Gentle Giant in Christchurch City Menu

SOMETHING LIGHT SOMETHING LIGHT
  • Soup of the Day $13.00
    • Served w toasted Supergrain bread
  • Oven Toasted Muesli $14.50
    • Served w seasonal fruits, milk and Greek yoghurt
  • Creamy Oat Porridge $13.00
    • Served w caramelised nuts, dried fruit, milk and cream
EGGS EGGS
  • Eggs your way $10.00
    • Poached or scrambled free range eggs served on toasted bread
  • Eggs your way $5.00
    • Add bacon
  • Eggs Benedict $19.00
    • Poached free-range eggs and lemon hollandaise sauce served w crispy bacon and sauteed spinach on toasted bread
  • Eggs Benedict $21.00
    • Poached free-range eggs and lemon hollandaise sauce served w smoked salmon and sauteed spinach on pesto hash
  • Eggs Benedict $18.00
    • Poached free-range eggs and lemon hollandaise sauce served w roasted mushrooms, tomato, spinach on toasted bread
SWEET AND SAVOURY SWEET AND SAVOURY
  • Baked Beans $16.00
    • Southern style baked beans w beef mince, crispy bacon and poached free range eggs. Served with toasted bread
  • Vanilla and Cinnamon French Toast $18.50
    • Served w caramalised banana, crispy bacon and maple syrup, Drizzled and garnished w maple syrup, toasted almonds and walnuts
  • Zucchini Green Bean Fritters $18.00
    • Topped with kimchi salad. Served w beetroot chutney
  • Spicy Pork Belly & Smashed Avocado $21.00
    • Served w green salad on toasted sourdough bread
  • Sticky Crispy Chicken $19.00
    • Glazed w special-sticky-spicy-sweet sauce. Served w oriental slaw and toasted bread
  • Superfood Salad $18.50
    • Quinoa, chia seeds, brown rice, kale, roasted seasonal veges served w Beef marinated w sweet soy sauce
  • Superfood Salad $18.50
    • Quinoa, chia seeds, brown rice, kale, roasted seasonal veges served w Pan grilled tofu
  • Waffles $15.00
    • Delicious brioche waffles w a crunchy caramalised shell served w warm dark chocolate sauce and vanilla bean ice cream
  • Waffles $16.50
    • Delicious brioche waffles w a crunchy caramalised shell served w fruit salsa, candied nuts, berry compote w Greek yoghurt

Nearby Sample Menus

  • KADAI PRAWNS $10.50
    • Prawn Cooked In Thick Gravy With Crushed Tomatoes, Onions, Fresh Coriander And Spices.
  • POPPADAM (FOUR PIECES) $2.00
  • CHICKEN MUGHLAI $10.50
    • One of the most popular dishes in India. Boneless Chicken cooked with Vegetable Gravy and egg
  • MASHROOM DO PAYAZA $9.99
    • Mushroom Cooked With Diced Onion, Ginger, Garlic Tomato With Dry Roasted Spices And Cashew Nut Gravy.
  • LAMB ROGAN JOSH $10.50
    • Boneless Lamb cooked with ginger, garlic, tomatoes, onion and species
  • LAMB CHOPS SMALL $16.00
    • [4 pieces]
  • MANGO CHUTNEY $3.50
  • CHICKEN ACHARI TIKKA $12.00
    • Chicken Marinated In Ginger, Garlic, Yogurt, Pickle Fenugreek & Spices, And then Cooked In Tandoor. Five pieces per portion.
  • Full scoop Plain chips $ 2.50
  • Pacific oysters 6 For $8.00
  • 1 Filling $3.50
  • chicken $ 2.00
  • Spicy wedges with sour cream $4.50
  • 4 Fillings $ 5.00
  • Seafood Sticks $1.80
  • sausage $2.20
  • Prawn Twisters each $0.80
  • Mushroom $4.20
  • Chow Chow $4.20
  • Cheese $4.20
  • Double Meat $4.50
  • Kendal Burger double meat bacon egg cheese pineapple $7.50
  • Bluff Oyster cooked 1 doz $28.00
  • Bluff Oyster cooked 1/2 doz $14.00
  • Wonton noodles Wonton Noodle Soup $14.00
  • Seafood noodles Seafood Fried Noodles $15.00
  • Leek fried clams Stir Fried Clams with Chive $20.00
  • Hot & Sour Eggplant with Mince $18.00
  • Chicken Fried Rice Chicken Fried Rice $14.00
  • Tianfu vegetarian soup Braised Mixed Vegetable Soup S $4.00 / M $15.00
  • Assorted fried Combination Fried Noodles $14.00
  • Deep Fried Garlic Pork Fillet $20.00
  • Fish Tikka (5 Pcs) $14.00
    • Ling fish marinated in garlic, ginger & spices - grilled in tandoor together with onion, capsicum & tomato, served with mint chutney
  • Raita $3.00
    • Cucumber & carrot mixed in yoghurt
  • Vegetable Jalfrezie $13.50
    • Tomato based curry cooked with large chunks of onion, capsicum & tomato, garnished with fresh coriander
  • Dopiaza $14.50
    • Marinated meat pieces cooked with large chunks of onion & mushroom, topped with ginger, garlic & spices, garnished with coriander
  • Garlic Naan $3.50
  • Ansari Kebab (5 Pcs) $12.00
    • Chunkey lamb marinated in pomegranate, ginger, garlic & spices - grilled in tandoor to give its earthy aroma, served with mint chutney
  • Aloo Jeera $13.50
    • Diced potatoes cooked with cumin seeds & spices, garnished with coriander
  • Rogan Josh $14.50
    • An exotic Kashmiri speciality, meat cooked with cardamom, clove, cinnamon & yoghurt mixed together in onion & tomato based sauce, garnished with coriander
  • Eggplant Iskander (GF) $19.50
    • Eggplant cooked with tomato and green pepper
  • Persian Kofteh (GF) $14.50
    • Blend of lamb & beef mince, slow cooked with rice, spilt peas, Persian plumb and served with pita bread
  • ●-DESSERT
  • Salmon Shish (GF) $24.00
    • Marinated salmon fillets skewered with bell peppers, mushroom, onion, served on a bed of basmati rice mixed with dill, broad beans, pesto and Topkaki dressing
  • Zucchini Fritter Kebab $13.50
  • ●-ENTRÈE
  • All kebabs served inside pita bread with our seasonal salad, homemade tomato sauce and minted garlic yoghurt
  • Lamb Shank (GF) $28.00
    • Fresh seasoned slow cooked lamb shank, served with basmati rice mixed with dill, broad beans and pormegranate sauce
  • CHIPS $2.40
  • CHEESE $4.00
  • MINI VEG SPRING ROLLS 1/2 DOZ $2.50
  • STEAK PATTIES HOMEMADE $2.10
  • BATTERED COD $5.70
  • FISH $2.40
  • CRUMBED SCALLOPS $1.70
  • HAWAIIAN $6.20
  • Beef & Vegetable Stew $10.00
    • Chunks of rich Beef & hearty Vegetables
  • Chicken Schnitzel $10.00
    • with Coleslaw & Fries
  • Shrimp Cocktail $12.00
    • Made the olf Fashioned way
  • Lbjpizza -Beef $23.00
    • Beef,Bacon, Red Onions, Mushrooms,& BBQ Sauce
  • Plain Wedges $10.00
    • Wedges served with sour Cream
  • Creamy Chicken $24.00
    • Chicken,Cream, Cheese, Pesto & Cashew Nuts
  • Hawaian $22.00
    • Ham & Pineapple Pieces
  • Paltter $40.00
    • 6 x Fish Bites, Samosas, Spring Rolls, Chicken Nuggets, Squid Rings & Chips
  • CAJUN FISH & PRAWN SALAD $26.50
    • Fillets of today’s fish coated in a yummy Cajun spice pan-seared to perfection and plonked on a salad of mandarins, snow pea shoots, cucumber, red onion and baby spinach and maybe some other goodies if you're lucky. finished with garlic aioli and grilled prawns. Yummo!
  • Foccacia MELT $24.50
    • Now! want to take it off from the menu, but you guys said you wouldn’t vote for me to become the Mayor II did. Chicken with cream cheese, cranberry, mozzarella, Drizzled with honey basil pesto. Your choice of a side of chips or salad.
  • Moroccan LAMB SHOULDER $27.50
    • Tender pieces of a green salad with whole grain puffed wheat, feta cheese, roasted beetroot with a minted yoghurt and pomegranate dressing.
  • GARLIC BREAD $7.20
    • This has no story... except to say it's bloody great!!!!
  • PORK BELLY $32.50
    • Twice roasted belly, marinated in hoisin and. spice. Comes with roast potatoes, some chargrilled bok choy and a mango and peach chutney. Now the chefs pile this high, so I hope it's earthquake proof, or you could be missing some when you get it!
  • VANILLA BRULE
    • Yip this is another one of our famous desserts, our vanilla bean Brulee made to perfection.... It comes with homemade vanilla bean ice cream and some kinda biscuit. I would even go as far as saying ladies this is better than sex.
  • APPLE & BERRY CRUMBLE
    • Good ale fashion fruit cooked with a hint of spice and all the love in the world. Topped with a butter shortbread crumble and oven-baked to warm and toastie. Comes with yep you got it, homemade vanilla ice cream.
  • PRAWNS & SCALLOPS $15.70
    • Grilled black tiger prawns & scallops drizzled with a creamy vermouth & tarragon sauce. Just a hint of spice to tantalise your taste buds!
  • Chicken Sweet & Sour on Rice $9.50
  • Prawn Fried Rice $12.00
  • Steak Egg Foo Young $10.00
  • Cheese $3.80
  • Pork with Cashew Nuts $12.00
  • Giant Burger $6.50
    • double meat pineapple cheese bacon & egg
  • Pottle Fried Noodle $5.00
  • Meat Pattie
  • Lemon Chicken R $11.90 / L $12.90
  • Combination Fried Rice R $11.90 / L $12.90
  • 1/2 doz wontons, any 2 large mains, plain fried rice, prawn crackers, 1.5L drink $40.00
  • Steamed Rice $5.50
  • R=regular / L= Large
  • Chips $3.50
  • Chicken Sweet Corn Soup $6.50
  • Spring Roll $2.50
  • Steak with Black Bean Sauce $11.00
  • Pineapple $2.80
  • Satay Chicken with Peanut Sauce / FuJian Noodles / Stirfry Ho Fun / Black Bean Steak / Singapore Fried Noodles $10.40
  • Sole Fillet $5.20
  • Chicken / Steak $5.10
  • Steak Fried Rice $9.80
  • Potato Fritter $0.90
  • Sweet and Sour Chicken $11.50
  • Chicken 120g/ Seafood $26.00
    • Salmon, white fish, scallops, prawn
  • Tempura ice cream $15.00
    • Deep fried ice cream with seasonal fruits
  • Crsipy Scallops $21.00
    • Deep fried bread crumbled scallops (6 Pcs)
  • Beef Tempura Set $19.50
    • Grilled beef glazed served with teriyaki sauce, vege & fish tempura served with rice and MisoSoup
  • Chicken Tempura Set $18.50
    • Grilled Chicken glazed wuth teriyaki sauce, vege & fish tempura served with rice and miso soup
  • Prawn Tempura $20.00
    • 5pc Prawn Tempura
  • Oyster Tempura Market Price
  • Seafood Salad $17.00
    • Cooked seafood on fresh salad with sura special dressing
  • FRESH SALMON $1.40
    • raw, Akira salmon, carrot, cucumber, omelette, nori, sushi rice
  • JR ROLL each $1.50
    • raw Akaroa salmon, avocado, nori, sushi rice
  • SALMON each $1.40
    • flaked salmon, carrot, cucumber, omelette, nori, sushi rice
  • INARI each $2.00
    • deep fried tofu skin with sushi rice
  • SALMON BALL each $2.90
    • raw Akaroa salmon, avocado, nori, sushi rice
  • CALIFORNIA each $2.20
    • avocado, carrot, cucumber, omelette, prawn, seafood stick, nori, sushi rice
  • SALMON NIGIRI each $2.00
    • raw Akaroa salmon with sushi rice
  • CHICKEN each $1.40
    • teriyaki chicken, lettuce, nori, sushi rice
  • Drunken Noodles $17.50
    • Spicy basil flavour, light on vegetables, curly weed noodles
  • Any of the curries $15.50 - 20.00
  • Mint Lamb $19.50
    • Very nice thick curry with coconut cream, mint and vegetables
  • Chicken Salad (Yom Gai) $19.50
    • Spicy Thai Style salad, onion, grated carrot & spicy salad dressing
  • Thai hot and sour soup, lemongrass kaffir leaves
  • Tom Kai Gai $10.50
    • Coconut cream mixed in
  • Garlic Pepper (Pad Kratiem Prik Thai) $18.50
    • Stir fry with garlic pepper sauce on a bed of vegetables
  • Pad Thai Prawns $22.00
    • Thick noodles fried, prawns, vegetables, carrot, peanuts on top
Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

location

Address

158 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033669144

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Sunday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
price range

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Breakfast , Cafe Food , New Zealand , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
158 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand