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

  • petite $12.40
  • grand $11.40
  • Big Island
    • Chicken w/ grilled pineapple, free farmed bacon, melted cheddar, salad and mayo
  • petite $13.90
  • petite $11.90
  • petite $12.50
  • Tempura Chicken Nibbles $7.90
    • Choose your dip
  • The creek
    • Toasted falafel w/ fresh avocado, mint and cucumber yogurt, salad, mayo and relish
  • - Pulled Pork Sandwich $13.50
    • BBQ pulled pork served on a toasted ciabatta bap with coleslaw
  • BLT $14.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato and aioli in a toasted ciabatta bap served with fries
  • - 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
  • Caribbean Chicken Skewers $14.00
    • Tender chicken thigh marinated in fresh herbs & spices then roasted served with coconut rice & a mango pineapple salsa. All drizzled in piri piri sauce
  • Chicken Liver Pate $12.50
    • Served with port wine jelly & toasted sour dough bread
  • - OB Burger $15.00
    • Homemade trio meat patty (beef, lamb & venison) with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and crunchy fried onion, mustard & jalapeno sauce served in a milk bun
  • 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 finger sandwiches with American cheddar 12
  • House made bresaola 4
  • Crisp head lettuce with foraged herbs, orange, hazelnut & sumac 8
  • Roast & pickled cauliflower with chard, celery & spiced olive oil 10
  • Charcuterie platter with pickles & bread 30
  • Hay-baked pork belly with pineapple, fennel & black pudding 30
  • Parmesan churros with whipped goats cheese & thyme honey 12
  • Lemon cheesecake with vanilla bean, lemonade jelly & Anzac crumb 15
  • Strada Caesar Salad $16.90
    • with bacon
  • Steak & Chips $27.50
    • Grilled scotch fillet served with fries, salad & your choice of garlic butter, mushroom or peppercorn sauce
  • Vege Nachos $14.50
    • with vegetables, beans, grilled cheese & sour cream
  • Open Chicken Sandwich $18.90
    • with bacon, avocado, drizzled with plum sauce & served with fries
  • 'The Worx' Fries $10.50
    • with grilled cheese, bacon, t sauce & aioli
  • Tempura Battered Fish $8.50
    • with fries & salad
  • Crispy Skin South Island King Salmon $24.50
    • Pan fried salmon fillet on pesto risotto with wild rocket
  • Strada's Famous Chocolate Mud Cake
    • with Belgian chocolate sauce
  • Fries $5.00
  • Special $10.00
    • Bacon, Halloumi, Onion, Fries, Tomato, Tzatziki
  • Souvlaki Lamb $10.00
    • Grilled lamb pieces with tomato, red onion, chips and tzatziki sauce wrapped in toasted pita bread.
  • Spinach Pie $7.00
    • Fresh Spinach and feta cheese baked inside layers of homemade pastry.
  • Souvlaki Chicken $10.00
    • Grilled chicken pieces with tomato, red onion, chips and tzatziki sauce wrapped in toasted pita bread.
  • Souvlaki Mititei $10.00
    • Grilled Mititei with tomato, red onion, chips and tzatziki sauce wrapped in toasted pita bread.
  • Tiropita $5.00
    • (Cheese Pie)
  • Spanakopita $6.00
  • PAN FRIED FISH $18.00
    • served on a seasoned salad & aioli
  • FREE RANGE EGGS $10.00
    • poached scrambled or fried on toast
  • EGGS BENEDICT $18.00
    • two poached eggs on English muffin with bacon
  • HOT CHICKEN SALAD $18.00
    • with feta and olives sweet chili and lime
  • BOWL OF FRIES & AIOLI $7.00
  • LOX $18.00
    • scrambled eggs & salmon on toast with cream cheese
  • GRAND GRETA $20.00
    • two eggs, bacon, Loukaniko sausage, grilled tomato, hash brown on toast
  • GOURMET CHICKEN BURGER $18.00
    • with bacon, cheese, fries & aioli
  • Roti and Yellow Curry $7.00
    • Thai Roti served with yellow curry
  • Vegetarian Phad Thai $18.50
    • Fried noodles Thai style with tofu, egg, cabbage and carrot topped with cashew nuts
  • Phad Thai $24.00 / $18.50
    • Fried noodles Thai style with egg, fresh cabbage and carrot with your choice of meat topped with chopped nuts - Prawn / Chicken or Pork or Beef
  • Duck Breast and Ginger $24.00
    • BBQ duck breast, ginger and fresh vegetables, served with white rice
  • Fried Pork $18.50
    • Fried pork with fresh vegetables, garlic, pepper and soya sauce, served with white rice
  • Fried Chicken $18.50
    • Fried chicken with fresh vegetables, garlic, pepper and soya sauce, served with white rice
  • Chicken Nibbles $7.00
    • Four chicken nibbles served with a tasty Thai sauce and garnishing
  • Green Curry $24.00 / $18.50
    • You choice of sliced meat cooked in coconut milk and Green curry paste with fresh vegetables, baby corn and white rice - Prawn / Chicken or Pork or Beef
  • Warmed olives $8.00
    • with garlic cumin & fennel seed
  • Mezze Platter $23.00
    • moroccan lamb meatballs, cranberry and feta tabbouleh, hummus, baba ganoush, mixed leaves and oregano flat bread
  • Bacon Butty $13.00
    • with hollandaise
  • Fries & sauce $8.00
    • with sambal or aioli
  • Artichoke hearts/olives/capers/mushroom/anchovies $2.50
  • Grilled Portobello mushroom $5.00
  • Soup of the day $13.50
    • with bread
  • Porridge $11.00
    • with cream, brown sugar, and banana
  • Curry chicken $10
    • Japanese mind curry, potatoes and carrots, served with steamed rice.
