Laughing Buddha in New Plymouth Menu

SOUP SOUP
  • Sweet Corn Soup $5.00
  • Hot & Sour Soup $5.00
MAINS MAINS
  • Diced Chicken or Beef with Vegetables $15.00
  • Chicken or Beef Strips with Sha-Cha sauce $15.00
  • Chinese Style Spicy Chicken or Beef $15.00
  • Curry Chicken or Beef $15.00
  • Stir Fried Beef with Pickled Mustard $15.00
  • Stir Fried Pork Strings with Yu-Xiang sauce $15.00
  • Sweet & Sour Fish $15.00
  • Squid with Black Bean Sauce $15.00
  • Stir Fried Tofu in Sichuan Chilly Sauce $15.00
  • Seasonal Vegetables with Garlic $15.00
VEGETABLE VEGETABLE
  • Stir-fried Tofu in Sichuan Chilli Sauce $12.00
  • Mixed Vegetable & Tofu $12.00
  • Stir-fried Eggplant, Potato and Capsicum in Soy Sauce $12.00
  • Deep fried Eggplant in Garlic Sauce $12.00
  • Deep fried Eggplant in Yuxiang Sauce $12.00
  • Stir-fried Broccoli with Garlic $12.00
  • Stir-fried Bokchoy with Garlic $12.00
CHICKEN CHICKEN
  • Diced Chicken in Black Bean Sauce $12.00
  • Gongbao Chicken with Cashew, Capsicum in Sweet Chilli Sauce $12.00
  • Satay Chicken $12.00
  • Braised Chicken with Garlic & Chinese Yellow Wine $12.00
PORK PORK
  • Sauteed Shredded Pork in Sweet & Spicy Sauce $12.00
  • Sauteed Shredded Pork in Peking Style Sauce $12.00
  • Traditional Sweet & Sour Pork $12.00
  • Rice Flavored Pork in Sichuan Sauce $16.00
BEEF BEEF
  • Sliced Beef in Sweet Chilli Sauce $12.00
  • Sliced Beef in Black Pepper Sauce $12.00
  • Sliced Beef with Broccoli in Oyster Sauce $12.00
  • Sliced Beef in Mongolian Hot Sauce $12.00
  • Sliced Beef with Cumin and Chilli Powder $12.00
LAMB LAMB
  • Sliced Lamb in Cumin and Chilli Powder $16.00
  • Sliced Lamb in Curry $12.00
  • Sliced Lamb in Peppers and Black Bean $12.00
SEAFOOD SEAFOOD
  • Stir-fried Whole prawns in Ginger & Garlic Sauce $19.00
  • Stir-fried Whole Prawns in Five Spicy Sauce $19.00
  • Stir-fried Whole Prawns in Hot & Sour Sauce $19.00
  • Fried Fish Fillet in Hot & Sour Sauce $19.00
  • Deep Fried Prawns with Dried Garlic & Chilli $19.00
  • Fried Fish Fillet in Sweet & Sour Sauce $19.00
RICE & NOODLE RICE & NOODLE
  • Seafood Fried Noodles $12.00
  • Beef Fried Noodles $12.00
  • Chicken Fried Noodles $12.00
  • Yang Chow Fried Rice $12.00
  • Fried Rice with BBQ Pork $12.00
  • Curry Fried Rice / Noodles with Shrimp & Squid $12.00
  • Fried Rice with Crispy Skin Pork $12.00
  • Vegetable Fried Rice / Noodles $12.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Thai Peanut Budda Bowl (VV+) ( GF ) $17.00
    • With spiced chickpea, spinach, quinoa, roasted kumara, radish, carrot and avocado
  • Super House Porridge (V**) $9.80
    • With cinnamon apples, rhubarb compote and sugared almonds
  • Raspberry And Banana Bread ( DF) (GF) (NF) (V) $9.00
    • With coconut yoghurt and grilled banana (served warm)
  • Southern Fried Chicken $17.00
    • Chive waffle, topped with a poached egg & green chilli hollandaise
  • Honey Roasted Granola (V**) $13.50
    • With fresh apples, banana, orange & passionfruit yoghurt
  • Mushrooms $6.00
  • ·Two Free Range Eggs (V) $12.50
    • Fried, poached or scrambled on toasted tank or vogel’s
  • Kumara, Sweet Corn, Kale And Feta Fritters (V) (GF) (NF ) $15.50
    • With beetroot relish
  • Steamed Edamame soy beans with smoked salt $8
  • Pork, kimchi, pickled apple $13
  • Pot Sticker $12.5
    • Pulled pork, chilli, ginger, garlic and soya (6)
  • Panko and sesame crumbed tofu with tsuyu sauce (4) $9
  • Steam rice Free
  • Chilli spiced fries with Japanese mayo $6.5
  • Mashed kumara balls coated in crispy panko crumb (4) $7.5
  • Steamed bun $2.5
  • Grilled Chicken with Satay Sauce $14.50
  • -Vegetables $13.50
  • -Prawns $16.50
  • Thai Spicy Salad
  • -Vegetables $13.50
  • Duck Noodle Soup $16.50
  • -Prawns $16.50
  • Thai Laksa (Seafood) $16.50
  • Warm bacon & kumara salad $18.5
    • delicious smoked bacon & maple roasted kumara on crisp mixed salad drizzled w/ our honey/ mustard dressing
  • Fish and chips $19.5
    • Lightly battered portions of hoki served w/ skinny french fries
  • Vegan brekky $22.5
    • two rosemary & sage sausages, vege hash cake, baked beans, tomato, spinach, crunchy smoky fakebacon crisps & toast w/ olivani & relish
  • Pancake stack $16.5
    • 3 thick soft pancakes layered with our jammy rhubarb & plum conserve, served with yoghurt or whipped cream gf available add $3.00
  • Fish and chips $21.9
    • with salad
  • Bach baked beans on toast $14.5
    • With bacon or 2 poached eggs $18.90
  • Raisin toast $10.5
    • home-made spicy raisin bread toasted with local chunky honey & butter
  • Kumara chips $11.5
    • served w/ a dollop of sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
  • ●entrees
  • Baked Salmon $35.00
    • with broccoli, roasted vegetables & whole tiger prawns
  • Lemon & Capers $35.00
    • Creamy lemon & capers sauce over grilled snapper and broccoli with side of hand cut chips
  • NZ Oysters
    • Battered or natural
  • Prawns $35.00
    • Marinated in sweet chilli & garlic with salad & handcut chips
  • Bluff Oysters (Battered or Natural)
    • with handcut chips & salad
  • Paua Fritters (100%) $37.00
    • with handcut chips & salad
  • Lemon & Capers $35.00
    • Creamy lemon & capers sauce over grilled snapper and broccoli with side of hand cut chips
  • Chicken, bacon & avocado burger $19.90
    • paniko crumbed chicken fillet with lettuce, bacon, avocado, brie and apricot sauce served with fries
  • Crispy herb crumbed chicken bites $15.90
    • Served with dipping sauce and side salad
  • Classic fries $5.90
    • Served with tomato sauce + cheese and gravy add $4.90
  • BLT $14.90
    • classic bacon, lettuce and fresh local tomatoes on toasted bread with fries
  • Wedges $6.90
  • Side of seasonal vegetables $5.90
  • Creamy chicken bacon & mushroom fettucine $20.90
    • diced chicken with bacon, mushroom & fresh fettucine tossed in a classic creamy cheese and herb sauce
  • Prime Taranaki scotch fillet steak $31.90
    • Cooked to your liking served with your choice of colesalw and salad served with fries and your choice of garlic butter, mushroom and pepper sauce
  • #12. Quattro cheese: gorgonzola, tallegio, provolone $19.00
  • #14. Garlic prawns, chilli, preserved lemons, rocket, chilli oil $19.00
  • #4. Salami, mushroom, gorgonzola, taleggio $19.00
  • #5. Manuka smoked ham, cherry tomatoes, red onion, jalapenos $16.50
  • #11. Zucchini, pine nuts, chilli, garlic, fennel, ricotta $15.50
  • #1. Margherita with fresh basil (v) $13.00
  • #15. Fungi, prosciutto, garlic, rocket, truffle oil $17.00
  • #7. Pork sausage, salami, manuka smoked ham, roasted onion $16.00
  • EST EVER SALAD(DF)(GF) $14.50
    • hot smoked salmon mixed with crunchy potatoes, baby spinach, herbed labneh and a zingy citrus dressing finished with a poached egg
  • BIGGEST BREAKFAST(in town) $9.50
    • eggs on toast + add hollandaise ($1.50)
  • BIGGEST BREAKFAST(in town) $9.50
    • eggs on toast + add bacon /sausages ($5.50)
  • OMELETTE(DF)(GF) $17.50
    • 3 eggs omelette with choice of 4 fillings: tomato/spinach/mushrooms/feta/onion/bacon or salmon.Served with hollandaise
  • BIGGEST BREAKFAST(in town) $9.50
    • eggs on toast + add salmon fillet ($8.50)
  • BIGGEST BREAKFAST(in town) $9.50
    • eggs on toast + add tomatoes/mushrooms/spinach/potatoes/beans ($4.50)
  • SUPER SMOOTHIE(DF)(V)(GF) $9.00
    • banana, kiwifruit and strawberries blended with a dash of ginger and shot of chia seed
  • HUEVOS A LA MEXICANA(DF)(V)(GF) $16.50
    • homemade chilli beans served in a crispy tortilla with avocado, sour cream, salsa and a poached egg
  • Prime steaks $38.00/ $39.00
    • cooked to order w red wine jus served w fries or croquettes w your choice of sauces - or - compound butters/ Sauces : chimichurri ~ creamy awa blue ~ green pepper ~ chipotle hollandaise/ Butters : garlic ~ cafe de paris (Ribeye/ Tenderloin)
  • Toasted garlic loaf $6.00
  • Butter chicken $35.00
    • chicken breast sautéed w pepper, onion, garlic & ginger flambéed in vodka at your table & finished w a butter sauce served w pilaf rice, roti bread & a selection of condiments
  • Affogatto w sponge biscuits & liqueur $17.00
  • Beef cheeks $33.00
    • slow cooked in red wine served on soft mash
  • Gluten free loaf plain or garlic $10.00
  • Three cheese polenta w cherry tomatoes, baby beets, puy lentils V $18.00
  • Market fish panko $35.00
    • crumbed w tartare or pan-fried w tomato salsa , preserved lemon mayonnaise, mash GFA
  • Lamb saag $14.00
    • Spinach, cream, ginger and garlic based lamb curry.
  • Chicken vindaloo $14.00
    • Spicy curry cooked in vindaloo sauce.
  • Peshawar $1.50
  • Chicken biryani $14.00
    • Chicken morsels, herbs and dry fruits cooked along basmati rice.
  • Prawn korma $17.00
    • Prawn cooked in korma sauce.
  • Family deal 2 $50.00
    • 3 Curry / 3 Rice / 3 Plain Naan / 3 Papadom / 1.5 Range Drink / (Add Dessert $2)
  • Chicken korma $14.00
    • Chicken cooked in cashew nut sauce with aromatic herbs and spices.
  • Cheese & garlic naan $4.50
  • Toasts with Salmon, cream cheese, rocket & pesto $16.00
  • Eggs on toast with hollandaise add bacon $17.00
  • Crepes with rhubarb, raspberries & vanilla mascarpone $17.00
  • Portabello Mushroom, spinach, poached eggs, tomato kasundi (GF) $16.00
  • Ask staff for details of fish of the day comes with coffee $14.50
  • Ask stuff what soup du jour it comes with fresh bread $12.00
  • Croque Monsieur
  • Eggs on toast with hollandaise $12.00
  • Rib Eye
  • Smoked Salmon Risotto _ $25.50
    • With preserved lemon, spring onion & parmesan
  • -Flame Grilled
  • -400G $55.00
  • - Onion Rings $4.00
  • Stonesy S Fish Burger-
    • Battered fish w chipotle mayo, slaw and sweet corn tomato salsa
  • Oink
    • Smoked bacon, caramelized onions, roasted rosemary potatoes, confit garlic cream cheese base, with sour cream
  • -400G $33.00
  • -3 fill $6.70
  • 2 Filled Toasties with Fries $6.00
  • Bacon Benny (Gluten Free) $15.00
    • Two eggs poached with bacon on 2 potato roasties with hollandaise sauce
  • Fish n Chips $6.00
  • Warm Roasted Vegetable Salad with Feta (Gluten Free) $10.00
  • Toasties (Gluten Free available)
    • Fillings: ham, cheese, onion (red), pineapple, mushroom, egg, bacon, tomato
  • Cheerios with Bread $6.00
  • -2 fill $6.20
  • Plain naan $2.00
  • Chilli chicken (DF) $14.50
    • Tender pieces of chicken cooked with onion, capsicum, soy & chilli sauce
  • Nawabi $14.50
    • Sauteed chicken, lamb with onions and tomatoes garnished and flavoured with cashew nuts and coconut powder
  • Peshawari naan $4.00
  • vindaloo (DF) $14.50
    • Tender pieces of chicken, lamb cooked in hot vindaloo sauce
  • Naan platter $10.00
    • One each of Plain, Garlic, Cheese & Carle, and Cheese Naan
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  • Garlic & cheese naan $3.50
  • Pacific Seafood Chowder $12.50
    • Served with warm bread
  • Hunger Breakfast $22.50
    • Crispy potato hash cake, toast, eggs, grilled tomato, mushroom, sausage, and bacon. Gluten free option, add $3
  • Garlic Bread or Garlic Cheese $9.50
  • Fish Basket Sml $11.50 Large $21.50
    • Beer battered fish served with fries and salad and tartare sauce
  • Moroccan Chicken Salad $28.50
    • Chicken breast salad served with yogurt and topped with crispy noodle
  • Chicken Burger $12.50
    • Chicken burger patty served with a side of fries
  • Chocolate Brownie $12.50
    • Served with ice cream & cream
  • Garlic Bread or Garlic Cheese $10.50
Laughing Buddha

Laughing Buddha

location

Address

1/38 Currie Street, New Plymouth Central, Taranaki, 4310, New Zealand

phone

Phone

067592065

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Chinese , Gluten Free , Vegetarian

features

Features

Takeaway ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
1/38 Currie Street, New Plymouth Central, Taranaki, 4310, New Zealand