Ilex Cafe in Christchurch Menu

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"The Ruben" sous vide beef with gruyere, sauerkraut, wholegrain mustard aioli, rye and soft greens $8.00
Chicken pretzel roll with garlic aioli, soft weens, cheese and cucumber $9.00
Triple smoked ham with Cheddar, relish, whole grain dijonnaiso and lettuce $7.00
Ouinoa falafel wrap with hummus, smoked yogurt, cucumber, lettuce and tomato salsa $9.00

Fresh fruit salad with granola $8.00
Toasted muesli, yogurt and poached fruits $8.00
Chia seeds with almond milk, coconut, cranberries, granola, rhubarb pecans and almonds $9.00
Avocado with ricotta, mint, chilli seeds, pistachio black bean salsa and poached egg on rye $15.00
Cured local bacon, poached eggs, rosti, confit tomatoes, smoked Portobello, hollandaise and soft herbs $22.00
Corn fritters with poached eggs, avocado creme, chili and soft herbs $19.00
Brioche burger with fried free range egg, bacon, cheese, spinach, tomato and hollandaise served With hash browns and relish $18.00
Waffles with hazelnut caramel, poached pears, berries, cream and toasted hazelnuts $19.00

Local beef and Kapiti cheddar pie with tomato relish served with salad greens, hazelnuts, currants and radish $9.00
Free range Chicken and almond pie with tomato relish served with salad greens, hazelnuts, currants and radish $9.00

French fries with garlic aioli $7.00
Salad greens, hazelnuts, currants and radish side salad $6.00
Seasonal soup of the day served with ciabatta $9.50
Green pea, feta and mint croquettes with roast hazelnuts, dehydrated olive, soft herbs and parmesan aioli $11.00
Puhoi Old Barn Brie with lavosh dried pear, pickled red onion and olives $14.00
Kids pack with mini ham and cheese roll, biscuit, dried fruit and juice $9.00
Kids 'fish and chips' with sustainable snapper, fries, salad and Watties sauce $9.00

Hot smoked Akaroa salmon with house pickled beets, horseradish creme fraiche, avocado, chives, croute and soft herbs $22.00
Sous vide local chicken breast with harissa, pearl couscous salsa, lemon, pancetta and pickled red onion $21.00
Gritted Canterbury Steak sandwich with streaky bacon, onion jam, chimichurri, soft leafs. French fries and aioli $19.00

We have an extensive selection of artisan desserts, salads and baked goods available in our chilled cabinets.

Nearby Sample Menus

SWEET & SOUR FRIED SCALLOPS 1/2 DOZ $8.50
SWEET AND SOUR FRIED MUSSELS 1/2 DOZ $6.50
PAUA FRITTER
CHEESE & EGG $3.80
BACON FRITTER $2.30
1/4 CHICKEN
OYSTERS COOKED 1/2 DOZ $15.00
CHOCOLATE DONUT $2.30

Chicken Tenderloin Stack * $23.00
- Pan seared, served on roasted vegetables and mash, finished with streaky bacon and a light tarragon cream sauce
Octopus Sausages & Chips $5.50
Roast of the Day * Small $13.50 Large $17.50
- Check the board for today’s choice, served with potatoes and vegetables
Fish N Chips $5.50
Lambs Fry $12.00
- Slithers of lambs liver gently pan seared topped with onions and bacon with lashings of gravy
For Children 12 years of age & under
Chips $2.00
Fish of the Day * $24.00
- Check our board, pan seared and grilled, served with a fresh green salad or seasonal vegetables

Curry Fried Rice $9.00
- Curry flavoured fried rice with your choice of meat
Char Beehoon (Fried Beehoon) $9.50
- Rice vermicelli fried with pork, chicken, prawn, squid, bean sprouts and Chinese vegetables
Wan Tan Mee (Dry Wonton Noodle) $9.50
- Fine egg noodles with boiled wontons, sliced roast pork, fish balls and Chinese vegetables in delicious sauce served with a bowl of plain soup
Mee Goreng (Bami Goreng) $9.50
- Penang style spicy noodles fried with chicken, roast pork pieces, squid and beansprouts
Fried Fishballs $4.50
- with Sweet Chilli Sauce (12 pcs)
Combination Chow Mien $9.50
Chicken Fried Noodle $9.50
Nasi Goreng $9.50
- Spicy fried rice with chicken, roast pork pieces and beansprouts

