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

  • -add bacon $18.50
  • Vogel’s Toast (V) $7.50
    • Choose preserves or manuka honey
  • Lemon & Thyme Chicken Salad (GF) $18.00
    • With rocket, feta, macadamia nuts, orange & avocado
  • Lemon Pepper Battered Market Fish $19.50
    • With tartare & side of chips
  • Elixir Breakfast (V**) $19.50
    • With bacon, kransky sausages, free range eggs, mushrooms, toast, rosemary potatoes & hollandaise
  • Super House Porridge (V**) $9.80
    • With cinnamon apples, rhubarb compote and sugared almonds
  • -bacon $16.80
  • Coconut Chicken Curry $18.90
    • With jasmine rice, bok choy & crispy noodles
  • Pikelets $9.80
    • raspberry jam and real whipped cream
  • The tall texan $29.80
    • 300g t-bone steak with mushroom sauce, joe’s green salad and mash
  • Chocolate brownie $8.00
    • with vanilla bean ice cream
  • Little stan $16.00
    • 150gm sirloin with chips and tomato sauce
  • Barry the baptist $22.50
    • smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, red onion, joe’s tomato sauce and mozzarella
  • Stan the wallet $26.80
    • 220g sirloin, caramelised onions, joe’s green salad and garlic butter with chips
  • Flat bread $8.00
    • cream cheese and sweet chilli
  • Plain or garlic bread roll $4.00
  • Chicken Tikka Salad $21.90
    • A light fresh salad with chicken, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, capsicum, red onion and a zesty dressing.
  • Tandoori Prawns $19.90
    • 12 Tiger prawns marinated in Flame sauce, barbequed in the Tandoor oven then laid on a sizzling plate for a sensational intense taste. Served on crisp green salad with hot chilli sauce.
  • Chicken Tikka Salad (Gf) $9.90
    • Tandoori roast chicken and green salad
  • -Prawn Masala $26.90
  • Mango Chicken $18.90
    • Chicken Tikka cooked in a mild, creamy mango gravy.
  • Raita $2.90
  • Pulav Rice $1.90
  • Garlic & Sesame $4.90
  • Classic Chicken Mignon $25.90
    • A chicken breast wrapped in a bacon served with portobello mushrooms, roast pumpkin and potatoes in a creamy garlic sauce.
  • Wedges $14.90
    • Topped with cheese, bacon, sour cream and salsa
  • Mashed potato $3.90
  • Fries $3.90
  • Roast vegetable salad $16.90
    • Baby beetroot, feta, pine nuts, salad greens and a balsamic reduction
  • Beef Nachos $16.90
    • Topped with chees, salsa and sour cream
  • Crumbed scallops $20.90 / $30.90
    • Hand crumbed scallops with your choice of colesalw or salad served with fries and tartare sauce 1/2 doz / 1 doz
  • Texas chicken salad $19.90
    • Golden grilled chicken pieces tossed through salad and greens with a ranch dressing
  • Papadom $0.50
  • Mango Chicken $16.50
    • Tender boneless pieces of chicken, oven cooked and finished in a delicious mango, tomato and cashew nut sauce.
  • Fish Malabari $18.00
    • A Bombay speciality.Cooked with coconut,capsicum, tomatoes, cream and anassortment of spices.
  • Kadai Lamb $16.50
    • This mouth-watering dish is cooked with crushed tomatoes, onions, cream and fresh coriander. It has a thick gravy and goes really well with one of our tandoori bread.
  • Side Dish Platter $7.50
    • Raita, mint chutney, Mixed vegetable pickle and mangochutney served with six papadoms.
  • Lamb Korma $16.50
    • Traditionally a mild dish cooked in a creamy sauce made of cashew nut paste, cream and spices.Kashmiri Pulao is a real compliment to this dish.
  • MattarPanee $15.80
    • Peas and home made Indian cottage cheesecooked with tomatoes, spices and herbs.
  • Chicken Korma $16.50
    • Traditionally a mild dish cooked in a creamy sauce made of cashew nut paste, cream and spices.Kashmiri Pulao is a real compliment to this dish.
  • Very Vegemite $4.00
  • Brownie $2.50
  • Garden Pita $8.5 Reg / $7.5 Petita
  • Chicken Breast Salad $11.9 Reg / $9.9 Petita
  • Ediballs $3 or $5 for two packs
  • Chick n Fala Salad $12.5 Reg / $10.5 Petita
  • Super Vege (3 Fillings) $4.00
  • Cookie Fix $2.00
  • ALA BENEDICT $17.50
    • 2 poached eggs with home-made hollandaise on top of an English muffin with bacon
  • ALA BENEDICT $15.50
    • 2 poached eggs with home-made hollandaise on top of an English muffin with spinach
  • CHOICE COMBO(DF) $14.50
    • our magical muesli, fresh fruit & yoghurt served alongside toast and homemade jam
  • FRENCH TOAST(DF)(GF) $17.50
    • oatie french toast served with bacon, banana, blueberries, maple & cream
  • 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
  • ALA BENEDICT $19.50
    • 2 poached eggs with home-made hollandaise on top of an English muffin with salmon
  • AVOCADO SMASH(DF)(V)(GF) $10.50
    • fresh avocado squished on chunky grain toast with a poached egg, squeeze of lemon & fresh herbs
  • BAGEL(GF) $10.50
    • hot smoked salmon on a toasted bagel topped with creamy scrambled eggs, lemonade creme fraiche and chopped chives
  • -meat, fish or vege $2.00
  • -half size $9.90
  • ·salad bowl $13.90
    • Either in a plastic salad bowl or crispy salad bowl with fresh salad, blended pinto or whole black beans, cheese, seasoned rice and your choice of meat, fish or veges and sauces.
  • taco $6.00
    • Crispy or Soft cor tortilla with fresh salad, blended pinto or whole black beans, cheese and your choice of meat, fish or veges and sauces. please note, one is considered snack size. We recommend two or three.
  • quesadilla $9.90
    • Two tortillas pressed together or One folded in half filled with cheese, blended pinto or whole black beans, seasoned rice and your choice of meat, fish or veges and sauces.
  • -sauces / sour cream $1.00
  • -sauces / sour cream $1.00
  • -meat & cheese $11.90
  • Veg 65 $8.99
    • Mixed vegetables, slightly spiced and deep fried until crisp
  • Lamb Mappas $17.00
    • A delicious Kerala lamb delicacy in which lamb is cooked Chefs special Onion Tomato masala, flavoured with coconut milk and special spices
  • Mango frost $5.00
  • Vegetable Spring Dosa $9.99
    • A paper-thin crispy pancake filled with vegetables
  • Mixed Vegetable Biriyani $15.00
  • Chicken Manchurian $16.00
    • Marinated boneless chicken is deep-fried and tossed with oriental based ginger garlic concoction and garnished with spring onion and corriander leaves
  • Kerala Vegetable Salad $5.00
    • A salad made with mainly onion, carrot, tomatoes, lemon juice, corriander, vinegar, black pepper & salt
  • Prawn Biriyani $18.00
  • -Add streaky bacon... $3.50
  • -Add hollandaise. $1.00
  • Eggs Benedict(GF) $16.50
    • House-made kumara and potato rosti topped w/ 2 poached eggs, streaky bacon and hollandaise sauce. Swap bacon for mushrooms... N/C
  • Fish n Chips (1 piece offish) $14.00
    • Delicious freshly crumbed hoki fillets served w/ garden salad, fries, aioli and lemon. (Fish can be pan-fried on request).
  • Nachos (GF) $16.00
    • Our yummy beef mince w/ refried beans is served on cheesy corn chips and topped w/ salsa, sour cream, tasty cheese and spring onions.
  • Chicken and Cranberry Salad(GF) $13.00
    • w/fresh chicken, lettuce and mesclun mix, fresh mint, red cabbage, carrot, tomato, feta cheese, dried cranberries and a coriander/ginger/lime dressing.
  • Pancake Trio $14.00
    • Served w/ maple syrup, boysenberries and fresh cream.(GF available on request) >>
  • Fresh Chicken & Salad Wrap $10.00
    • A soft 10” tortilla filled w/ fresh chicken, salad, cheese and sweet-chilli mayo.
  • Nachos
  • -Creamy mashed potatoes
  • Rib Eye $ 29.00
    • 250 gram + below selection
  • Served with your choice of:
  • -Seasonal vegetables
  • House Fries $ 14.00
    • With pickled mussels & Aioli
  • Baileys Cheesecake Curd $ 13.00
    • With delicate shortbread
  • Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding $ 20.00
    • Potato puree & mushroom & whisky sauce
  • Chocolate Steamed Pudding $5.50
    • Hot chocolate pudding with runny chocolate sauce.
  • Open Chicken Sammy $14.00
    • Chicken tenders served on french bread with bacon, avo & homemade lemon sauce.
  • Bacon & Egg T/S $6.50
  • Crumbed Fish Meal $12.00
    • Hoki served with salad & fries.
  • -Extra fillings $0.50
  • Fish/Chicken $2.50
  • All Desserts served with icecream & cream
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $24.00
    • Served with salad, fries & mushrooms OR Garlic sauce.
  • Steak sandwich $22.50
    • Pan-fried 120gm steak served with a freshly baked bread bun filled with rocket, caramelized red onion marmalade and tomato slices served with fries and tomato sauce
  • Fries $5.00
    • served with your choice of tomato sauce or aioli
  • Juliana shrimp and pastrami salad $16.50
    • With brie cheese, orange segments and salad greens served with honey & seeded mustard house dressing
  • B L T $14.00
    • Freshly baked bread, crispy bacon, iceberg lettuce, tomato and creamy mayo served with fries and tomato sauce
  • Savoury beef mince $17.00
    • Savoury beef mince cooked in a home-style gravy served on a lightly toasted bap topped with a poached free-range egg
  • Soup of the day $12.00
    • Served with freshly baked bread
  • Kiwi style fish and chips $24.00
    • Beer battered fresh fish served with a seasonal salad and fries with tartare, tomato sauce and lemon wedges
  • Toasted sandwich $12.00
    • Toasted between four slices of either white, brown or grain bread with up to four toppings: onion-tomato-cheese-pineapple-mushroom / egg-beef-chicken-bacon-ham. With a choice of sauces - mayonnaise - tomato - chutney - aioli
  • With a crunchy, generous side salad
  • Traditional Omelette $16.50
    • A traditional omelette with your choice of filling - cheese, ham, tomato, mushroom, spinach, red onion (choose up to three). Served with a slice of toast
  • -salmon $18.00
  • Gf gluten free
  • Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich (BLT) $15.50
    • Pan-fried bacon, tomato slices and garden fresh lettuce with aioli in toasted super grain bread. Served
  • -vegetarian, with either mushrooms or tomato (V) $15.00
  • Sweet Crepes (GF) $14.50
    • Deliciously light crepes served with crispy bacon, banana and maple syrup
  • V vegetarian
  • Mac 'n' cheese
  • RIB EYE 250G $32.90
  • FISH & CHIPS $18.90
    • battered gurnard with chips, salad, lemon wedge and tartare sauce.
  • Seasonal steamed veg
  • THE BUTLERS BURGER $20.90
    • house-made beef patty with bacon, fried egg, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion jam & beetroot relish served on a brioche bun.
  • BRUSCHETTA $10.90
    • three toasted pieces of ciabatta topped with fresh tomato, Spanish onion & feta.
  • Grilled portobello mushrooms
  • FARMERS PLATTER $19.90
    • house pickles, sliced ham, chorizo sticks, pickled veggie & aged cheddar cheese served with rustic bread.
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