Essence of India in Christchurch Menu

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Essence of India in Christchurch has no menu available, but can choose from many other options such as CHEFS SPECIAL SIZZLING TANDOORI PLATTER or CORIANDER PLATTER from Coriander's Ethnic Indian Restaurant. Café Euro offers many options including A choice of Euro garlic bread or chilli cheese bread and Pistachio and cashew crumbed Cajun chicken tenders with a selection of home-style dipping sauces. Dubba Dubba includes a wide range like Grilled Chicken or Lemon Chicken. Brooklyn burner and Central park from . Wholly Bagels & Pizza offers Pizza Hut and Ham and cheese.

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Fire grilled garlic mushrooms, queso fresco, onions, black beans, chipotle & almonds $6
Braised beef, quesillo, oregano mushrooms quesadilla $15
Crispy fried oyster torta (3), watercress, smoked oyster crema $18
Bacon, egg & hash brown $8
Fire grilled chorizo torta (3), peppers and garlic $16
Fire grilled garlic flank steak, cigar onions, chimichurri salsa, anti-cucho $25
Chilli black beans, jalapeno salsa $7
Braised beef rib barbacoa, slaw $26

Chick’n McCheese® Combo N/A
- With a crispy Chick’n McCheese, a chilled medium soft drink, and a medium fries for just $5, it’s a chicken lover’s dream. Just like that time you turned up to school, wearing your pyjamas. But luckily you woke up and realised it was all a dream.
$30 Legends Sharebox® N/A
- Available after 10:30am. Included in the $30 Legends ShareBox®: 2 x Big Mac® / 1x McChicken® / 1x Filet-o-Fish® / 1 x 6pk Chicken McNuggets® / 2 x Medium Fries / 2 x Small Fries / 4 x Medium Soft Drinks
Fries N/A
- Get them while they're hot. Our legendary super-tasty French fries are the perfect side to any meal. We only use the highest quality potatoes to create those delicious strands of crispy fluffy fries you love.
Warm Chicken Salad: Grilled or Crispy N/A
- The new Warm Chicken Salad. With ingredients like crispy or grilled 100% NZ chicken, red cabbage & plump sliced tomatoes, it’s surprisingly delicious. - Available after 10:30am at participating restaurants.
Bagel Hunger Buster N/A
- Fuel up New York style with your choice of a NYC Benedict Bagel or a BLT Bagel, partnered with a Sausage McMuffin, a hash brown, and a Hot Chocolate. For only $9 Awesome!
Ketchup Sauce N/A
- Get the classic American taste. Thick and rich, our ketchup mixes tomato with vinegar, spiced up with the flavours of celery, clove, onion and cayenne.
Chick'n McCheese N/A
- A delicious combination of crispy coated chicken, lettuce, cheese, ketchup and mayonnaise.
Choc Orange Flavour Shake N/A
- Try our new tasty Choc Orange Shake, made with creamy, fresh milk ingredients. It's so thick it barely makes it up the straw.

Curry Roll
Bacon & Cheese
Whitebait Pattie
Steak & Onion Roll
Chicken Pattie
Pineapple Ring
Chicken Avocado Burger
Vegetarian Pattie

Chicken and Vermicelli Soup $15.00
Shredded Hot and Spicy Beef $16.00
Spicy Beef on Sizzling Plate $16.00
Stewed Beef Brisket in Hot Pot $16.00
Soup with Fish and Tofu and Coriander $15.00
Poached Sliced Abalone POA
Chicken Corn Soup $5.00
Steamed Salmon with Black Bean POA

Fish - Crumbed $5.50
Egg $4.50
Battered Mushroom $1.50
Chocolate Donut / Meat Pattie / Chop Suey Pattie $2.40
Mushroom $4.50
Onion Rings $0.70
BBC $5.50
Large Hot Dog / Spring Rolls / Curry Rolls $2.90

Papaya Milk $5.20
Hot and Sour Soup (BBQ Pork) $6.50
Chips $8.00
Spiced Beef Noodles Soup $11.00
Laksa (coconut) (BBQ pork & prawn) $12.00
Mee Goreng (beef) (Malaysian Fried Noodles) $11.80
Taro Milk Tea $4.50
Crystal Chicken Rice $12.50

Pork Fried Rice $9.50
Pork Chow Mein $9.50
Steak Chow Mein $9.50
Chicken Curry on Rice $9.50
Pottle Fried Noodles $6.00
Prawn Foo Young $11.00
Sweet and Sour Chicken $10.00
Pottle Fried Rice $6.00

Big breakfast $22.00
- Toast, two eggs done to your liking, bacon, sausage, grilled tomato, sauteed mushrooms and potato hash
All day breakfast stone $20.00
- Tastes so good on the stone. Two eggs, bacon, tomato and mushroom with fries and hollandaise
Warm roast vegetable salad $19.50
- Roasted vegetables mixed with spinach, feta, balsamic dressing, sprinkled with salted roast walnuts
Add bacon $4.50
Kids mac 'n' cheese $11.50
- Macaroni in the cheesiest of sauces topped with more cheese
The vego $19.50/$22.50
- A selection of seasonal vegetables, served with creamy mushroom sauce (1 side/2 sides)
Fruit toast $12.50
- Fruit toast soaked in egg dip, grilled and smothered in maple syrup
Side n/a
- Fries, Vegetables, Roasted Potatoes, Salad, Garlic Mash, Izone Slaw

