Your choice of chicken or beef w/ guacamole, salsa, sour cream, cheddar, tomato, lettuce, black beans & hot sauce (jalapenos optional)
SANDWICHES - MINI BITES (For kids & small appetites)
All Baguettes & Wraps are made to order, served toasted and extra delicious!
Grilled Cheese Panini $5.00
- Add chicken for $2.50
- Add ham for $2.50
Cheese Quesadilla $5.00
Served with sour cream on the side
- Add chicken for $2.50
- Add ham for $2.50
- Add salsa and guacamole $2.50
SALADS - All salads are made to order and served tossed.
Garden Salad $8.50
Fresh mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, carrot tossed with your choice of dressing: Buttermilk Ranch, Italian, Caesar, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Vinegar - Add chicken for $2.50
The Caesar $10.00
Cos lettuce, bacon, tomato, boiled egg, parmesan, croutons and our special Caesar dressing - Add chicken for $2.50
Roasted Veggie $11.50
Baby spinach, roasted veggies, feta, pumpkin seeds and tomato tossed in olive oil and vincotto
Thai Beef $12.50
Sliced sirloin on mixed greens w/ tomato, carrot, cucumber, bean sprouts, red onion, capsicum, toasted peanuts and coconut in a sweet & spicy Thai dressing
HOMEMADE SOUPS
Small (280ml) $6.50
Large (450ml) $9.50
Soups of the Day
Check our specials board (on the left side of the website) or come in to see our selection of 4 homemade soups...2 that change daily, as well as the 2 below that we always offer...
Seafood Chowder
Fisherman's blend of seafood and vegetables in a thick and creamy veloute
Creamy Tomato
Chef's special creamy and spicy soup...a local's favorite
Dark Chocolate decadence at its best from Gellicious Gelato. Gluten free, contains Milk. 180ml tub - go crazy and nail it all to yourself, or share the love
Corn Nuggets $4.50
A dozen battered balls of sweet corn deep fried and served with a dip of your choice
Unearthly Dessert Pizza $6.00
Banana, Berries, Chocolate, White Chocolate and Custard on an original snack base
Creator Salad $3.00
Every Creator Salad includes fresh Mesclun Lettuce and your choice of dressing. Click on Salad Ingredients to select your options
Nothing silences the stomach grumbles like a bowl of pasta. Ask the staff what Mental Mike came up with for today’s pasta. Whatever it is, I’ll be hot, scrummy, and it’ll come with garlic toasted ciabatta bread >>
BEER BATTERED FISH & CHIPS $18.00
Michelle likes everything to be perfect, and that is never more apparent than with her beer batter: Back to basics I say Fish, chips, salad, aioli, tomato sauce and lemon(WITH BLUE COD $27)
CHICKEN WRAP $18.50
Our wraps are legend here at the FAT, and with good reason, lettuce and salad goodies, avocado salsa, house-cured BBQ pickles, aioli and sweet chilli, wrapped up in a crisp, cheesytortilla with crisp crumbled strips of chicken, And because we love you, we’ll add fries, Tommy, and sour cream on the side >>
THE F.A.T. 250 $28.00
This feed is not for the faint of heart: 250g of Prime NZ porterhouse steak served with garlic herb potatoes, pan fried broccoli (and whatever vegetables fall off the truck), finished with jus, streaky bacon, and tangy, onion jam. Or your classic Steak, Eggs & Chips etc!
CLASSIC CHICKEN PARM $20.00
The locals would riot if we took this off the menu. Butterflied breast of chicken, coated in our super-crispy secret coating, smothered in our house made tomato relish, topped with cheese and baked until ooey-gooey. Served with steak fries, and a crisp garden side salad
BEEF BURGER $19.00
This towering monstrosity of a burger is a jaw-dropper – 100% beef patty, thick-cut cheddar, streaky bacon, fried egg, tomato relish, stacked up on lettuce, salad goodies, tomato, house pickles, aioli. Served in a gourmet toasted garlic bun with fries, Tommy, and a crisp onion ring
RIBS, WEDGES, & RINGS $24.50
Mate, our ribs have been rocking out the door since we took over this crazy place. Try them and see why: A stack of slow-braised, fall-off-the-bone pork ribs drenched in our secret sauce, with seasoned wedges, a tower of beer battered onion rings, and sour cream. Oh, and a finger bowl ’cause you’ll need it!
BAKED PARMESAN BLUE COD $28.00
This is a twist on one of Mike’s mother’s recipes: Blue cod fillets smothered in a creamy parmesan and spring onion spread, baked until bubbly and golden, served with roasted garlic herb potatoes, pan fried market vegetables, and finished with slivers of red pepper
Wagyu is arguably the finest beef available. Our wagyu cuts have been sourced from around the globe and selected with the highest quality in mind.
Broken lemon cheese cake $18.00
Raspberry, lemon curd, burnt lemon sorbet.
Raw plate $33.00
market fish selection, white soy, horseradis.
Wakanui
Wakanui Blue cattle are grass fed initially then finished on grain for the last 70 to 90 days. Like the grass-fed equivalent Angus, it has characteristic fat marbling running through the muscle but due to being grain fed the marbling is much greater and more intense throughout.
Roasted duck in red curry with pineapple, cherry tomatoes, grapes & fresh basil
Pad See-Ew $19.50
A Chinese-influenced dish of flat rice noodles wok-fried with beef, seasonal vegetables & egg
Venison Satay $14.00
Marinated venison & pickled vegetables nestled in lettuce cups, served with our homemade peanut sauce
2-Egg Thai Omelette N/A
Served plain, with minced pork or chicken, or with prawns
Satay Salad $15.00
Salad platter of deep-fried tofu, kumara, boiled egg, lettuce, cucumber, carrot, capsicum, red onion & crispy noodles with peanut sauce. (Option to have with chicken $18.50)
Green Chicken Curry $20.00
A Thai classic with tender chicken, courgette, bamboo shoots & fresh basil
Plain Rice or Egg Noodles N/A
Served in small, medium & large portions
My Thai Chip & Dip Platter $9.00
Four freshly made dips served with rice & prawn crackers
One delectable, juicy shellfish, battered and deep fried. Available gluten-free
Blue Cod $9.90
A local favourite, great texture and lovely flavour. Caught in the bottom half of the South Island. Available gluten-free
Mussels (1) $2.00
One delicious New Zealand mussel
Family Meal Deal $25.00
2 pieces of hoki, 6 fish bites, 2 chips, 2 tomato sauces and a 1.5-litre soft drink. If you would like to change the drink for hoki, hot dog or an extra chip, please choose no drink and write your choice in notes Available gluten free
$10 Meal Deal $10.00
1 piece of Hoki, Scoop of chips, Can of Drink and Tomato Sauce. Available gluten-free
Chips, Gravy and Cheese $7.50
Tomato Sauce $1.00
One Pottle of New Zealand Favourite Watties Tomato sauce
Deconstructed white chocolate cheesecake, lemon curd, apricot biscotti, saffron pashmak. Wine match - Le Fou Bendigo Riesling $14.00
Gibbston Valley Harvest Platter (for two) $59.50
farmhouse cheeses, charcuterie, pork rilette, house-made hummus, hot-smoked fish, potato, feta & rosemary, frittata, escabeche of mushrooms, house-made pesto, Mediterranean marinated mussels, dolmades, selection of pickles & olives, spicy apricot chutney, breads & crackersWine match - Gibbston Valley Pinot Gris or Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir
Marinated slow cooked octopus salad $15.50
with capsicums, tomatoes, basil and toasted ciabatta croutons (gf*) (df) Wine match - Le Maitre Riesling
Kumara, broccoli and courgette fritters, with Moroccan spices roast red onion, date syrup, beluga lentils and tomatoes (gf) (df) Wine match - Le Maitre Pinot Noir $28.00
Goats cheese palmiers $15.50
with roast local beetroot and cumin, and orange labne (gf*) Wine match - La Dulcinée Pinot Gris
Turkish spiced venison shortloin burger with barberry and pepper relish, in Middle Eastern bread with isot potatoes and garlic toum (gf*) (df*) Wine match - Gibbston Valley Riesling $29.00
Sicilian fish stew with blue cod, Akaroa salmon, and potatoes, Caramalised fennel, basil almond agresto (gf) (df) Wine match - China Terrace 95 Chardonnay $34.00