  • Fish and chips $14
    • panko crumbed fish with French fries, garden salad and tartare sauce.
  • Open steak sandwich $20
    • scotch fillet, tomato relish, caramelised onions, served with warm bun and French fries
  • Caesar salad $17
    • cos lettuces, bacon, anchovy, croutons, parmesan, boiled egg and roasted chicken
  • Lemon chicken $10
    • sticky lemon sauce, toasted sesame seeds, served with steamed rice.
  • Chicken sandwich $16
    • Cajun chicken breast, lettuces, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, served with French fries
  • Beef burger $14
    • lettuces, sliced onion and tomatoes, beetroot, cheese, BBQ sauce, aioli, served with sesame buns and French fries. Add fried eggs $2. Add bacon $3
  • Fettuccine $15
    • cooked with mushroom and bacon, in a cream reduction sauce, serve with parmesan cheese and fresh herbs.
  • Sticky Date Pudding $12.00
    • with hokey pokey ice cream, butterscotch sauce and whipped cream.
  • Butter Chicken $23.00
    • Authentic Butter Chicken served wth rice & flat bread
  • Seafood Basket $29.50
    • Lightly battered scallops, crab stick, salt & pepper squid, prawn twisted, battered fish, with chips, salad and tartare sauce.
  • Fried Eggs (2) $3.00
  • Ice Cream Sundae $9.00
    • Vanilla ice cream with your choice of chocolate, butterscotch or berry sauce. Topped with whipped cream.
  • Kumara patch pie(V) $19.00
    • roast pumpkin, kumara, spinach, cottage cheese & cheddar pie with salad and tangy tomato relish
  • Plate of Chips $6.50
  • Chicken Diane $24.00
    • our signature dish, grilled chicken breast covered in our top secret Worcestershire-based sauce, with salad and chips(double the chicken + $7.00)
  • - 8 pieces Avocado, Cucumber & Capsicum
  • Vegetarian Sushi
  • Fancy Platter - 1 $30.90
  • - 8 pieces Cucumber & Pickle
  • 8PC. REG $7.90
  • - 8 pieces Jumbo Teriyaki Chicken
  • 8PC. JUMBO $9.50
  • 2PC. $4.60
  • HUNGER BUSTER $15.00
    • 5 satays, 2 wraps, 2 rice, 1 roti, salad
  • Fried Rice $6.00
  • TERIYAKI CHICKEN ON RICE 7 SALAD $10.00
  • CHICKEN WITH BREAD CURRY $7.00
    • curry, 1 rice, 1 roti
  • CHICKEN SALAD $7.00
    • 3 satays, 1 roti, salad
  • Roti Wrap $2.50
  • Roti $0.60
  • CLASSIC $10.00
    • 2 satays, 1 wrap, noodle salad
  • Porterhouse Steak aged by our local butcher & served with a garlic butter, salad & wedges $29.50
  • Salmon Fillet served with fresh dill, salad & wedges $25.00
  • Porterhouse Steak aged by our local butcher & served with a garlic butter, salad & wedges $29.50
  • MAINS
  • Free Range Chicken Liver Pate platter w/ gherkins & toast $14.50
  • Soup of the Day served with GF & DF toast $15.00
  • Salmon Mashcake w/ a poached egg, hollandaise & salad $18.00
  • Garlic bread w/ our original butter blends $6.50
  • A box meal layered with brown rice, quinoa, lettuce, hummus & a choice of either:
  • - Free range chicken, slow cooked in herbs, served with guacamole & homemade salsa
  • - Slow cooked, tender free range lamb topped with mint tzatziki
  • - Vege bowl loaded with zucchini mushrooms, onion, carrots, chickpeas & lentils
  • - Free range bbq pulled pork served with caramelized onion & apple relish
  • Smoked fish potato cakes $16.0
    • vinaigrette dressed mixed leaf salad & mustard seed mayonnaise
  • Chicken breast $27.5
    • wrapped in bacon, mashed potato, thyme & onion bread stuffing, gravy, cranberry & orange relish
  • Fried cajun spiced calamari $14.0
    • garlic aioli & lemon wedge
  • Pan seared lemon pepper fish of the day P.O.A.
    • mediterranean israeli couscous salad with a tzatziki sauce and salad greens – ask wait staff
  • Lamb rump $28.0
    • seasoned with rosemary & garlic on gourmet potatoes, mediterranean vegetable salad with tomato & caper fondu
  • Panko crumbed sweet breads $15.0
    • Sesame cumin & sumac seasoning on a bacon, apple & mesclun salad
  • Soup of the day $13.5
    • homemade soup with a slice of bread & butter – check with wait-staff
  • Beer battered tarakihi & chips $26.0
    • coleslaw, tartare sauce & lemon wedge
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