Mongolian Beef $9.80
- Thin rice with beef and vegetables in special Mongolian sauce.
Thai Sweet Chili Beef $9.80
- Egg noodles with beef and vegetables in Thai sweet chili sauce.
Seafood Nasi Goreng $11.00
- Fried rice with king prawns, calamari, crab meat, fish balls and vegetables in Malaysian-style spices.
Tom Yum Soup $9.80
- Thin rice noodles with chicken, tomato, pineapple and vegetables in Thai hot and sour soup.
Sambal Chicken $9.80
- Thin rice noodles with chicken and vegetables in Malaysian sambal sauce.
Honey Prawns Noodles/Rice $12.80
BBQ Pork Noodles $9.80
- Egg noodles with roast pork, tomato and vegetables in Cantonese BBQ sauce.
Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice $9.80

Miso Soup $2.00
Salted Japanese Soy Beans (Edamame) $5.00
Oki Hoki Set (Seasonal) $10.30
- a value meal comes with Kumara Crisps and Mogu Mogu drink (for water/Coke product/organic juice add $1.00)
Grilled Chicken Sliders with Tangy Mayo & Kumara Crisps $13.00
Pork Cutlet Katsu Don $13.90
- Deep-fried thick pork cutlet with onion & free-range egg simmered in sweet dashi sauce
Japanese World Famous Fried Chicken $10.00
Kakiage Tempura of Onions, Kumara, Prawns & Beans with Hot & Spicy May... $7.00
Teriyaki Ninja Set $10.30
- a value meal comes with Kumara Crisps and Mogu Mogu drink (for water/Coke product/organic juice add $1.00)

A Selection of Bread and Dips $12.50
Toasted Muesli $11.50
- served with fresh seasonal fruit, yoghurt and berry coulis
Eggs Benedict
- 2 poached eggs served on a toasted ciabatta with either crispy bacon, or smoked salmon smothered in a rich hollandaise sauce
Beef or Chicken Burger $17.50
- served with bacon, lettuce and tomato in a toasted bun served with home-made relish and fries
(A) Bacon $17.50
Bowl of Fries $7.00
- served with aioli
Chicken and Cheese Nachos with Sweet Chilli (also available with Mince topping) $13.50
Bowl of Fries with Sauce $5.00

CRAB LOUIE $20.00
- asparagus, cherry tomato, avocado purée, devilled egg, seasonal greens
ICEBERG & SPRING VEGETABLE SALADGF)(V) $8.00
GRILLED SIRLOIN, PICKLED PEACH, TABASCO COFFEE MAYO, WATERCRESS
TEXAS CAVIAR (BLACK-EYED BEAN SALAD)(GF), (V $9.00
BOO RADLEY'S FAMOUS ICE CREAM SUNDAE $14.00
- with Oreo cookie, cookie cream whip, chocolate crumb, bourbon cherries, and fudge sauce.
ROASTED CASHEWS, PEANUTS, AND ALMONDS $7.00
- WITH SPICED SALT(GF, V) >>
SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN TENDERLOINS $18.00
- served with maple & black pepper caramel(GFO)
HOUSE MARINATED OLIVE SELECTION(GF, V) $9.00

Children's Menu $8.50
- Chicken strips, fish bites, mini hot dogs, cheese toastie fingers or kid's pizza (with their favourite two toppings) served with Keri Kids Tropical Juice
Crown Range Nachos $14.50
- Corn chips with chilli con carne, tomato salsa, guacamole and sour cream
Cereal - varieties $3.00
- Cornflakes, Ricies, Muesli, Weetbix
No 8 Burger $18.00
- Beef burger topped with lettuce, bacon, tomato, pineapple, cheese, fried egg & tomato - chilli sauce, served with potato wedges
Soup of the Day $8.50
- Our chef's soup served with toasted ciabatta bread
Breakfast Sausages $2.00
Add chilli con carne - extra $2.00
Crispy onion rings $6.50

Huevos Rancheros $18
- Spicy Mexican-style beans between two tortillas, topped with 2 eggs, sour cream, Hector’s fresh salsa, cheese, lettuce
Bacon $5
Holey Roller $15
- Egg in toast, baked with cheese and served with roasted tomatoes and peppers and served with hot seasonal greens
Tomatoes & Peppers $5
Yoghurt and maple $15.5
For dietary options please ask staff: Gluten free/vege/vegan etc
Big Hector $19
- 2 eggs, 2 sausages, bacon, roast tomato, home-fries, beans, mushroom, toast
Little Hector $12
- Eggs done your way on Hector’s home-made bread

Lemongrass and Chilli Spiked Calamari n/a
- on crispy wonton sheets
Breads and House Dips n/a
Herb Marinated Chicken Breast n/a
- on smashed potato and green beans with a creamy garlic thyme sauce
Slow Roasted Pork belly on Crispy Chats n/a
- with apple sauce and crackling with red wine jus
Warm Blackberry Crumble Cake n/a
- w vanilla bean ice cream
Liquorice Parfait n/a
- w fresh mint strawberries and lime syrup
Feta and herb Stuffed Field Mushrooms On Garlic Toast n/a
Eye fillet on Thyme Gratin n/a
- with prosciutto wrapped leeks and a mixed peppercorn sauce