Friends Cafe in Taupo Menu

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Friends Cafe in Taupo has no menu available, but can choose from many other options such as Garlic Pizza or Salt & Pepper Squid from Luke's Kitchen. Sam's offers many options including Pork Dumplings and Chicken noodles cold noodles. Subway - Thames includes a wide range like Ranch or Tuna. Bircher Muesli and Poached Fruit from . Scotts Epicurean offers Good George Brewery and Dining Hall and Pork Belly.

Nearby Sample Menus

Lone Star Artisan Loaf $10.00
- A traditional seeded ciabatta loaf, handcrafted exclusively for Lone Star. Served warm with butter.
Cadillac Platter $140.00
- Serves 8-10 people - Tiger Prawn Cutlets - Sauteed prawns in chilli garlic butter. / Roast Pork Ribs - Served with apple sauce. / Memphis Mussels - Grilled with bacon and parmesan cheese, topped with berry vinaigrette. / San Quentin Squid - Crunchy salt and pepper squid with citrus aioli. / Chief's Chicken Nibbles - Served with orange, hoisin and sesame sauce. / Beef Sirloin Skewers - Tender sirloin cubes skewered and drizzled with our Jack Daniel's cracked pepper sauce.
Comfortably Numb $9.00
- 2 scoops Premium Killinchy Gold New Zealand ice cream. Served with wafers and berry coulis.
Maverick Fillet $38.00
- Premium-aged beef fillet, pan-seared and oven-baked. Served with a herbed potato bake, seasonal vegetables and sauteed spinach. Finished with a mushroom gratiné and a peppercorn jus.
Stand By Your Lamb $36.00
- Slow-roasted lamb shoulder, served with spring onion and feta mash, sauteed seasonal greens, roasted cherry tomatoes and a mint jus.
Rock the Boat $27 Medium / $32 Classic
- Fresh fillet of fish dusted in seasoned flour, then grilled with fresh herbs and parmesan. Topped with a lemon and caper sauce. Served with mashed potato and a fresh green salad.
Jalapeños $3.00
John Deer $36.00
- Medallions of venison Denver leg, served with a herbed potato bake, pea purée, sautéed spinach, house plum chutney and a red wine jus.

Siam Fried Noodle $14.50
- Stir fried clear noodles with chicken, prawns, and vegetables
Sweet and sour $12.50
- Stir fried chicken or pork in sweet and sour sauce with tomato, cucumber, pineapple and cashew nuts with rice.
Mini spring rolls $6.50
- Deep fried vegetarian mini spring rolls served with sweet chili sauce
Chicken pad cee-eaw $11.50
- Sticky rice noodles stir-fried with chicken and vegetables
Banana roti $7.50
- Delicious Thai street dessert. Banana wrapped in a sweet roti with chocolate sauce served with ice cream.
Fried banana with ice-cream $7.50
Goong Hou Tod $8.50
- Deep fried marinated whole prawns wrapped in rice paper sheets served with sweet chili sauce
Curry puff $7.50
- Minced chicken cooked in yellow curry paste with potato and onions wrapped in puff pastry and deep fried served with sweet chili sauce

Large garden fresh salad $8.50
- Fresh fancy green lettuce with Cherry tomatoes and choice of dressing
BBQ Sauce $2.90
Fish Cakes - NEW and DELICIOUS $3.50
Real Paua Fritter $6.90
- 100 percent paua, awesome flavour. We wont stock the faux ones
Ham, Brie and Onion relish $6.50
Tartare Sauce $2.90
- Compliments all fish
Mussel Fritter $3.50
Bacon and egg buttie $6.00

Mains
Fries, aioli $7.00
Beef $35.00
Confit Duck Leg
- White bean puree, raw broccoli salad, cranberries, courgette
-Slow cooked pulled Lamb
- Carrot puree, spinach gnocchi, cumin carrots, black garlic pannacotta, lemon crème fraiche
-Chocolate salted caramel tart
- Chocolate sauce, hokey pokey, chocolate balls, vanilla mascarpone
Smoked Fish Croquette
- Crushed pea and mint salad, chorizo, preserved lemon aioli
-Market Fish
- Artichoke cream, tomato and roasted lemon salad, whipped feta

