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

  • POPCORN CHICKEN $15.00
    • Fried chicken, 5-spice, chili caramel, peanuts, kaffir lime leaf, sriracha mayo
  • BANG BANG BURGER $18.00
    • Lemongrass chicken with mango, tomatoes, Vietnamese mint, coriander, coconut & kaffir lime mayo, house made cashew bun. Served with Kumara Bim Bim Burger & Death From Above Beer Match 30
  • SALT & CHILI SQUID $15.00
    • Tapicoa fried squid, crispy garlic, prickly ash pepper, chili-salt with coconut & kaffir lime mayo
  • KUMARA BIM BIM $6.00
    • with togarashi & siriracha mayo
  • PAPAYA SALAD $20.00
    • Fresh green papaya, young carrots, long beans, cherry tomatoes, Vietnamese mint, coriander, peanuts, hot & sour Nahm Jim, crispy shallots. Option: Add grilled chicken $5.00
  • COCONUT RICE / RICE NOODLES / RED CHILI FISHSAUCE / HOUSE MADE BREAD $3.00
  • TURON $13.00
    • Caramelised five spice banana cigars, peanut butter gelato, jack fruit gel, choc-nut soil, banana chips
  • BANG BANG CHICKEN SALAD $25.00
    • Lemongrass chicken, spiced cashew, fresh mango, Vietnamese mint, coriander, coconut, chili, lime & palm sugar, crispy shallots
  • Tomato $4.50
  • Tomatoes $3.50
  • Sausage $4.00
  • Mixed grill of bacon and sausage served with roasted tomato, hash browns, mushrooms, baked beans, toast and eggs to your liking $21.00
  • Fresh mussels steamed in a pacific infused lemongrass and coconut sauce served with grilled bread $13.50
  • Bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato on fresh toasted home made bread $12.00
  • Buffalo wings marinated and roasted in sticky BBQ sauce $13.00
  • Garlic bread $7.00
  • Seared Beef, Spring Onion & Coriander Salad, Soy Dressing $16
  • House-made Beans on Toast, melted Cheese & Eggs your way $12
  • Trio of House $12
  • Haloumi & Melon, lemon dressing $9
  • Calamari, Fennel & Orange Salad, Lemon Dressing $16
  • Freshly Baked Bread $2pp
  • Duck Liver Pate, Pickles & Rye Bread $14
  • Rhubarb Trifle $12
  • Goat Curry: $18.90
    • This curry has a stronger and richer flavour compared with all the other meat curries. Although goat meat is very lean, it has a gamier flavour than lamb. The curry sauce is quite spicy but includes a lovely creamy coconut milk base which tempers the iwrat.
  • Lamb Cutlets: $12.00
    • French cutlets marinated in spices and barbequed over charcoal. Delicious
  • Beef Rendang $18.90
    • Popular favourite with regular diners of satay malaysia. Cubes of topside steak are slow cooked in a sauce of dessicated coconut and spices. As the sauce reduces, the steak absorbs the flavours producing a rich and tasty dish.
  • Roti Canai Goreng Chicken,'Seafood: $12.50
    • Roti chanai stir fried with bean sprouts, onions, chillies ami egg. Your choice of mild medium or spicy, seafood or chicken.
  • ●Starters
  • Roti Chanai $3.00
  • Mee Goreng Mamak: $14.90
    • Fresh noodles stir fried with bean sprouts, onions, chillies and egg. Your choice of mild medium or spicy, vegetarian, seafood or chicken.
  • Curry Laksa: $14.90
    • A pot luck soup filled to the brim with goodies including noodles, chicken pieces, fish balls and egg. All this is served in a beautiful creamy coconut and lemongrass infused soup.
  • Grilled Sirloin Steak Sandwich $15.00
    • served in a warmed turkish bread with coleslaw, rocket, tomatoes, fried onion with melted cheese, a fried egg broken and homecut fries.
  • 500g Angus Rib Eye Steak $36.00
    • with duck fat patotoes and thyme scented jus.
  • Five Stags Pancetta Wrapped Venison Meatballs $17.00
    • served with whipped Agria potato and red onion gravy.
  • Four Kings Platter $35.00
    • Chef's selection from our snacks menu.
  • Venison Burger $22.00
    • a smoked venison burger with steak tomatoes, rocket, fried onion, grain mustart Aioli and homecut fries.
  • Macs Gold Beer Battered Fish and Chips $20.00
    • served with fresh lemon and house made tartare sauce.
  • Beef Chilli Nachos $10.00
    • served with red kidney beans and melted cheese, sour cream and salsa.
  • Beef and Cheese Burger $15.00
    • with aged Swiss cheese, caramlised onion, iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, fresh beetroot and homecut fries.
  • Artichoke hearts/olives/capers/mushroom/anchovies $2.50
  • Duck Liver Parfait $18.50
    • with pickles mixed leaves & toasted sourdough
  • Casalingo Hot $21.50
    • salamijalapeno, mozzarella, roasted red peppers, fresh oregano & chili oil
  • Muesli $9.50
    • with tamarillo compote and honey yogurt
  • Eggs Montreal $17.50
    • with salmon & hollandaise
  • Funghi $19.00
    • Portobello mushroom, mozzarella, thyme, porcini & truffle oil
  • Bacon Butty $13.00
    • with hollandaise
  • Bacon Butty $11.00
    • on toasted sourdough
  • Cannelloni $14.00
    • Spinach and cottage cheese roll mixed with special blend of mild spices baked in flaky pastry, served with steamed rice and stir-fried vegetables with satay sauce.
  • Other Snacks $3.50
  • Basmati Rice $6.50
  • Masala Dosa (V) $10.00
    • Delightfully crisp, golden coloured and paper thin pancakes made of a fermented rice and urad dal batter filled with curried spicy mesh potatoes.
  • Vada (V) (G) $2.00
    • Spicy potato filling deep fried in a flour batter.
  • Paneer Fried Rice (G) $14.90
    • Stir-fried rice with mixed vegetables and paneer pieces.
  • Idli (V) (G) $8.50
    • Savoury cake made from fermented rice and urad dhal. Fluffy as cotton balls, white as the moon.
  • Papdi Chaat (V) on request $7.50
    • Papdi served with boiled potatoes, boiled chickpea, spiced water and tamarind chutney, topped with chaat masala, yoghurt and sev
  • Pea, mint & chorizo soup $14
  • Earl Grey
    • Wellington's own Ritual Tea Co. loose leaf tea, steeped & churned
  • Bellini
    • Venetian Harry's Bar classic in a sorbet
  • Scotch fillet, tarragon & garlic butter, iceberg lettuce, creamy Parmesan salad, tomatoes, croutons $27 (180g) / $32 (250g)
  • Muesli, roast apricots, coconut yoghurt, soy milk $15
  • Hardieboys fresh orange juice $6
  • Homemade crumpet, honeycomb butter $11
  • Summer pudding, cream $14
  • Wedges $3.50
  • Chips $2.80
  • Wing $2.00
  • Wingman $3.00
    • 1 Wing 'n' Small Chips
  • Mix & Match $6.80
    • 3 Drums or Wings with Med Chips
  • Dinner Box $11.80
    • 3 Thighs and Chips
  • Thigh $3.60
  • Lunchbox $8.50
    • 2 Thighs and Chips
  • Cured salmon, rye craker, avocado, grapefruit, wasabi, tatsoi, pickled fennel (df,nf) $19.00
  • Popcorn chicken and chip $9.00
  • Breso burger $18.00
    • Beef pattie, cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato, mustard, mayo, ketchup & fries
  • Cheese on toast $7.00
  • Crushed avocado $5.00
  • Falafel burger $19.00
    • Falafel, spicy peanut slaw, iceberg lettuce, tzatziki, confit tomato & fries (veg)
  • Two eggs on toast $8.00
    • poached, scrambled or fried (nf,veg)
  • Green bean, zucchini, snow peas, pak choy, toasted peanuts, coconut green dressing (df,gf,veg,v) $18.00
  • Cashew Nuts $4.00
  • Margherita $14.00
    • Fresh Tomato, Tuatara Tomato Sauce, Basil Herbs & Mozzarella
  • Zucchini, Chilli, Pesto & Raclette Cheese $9.00
  • Specials $20.00
    • Tuesday night - pint of Tuatara & all you can eat pizza (starting from 5.30 pm)
  • Italian Mortadella, Hot Cabreses, Pork & Fennel Sopressa, Italian Smoked Provolone, Dutch Cumin Gouda & New Zealand Mt Peel Blue, Pickled Onions, Cornichons with toasted Rye Bread, Crostini and Feijoa Chutney $32.00
  • Goose Shack Pale Ale Bacon Nut spread with toasted Sourdough $16.00
  • Specials $25.00
    • Weekday lunchtime - pizza & 2 half pints (starting 12.00 pm till 2.00 pm)
  • Hot 'n' Spicy $15.00
    • Chorizo, Jalapeno, Onion, Tuatara Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella & a drizzle of Hot Sauce
  • Nachos
  • Claire's Crispy Cashew Salad
  • Mushroom & Tofu Pie
  • Chili & Cheese Pie
  • Salmon & Cream Cheese $2.00
  • Vegetarian Sushi $1.50
  • Salmon Korokke $2.50
  • Salmon & Avocado $1.50
  • Potato & Beef Korokke $2.50
  • Beef Tataki $1.50
  • Chicken Katsu & Cheese $1.50
  • Spicy Chicken $1.00
  • Eggs on Toast $7.50
  • Bacon Buttie $5.00
    • Steaky Bacon in Fresh Buttered Bread
  • Cheeseburger $6.50
    • Grilled Beef Pattie with Sliced Cheese on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish.
  • Chicken Castle $10.00
    • Crumbed Chicken Snitzel with Streaky Bacon & a Hash Brown on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Salsa
  • Chicken, Bacon & Avo $10.00
    • Crumbed Chicken Snitzel with Streaky Bacon & Avocado on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion, With Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish
  • Omelette & Toast $11.50
    • Your choice of three fillings
  • Hot Chips $3.50
  • Hawaiian Chicken $9.50
    • Crumbed Chicken Snitzel with Streaky Bacon & Pineapple on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish
  • Coleslaw $5.00
    • Seasonal favourites - radishes, fennel, celery, carrot, red cabbage, white cabbage, herbs and dressed in our own wholegrain mustard yogurt dressing
  • Kingfish $9.90
    • Dark fish with a medium fat content
  • Moki $6.80
  • Panko Crumbed Fish Fillet Burger $13.00
    • Crumbed fish fillet with lettuce, tomato, red onion, guacamole and tartare sauce
  • Alfonsino $6.50
    • Firm white fillets, good oil content
  • Tempura with Coriander
  • Bluenose $12.40
  • Crumbed Calamari $6.00
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