Cha in Wellington Menu

STARTERS STARTERS
  • Crispy Chicken Knuckles with Salted Spices $9.90
  • Crispy Deep Fried Bean Curd with Dipping Sauce $6.90
  • Crispy Tasty Chicken Fillet $11.00
  • Marinated Pot-Stewed Egg $2.00
  • Wontons in Chilli Oil (9 wontons) $11.50
  • Dumplings in Chilli Oil (8 dumplings) $12.50
RICE RICE
  • Marinated Minced Pork on Rice $9.50
  • Shredded Chicken & Minced Pork on Rice / Marinated Pork on Belly Rice $11.90
  • Fried Chicken Drumstick & Thigh On Rice $12.90
    • With vegetable, egg & minced pork sauce
  • Spiced Chicken Fillet on Steamed Rice $12.90
    • With vegetable, egg & minced pork sauce
NOODLE SOUP NOODLE SOUP
  • Cha's Special Seafood Udon Noodle Soup / Braised Beef Tendon Noodle Soup $13.90
  • Braised Beef Noodle Soup $13.50
  • Hot and Sour Noodle Soup $11.50
  • Marinated Minced Pork Noodle Soup / Marinated Minced Pork Dried Noodle $10.50
  • Chicken Drum Stick & Thigh Noodle Soup / Spiced Fried Chicken & Fillet Noodle Soup $12.90
ORIENTAL SAVOURY ORIENTAL SAVOURY
  • Pan Fried Pork Dumplings $8.50 1/2 doz. / $14.90 1 doz.
  • Steamed Pork Dumplings $7.50 1/2 doz. / $13.90 1 doz.
  • Deep Fried Fresh Squid / Deep Fried Squid Balls $10.00
  • Deep Fried Shrimp Balls $12.00
  • Deep Fried Fish Balls $9.00
  • Deep Fried Vegetarian Spring Rolls (2 rolls) $6.50
  • Deep Fried Pork Wontons (6 pieces) $7.50
SALAD (SERVED COLD OPTIONAL) SALAD (SERVED COLD OPTIONAL)
  • Spicy / Shredded Pig Ear $10.00
  • Spicy / Shredded Duck or Chicken with Jellyfish $10.90
RICE RICE
  • Beef Fried Rice / Chicken Fried Rice / BBQ Pork Fried Rice / Vegetarian Vegetable Fried Rice with Bean Curd. Egg $11.50
  • Chicken with Salted Fish Fried Rice / Chicken with Pineapple Chunk Fried Rice / Curry Beef or Chicken Fried Rice / Yang-Chow Fried Rice (pork, shrimp & vegetables in oyster sauce) $12.50
  • Combination Fried Rice (pork, chicken, beef & vegetables) / Roast Pork with Shrimp Paste Fried Rice $12.90
  • Fu-Jian Fried Rice (pork,shrimp, & vegetable in oyster sauce) / Curry Coconut Cream Beef or Chicken on Steamed Rice $13.90
  • Beef with Creamy Egg Sauce on Steamed Rice $12.50
  • Chicken Fillet with Black Pepper Sauce on Steamed Rice / Honey Chicken Fillet on Steamed Rice $12.90
  • Curry Braised Beef Brisket on Steamed Rice / Braised Beef Tendon on Steamed Rice $13.90
NOODLE SOUP NOODLE SOUP
  • Hot & Sour Shrimp Dumpling with Chives $13.50
  • Shredded Duck with Pickled Vegetable Rice Vermicelli / Shredded Pork with Pickled Vegetable Rice Vermicelli / Won Tons with BBQ Pork $11.90
  • Shrimp Dumplings with Chives / Squid Balls / Mixed Vegetable with Bean Curd $11.90
  • Fish Balls $10.90
  • Curry Wontons $12.90
  • Choose your favorite noodles : egg noodle / rice vermicelli / flat wide rice noodle
  • $2 surcharge for udon noodle
SOUP SOUP
  • Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup S $5 / L $9.50
  • Bean Curd Hot & Sour Soup with Shredded Pork S $5 / L $9.50
  • Chicken with Chinese Mushroom S $5 / L $9.50
  • Shredded Duck with Chinese Mushroom S $5 / L $9.50