SCOTCH FILLET SURF 'N' TURF $34.00
- grilled to your liking, topped with crab, prawns & clams in a spiced jus on parmesan mash
BARBECUED LAMB RIBS $14.00
- with tangy slaw & roasted macadamia nut
Chunky fries with tomato sauce and mayo $8.50
CHEF'S SPECIAL PIE $25.00
- see specials board for today's creation
BERRY, CHOCOLATE OR PASSIONFRUIT ICE CREAM SUNDAE $11.50
- with whipped cream, wafers, sprinkles with a cherry on top
QUARTET OF FANCY PANTS ICE CREAMS $9.00
- extra yummy chef's recommendation
PILSNER BEER BATTERED FRESH FISH $25.00
- with house tartare sauce, salad and chunky fries
AMARETTO AFFOGATO $17.00
- with a long espresso coffee ice cream & cookies

Ploughmans Platter $35.00
- Selection of cured and hot meats assorted cheeses and breads with olives, chutneys and other assorted condiments
Crispy Chicken Burger $25.00
- Crispy chicken tenders with bacon, mango chutney aioli and homemade slaw - add an egg $2.00
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie $12.00
- A warm gooey cookie topped with icecream and chocolate sauce
Crumbed Scallops Entree $18.00
- Served with a petite salad, tartare and lemon
Ploughmans Works Burger $25.00
- Grilled BBQ beef patty, beetroot chutney, cheese bacon, aioli and homemade slaw - add an egg $2.00
Eye Fillet of Beef $35.00
- Wrapped in bacon resting on rosti, potato cake roasted tomato, mushroom and a rich jus
Salmon Fillet $34.00
- Salmon baked in pastry with lime and coriander butter and served with salad and rosti potato
Ploughmans Venison Pie $25.00
- Tender pieces of venison slowly braised with plum sauce and juniper berries, encased in crisp savoury pastry and covered in gravy

Soft Serve Cone N/A
- Keep it simple. Our signature Soft Serve, layered on a crunchy cone.
Oreo® Cookies McFlurry® N/A
- For a delicious mouthful of crunchy biscuit pieces blended into creamy soft serve, try the Oreo® Cookie McFlurry.
Grilled Chicken & Aioli McWrap® N/A
- The new delicious Chicken & Aioli McWrap®, with ingredients like 100% NZ grilled chicken, juicy tomatoes, all wrapped up in a warmed tortilla.
Balsamic Dressing N/A
- Splash your salad with our delicious combo of Balsamic and white wine vinegar. Love that Mediterranean flavour.
Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap® N/A
- We take a strip of succulent, marinated and crumbed 100% chicken breast fillet. Then we add fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy mayonnaise and carefully hand wrap it all in a soft tortilla wrap.
The Almighty Angus® 1/2lb N/A
- Crispy bacon, a 1/2 pound of juicy 100% NZ Angus beef, red onion, cheese, and a dash of tomato relish in our new chilli chive bun. If you’re serious about seriously good Angus, you'll want to make time for this burger.
Double Quarter Pounder® N/A
- Satisfy your ultimate hunger. Take two quarter pounds* of 100% NZ beef, then complete the tasty picture with cheese, onions, tangy mustard and pickles. Bet your mouth is watering right now.
M&M’S MINIS® McFlurry® N/A
- For a delicious mouthful of rainbow happiness, try the M&M’S® MINIS McFlurry. It’s the tantalisingly tiny M&M’S you love, blended perfectly into creamy soft-serve.

Kids Sundae - choc, strawberry, Caramel $6.00
Grilled Chicken $18.00
Meat lovers
- Beef, Pepperoni, Ham & Bacon with BBQ Sauce
Sticky Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Strawberry & Cream
Chocolate Fudge Brownie & Choc Sauce
Nacho’s $14.00
- Cheese corn chips, Hearty mince, Sour Cream & Cheese
Wedges $12.00
- with Sour Cream, Bacon, Cheese & Sweet Chilli

Thyme & pepper crusted beef carpaccion $17.50
- w/ green leaves, wasabi aioli & crispy kumara (gf)
Grilled steak sandwich $28.00
- mesclun, brie, onions, tomato relish, chuncky fries
Oven baked chicken supreme $35.00
- filled w/ cranberry & brie cheese- pommes dauphinoise, roast vine tomato, green bean & watercress cream sauce (gf)
Slow cooked lamb belly $17.50
- w/ warm lebanese couscous, spicy red pepper & eggplant confit with tzatziki sauce
Bruschetta $14.50
- w/ ciabatta, cream cheese, smoked salmon, roasted pepper & olive tapenade
Curry of the day $28.00
- served w/ naan bread, poppadum, raita (please ask our friendly wait staff for tody's special
Warm duck confit salad $17.00
- asian slaw w/ fennel bulb, sundried tomato crostini & chilli hoisin sauce
Grilled t-bone steak $29.50
- w/ green salad, chunky fries, fried egg & red wine jun

