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

  • Pan roasted parmesan gnocchi $16.00
    • w broccolini, fennel, kale, salsa verde dressing
  • Sticky bourbon pork ribs $12.00
    • w chilli garlic salsa
  • Hummus from “Jerusalem” $10.00
    • w/ olive oil, toasted bread
  • Mushroom ragù $12.00
    • w celeriac, sage, herb oil
  • “Roll your own” Soy braised duck $16.00
    • w hoisin, cucumber, pancakes x 6
  • Pork & veal meatballs $14.00
    • w apple, tomato, fried sage, parmesan
  • Buttermilk marinated baked cod $18.00
    • w whitebean puree, tomato dahl, baby spinach, lemon
  • Garlic crusted squid $15.00
    • w herbs, glass onion, cucumber, cashew nuts, chilli dressing, honey soy aioli
  • -Chicken/Pork/Beef $12.00
  • Pad Moo Grob (the crispy pork) $13.50
    • A special combonation of red, green and yellow curry paste, stir fried with coconut cream, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, capsicum, green beeans, khachai (Thai herb) and courgette.
  • Pla MerkTodd $8.80
    • Deep fried home made salt & pepper squid served with lemon wedge and sweet chilli sauce.
  • Pad Mee (egg noodle) $9.50
  • -Large $14.50
  • Spicy level: Mild, Medium hot, Hot1, Hot2 and Thai Hot
  • -Prawns/Mixed Seafood $9.50
  • Tom Kha
    • A refreshing soup, boiled galangal combined with coconut milk and lemongrass.
  • Gobi Paratha / Alu Paratha / Peshwari Naan (Mixed dry fruits) $4.00
  • Bread Pakora $3.00
    • Bread filled with potatoes prepared in chickpea flour batter, Indian spices and deep fried served with tamarind chutney
  • Plain Naan / Butter Naan $3.00
  • Prawn Vindaloo (Med or hot) $18.99
    • Prawns cooked in vindaloo paste with hot spices, onion and tomato gravy
  • Amritsari Kulcha $5.00
  • Mango Kulfi / Mango Lassi / Plain Sweet Lassi / Plain Salty Lassi $4.00
  • All mains served with basmati rice and to your taste ( Mild, Medium, Kiwi Hot and Indian Hot)
  • Mango Chicken $15.90
    • Tender pieces of boneless chicken prepared with mango pulp and traditional spices
  • -Beef Balti Garlic $14.99
    • Tender beef pieces cooked with garlic, herbs, spices and diced tomato
  • -Mango Chicken $14.50
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a delicately mildly creamy mango sauce
  • -Lamb Balti Garlic $16.00
    • Tender lamb pieces cooked with garlic, herbs, spices and diced tomato
  • -Prawns Malabari $16.50
    • King prawns cooked on a rich coconut, onion gravy with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds
  • -Beef Saagwala $14.50
    • Meat dish cooked in spiced laced spinach sauce
  • -Beef Madras $14.50
    • Boneless meat pieces cooked in onion, coconut sauce with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds
  • Mains
    • Butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, beef tikka masala, and vegetable korma with naan breads and rice
  • -Daal Tadka $12.90
    • Yellow lentil cooked in fresh garlic and cumin seeds
  • Murg Kalimirch (GF) $15.00
    • Black pepper flavored chicken pieces cooked in cashew nut gravy
  • GF = Gluten Free, DF = Dairy Free All Mains Served with Basmati Rice
  • ·Palak Paneer (GF)
    • Cottage cheese cooked with fresh herbs and spices finished with fresh spinach and onion sauce
  • Prawn/ Scallop Saag (GF) $14.50
    • Prawn/ scallops cooked with green herbs and fresh spinach onion gravy
  • ·Butter Chicken/ Lamb/ Beef (GF)
    • Boneless meat marinated in herbs and spices cooked in tandoori oven finished with creamy tomato gravy (all-time favorite)