Antipasto Platter
- This platter is loaded with tasty treats including chicken, pulled pork croquettes, deli meats and pork ribs
Rosewater Meringues $10.00
- Rosewater meringues served with cream and berry compote
Dressed Pie $15.00
- Homemade pie topped with mash, peas, beetroot and gravy. Check with our staff for today’s pie selections.
Scallops in Bacon $20.00
- Our famous pan seared scallops wrapped in bacon served on a bed of crispy potatoes and spinach topped with hollandaise sauce
Kids Ice Cream Sundae $6.00
- Choose from chocolate, raspberry or butterscotch
Mashed Potato $4.00
For 4 people $70.00
Daily Roast $20.00
- See today's specials board or ask your wait staff for today’s selection, served with roast potatoes, and vegetables with Hollandaise sauce

- Medium $9
Kebab Meat on Chips S $7 / M $9 / L $11
- Choice of Chicken, lamb or mix meat
No Carbs Kebab
- just salad & choice of lamb, chicken or mix kebabs
Deal 1 $9.00
- Small kebab with chips & pop tops drinks
-pide $7.00
Kebab Combo Meals
- Kebab with chips & can of drinks
-Small $6.00
Baked Potato
- Choice of Chicken, Lamb or Meat

Hot Dog $3.00
Beef With Seasonal Vegetables $11.99
Shredded Pork With Hot, Sweet & Sour Sauce $11.99
Sweet & Sour Pork $11.99
Baklava $3.00
Your Choice Of Meat Or Falafel In A Box Of Fries With Green Salad, Garlic Mayo And Tomato Or Chilli Sauce $9.50
Vegetable Manchurian $11.99
- Vege Manchurian Balls In Home Made Sauce With Soy, Chilly, Honey
Drum Sticks $11.99
- Chicken With Special Bbq Sauce

Avocado Brunch Salsa $18.50
- Gourmet Salad Greens, Green Pico De Gallo, Feta Cheese, Vincotto, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Poached Egg, Toasted Sourdough
Gluten & Dairy Free Bread / Free Range Egg / House Ricotta / Avocado / House Smoked Tomato Chutney $2.00
Slow Baked Beans $17.50
- Spicy Chorizo, Wilted Spinach, House Ricotta, Soft Boiled Egg, Toasted Ciabatta
Braised Beef Brisket $18.50
- Whipped Cream Cheese, Sautéed Spinach, Poached Egg, Pomegranate Molasses, Pea Shoots, Toasted Sourdough
Chilli Scrambled Eggs $18.50
- Marinated Mushrooms, Black Sesame Seeds, House Ricotta, Toasted Ciabatta
Eggs on Toast $11.50
- Eggs cooked your way, House Smoked Tomato Chutney, Toasted Sourdough
Acai Bowl $17.50
- House Granola, Goji Berries, Chia Seeds, Coconut Flakes, Cacao Nibs, Bee Pollen, Almond Milk, Toasted Almonds, Seasonal Berries
Brioche French Toast $18.50
- Hazelnut Syrup, Saffron Poached Seasonal Fruit, Whipped Mascarpone, Crème Anglaise, Hazelnut Crumb, Flowers

Fried vegetables with chicken or beef or pork $17.00
Chicken, beef or pork with curry sauce on rice $16.00
Beef with vegetables $17.50
Curry chicken with coconut sauce $18.00
Combination seafood fried rice or chow mein $16.00
Seafood, lamb, meat $4.00/each
Stir-fried fish-balls with chinese vegetable $14.00
Sweet corn & pork or fish on rice $16.00

Garden Salad with the Choice of Ponzu or Sesame Dressing $5.90
Salmon Sashimi (5 pieces) $10.00
Kakuni (Pork Belly) Don $15.90
- Pork Belly braised in sweet ginger sauce on rice
Sweet Egg $2.20
Karaage Crispy Chicken $16.00
- Crispy chicken with sweet ginger sauce
Tori Tama $12.90
- Hot udon noodle soup w/ crispy chicken, free range-egg in Hachi Hachi soup
Numban Chicken, Sweet Vinegar Sauce and Special Tartare Sauce $10.00
Big Rooster $7.20
- Tempura chicken with sweet vinegar sauce & special tartare sauce

