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

  • Panna cotta, mango, mint syrup $11.90
  • Market fish, warm buckwheat salad, kale, avocado, baby spinach, pepadew $28.90
  • Pork, sage, porcini cream $3.00
  • Whitebait Fritters $4.00
  • French fries, anchovy mayonnaise $7.90
  • Calamari and baby octopus, micro herbs, aioli $16.90
  • Pancakes, salted caramel mascarpone, maple, broken meringue - Add crispy pancetta $5.90 $14.90
  • Baby spinach, white anchovy, marinated tomato, pine nuts $3.00
  • Hash Browns $2.00
  • Big Jim’s Whopper Breakfast $20.90
    • 2 pieces bacon, 2 breakfast sausages, balsamic mushrooms, 2 hash browns, tomato, eggs of your choice: poached, scrambled or fried, two slices wholegrain toast.
  • -Add Chicken $18.90
  • Eggs on Toast ( GF available) $11.50
    • Your choice of eggs, scrambled, poached or fried on wholegrain toast.
  • Super Vegetarian Nachos $14.20
    • Topped with grilled cheese, served with sour cream and salsa.
  • Omelette ( GF available) $15.90
    • Three egg omelette. Choice of two fillings: Cheese / Onion / Salmon Mushroom /Tomato / Bacon /Spinach
  • Big Jim’s Hot Beef Sub $15.90
    • Tender Hot Beef, with hot onion gravy, served in a bun with side of fries and green salad.
  • Eggs Benedict (GF) $16.90
    • Poached eggs served on homemade rosti with hollandaise sauce and your choice of one topping, bacon, spinach or balsamic mushrooms.
  • Sliders 4 Pack $14.00
    • The cutest burgers on the block slow-braised pork belly with tangy BBQ sauce on salad, served with fries.
  • Garlic Bread $6.00
    • Freshly toasted
  • Croquettes $9.00
    • Ham and Garlic crumbed potato covered in Napoli cheese sauce.
  • Fish & Chips $19.00
    • Light, crispy crumbed fish with fresh salad & chips.
  • Meatballs $11.00
    • Spicy meatballs in a tomato sauce topped with melted cheese.
  • Mushrooms $9.00
    • Perfectly sauteed button mushrooms, with fresh of rosemary and bacon served on a piece of garlic bread. Vegetarian option without bacon available.
  • Beer Batter Fries
  • Chicken Tacos $11.00
    • Tasty pieces of paprika poached chicken breast garnished with salad and hollandaise on crispy taco shells.
  • -meat, fish or vege $2.00
  • -cheese $9.90
  • 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.
  • -soft $7.50
  • -medium $9.90
  • 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.
  • cheese nachos $6
    • Crispy fresh made tortilla chips with blended pinto beans and melted cheese.
  • -meat, fish or vege $2.00
  • Lamb $15.00
  • Mixed $11.50
  • Zuchini $15.00
  • Mixed $11.50
  • Humuz & Tabouli $11.00
  • Mixed $16.00
  • Falafel $11.00
  • Falafel $15.00
  • Ghee Roast (Butter flavoured with no filling) $10.99
  • Prawn Biriyani $18.00
  • Garlic Ceylon Paratha $4.50
  • Butter Chicken $15.00
    • Boneless chicken marinated overnight in a yoghurt and spice mixture and cooked in thick creamy tomato gravy and mixed with butter, cashew paste and other spices
  • Garlic Paratha $4.00
  • Malabari Paneer Butter Masala $15.00
    • Cubes of Indian cottage cheese deep fried in vegetable oil till golden brown and simmered in thick tomato gravy
  • Ceylon Paratha $3.50
    • A flat south Indian bread
  • Chicken Spring Dosa $10.99
    • A paper-thin crispy pancake filled with chicken, onion & capsicum
  • Palak Paneer $14.00
    • Cottage cheese cooked in spinach puree and lightly spiced with onions gravy
  • Mint Curry $18.00
    • Choice of meat cooked in chef's special mint and onions gravy
  • Chicken Tikka $12.00
    • Boneless chicken pieces marinated overnight in yoghurt, ginger, garlic and spices and cooked in the tandoori oven.
  • Fresh Green Salad $8.00
  • Reshmi Kebab $12.00
    • Resham means cotton it's a Melt-In-Mouth dish marinated with cashew nut sauce, cheese and battered with chef's special marination
  • Vegetable Biriyani $14.00
    • Seasonal mix vegetables cooked in basmati biriyani with saffron, rose water, green herb and spices
  • Lamb Seek Kebab $12.00
    • Minced lamb blended with chef's own herbs, skewered and roasted in the oven
  • Boondi Raita $5.00
    • Chickpea flour pearls in yoghurt
  • -3 fill $6.70
  • Twiced Cooked Pork Belly on Roasted Veges (Gluten Free) $16.00
  • Toasties (Gluten Free available)
    • Fillings: ham, cheese, onion (red), pineapple, mushroom, egg, bacon, tomato
  • Eggs on Toast (Gluten Free available) $8.00
  • Cheesy Bacon Wedges $12.50
  • Warm Roasted Vegetable Salad with Feta (Gluten Free) $10.00
  • 2 Filled Toasties with Fries $6.00
  • Fish n Chips $6.00
  • Madras $17.00
    • Fish, prawns cooked in south Indian style in rich coconut cream
  • All curries are served with rice
  • Veggie samosa (DF) (V) $6.00
    • Triangular pastry filled with potatoes and peas succulently flavoured with spice
  • Chicken kadhai $14.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked with spices, onion, capsicum and tomato
  • All curries are served with rice
  • Mixed raita $2.50
  • Plain naan $2.00
  • Fish & chips $5.00
    • Fish fillet coated with batter and served with fried
  • Lamb Vindaloo $14.90
    • Lamb cooked in authentic vindaloo gravy "Goan" style
  • Cheese and Garlic Naan $4.00
  • Lamb or chicken Biryani $14.90
    • Basmati rice and meat cooked with spices and condiments in hyderabadi style
  • Mixed Platter $15.00
    • A selection of Samosa, Pakora, Chicken Tikka and Seekh Kebab
  • Vegetable Jalfrezi $14.90
    • Vegetables, capsicum and onion cooked in onion tomato gravy
  • Lamb Saagwala $14.90
    • Diced lamb cooked with ginger, garlic, fresh spinach paste gravy
  • Mixed Pickle $2.50
  • Chicken Tikka Masala $14.90
    • Chicken mixed with yoghurt and spices, roast in oven, cooked with onion tomato based gravy
  • Gf gluten free
  • Eggs Benedict
    • A traditional benedict with two poached eggs, spinach and either salmon or bacon on toasted bread topped with our own botannix hollandaise sauce
  • -salmon $18.00
  • Bacon and Eggs $13.50
    • Two eggs (fried, poached or scrambled) with bacon, served with toast
  • Until 2pm
  • V vegetarian
  • Smoked Salmon Bagel $15.50
    • Premium aoraki mt cook cold smoked salmon on a toasted bagel with cream cheese, capers and a generous side salad
  • With a crunchy, generous side salad
  • -Small $13
  • Shrimp & Avocado Salad $18.50
    • old classic shrimp cocktail with tempura prawns
  • Fries with aioli $4.00
  • -add fried egg $1.00
  • Chicken Burger $18.50
    • grilled chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cranberry on a toasted sesame seed bun with fries
  • Chicken Schnitzel Burger $18.50
    • crumbed chicken, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato, relish, aioli on a toasted sesame bun with fries
  • -large $17.50
  • -large $19.50
  • Omelettes $17.90
    • 3 egg omelettes made with Annie’s free range eggs/Zucchini & Whitestone Fuchsia Creek feta -
  • Aglio Olio e Peperoncino $15.90
    • Spaghetti served with chilli, parsley, garlic, Cairnmuir Olive Oil & Curio Bay Pecorino Romano
  • Portobello mushrooms - $4.50
  • South Island Blue Cod $19.90
    • in a crisp Steinlager Pure batter served with French fries & Airspresso tartare(Add an extra piece of Blue Cod + $7.90 )
  • Airspresso Door Stop Butties $8.90
    • Chip butties - Airspresso chips on buttered bread with your choice of sauce on the side -
  • Burgers $15.90
    • Fish - Steinlager battered blue cod, tartar sauce, cos, brioche bun Gluten free bun + $1.00
  • Pancakes $14.90
    • Stack of pancakes, blueberry compote and mascarpone
  • Airspresso Eggs Benedict $19.90
    • 2 of Annie’s free range eggs, poached & served with free range ham on Airspresso hash topped with hollandaise
  • Omelette $15.50
    • Free range eggs, with you choice of three fillings: bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, mushroom, onion, pineapple, served with toast
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Free range eggs, poached on toasted focaccia bread, served with hollandaise sauce
  • Chicken B.L.T Open Sandwich $15.50
    • Toasted focaccia bread with chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mango peach chutney & aioli. Served as an open sandwich
  • Robert Harris Big Breakfast $18.50
    • Free range eggs any style served with bacon, breakfast sausages, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms and toast
  • Soup of the Day $9.50
    • Served with fresh focaccia bread & butter. Please ask to the counter for today's flavour
  • Eggs Any Style with Toast $10.50
    • Free range eggs scrambled, poached or fried served with toast
  • Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $16.00
  • Pancakes with bacon and banana $15.50
    • Served with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
  • WEDGES $12.50
    • served with sour cream & sweet chilli.
  • Mac 'n' cheese
  • GARLIC PRAWNS & SAFFRON RICE $16.90
    • pan cooked prawn cutlets in a creamy garlic & white wine sauce.
  • MUSHROOM & HALOUMI $18.90
    • grilled portobello and halloumi served with lettuce, tomato & house mayo.
  • GARDEN SALAD $12.90
    • with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, onion & carrot tossed in the house dressing.
  • Steak fries
  • THE CATCH OF THE DAY $19.90
    • battered fish fillet with lettuce, cheese, tomato & tartar sauce served on toasted ciabatta bread.
  • B.L.T $15.90
    • bacon, lettuce & tomato served on toasted ciabatta 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