  • Batter Fried Fish with Wedges or Chips $6.99
  • Bombay Kolhapuri Chicken/ Lamb/ Beef (GF) (DF) $15.00
    • Diced meat marinated in light chillies, roasted in oven then tossed with onion, garlic and garnished with red chilli
  • -Full $12.50
  • Chipotle Chicken $7.00
    • With jalapeno crema, apple, parsnip chips, candied pepitas
  • Esquires (V, GF) $9.00
    • (corn off the cob) with burnt butter, ancho crema, parmesan
  • Anchiote Fish Pan Fried (GF) $27.00
    • With rice, glazed carrots, lime, mexican salad
  • Smoked Pork Belly $7.00
    • With peanut crema, cured onions, sunflower seeds
  • Polenta Fritas (V, GFo) $9.00
    • With jalapeno crema, parmesan, crisp kale
  • Crisp Cauliflower (V) $7.00
    • With chipotle crema, cucumber, feta, candied sesame
  • Pan Seared Prawns (GF) $18.00
    • With coconut salsa, mussels, lime, crisp kale
  • Chicken Tinga Quesadilla $17.00
    • With mint, pumpkin, zucchini, salsa roja
  • Angkor Platter $35.00
    • Five spice beef, salt and pepper prawn, stuffed mushrooms, prawn toast, wontons. Serves 3 Extra Serve 11.00
  • Green Curry $18.00
    • Green curry served with rice. Tofu optional.
  • Honey Chicken $20.00
    • Battered chicken in honey sauce served on crispy noodles.
  • Satay Chicken, Beef $20.00
    • Stir fried in satay peanut sauce, with seasonal vegetables and pineapple.
  • Fresh Rolls $12.00
    • Rice paper wraps with chicken, lettuce, mung beans, vermicelli noodles and shrimp served with Khmer sweet and sour sauce.
  • Chicken Nibbles $13.00
    • Deep fried, battered chicken wings served with sweet chili sauce.
  • Chicken Sweet Corn $10.00
    • Chicken, eggs and sweet corn.
  • Salt and Pepper Squid $12.00
    • Deep fried, battered squid seasoned with salt and pepper
  • Pancakes $18.00
    • with banana, blueberries & streaky bacon served with maple syrup
  • Corn fritters $18.00
    • with avocado pulp, feta, tomato, Kasumi relish, Thai sweet chilli sauce and greens
  • Fries $9.00
    • with tomato sauce & aioli
  • Kids meals $9.00
    • fish, chicken - bites or sausage with fries
  • Soup of the day $11.00
    • served with toasted bread
  • Eggs Benedict(GF) $16.80
    • poached eggs served on potato rosti with homemade hollandaise sauce with a choice of vegetarian(feta & spinach)
  • Mediterranean Omelette $16.80
    • filled with olives, sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, chorizo & cheese
  • Eggs on toast $8.00
    • cooked to your liking(GF available)
  • Seafood platter $34
    • 2 crumbed scallops, 4 garlic steamed mussels, 1 panko crumbed fresh fish, 2 crumbed prawn cutlets, 2 oyster Kilpatrick, 3 salt and pepper calamari with hand cut chips, tartare, lemon and garden salad
  • Mini Pavlova $13
    • with berries, cream and shaved white chocolate
  • BBQ pork ribs $13.00
  • Panko crumbed fresh fish with hand cut chips, salad, lemon and homemade tartare $25
  • Scotch fillet steak 250gm Or 400gm Rump Steak $32
    • with crispy battered onion rings, layered potato bake, bearnaise and jus >>
  • Hot dogs with #hashtag chips and tomato sauce $9
  • Creamy garlic mushrooms $5
  • Eggs(2) $4
  • Beef nachos $9.80/$13.80
    • topped with salsa, melted cheese & sour cream(small/regular)
  • Nuggets or squid rings $11.50
    • with fries & dipping sauce
  • Beer battered market fresh fish $21.50
    • salad a side of fries served with tartare sauce & lemon wedges
  • Beer battered market fresh fish $26.50
    • salad a side of fries served with tartare sauce & lemon wedges
  • Chicken nuggets $11.50
    • squid rings or mini hot dogs, with fries & dipping sauce
  • Classic Eggs Benedict $16.80
    • with ham or bacon or tomato & brie topped with our own hollandaise sauce
  • Seafood chowder $16.80
    • in a sourdough bread bowl
  • Scotch fillet a 250g fillet cooked to your liking served with salad & a side of fries or vegetables & potato mash, with a mushroom or pepper sauce $33.00
  • Smoked Chicken Salad (smoked chicken, lettuce, tomato, hard-boiled egg, mayonnaise) $12.90
  • Fish & Chips $8.90
  • Croissant $3.50
  • Sweet Crêpes - La Nutella $10.90
  • Macaroni Cheese and Bacon $8.90
  • Ham Salad (ham, lettuce, tomato, hard-boiled egg, mayonnaise) $12.90
  • Sweet Crêpes - La Crépe Aux Amandes (Almond paste & slivered almonds) $10.90
  • Vege Soup $8.90
  • Char Grilled Beef Filets, Truffle Scented Arancini Bar $37.00
    • With Peppered Brussels sprouts and Sweet Onion Just
  • Fettuccine Carbonara $25.00
    • Leg Ham and Sauteed Mushroom. Though Garlic Cream, Fettuccine, Shaved Parmesan and Egg Yolk to Blend
  • Spinach / Potato Hash $4.00 per Selection
  • Poached Eggs, Roasted Tomato, Toasted English Muffin and Hollandaise $16.50
    • In The Style of: Benedict-Leg Ham / Florentine - Spinach / Vancouver - Salmon
  • Baked Filo Encasing Kumara and Spinach Pesto $36.00
    • On Fried Gnocchi with Sweet Tomato and Green Herb Salsa
  • Bella's Kitchen Tasting Platter $20.00
    • A Selection of Tapas, Dips, Antipasto and Spreads
  • Hot Cakes $17.00
    • With Bacon, Roasted Peach and Maple Whipped Butter
  • Todays Fish from the Market to Your Table $36.00
    • Via the Province of Bella's Kitchen
  • MIXED PLATTERS $10.30
  • SEAFOOD DELUXE $14.50
  • CHICKEN SATAY STICK $6.50
  • TOM YUM NOODLE SOUP $12.50
  • SATAY BURGER $5.50
  • BBQ PORK & RICE $12.50
  • LEMONGRASS DEEP FRIED CHICKEN $14.50
  • COMBINATION CHAR KUA TEAW $12.50
  • Falafel $8.90
    • fried chick pea balls, seasoned & served with lebanese bread, pickles & tahini sauce
  • Mediterranean $13.90
    • anchovies, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, tomato sauce, olives, capsicum & capers
  • Grilled cheese $8.90
    • grilled halloumi cheese served with lebanese bread
  • Up size to XL +$4.00
  • Fattoush $8.90
    • a mix of stir fried lebanese bread with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber & olive oil
  • Dessert safary $14.90
    • a delicious selection of baklava, basbousa & konafa, decadence on a plate
  • Vegetable safary $15.90
    • a mix of stuffed grape leaves, stuffed cabbage leaves, vegetable samosa, falafel, babaganoush, hummus & taboulleh salad
  • Konafa $6.90
    • a cheese pastry soaked in a sweet sugar based syrup & garnished with pistachio
  • Breadworks Bagel $13.90
    • House Smoked Salmon, Rocket, Tomato, Salsa and Lemon
  • Sides $4.00
    • Bacon, Tomato, Chorizo, Agria Hash, Mushrooms
  • Wedges $8.90
    • Sour Cream & Sweet Chilli
  • Omelette $14.90
    • W/ Feta, Mushroom, Tomato, Spinach & Toast
  • Toasted Granola $10.00
    • W/ Yoghurt, Milk & Seasonal Fruits
  • Corn Fritters $4.00
    • Add Bacon
  • Marbecks Grill $19.90
    • Two Eggs, Chorizo, Bacon, Mushroom, Agria Hash, Tomato & Toast
  • Hot Cakes $4.00
    • Add Bacon
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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