  • Combination Seafood S $6 / L $11.50
  • Won Tons with BBQ Pork $11.90
  • Wontons with Shredded Chicken & Pickled Vegetables $12.90
BBQ MEATS BBQ MEATS
  • Roast Duck / Roast Pork $12.90
  • Soya Chicken / BBQ Pork / Steamed Chicken $12.00
  • Any 2 Meats Combination $14.90
  • Any 3 Meats Combination $15.90
  • Choose your favorite meats on: steamed rice / dry egg noodle with sauce / egg noodle soup / rice vermicelli noodle soup / flat wide rice noodle soup
CONGEE CONGEE
  • Chicken Congee / Beef Congee $9.50
  • Fish Fillet Congee / Pork & Preserved Egg Congee / Combination Seafood Egg / Dried Squid & Peanut Congee $9.90
FRIED NOODLE FRIED NOODLE
  • Chicken / BBQ Pork / Mixed Seasonal Vegetable with Bean Curd $11.90
  • Black Pepper & Shredded Beef Fillet / Beef with Ginger & Spring Onion / Black Bean Sauce Beef or Chicken $12.50
  • Combination Meats (beef,pork & chicken) / Salted Fish, Minced Pork with Eggplant Rice Vermicelli $12.90
  • Combination Seafood (squid, shrimp, crab meat & fish balls) / Seafood with Creamy Egg Sauce on Fried Wide Rice Noodle $13.90
  • Beef with Creamy Egg Sauce on Wide Rice Noodle / Shredded Duck & Pickled Vegetable Rice Vermicelli / Chicken with Creamy Egg Sauce on Wide Rice Noodle $12.50
  • Hong Kong Style Beef Fried Wide Rice Noodle / Shanghai Fried Thick Noodle (pork & shrimp) $11.90
  • Spicy Singaporean Fried Rice Vermicelli (pork & shrimp) / Shredded Pork & Pickled Vegetable Rice Vermicelli $11.90
  • Choose your favorite noodles: soft egg noodles / crispy egg noodles / dried fried flat wide rice noodle / saucy fried flat wide rice noodle
  • All noodles fried with vegetable
  • $2 surcharge for extra vegetable
CASSEROLE CASSEROLE
  • Fried Bean Curd Braised in Brown Sauce / Ma-Po Spice Bean Curd with Minced Pork / Satay Vegetables with Golden Mushrooms & Bean Threads $14.00
  • Chicken & Salted Fish with Fried Bean Curd / Eggplant with Salted Fish & Minced Pork / Chicken with Chinese Mushroom $15.00
  • Roasted Pork with Fried Bean Curd in Shrimp Paste / Braised Pork Belly with Pickled Vegetables / Beef Brisket Braised with Bean Curd Sticks $16.00
  • Combination Seafood with Fried Bean Curd / Spicy Braised Beef Tendon $17.00
  • Bean Curd with Mixed Seasonal Vegetables $14.00
  • Taiwan Style Basil Ginger Chicken / Braised Pork Belly with Bean Curd / Beef with Dried Lily Flower & Chinese Mushroom $16.00
  • Served with steamed rice
  • $2 surcharge for additional bowl of rice / $2 surcharge for extra vegetable / $3 surcharge for fried rice or noodles instead of steamed rice
SIZZLING PLATE SIZZLING PLATE
  • Boneless Chicken in Chilli Sauce / Boneless Chicken in Satay Sauce $15.00
  • Beef with Ginger & Spring Onion / Beef in Satay Sauce / Squid in Satay Sauce $16.00
  • Spicy Chicken Knuckles with Ginger & Spring Onion $17.00
  • Traditional Style Beef Fillet / Black Pepper Beef Fillet $22.00
  • Served with steamed rice
  • $2 surcharge for additional bowl of rice / $2 surcharge for extra vegetable / $3 surcharge for fried rice or noodles instead of steamed rice
FRIED UDON NOODLE SIZZLING PLATE FRIED UDON NOODLE SIZZLING PLATE
  • Black Pepper Chicken Fried Udon Noodles / Black Pepper Beef Fried Udon Noodles / Garlic Seafood Fried Udon Noodles $14.90
  • Satay Beef with Golden Mushrooms Fried Udon Noodles / Spicy Chicken with Pineapple Chunk Fried Udon Noodles / Shredded Duck, Pork & Chicken Fried Udon Noodles $14.90
  • Curry Combination Seafood Fried Udon Noodles / Shredded Pork, Pickled Vegetables & Golden Mushroom $14.90
STIR FRY STIR FRY
  • Scallops/Prawns with Cashew Nuts / Szechuan Spicy Scallops/Prawns $23.00
  • Scallops/Prawns with Seasonal Vegetable / Scallops/Prawns in Black Bean Sauce $23.00
  • Combination Seafood in Black Bean Sauce $18.00
  • Squid & Seasonal Vegetable in Shrimp Paste $17.00
  • Squid in Chinese BBQ Sauce / Squid with Ginger & Spring Onion / Seasonal Vegetable with Squid / Szechuan Spicy Squid $16.00
  • Spicy Shredded BBQ Pork with Bamboo Shoots / Beef Cashew Nuts / Black Bean Sauce Beef / Sliced Pork Belly Fried with Chilli Paste $15.00
  • Szechuan Style Spicy Chicken / Gong-Bo Spicy Chicken with Peanuts / Chicken Cashew Nuts / Black Bean Sauce Chicken $15.00
  • Mixed Seasonal Vegetables with Mushrooms & Bean Curd $14.00
  • Served with steamed rice
  • $2 surcharge for additional bowl of rice / $2 surcharge for extra vegetable / $3 surcharge for fried rice or noodles instead of steamed rice
CLASSIC CLASSIC
  • Salt & Pepper Prawns $23.00
  • Salt & Pepper Squid / Sweet & Sour Fish FIllet / Lemon Fish / Orange Beef $16.00
  • Garlic & Salt Pepper Spare Ribs / Spare Ribs in Sweet & Sour Peking Sauce / Sweet & Sour Pork / Sweet & Sour Chicken / Lemon Chicken $15.00
  • Garlic Salt & Pepper Crispy Bean Curd / Braised Various Mushrooms & Bean Curd / Deep Fried Bean Curd in Sweet & Sour Sauce $14.00
  • Salt & Pepper Fish Fillet $17.00
  • Salt & Pepper Chicken Fillet / Boiled Beef in Pepper Chilli oil with Chopped Garlic / Combination Egg Fu Yong / Seafood Egg Fu Yong $16.00
  • Boiled Fish in Pepper Chilli Oil $18.00
  • Chicken Egg Fu Yong / BBQ Pork Egg Fu Yong $15.00
  • Served with steamed rice
  • $2 surcharge for additional bowl of rice / $2 surcharge for extra vegetable / $3 surcharge for fried rice or noodles instead of steamed rice
GRILLED CHEESE ON RICE / NOODLE GRILLED CHEESE ON RICE / NOODLE
  • Chicken Fillet with Peanut Butter & Coconut Cream / Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Butter & Coconut Cream / Grilled Cheese, Curry Chicken $14.50
  • Grilled Cheese. Fish Fillet in White Sauce / Grilled Cheese, Combination Seafood in White Sauce / Grilled Cheese, Black Pepper Beef Fillet / Grilled Cheese, Curry Beef Brisket $14.90
SEASONAL VEGETABLE SEASONAL VEGETABLE
  • Bok Choy / Lettuce $12.00
  • Broccoli $13.00
  • Choy Sum / Gan Lan $14.00
  • Tong Choy / Mixed Vegetables $15.00
  • Not all seasonal vegetables are available at all times
  • Choose your favorite vegetable to be; steamed / fried with garlic / fried with ginger / fried with oyster sauce

