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

  • Raspberry And Banana Bread ( DF) (GF) (NF) (V) $9.00
    • With coconut yoghurt and grilled banana (served warm)
  • Mushrooms $6.00
  • -Gluten free breads available add $2.00
  • (V+) vegan ( V) vegetarian (GF) gluten free (NF) Nut free (DF) Dairy free ** Contains nuts
  • Southern Fried Chicken $17.00
    • Chive waffle, topped with a poached egg & green chilli hollandaise
  • Elixir’s Famous Mince on Toast $17.00
    • With a free range poached egg & aioli, using local beef from green meadows farm
  • - add bacon $18.50
  • Beef Schnitzel $18.50
    • With rosemary potatoes, fried egg and gravy
  • Chocolate hazelnut bonbons, amaretto biscuit cream $12.90
  • Roasted grapes, ricotta, thyme $3.00
  • Whipped camembert, prosciutto, marinated tomato $3.00
  • - Add avocado $4.90
  • Broad bean, ricotta and mint $13.90
  • Spaghetti puttanesca, olives, capers, anchovies, tomato, garlic, chili $22.90
  • Panna cotta, mango, mint syrup $11.90
  • Angus eye fillet, duck fat potatoes, slow roasted vine tomatoes, roast garlic jus $35.90
  • -Vegetables $13.50
  • -Vegetables $13.50
  • -Seafood $16.50
  • -Combination $16.50
  • Sweet Chili Sauce
  • -Seafood $16.50
  • -Vegetables $13.50
  • -Combination $13.50
  • Savoury Mince $16.50
    • On toast w poached eggs & holly
  • (TILL 3PM)
  • - Avocado (when in season) $3.50
  • Roasted Salmon $17.50
    • W your choice of salads
  • Satay Chicken & Bacon Burger $18.50
    • W house slaw & french fries
  • BLT $17.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato w aioli & fries
  • - Bacon $17.50
  • Tenders & Fries $8.00
  • Fish and chips $21.9
    • with salad
  • Pesto pile-up $18.5
    • one poached egg on a stack of avocado, spinach & sliced tomato on toasted ciabatta spread with basil pesto topped with our sensational sweet relish
  • Vegan rosemary/ sage sausage $3.6
  • Scrambled eggs and bacon $18.5
    • 3 eggs, 2 rashers of our bacon on toast
  • Smoked fish salad $18.5
    • manuka smoked hoki w/ capers, gherkins, boiled eggs & our honey-mustard dressing
  • Warm bacon & kumara salad $18.5
    • delicious smoked bacon & maple roasted kumara on crisp mixed salad drizzled w/ our honey/ mustard dressing
  • Bach muesli $12.9
    • our own sensational macadamia muesli barbara's recipe with macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, almonds, oats & agave syrup, baked till deliciously crunchy and served with yoghurt, manuka honey, blueberry conserve & banana
  • Soup of the day $13.5
    • a winter warmer, thick and tasty made with whatever's in season, w/ our garlic-butter grilled ciabatta (available between easter & labour wkd)
  • Warm Scallop & Bacon Salad $19.00
    • with fresh salad greens & housemade vinaigrette
  • Paua Fritters (100%) $37.00
    • with handcut chips & salad
  • Bluff Oysters (Battered or Natural)
    • with handcut chips & salad
  • Housemade Fishcakes
    • with handcut chips & salad
  • Open Hours:Mon-Sat 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mon-Sat 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Sunday Closed
  • -1 doz $36.00
  • -1 doz $49.50
  • Hand Cut Chips / Green Salad or Coleslaw $5.00
  • Chicken, bacon & avocado salad e $13.90 /m $19.90
    • Grilled chicken with bacon & avocado on a fresh green salad and drizzled with honey mustard
  • 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.
  • Creamy chicken bacon & mushroom fettucine $20.90
    • diced chicken with bacon, mushroom & fresh fettucine tossed in a classic creamy cheese and herb sauce
  • Wedges $6.90
  • 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
  • Side salads $3.90
  • Side of seasonal vegetables $5.90
  • Tempura prawns $19.90 / $28.90
    • Coated in a light Japanese style batter with your choice of colesalw or salad served with fries and tartare sauce 1/2 doz / 1 doz
  • ALA BENEDICT $15.50
    • 2 poached eggs with home-made hollandaise on top of an English muffin with spinach
  • ALA BENEDICT $19.50
    • 2 poached eggs with home-made hollandaise on top of an English muffin with salmon
  • FRENCH TOAST(DF)(GF) $17.50
    • oatie french toast served with bacon, banana, blueberries, maple & cream
  • BREAD & SPREADS(DF)(V)(GF) $9.50
    • a mixture of multigrain and sourdough with the option of homegrown honey, jam, peanut butter or marmite
  • OMELETTE(DF)(GF) $17.50
    • 3 eggs omelette with choice of 4 fillings: tomato/spinach/mushrooms/feta/onion/bacon or salmon.Served with hollandaise
  • CHOICE COMBO(DF) $14.50
    • our magical muesli, fresh fruit & yoghurt served alongside toast and homemade jam
  • 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
  • BIGGEST BREAKFAST(in town) $9.50
    • eggs on toast + add bacon /sausages ($5.50)
  • Barron Builders Burger $11.50
    • t/relish
  • -seafood fritter $4.50
  • ●fish
    • please ask as availability and price varies.Locally processed and supplied trevalley, lemon, warehou, gurnard and snapper
  • -chicken cream cheese and apricot
  • -chicken nugget $0.50
  • -wonton $0.80
  • -onion rings x4 $1.00
  • -spicy chicken stick $1.00
  • Chicken tender $2.50
  • Oscar $12.50
    • Steak, ham steak, beef pattie, bacon, pineapple, mushroom , egg, salad and tomato relish
  • Fish cake $2.50
  • Chicken cordon bleu $3.90
  • Beef $8.00
    • 2 beef patties, salad and tomato relish
  • Mexican (mild /hot )
    • Cheese, chilli beans, beef & nacho chips
  • Per 1/2 scoop $2.00
  • Apple turnover $2.50
  • Breakfast - bacon, egg, hash brown, BBQ & hollandaise sauce
  • All Roasts Gluten Free, served with a choice of vegetables.
  • -9 inch $11.00
  • Hawaiian
  • ~ 12 inch pizzas are Gluten Free
  • Milkshake $4.00
  • -Mini $7.00
  • Bag of Crackling $5.50
  • Eye Fillet $32.00
    • Buttermilk and Chive Mash / Baby Onion Jus / Seasonal Vegetables or Fries
  • Tempura Banana Split / Cinnamon Sugar / Ice Cream $12.00
  • Summer Salad $16.00
    • Roasted Beetroot / Baby Carrots / Mint / Orange Lotus Shoot / Mesclun
  • -Whole Rack $36.00
  • -Half Rack $18.00
  • Raspberry Cheesecake / Vanilla Ice Cream $14.00
  • -Small $4.00
  • Asian style Pork Dumpling(6) $14.00
    • with Pickled Vegetables and Ponzu Sauce
  • Free Range Eggs (2) $14.80
    • Scrambled, Poached or Fried on Toasted Rye with Oven Roasted Tomatoes
  • -all cakes must be ordered 48 hours in advance
  • Soup of the Day POA
    • With Side of Garlic Toast
  • Lush Famous Egg Benedict $18.50
    • Salmon, Bacon, Ham or Spinach
  • Creamy Mushrooms $18.80
    • With Chorizo on Turkish
  • Mudcake Small $45.00
  • Toasted Sesame Bagel with Cream Cheese & Preserves $7.50
  • Chocolate Deluxe Cake $65.00
  • Chicken & basil crepes $14.50
    • With cheese & salad
  • Pesto & parmesan fettuccine $18.50
    • With seared ham
  • Garden salad $4.50
    • (mesclun or rice berg)
  • Seafood chowder $11.50
    • With garlic bread
  • Soup of the day $8.50
    • With Grilled Bread
  • Chicken schnitzel & gravy $18.50
    • With chips & salad
  • Beer battered onion rings $5.00
  • Grilled scotch fillet on creamy potato mash $27.50
    • With mushroom sauce or garlic butter
  • Combination Chow Mein
    • Stir fried broccoli, cauliflower, onions, carrots, cabbage, mushroom, seasonal vegetables, chicken, beef, and BBQ pork. Served with crispy noodles.
  • Chicken Egg Foo Young
    • Chinese omelette cooked with broccoli, cauliflower, mushroom, carrots, cabbage, and chicken.
  • Vegetable Soft Noodle
    • Soft noodles stir fried with broccoli, cauliflower, onions, carrots, cabbage, mushroom, and seasonal vegetables.
  • Beef Fried Rice
    • Fried rice cooked with onions, egg, carrots, peas, corn, and beef.
  • Sweet 'n Sour Chicken
    • Deep fried chicken portions served with sweet 'n sour sauce.
  • Beef Oyster Sauce
    • Broccoli, cauliflower, mushroom, carrots, and beef stir fried with oyster sauce. Served with white rice.
  • Fish
    • Deep fried battered Hoki fillet.
  • Mussel
    • Deep fried battered mussel.
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