Fried roll $12.00
- Rice paper, prawn, pork, vege, home-made sauce and nuts
Fresh spring roll $12.00
- Rice paper, pork, prawn salad, home-made sauce and nuts. (Vegetarian option available)
Pan cake $16.00
- Flour, pork, prawn, egg, wine, coconut cream, salad and home-made sauce. (Vegetarian option available)
Grilled pork or chicken on rice $18.00
- pork / chicken, egg, salad and rice
Pork mince skewer $12.00
- Lemon-grass, pork and prawns
Lamb shank $25.00
- Lamb, salad and rice or bread
Lotus salad $16.00
- Lotus root, prawns, pork, salad, peanuts
Shaking beef $20.00
- Beef, vegetables, salad and fried rice

Hot Chips $4.00
Watermelon with Mint $6.00
Pulled Pork Bun $10.00
Ham + Swiss Chesese Sandwich $6.00
Pumpkin + feta Wrap $6.00

Gluten-free gourmet beef burger with fries $29.50
Baked Beans $4.00
Bacon & Eggs $15.00
- scrambled
Chef's Pizza of the day $18.50
- See board for toppings
Potato Cake( GF) $4.00
Gourmet beef burger $26.50
Kumara Cakes GF $21.50
- topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce with salmon
Big Brekkie $25.00
- poached eggs, bacon, roast tomato, mushroom, potato cake, sausages and two pieces of Vogel's

Chefs Sauces N/A
- Pitch Gravy/Creamy Mushroom/Pepper. Add Creamy Garlic Prawns $6.0
Salt & Pepper Squid $13.5
- w/ chilli lime glaze
Wedges $12.5
- Beef & bean
Roast Capsicum & Tomato Brushetta $10.5
- Ciabatta crostini, fresh salsa, herb oil
Flame Grilled Venison $16.0
- Bacon, egg, lettuce, tomato, cheese, onion, mayo
Wedges $10.5
- Bacon & Cheese
Nicoise Salad $13.5
- Olives, beans, potatoes, tomato, onion, capsicum, egg, herb dressing. Add Chicken $5.0. Add King Prawns $6.0
Crumbed Chicken Schnitzel $22.0
- Panko crumbed free range chicken, pub fries, salad & your choice of sauce

Beef carpaccio $17.5
- seared tenderloin, truffle croquette, blue cheese, cranberry gel, horseradish yoghurt, baby watercress
Grilled steak sandwich $28
- Mesclun, brie, onions, tomato relish, chunky fries
Fish of the day $31.50
- please check with wait staff for fish of the day
Warm duck salad $17.5
- Asian slaw, chiffonade fennel bulb, sundried tomato crostini & chili hoisin sauce
Coriander crusted venison loin $39.50
- parsnip & chestnut puree, kumara fondant brocolini, oven dried Heirloom tomatoes, jus
Chicken Caesar salad $26
- anchovies, cos lettuce, bacon, croutons, parmesan, poached egg
Gourmet chicken burger $28
- bacon, mushroom, mozzarella cheese, chunky fries, tomato sauce
Grass fed beef fillet $37.5
- w/ pommes Anna, sautéed baby vegetables pumpkin puree & port wine reduction

Filo Wrapped Brie w. Onion Jam $14.90
- An individual wheel of Brie wrapped in delicate filo pastry, oven baked to order. Served on onion jam and dressed with a tangy yet sweet cranberry sauce.
Caesar Salad $17.90
- Crisp cos lettuce, bacon, anchovies, oven baked garlic croutons, shaved parmesan and our Caesar dressing with a poached egg on top. Add chicken, salmon or prawns $22.90.
Smiles N/A
Rocket Salad $5.00
- Nice Rack! (12) $32.50
Ciabatta (Per Slice) $1.50
Ciabatta and Dips $11.50
- Lightly toasted ciabatta with a trio of freshly made dips.
Confit Garlic Pizza Bread $8.50
- Pizza bread with a confit garlic puree and shredded mozzarella cheese.