Pancakes $17.50
- or berry compote, yoghurt & maple syrup
Free range omelette $23.00
- 3 free range egg omelette with your choice of 3 fillings, served with a petite garden salad & creamy french dressing (filling option are bacon, onion, feta, mushrooms, tomato, spinach or olives)
Wedges $14.50
- with bacon, cheese, sour cream & sweet chilli
Eggs & hollandaise - Montreal $19.50
- smoked salmon with 2 free range poached eggs, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise
Eggs & hollandaise - Florentine $17.50
- wilted baby spinach with 2 free range poached eggs, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise
Wedges $9.00
- wedges served with sour cream & sweet chilli
Chips & gravy $8.00
- chunky fries served with our delicious gravy
Fried green potatoes (paleo) $19.50
- twice cooked sweet potatoes pan-fried in our house made (vegan) basil & spinach pesto with red onion, tomatoes & (optional bacon) topped with a poached egg

Toast and Home-Made Preserves $8.50
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
Two Eggs $8.50
- any style served on toasted bread
(B) Salmon $18.50
Three Egg Omelette $17.00
- with your choice of the following, bacon, salmon, tomato, mushroom, onion or cheese
Big Breakfast $19.50
- grilled bacon, breakfast sausage, grilled tomato, sauteed mushroom, hash brown and free range eggs cooked to your liking, served with toast and tomato relish
Open Steak Sandwich $18.00
- served with tomato, cheese, onions and salad greens, on toasted ciabatta with a side of fries

Beer Battered Fish of the Day $15.50
- With fries, chop salad and house made tartare sauce
Garlic Bread $7.50
- With house made confit garlic butter
Lambs Fry and Bacon(GF) $18.50
- Pan seared liver, onions, mushrooms, bacon, jus and creamy potato mash
Fries (GF) $6.00
- With aioli
200gm Sirloin Steak (GF) $15.50
- Cooked to your liking and served with fries, salad and aioli
Roast of the Day (GF available) $15.00
- Ask your server about today’s roast
Quesadilla $8.00
- Abode chicken with smoky salsa, chipotle mayo and cheddar cheese
Abode Chicken Burrito $15.50
- With guacamole, smoked tomato salsa, cheddar cheese and fennel slaw, served with fries

Agnolotti pasta $42.00
- Kalamata olives, White asparagus, Tomato emulsion
Rachel Scott Ciabatta $8.00
- 'Tasman Bay' extra virgin olive oil
Silver Fern beef fillet $43.00
- Agria, Braised Brisket, Parsnip crisp - Cooked to order: bleu / rare / medium-rare / medium
Carpaccio $24.00
- beef fillet, lemon oil, anchovies, capers, Parmigiano Reggiano
Loin of 'Lovat' venison $45.00
- Pickled red cabbage, Roasted kumara, Sautéed broccolini
Pan-fried Duck breast $44.00
- pickled butternut, beet root fondant, Fennel, marinated orange
Lemon Curd $16.00
- Macaron, Pinenut tuile, Raspberry sorbet
Steak tartare $24.00
- Hens yolk, Baguette

Big breakfast $19.50
- Eggs any style, toasted Ciabatta Bread, grilled tomato, braised mushrooms, crispy bacon, sausages and hash browns
Eggs Benedict
- Two poached eggs on Vienna toasted bread, spinach, bacon or smoked salmon, homemade hollandaise
Steak Sandwich $14.50
- A 125g ribeye cooked to your liking and served on toasted ciabatta, salad greens, tomato and with a side of fries
Steak, Eggs and Chips $16.50
- A 200g ribeye served on a side of fries and with a fresh green salad and 2 fried eggs
- Add grilled cheese and bacon $12.00
Pancakes $9.50
- Stack of 3 pancakes served with maple syrup. You choose your sides!
Eggs any style $9.50
- Served on toasted ciabatta bread
Nachos $14.00
- Served with house made salsa and sour cream and sweet chilli