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Pork, porcini, chickpeas & grana $14
  • Ombra’s hand made sausages $17
  • Cherry tomato & crescenza crostino $6
  • Basil & blueberries pannacotta $7
  • Goat cheese, guanciale & truffle honey crostino $7
  • Chocolate mousse $7
  • Semifrcddopistachio 8c mint with mixed berries $11
  • Frangelico affogato $9
  • Curry Beef Noodle Soup $9.90
  • Sea Food Soup $5.00
  • Chow Kuey Teow (Beef/Chicken) $11.00
  • BBQ Noodle Soup $9.00
  • Spiced Spring Chicken in Chilli $11.50
  • Shredded Pork with Pickled Cabbage $10.00
  • Nasi Goreng $11.00
  • Spareribs with Brown Sauce $11.00
  • Chicken Liver Pate $12.50
    • Served with port wine jelly & toasted sour dough bread
  • Garlic mash and gravy $4.50
  • - Vege Burger $13.00
    • Homemade roasted vegetable, tender chick pea, sesame & sunflower seed patty with tomato, mesculin and mango chutney served in a milk bun
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $26.50
    • Char grilled to your liking with mash & summer vegetables and your choice of creamy mushroom sauce or a port jus
  • New Orleans Best Jambalaya $20.00
    • Hot Rice dish loaded with scrumptious chicken & prawns, vegetables & fresh herbs
  • Parmesan Crumbed Pork Florentine $19.50
    • Rolled tender pork coated in parmesan & fresh herbs then pan fry until crisp. Served with baby spinach, fries & port jus
  • Fish & Chips $18.50
    • Fresh fish fillets in a Himalayan salt & Monteith’s Radler beer batter served with tart apple slaw, fries with caper & lemon mayo
  • Beer battered fries $8.00
  • Rolled fennel seed pork, ricotta, almonds + rocket $16.00
  • Porchetta, pea, thyme, buffalo mozzarella + parmesan. $27.00
  • CROQUE MADAME $19.50
    • Ham + gruyere toastie with a fried egg.
  • Aubergine, anchovy + tomato $12.50
  • WET RISOTTO $23.00
    • Globe artichoke, roasted garlic lemon, parmesan
  • Ciabatta, Copia Olive Oil $ 7.00
  • Red cabbage, almond, yoghurt dressing + herb slaw $12.00
  • Egg, cottage cheese, almonds + celery leaves $12.50
  • All $10
  • Beef Burger
    • beef pattie, lettuce, tomato and cheese served with chips
  • Mushrooms $4.00
  • Ham Steak with pineapple
    • served with salad and chips
  • Tomato, Bacon, Side of Salad or Vegetables $3.00
  • Fish & Chips
    • served with fresh garden salad and chips
  • Sausage Classic
    • three sausages served with twoeggs, coleslaw and chips
  • Sausage $2.00
  • Lamb Saagwala - A unique combination of spinach, tomatoes and spices simmered gently together $11.90 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Masala Otthappam - Gluten free thick rice flour pancake, stuffed with capsicums, tomatoes and onions served with Coconut chutney and sambar. $8.00
  • Butter Chicken - Barbequed chicken cooked in a creamy cashew and tomato based sauce $11.90 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Chicken Vindaloo - Chicken cubes cooked in a spicy hot sauce. For people with a taste for a burning hot curry! $11.90 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Chicken Saagwala - A unique combination of spinach, tomatoes and spices simmered gently together $11.90 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Aloo Mutter - Potatoes and green peas cooked with onions, tomatoes and a selection of Indian spices. $8.50 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Lamb Kurma - Fine pieces of lamb cooked in a rich creamy sauce, with a hint of fruit. $11.90 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Chicken Tikka Masala - Delicately barbecued minted chicken, cooked with spices and our special masala sauce. $11.90 (Served with one Naan and serving of rice)
  • Guinness Burger $13.00
    • Homemade pattie of beer, beef and bacon, with salad, tomato & cheese in a focaccia bun with fries and beer battered onion rings >>
  • Garlic Bread $7.00
    • with lashings of garlic butter
  • Chicken Burger $15.00
    • Crumbed Schnitzel with salad greens, brie, and capsicum apricot relish, served on a focaccia bun with fries
  • Twice Cooked Pork Belly $20.00
    • Slow cooked in Speights Apple Cider, served with vegetables and mashed potato
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $24.50
    • A 250g steak served with salad and fries
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $11.00
    • With tartare sauce and salad gamnish
  • Beef & Guinness Pie $17.00
    • Homemade pie topped with a puff pastry lid and served with peas and mashed potatoes
  • Vegetarian Lasagne $17.00
    • Topped with parmesan cheese and tomato salsa, with fries and salad
  • SLOW ROASTED BEETS $14.00
    • whipped goat cheese, hazelnut & curried beet greens GF
  • SMOKED FISH CROCHETTE $14.00
    • horseradish, watercress & hibiscus pickled onion
  • SALMON CARPACCIO $14.00
    • pickles & mascarpone cream with ciabatta
  • THICK CUT CHIPS $7.00
    • with aioli & tomato sauce
  • EMPIRE MUESLI $9.00
    • greek yogurt & poached seasonal Fruit GF
  • SMOKED FISH CROCHETTE $15.00
    • horseradish, watercress & hibiscus pickled onions GF
  • ARANCINI $12.00
    • asiago cheese, basil & smoked tomato jam V
  • TURKISH BAKED EGGS $15.00
    • spinach & chorizo with toasted 5 grain
  • Herbed linguine with Asparagus, lemon and pine nut veloute $18.00
  • The breakfast menu is for the café. It is available from 7:00am till 11:30 am Monday to Friday
  • Pork dumplings, fried greens and dashi broth $10.00
  • Warm house marinated olives $9.50
  • Breads and Dips $15.00
    • See your waiter for the Chefs fresh choice of dips serve alongside a range of our warm house baked breads
  • - 2 Cheese $22.00
  • The breakfast menu is for the café. It is available from 7:00am till 11:30 am Monday to Friday
  • Streaky Bacon $5.00
  • Mini Hot Dogs and Chips $8.00
  • Market-Fresh Salad $6.00
    • Todays freshest greens, accompaniments, tossed in our own gusto dressing, superb with all main choices
  • Gusto's Home-Baked Lasagne $5.50
  • Gusto Big Brekky $16.00
    • Eggs your way, crispy bacon, tomato, mushrooms, sausage, hash brown
  • Selection of Gluten Free Pies $6.50
  • Beer-Battered Snapper and Chips $12.50 S / $17.50 L
    • With market-fresh salad
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Your choice of ham or salmon, hash brown, and tomato
  • Regular Fries $6.50
    • Your choice of aioli or tomato sauce
  • Vegetarian $3.70
  • Ham & cheese croissant $3.70
  • Egg $3.60
  • Chicken salad $4.60
  • Bacon spicy beef $4.80
  • Chicken $4.30
  • Bacon spicy beef croissant $5.20
  • Chicken salad croissant $5.20
  • Breakfast #1 n/a
    • French Toast
  • Breakfast #2 n/a
    • Big Breakfast
  • Breakfast #3 n/a
    • Egg Benedict
  • Breakfast #5 n/a
    • Toasted Bagel
  • Breakfast #4 n/a
    • Egg Omelette
  • Wedges & sour cream sml $5.5 lge $9.5
    • (add 2.0 cheese + bacon)
  • Cinnamon & orange french toast $16.5
    • bacon, banana, maple syrup & whipped cream
  • Chips or Mash & Gravy $5.0
  • Prawn cocktail $14.0
    • sautéed prawns, tomato & garlic mayo, lettuce, avocado & mango salsa with a wedge of lemon
  • Wedges $5.5
  • Soup of the day $13.5
    • homemade soup with a slice of bread & butter – check with wait-staff
  • Chocolate brownie $12.5
    • chocolate sauce & vanilla ice cream
  • Pork belly $27.0
    • gourmet potatoes, asian mango dressing & green coconut chutney
  • Flapjacks $3.00
  • - Ham $5.00
  • Bran Muffin $2.60
  • Large Coffee Buns $4.40
  • Bran and Banana $2.60
  • Small $5.50
  • Bacon Lettuce & Tomato Croissant $5.50
  • - Long $3.00
  • pk cheese burger, fries / add bacon g* $21.00/$24.00
  • olives, orange zest, fennel seed v g d $8.00
  • roasted butternut squash, tahini yoghurt, pistachio dukkha g v $8.00
  • cajun chicken schnitzel, chipotle apple slaw, peanut, sesame seeds, truffle potatoes $25.00
  • (g) gluten free, (g*) ask for gluten free bread, (d) dairy free, (v) vegetarian
  • fricassee of san daniele ham, edamame beans, peas, broad beans g $9.00
  • salad leaves, vinaigrette g d v $7.00
  • with hummus v d $7.00
Cha

Cha

location

Address

37 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

043853860

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 1:30 AM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 1:30 AM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Chinese , Taiwanese

features

Features

EFTPOS ,  Takeaway ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Bar Not Available ,  Cash ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Cards accepted ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly

Location
37 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand