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

  • Chicken Satay Sticks (Pack of 4) $10.00
  • Seafood Salad (Yaam Talay) $15.50
  • Tom Kha Gai (Coconut Soup) $13.50
  • Som Tom (carrot salad) - With Prawns $13.50 $11.00
  • *Extra Spring Roll Sauce $0.50
  • Bamboo Salad $10.50
  • Sweet and Sour Tofu and Vegetables $10.00
  • Red Curry Seafood $17.50
  • Chicken Mushrooms (on fried rice) $12.20
  • Prawn Curry (on fried rice) $12.70
  • Black Bean Steak $12.20
  • Prawn & Cashew Nut $14.70
  • Sweet & Sour Chicken $13.70
  • Black Bean Steak
  • Crispy Skin Chicken
  • Steak Curry (on fried rice) $11.70
  • Sweet & Sour pork with Vegetable S $17.50 / L $30.00
  • Beef with Mixed Vegetables
  • Combination Rice Noodle Soup $12.00
  • Monkfish- curry tomato, pepper $24.00
  • Chicken with Fried Rice S $13.00 / L $24.00
  • Prawn Fried Rice
  • Scallop- ginger and spring onion $24.00
  • Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls (3 rolls) $8.00
  • Chicken Naan $4.99
  • (rice and chicken/lamb/vegetables/prawns are cooked together with nut and spices to make a sumptuous one pot meal)
  • Chicken Kolhapuri $17.50
    • Chicken cooked in red gravy with coconut cream. Nicely tempered with whole chilli. Must try.
  • Aloo Gobi $14.99
    • Potatoes, cauliflower cooked with onion, tomatoes, herbs & spices.
  • Amritsari Fish $13.99
    • Fish fillets and lemons, lightly battered in butter, flour & deep fried.
  • Cheese Chilli □ • $13.99
    • Cottage Cheese cooked in tawa with capsicum, onion and spices.
  • Mango Kulfi $4.99
  • Mango Chutney $2.99
  • Pad Khing (Ginger) N/A
    • Tender morsels of your favourite meat or seafood re blended with thin strips of ginger, vegetables, and thai herbs.
  • Gang Kiew Wan (Green Curry) N/A
    • Thai green curry delivers huge flavour and aroma with bamboo shoots, basil, pumpkin, capsicum and long bean
  • Gang Mussaman Nnure (Massuman Beef curry) N/A
    • A rich beef curry with onions, potato and peanut
  • Wild Venison (Tender loin -organic) $25.00
  • Fish cakes $8.50
    • Deep- fried patties of fish, lightly seasoned served with sweet chili sauce
  • Wild Pork (Strip-loin organic) $25.00
  • Prawns $19.00
  • Chicken Satay $9.50
    • Grilled Chicken breast marinated in exotic herbs and spices, served with spiced peanut sauce.
  • 1/2 Dozen Wontons $3.00
  • Vegetarian Fried Rice $10.00
  • Sweet and Sour Pork $12.00
  • Prawn Curry on Rice $16.50
  • Hot and Sour Soup $6.50
  • Squid Ring $0.60
  • Roast Pork Curry on Rice $11.00
  • Chicken Nuggets $0.60
  • Puttanesca $24.00
    • Kalamata olives, anchovies, capers, basil, chili, garlic in a pomodoro sugo
  • Gamberoni Alla Griglia $39.00
    • Butterflied prawns served with roasted garlic & herb sauce
  • Fritto Misto $37.00
    • Crispy fried calamari, prawns, fish fillet & scallops served with lemon mayo aioli
  • Gamberoni Alla Griglia $22.50
    • Butterflied prawns served with roasted garlic & herb sauce
  • Filetto Di Manzo (300g) $38.00
    • Grilled fillet steak served with your choice of brandy & green peppercorn, mushroom - or - gorgonzola sauce
  • Spiedini Di Pollo $35.00
    • Free range chicken breast with courgettes, capsicums on skewers in a hot arrabiata sauce served on crostini, mixed leaves & a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
  • Contadina $28.00
    • Homemade sausage meat, capsicums, mushrooms & olives
  • Gnocchi Di Patate $24.00
    • Handmade potato gnocchi with your choice of either a rich gorgonzola sauce -or -a fresh tomato & basil sauce
  • Spinach $4.50
  • French toast $18.50
    • Free range bacon, fried banana and maple syrup
  • Pesto $2.00
  • Free range eggs (your style)
  • Free range bacon $4.50
  • Hash $4.50
  • Creamy chilli mushrooms $16.50
    • Creamy spicy mushrooms on organic toast
  • House beans $4.50
  • Foo Young Egg $14.00
  • Steamed Rice $2.50
  • Fried Pork in Scoop $16.00
  • Ma Po Tofu $14.00
  • Chef's Fried Chicken Steak $14.00
  • Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork $14.00
  • Stir Fried Lettuce $14.00
  • Hot Plate Venison $24.00
  • Seasoned Wedges with sour cream $10.00
  • Chicken Nuggets & chips
  • Bangers & Mash $20.00
    • two 7" sausages on creamy mashed potatoes, peas served with red wine & onion gravy
  • Roast $13.00
  • Fries $7.00
  • Cheesecake of the day
  • Fish of the Day $24.00
    • Fish of the day with your choice of salad & chips coleslaw & chips or vegetables
  • BLT $18.00
    • grilled bacon lettuce tomatoes on toasted bread
  • -chicken / pork / beef / lamb $3.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • -chicken / pork / beef / lamb $3.00
  • Np. Pork noodle soup $10.00
  • Green curry $10.00
    • Served with rice.
  • -seafood $5.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • - Bacon egg and relish 7 actie
  • Three Choice Meal (Regular Plate) $13.90
  • -Bacon tomato and cheese toastie
  • - Bacon egg BBQ sauce toastie
  • ham cheese and tomato turkish $10.00
    • Ham, cheese and tomato served with turkish bread.
  • - Ham cheese corn chive toastie
  • •Toasties $7.50
  • Classic Garlic Bread $3.50
  • Saumon Au Pistou Fillet of Akaroa salmon served with a sweet basil pesto sauce sautéed asparagus and coriander rice timbale -
  • Mixed berries sorbet with a dash of crème de cassis -
  • Spoon of scallops and bok-chow topped with crystallized ginger -
  • Escargot Snails cooked in their shells with garlic butter -
  • Tequila Cured Salmon Des Amoureux Cured Akaroa salmon finely sliced with a dash of lime and tequila infused olive oil, served with fresh asparagus and crostinis -
  • Escargots Vol-au-Vent Vol-au-vent of snails braised in a Burgundy style sauce served with sautéed spinach and fried garlic -
  • Here is a selection of what can be done from the truck: -
  • Pecorino sheep cheese filled crumbed mushrooms -
  • White Chip Macadamia N/A
  • Thinly Cut Ready Salted N/A
  • Carrot N/A
  • Italian B.M.T N/A
  • Chicken Teriyaki N/A
  • Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Roast Beef N/A
  • Subway Melt N/A
  • Seasonal vegetables $5.00
    • Crispy fresh vegetables lightly seasoned and flash fried in the pan
  • Onion kulcha $4.00
    • Naan bread stuffed with onions and spices
  • Mushroom do pyaza $15.00
    • Mushroom cooked with the diced onion and creamy gravy
  • -Full $17.50
  • Bombay special tikka (5pcs) $13.00
    • Fillets of chicken marinated in yoghurt, mustard, fenugreek and fresh ground spices, then cooked in tandoor
  • Malaikofta $13.00
    • Delicate clusters of lightly fried cottage cheese, potatoes and nuts. Serves with nutty creamy sauce
  • Vegetable korma $14.00
    • Vegetables cooked in a cashew nut creamy sause. Must try
  • Dal punjabi $13.00
    • 5 different lentils cooked together slowly with nicely tempered chilly
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