bread (½ Serve) $6.00
  • Garlic Bread and dips $11.00
  • Garlic Bread and dips (½ serve ) $7.00
  • Soup of the Day with bread $11.80
TAPAS TAPAS
  • Grilled Haloumi $12.50
    • On spiced lentil sauce with roasted pumpkin and green beans
  • Thai Pork Balls $12.50
    • Flavoured with Thai herbs and spices coated with noodles
  • Mediterranean Fish Stew $13.00
    • Fresh fish, smoked salmon and grilled prawn in a rich bisque with grilled bread and rouille
  • Dukkah Crusted Lamb Cutlet $12.50
    • Spring lamb on mint pesto hummus with baby roasted carrots and beetroot
  • Corn Fritters $12.50
    • Classic fritters presented with cold smoked salmon, horseradish cream and avocado
  • Chicken Dumplings $12.50
    • Chicken and mushroom dumplings, steamed then pan fried Served with Kimchi and oyster sauce
  • Black Pudding and Roast Apple $12.50
    • With blue cheese, quince paste and walnuts
  • If you would like more of your favourite tapas we can double it for you
  • Chefs Platter $22.80 (small) $36.50 (large)
    • A selection of Breads, cheese, dips and finger foods including our famous Thai Pork Balls – ask your waiter for today’s selection
LIGHT MEALS LIGHT MEALS
  • Pasta or Risotto $23.50
    • See Specials Board for today’s fare
  • Smoked Pork Belly $24.20
    • Twice cooked pork belly on celeriac and fennel mash, with red cabbage and crackle
  • Steak n Sandwich $24.60
    • Angus pure scotch, a salad with beetroot, blue cheese and hash brown, a grilled cheese and onion toasty and a fried egg
  • Chicken Salad $23.60
    • Grilled chicken with brie, crisp bacon and avocado, with pesto dressing and bread croutons
  • Grilled Fish $24.50
    • On spiced lentils with sauteed summer vegetables
ADD ONS ADD ONS
  • Gourmet Wedges $15.80
    • With cheese, bacon, sour cream and salsa
  • - Small $9.20
  • Fries $10.50
    • With aioli and tomato sauce
  • - Small $6.20
  • Mixed Green Salad $5.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Avocado Smash..
    • Swap Vogels to gluten free bread. Served with tomato and poached egg Add bacon..
  • Waffles.. $8.50
    • Waffle with banana, ice cream and Nutella
  • Silk Cake.. $9.00
    • Our famous smooth as silk chocolate cake on a biscuit base
  • Classic Carrot Cake.. $8.00
    • Homemade carrot cake with cream cheese icing
  • Banoffi Pie.. $8.00
    • Banana and rich caramel on a biscuit base with whipped cream
  • Toasted Bagel
    • Swap bagel to gluten free bread Cream cheese and jam. Avocado, tomato, cream cheese and pesto. Add bacon..
  • Kumara Cakes.. $13.00
    • Mini kumara cakes served with a petite salad and sweet chilli aioli
  • Lime Chicken Skewers.. $13.20
    • Served with a green chilli yoghurt
  • Eggs Benedict - choice between honey cured ham or crispy bacon served w spinach, hash brown and hollandaise $16.50
  • Brewers Breaky - sautéed mushrooms, grilled tomato w horseradish crème kransky sausage, crispy bacon, home made hash browns,toasted ciabatta w eggs your way-scrambled, fried or poached $18.00
  • ORIENTAL TASTING PLATTER - A selection of tempura battered fish, spring rolls, samosas and pork money bags w dipping sauces $30
  • Grilled flat bread topped w eggplant, spinach, gourmet potatoes, caramelised onions and goats cheese $12
  • Orange, ginger and date braised Hawkes Bay lamb neck on a potato, lemon and goats cheese rosti w crumbed onion curls, roasted vine tomato and a black doris plum and thyme compote $28
  • PAPPADELLA PASTA - Mushroom, spinach and grilled eggplant in a creamy lemon and parmesan sauce topped w roasted pinenuts and rocket $25
  • Grilled garlic and mozzarella bread stick $9
  • SCHNITZEL - Crumbed weiner schnitzel topped with honey cured ham and gruyere cheese w creamy potato mash, caramelised onions and lemon wedge $18
  • Mixed Shish From $18.90
    • Cubes of marinated and grilled chicken and lamb served with hummus, tabbouleh, salad greens, tzaziki, red cabbage, warm Turkish bread and choice of sauces
  • Chicken Shish Salad From $14.50
    • Grilled marinated chicken cubes threaded on a skewer served with salad
  • Garden Salad $7.00
    • lettuce, coleslaw, tabbouleh, tomato and cucumber with salad dressing
  • Mixed Iskender From $14.50
    • Combination of sliced lamb and chicken served on a bed of rice with humus, tzatziki, tabbouleh, salad greens and two pieces of warm Turkish bread
  • Mixed Meat Kebab n/a
    • Mixed Chicken and Lamb doner kebab wrapped in flat bread with salads and a choice of sauces (Small/Large)
  • Dolma Salad From $7.90
    • Vine leaves stuffed with rice and herbs with salad
  • Lamb Shish From $15.90
    • Cubes of marinated and grilled lamb served with hummus, tabbouleh, salad greens, tzaziki, red cabbage, warm Turkish bread and choice of sauces
  • Falafel Kebab n/a
    • Falafels wrapped in a flat bread with salad and your choice of three sauces (Small/Large)
  • Katsu Don $15.00
  • Vegetarian Claypot $13.00
  • Curry Laksa $13.00
    • Chicken
  • Deep Fried Wontons $5.00
  • Kimchi Fried Rice $13.00
  • Korean Hot'n Spicy Noodle $13.00
  • Sweet and Sour Pork Hotplate with Rice
  • Stew Pork Rice $12.00
  • Crispy Roast Duck $11.99
  • Deep Fried Pork with Peking Sauce $30.00
  • Choy Sum with Clear Soup Med $16.00/Lge $20.00
  • Deep fried Scallops $11.99
  • Deep Fried Spring Rolls $6.00
  • Fish Maw Soup - Bowl/Medium/Large $9.50/$40.00/$68.00
  • Sweet & Sour Whole Fish $45.00
  • Sizzling Seafood of the Day $25.00
  • Lamb Korma - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Chicken Balti - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Lamb Bhuna - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Beef Korma - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Beef Saagwala - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • 2x half size curry, 2 x small rice, 2 x plain naan, 1.5L drink $24.00
  • Basil Naan $3.50
  • Aloo Gobi - Half/Full $8.00/$12.00
  • Bacon $4.00
  • Also available as a burger with fries... Just ask the bar staff when you order.
  • Make it a meal with salad $14.00
  • With salad $23.00
  • Garden Salad Side $4.00
  • Egg $1.00
  • Corn Fritters $12.50
    • Corn fritters served with mesculin lettuce salad, and our own chutney.
  • Grazing Drover PLatter (6 ppl) $38.00
    • A selection of nibbles, bites, rings, rolls, wontons etc. on a pile of fries with 3 dipping sauces
  • Seafood Platter $18.5
    • Pan fried in garlic butter green lipped mussels in half shell, scallops, prawns w tails & deep fried prawn twisters, served with tartare sauce
  • 300g Scotch Fillet Steak $34
    • Premium New Zealand Angus scotch fillet steak served on thyme potato’s, wilted spinach drizzled with béarnaise sauce & topped with house made onion rings
  • Onion & garlic stuffed chicken breast wrapped in bacon(GF) $32
    • drizzled w spiced plum & served on a swede & parsnip mash accompanied by steamed vegetables
  • Breads & Spreads f/2$10 f/4 $16
    • House made spreads and fresh, locally baked bread
  • Gourmet Venison Burger $22
    • House-made venison patty served on a toasted bun with fresh salad, sliced tomato drizzled with aioli and topped with our special beetroot salsa - served with rustic thick-cut fries
  • (GF = Gluten Free)
  • (GF = Gluten Free)
  • Beef & Reef (GF) $38
    • 200gm of Premium New Zealand Angus eye fillet, seared prawns & scallops infused w garlic butter accompanied by button mushrooms, cherry tomatos & green beans
  • CHIPS $8.50
    • with aioli
  • FRENCH TOAST $13.50
    • with bacon, banana & maple
  • SALADS From $3.00
  • CORN FRITTERS AND BACON $15.00
  • CEREAL $7.00
    • with fruit-yogurt
  • STEAK SANDWICH AND CHIPS $13.50
  • EGGS BENEDICT $15.50
  • OMELETTE $14.50
    • ham, cheese, mushroom, tomato + toast
  • Kids burger $5.00
  • Fish burger $5.50
  • Bowl of wedges with sweet chilli and sour cream $8.00
  • Banana Pancakes $7.50
  • Children’s Drinks $2.50
    • Juice box
  • Mushroom Sauce $3.50
  • Lambs Fry and Bacon $17.00
    • Lambs fry in a creamy masala and bacon sauce served on top of crispy potato croquet
  • Fries 1/2 scoop $2.00
  • Lamb Korma $14.50
    • diced lamb cooked in rich,creamy cashew nut gravy with mildly aromatic spices
  • Dal Tadka $ 11.90
    • yellow lentils cooked with garlic, onion, tomato and spices finished with fresh herbs
  • Goat Sagwala $14.49
  • Aloo Palak $11.90
    • potatoes cooked with spinach spices and herbs
  • Roti $ 2.50
    • bread with wholemeal flour
  • Paratha $3.00
    • layered bread made with wholemeal flour
  • Chicken Jalfrezi $14.00
    • boneless chicken cooked with sliced onion, capsicum and tomato in sweet and sour flavor
  • Tandoori Chicken(Half/Full) $10.00/$18.00
    • whole chicken marinated overnight with yoghurt spices and herbs then roasted in the tandoor oven
  • All Biriyani Served With Raita And Papadam. N/A
  • Vegetable Korma $13.90
    • Fresh Mixed Vegetables Cooked In Rich Creamy Cashew Nut Gravy
  • Prawn Saagwala $17.00
    • Prawns Cooked In Creamy Spinach Gravy
  • Chicken Saag $15.00
    • Boneless Chicken Pieces Cooked In Creamy Spinach
  • Tandoori Chicken Salad $8.50
  • Chicken Biriyani $15.90
    • Spiced Biriyani Rice Cooked With Marinated Chicken Pieces & Spices
  • Roti $2.50
  • Chips $4.50
  • Continental
    • Juice - Cereal & Fruit - Toast & Jam - Tea or Coffee
  • Kiwi Breakfast
    • Juice - Cereal & Fruit - Toast & Jam - "Cook Up" (below) - Tea or Coffee
  • • Scrambled Eggs on toast – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Poached Eggs on toast – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Sausages & Eggs two sausages - hash brown – two fried eggs - tomato –spaghetti
  • • Bacon & Eggs two fried eggs – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Mixed Grill one sausage – one rasher bacon - two fried eggs - hash brown - tomato - spaghetti
  • Stir fried beef cubes (Bo luc lac) $18
    • Vietnamese beef cubes stir fried with capsicums and onion. Served with jasmine rice or fries
  • Jello cake(rau cau) $6
    • Unique vietnamese jello -cake in a myriad of flavours :coffee, coconut, pandan, fruit and many more! Ask the serving staff for the flavour of the week
  • Beef stew(bo kho) $15
    • Spicy fragrant vietnamese beef stew with carrots. Served with side salad and warm bread
  • Milk jelly (che khuc bach) $7
    • Special milk jelly served with almond, seasonal fruits and shaved ice
  • Stir fried rice noodles (hu tieu/mi xao chay) $15
    • Stir fried rice noodles with crunchy tofu and mixed vegetables
  • Tofu stir- fried with bamboo shoot $15
    • (dau hu xao mang)
  • Caramel custard (banh flan) $6
    • Vietnamese crème caramel. Light fluffy and sweetly delicious served with a sprinkling of shaved ice
  • Shrimb fried rice (corn chein tom) $19
    • Egg fried rice with fragrant shrimb
  • Chicken Jalfrezi
    • chicken pieces tempered with mustard sesame seeds cooked with Julienne of onion tomatoes capsicum ginger and coriander
  • Aloo Gobi
    • fresh garden cauliflower and potatoes cooked to taste with a mild hint of exotic Indian spices
  • Beef Roganjosh
    • a deliciously spiced slow-cooked beef dish in a rich onion sauce with a special strain of spices which have brilliant color but do not scorch the palate
  • Beef Vindaloo
    • beef cooked with chilies and a special blend of Indian herbs and spices specialty from Goa
  • Mint Chutney $2.00
  • Paratha $2.50
  • Chicken Bhuna
    • roasted chicken pieces cooked in fried brown onion fresh diced tomatoes and onion tomato based gravy
  • Lamb Tikka Masala
    • pieces of lamb prepared in chef's special sauce and fresh diced capsicum and onion
Cafe Express

Cafe Express

location

Address

41 The Square, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4410, New Zealand

phone

Phone

063538440

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Mon-Fri: 07:00 - 16:00 Sat-Sun: 08:00 - 16:00
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food

features

Features

Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Seating ,  Child-friendly

Location
41 The Square, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4410, New Zealand
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