Comes with ‘I will smash you’ avo with feta and basil, Portobellomushrooms and goats curd. Plus it has cake in the name, you can’t go wrong. >>
Sea, Sea, Land, Mouth 21.5
Deliciously poached octopus is pared with prawns in this farro risotto. Its flavours are toned with a lemon and herb undercurrent that matches well with the shaved baby carrotwithin. >>
Chicken, Quinoa and Baby Kale Salad* G FA 18.5
Also dubbed as ‘the healthy option’, this dish contains redand white quinoa, baby kale, orange slices and an orange dressing. Yum! *Team with ‘The Apolog y’ and you’ve officially said sorry to your body for all the wrong you did to it on the weekend. >>
Beef Lemon Grass Vermicelli Noodles 18.5
A ‘just-like-home’ recipe stepped up with next level ingredients: grass-fed beef, pickled daikon and carrot, bean sprouts, roast peanuts, coriander and dosed with a dressing called ‘nuoc mam’.
Carrot Risotto VG 18.5
This rich farro risotto is made with a carrot puree and contains a soulful mix of roast baby beets, goats cheese, candied walnut, baby carrots, brocolini and watercress.
Mircher Buesli GF, VG, DF ( Just for the early birds before 11am) 13.5
This tropical take on bircher contains apple-soaked oats, not one, but two kinds of coconut nectar, seasonal fruit, shaved coconut, macadamia nuts and bit of mint, for, you know... fun times..
Chick ‘n’ Roll G FA 13.5
Grilled chicken marinated in soy, hoisin, ginger and coriander on a bed of ‘Raw Slaw,’ which contains bok choy, cabbage and vietnamese mint then topped with pickled cauliflower andcoriander. >>
Freedom Rangers (AKA Big Brekky)G FA 20.5
Comes with free-ranged eggs, Freedom Farm bacon, free-to-roam rosemary lamb sausages, ‘I will smash you’ avo with feta and basil, vine ripped tomatoes and served on bread of the day, that was not free and definitely not ranged, but is still very delicious.
Breaded chicken breast with spicy peri peri sauce and parmesan cheese, served with fries and market salad. Beer match: leprechaun's belle irish red ale
Mushroom & spinach tagliatelle (v) $24.50
Pan fried field mushrooms with baby spinach and tagliatelle in garlic and white wine cream sauce, topped with shaved parmesan (Beer match: Undercurrent/ Wine match: Te rata pinot gris)
Fish and chips $20.00
Our very own lotus beer battered fish, served with chunky fries, market salad and tartare sauce. Beer match: lotus pale ale
Brewers garlic bread (v) $10.00
Vienna bread load stuffed with garlic & herb butter, served with house made pumpkin hummus, extra virgin olive oil and balsamic reduction
Rack of lamb $34.50
Hawkes bay lamb rack with orange kumara mash, roasted carrots, pea puree and cherry jus. (Beer match: Leprechauns Belle/ Wine match: Akarua pinot noir)
Oyster x 6 $21.00
Half a dozen fresh mahurangi oyster served either fresh or kilpatrick, with lemon wedges & ginger soy
Pulled pork tacos $17.50
Smokey spiced pulled pork, roasted capsicum salsa, fresh slaw, herb aioli & radish, in soft shell wraps
Spicy chicken bites (gf) $15.50
Chicken thigh bites, lightly coated in rice flour and flash fried, served on fennel & rocket salad