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

  • Toasted Vogel’s ( V**) $15.00
    • With avocado, tomato, feta, pistachio dukkah & chia seeds
  • Petti Loaf’s $12.80
    • With house dips
  • - add bacon $18.50
  • Rosemary potatoes $5.50
  • Southern Fried Chicken $17.00
    • Chive waffle, topped with a poached egg & green chilli hollandaise
  • -Gluten free breads available add $2.00
  • Coconut Chicken Curry $18.90
    • With jasmine rice, bok choy & crispy noodles
  • Straight Cut Chips (V )
    • With tomato sauce, condensed milk mayo & aioli
  • e. $19.90
  • Insalata Con Feta $16.90
    • fresh tomato, olives, feta, onion, white cannellini beans & capsicum
  • Prosciutto E Bufala $26.90
    • buffalo mozzarella w parma ham, sundried tomato, fresh basil & marinated olives (as available)
  • e. $23.90
  • garlic pizza pane $ 6.90
  • Caprese $17.90
    • fresh tomato, mozzarella, basil, e.v.o.o, balsamico, rock salt & cracked pepper
  • m. $38.90
  • Cozze Alla Genovese $18.90
    • steamed mussels, frascati wine, garlic, chilli, onion, rosmarino & tomato crema
  • Garlic pizza bread $8.9
  • Rosemary roasted potatoes w basil pesto $6.9
  • Seasonal vegetable $8
    • W creamy cheesy sauce
  • Warm vegetable salad $13.9
    • Grilled eggplant, capsicum, red onion, zucchini, & potato warm salad w bocconcini cheese and raspberry balsamic glaze.
  • Baby octopus & whole prawn $25.9
    • Pan fried whole tiger prawns & baby octopus sauteed in white wine, garlic, chilli, olives, cherry tomatoes, raisins & cracked pepper with linguine pasta
  • Cannelloni (vegetarian) $14.9
    • Pumpkin, italian parsley, feta, parmesan, garlic & mozzarella cheese filled cannelloni topped w béchamel, cheese and a hint of napoli served w side salad.
  • Pasta n cheese $8
    • Short pasta cooked in creamy cheesy sauce with your choice of ham or bacon.
  • Margarita pizza $10
    • Homemade napoli, sliced tomatoes, fresh basil & mozzarella cheese.
  • Brunch stack $21.9
    • with mushrooms
  • Pesto pile-up $22.9
    • with bacon or haloumi cheese
  • Raisin toast $10.5
    • home-made spicy raisin bread toasted with local chunky honey & butter
  • Skinny fries $7.9
    • in a small bowl w/ tomato sauce
  • Spinach or tomato $3.6
  • Eggs benedict $18.5
    • 2 poached eggs on wholegrain toast w/ bacon or manuka smoked hoki and bach lemony hollandise
  • Manuka smoked hoki $7.0
  • Walnut toast $10.5
    • our home-made walnut bread toasted with cream cheese & our own jammy rhubarb and plum conserve
  • Hot Chips & Aioli $5.90
  • Chicken Tikka Salad (Gf) $10.00
    • Tandoori roast chicken and green salad
  • Plain Naan or Wholemeal Roti $4.00
  • Spinach & Cheese $4.90
  • Dal Makhani $17.90
    • Black lentils stewed all night long with fresh garlic, ginger, coriander and tomato. Lentils are high in iron, zinc, and calcium and a good replacement for red meat.
  • Chocolate Dream $8.90
    • Chocolate cake with chocolate sauce and ice-cream
  • Garlic & Sesame $4.90
  • -Beef Korma $18.90
  • Mango Chutney $2.50
  • AlooParantha $4.00
    • Unleavened wholemeal flour bread stuffed withpotatoes, onions and spices.
  • Jeera Rice $6.50
    • Basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds.
  • Malai Tikka $8.00
    • Fillets of chicken marinated in yoghurt, crushed cashews, white pepper, cheese, fresh ground spices, then cooked in the tandoor. Four pieces per portion.
  • Mixed Vegetable Pickle $2.50
  • Onion Bhaji $6.00
    • Thinly sliced onions in a crispy chickpea batter…. My favourite. Four Onion Bhajisper portion.
  • Butter Chicken(MurgMumtaz) $16.50
    • A world famous Indian delicacy.Also known as butter chicken. Half cooked the tandoori way and finished the curry way, with crushed cashews, cream and spices.
  • Tandoori Prawns $18.00
    • Marinated prawns cooked in the tandoor.Eight pieces per portion.
  • Market Fresh Battered or Crumbed Fish with fries & salad
  • - 1 shank $14.50
  • -Large $7.00
  • Ham Steak with grilled pineapple, fries & coleslaw (GF) $12.50
  • Vegetarian Burger with crumbed pumpkin and spinach pattie, lettuce, tomato, crumbed onion rings, beetroot relish and yogurt sauce $14.00
  • Warm Sticky Date Cake with toffee sauce and whipped cream $7.00
  • Salmon Fillet grilled and served on a crushed vegetable hash cake with salad and hollandaise sauce (GF) $25.00
  • Garlic Bread $5.00
  • Falafel $15.00
  • Zucchini $11.00
  • Humuz & Tabouli $11.00
  • Mixed $11.50
  • Mixed $16.00
  • Lamb $15.00
  • Chicken $11.50
  • Mixed $11.50
  • 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
  • Lamb Curry $17.00
    • Lamb is diced & cooked in a thick sauce made with onion, ginger, garlic, tomatoes and powdered spices and garnished with coconut cream & curry leaves
  • Vegetable Spring Dosa $9.99
    • A paper-thin crispy pancake filled with vegetables
  • Beef Stew $17.00
    • A simple coconut milk based stew with beef & vegetables, flavoured with whole spices and curry leaves that makes it deliciously aromatic and fragrant. Highly recommended with Appam.Taste it once...and you’ll be ordering it over and over again
  • Ghee Roast (Butter flavoured with no filling) $10.99
  • Squid Curry $17.00
    • Famous South Indian squid curry cooked in tangy gravy with a flavour of mustard seeds, ginger, garlic, onion, tomato and mild chilly and garnished with coconut cream
  • Prawn Moilee $20.00
    • Prawn cooked in a coconut base with carrot, capsicum, onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, lemon juice and Chefs special spices
  • Vegetable Curry $15.00
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables cooked with Kerala spices, tomato & onion
  • Vegetarian Platter - choose two sides (GF) $39.00
    • Quinoa & falafel cakes / roast peach chutney / polenta chips / artichoke & caper tapenade / bruschetta / Kaikoura tanara goats cheese
  • Sweet Platter For Two $18.00
    • white chocolate pavlova / strawberry cream / house baked brownie / raw chocolate summer fruit cheesecake / brandy baskets / selection of sorbets and ice cream
  • -Gorgonzola Prelibato (dolce) S $19 / L$38
  • (V)VEGETARIAN (GF) GLUTEN FREE
  • Locally Caught Market Fresh Today $39.00
    • Our creations are famous!
  • Bananas Foster (GF) $18.00
    • caramelised bananas / salted butterscotch, / gluten-free crepe / date & honey loaf / kapiti vanilla bean ice-cream
  • Festival of Strawberries (GF) $18.00
    • Marinated strawberry jelly with elderflower / shortbread / white chocolate meringue / strawberry cream
  • - per extra person $30 / $6
  • Bowl of Fries $8.00
    • Served with Aioli & Tomato Sauce
  • Meat (1 Meat Filling & Up to 2 Vegetarian) $8.80
  • Hub Relish/Hollandaise Sauce/a Kransky Sausage/a Slice of Toasted Ciabatta/a Hub Croquette/GF Potato Hash Cake $2.00each
  • French Toast $14.80
    • Served w Seasonal Fruit & Maple Syrup
  • Hub Breaky $19.80
    • Poached Eggs on Toast, a Slice of Bacon, Kransky Sausage, Mushrooms, Potato Croquette & Relish (vegetarian option also available)
  • Meat Fillings = Ham, Bacon, Chicken
  • Eggs on Toast $15.80
    • Poached or Fried or Scrambled With Bacon
  • Balsamic Cream Mushrooms $18.80
    • On Toasted Ciabatta With Bacon
  • -3 fill $6.70
  • Porridge $9.00
  • Twiced Cooked Pork Belly on Roasted Veges (Gluten Free) $16.00
  • Bacon Benny (Gluten Free) $15.00
    • Two eggs poached with bacon on 2 potato roasties with hollandaise sauce
  • Fruit Toast with Butter $5.00
  • Cheesy Bacon Wedges $12.50
  • Eggs on Toast (Gluten Free available) $8.00
  • Fish n Chips $6.00
  • Onion kulcha $3.50
  • Mango kulfi $3.00
  • Garlic naan $2.50
  • All curries are served with rice
  • Fish & chips $5.00
    • Fish fillet coated with batter and served with fried
  • Butter chicken (GF) $14.50
    • Tender pieces of boneless chicken roasted in tandoor with a creamy tomato sauce
  • Lamb/chicken/veg biryani $14.90
    • Basmati rice cooked with spices and condiments in a traditional Indian way
  • Veggie samosa (DF) (V) $6.00
    • Triangular pastry filled with potatoes and peas succulently flavoured with spice
  • Chicken Diane Breast $7.00
  • Shrimp Cocktail LG $6.00
  • Sausage $2.20
  • Groms Mini Hot Dog (2) -
  • Garlic & Parsley $3.00
  • All Steaks cooked to your liking (except rare) & served with chips -
  • Grilled Garlic Bread V $4.50
  • Large (2 Scoops) $4.00
  • Rig 66 Burger $17.50
    • 150g House made beef pattie, beetroot, onion, cheese, egg and coleslaw with aioli and tomato relish, served with shoestring fries
  • Garden Salad $16.00
    • Mesclun, carrot, avocado, cucumber, tomato and red onion tossed with sesame seeds and a light lemon dressing
  • Salmon Salad $19.90
    • House smoked salmon tossed through mesculin, tomato and cucumber finished with a lemon and red onion mayonnaise, sprinkled with fresh chilli
  • Vegetarian Burger $18.50
    • Vegetarian pattie, beetroot, onion, cheese, egg and coleslaw with aioli and tomato relish, served with shoestring fries
  • Thai Beef Salad $21.00
    • Sliced scotch cooked in a Thai paste and coconut cream tossed through mesclun, carrot, red onion and crispy noodles finished with a sprinkle of fresh chilli
  • Riggers Pasta $19.90
    • Sautéed chicken, bacon and mushroom fettuccine in a creamy garlic sauce
  • Pulled Pork Burger $17.50
    • 3 hour slow cooked pork in a beef jus, stacked with sautéed onions, gherkins and coleslaw, drizzled in BBQ sauce, served with shoestring fries
  • Garden Salad $16.00
    • Mesclun, carrot, avocado, cucumber, tomato and red onion tossed with sesame seeds and a light lemon dressing
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