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

  • Creamy Mushrooms (V) $15.50
    • Creamy roast garlic & balsamic mushrooms on toasted sourdough
  • Avocado $5.50
  • (V+) vegan ( V) vegetarian (GF) gluten free (NF) Nut free (DF) Dairy free ** Contains nuts
  • Beef Schnitzel $18.50
    • With rosemary potatoes, fried egg and gravy
  • Spinach $5.50
  • -add bacon $18.50
  • Lemon & Thyme Chicken Salad (GF) $18.00
    • With rocket, feta, macadamia nuts, orange & avocado
  • Kransky sausages (2) $6.50
  • Sea
    • Local Fish / Prawn / Lemon/ Tarragon / Chives
  • Select Cookie & Ice Cream $12
  • -Triple Chocolate
  • ●Ice Cream
  • ●Style
  • Cauliflower / Gruyere Fritters ( GF, V) $10
  • -Triple Chocolate
  • Lamb
    • Coastal Lamb / Harissa/ Preserved Lemon / Wild Thyme
  • - Carrot and cheese lasagna
  • Confit mussels with pumpkin risotto, lemon segments, toasted pumpkin seeds and nuts (gf)
  • Spicy chicken, tomato and pine nut salad $20.00
  • Pumpkin arancini, smoked sprouts and crispy leaves, onion jelly and herb sauce $32.00
  • Apple, white chocolate and coco butter parfait
  • - Fresh green salad with honey mustard dressing
  • Half Chicken - roasted breast and confit leg with sweet carrot puree and crispy leeks $30.00
  • Filo wrapped bread and butter pudding with a toffee glaze & vanilla ice cream
  • #4. Salami, mushroom, gorgonzola, taleggio $19.00
  • #15. Fungi, prosciutto, garlic, rocket, truffle oil $17.00
  • #7. Pork sausage, salami, manuka smoked ham, roasted onion $16.00
  • #11. Zucchini, pine nuts, chilli, garlic, fennel, ricotta $15.50
  • #12. Quattro cheese: gorgonzola, tallegio, provolone $19.00
  • #9. Marinara (no mozzarella) oregano, garlic, sea salt, parmesan (v) $11.50
  • #13. Pork & fennel sausage meat, roasted onion, oregano, pistachio nuts $16.50
  • #3. Prosciutto, rocket, shaved parmesan $18.50
  • Garlic Bread $5.00
  • Soup of the Day $8.50
    • with garlic bread
  • Items with *GF can be made gluten free, may be minor alterations. please speak with the Chef.
  • Lamb Fry cooked with a rich tomato, bacon and onion gravy served with potato mash and wilted spinach (GF) $14.00
  • -Large $7.00
  • -Small $13.00
  • -Small $13.00
  • Chicken Nuggets & Fries $8.50
  • -sauces / sour cream $1.00
  • -gluten free $13.90
  • cheese nachos $6
    • Crispy fresh made tortilla chips with blended pinto beans and melted cheese.
  • -meat, fish or vege $2.00
  • -meat, fish or vege $2.00
  • -medium $9.90
  • -crispy $6
  • -half size $9.90
  • Steamed Broccoli, Courgettes, Spinach
    • slow roasted baby beetroot / artichoke puree /medley of micro greens / verjuice / lemon dressing
  • Smoked Pakari Aged Cheddar
  • Festival of Strawberries
    • Marinated strawberry jelly with elderflower / shortbread / white chocolate meringue /strawberry cream
  • Manuka Honey & Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta
    • macadamia ginger praline / coconut scented tapioca / glazed blueberries / popcorn shoots.
  • Hot Platter
    • Turkey & cranberry terrine / tempura prawn cutlets / BBQ beef & chorizo skewers / Thai fish spring roll / baguette
  • Locally Caught Market Fresh Today
    • Our creations are famous!
  • Land & Garden Salad
    • fresh melon / prosciutto / rocket / shaved apple / walnuts
  • Venison Carpaccio
    • Silver Fern Farms’ finely sliced venison / beetroot harissa jelly / goats cheese snow / chorizocrumbs / raspberry balsamic
  • - Large $20.00
  • Assorted Cheesecakes $6.00
  • Chocolate Mousse GF $6.00
  • :- Satay, BBQ, Hollandaise, Tomato, Mayonnaise or Sweet Chilli Sauce
  • Satay Chicken
  • -Small $25.00
  • -12 inch $18.00
  • Pasta of the Day
  • Eggs on toast with hollandaise add salmon $17.00
  • Ask stuff what soup du jour it comes with fresh bread $12.00
  • Toasts with Salmon, cream cheese, rocket & pesto $16.00
  • Ask staff for details of fish of the day comes with coffee $14.50
  • Patil Dejeuner $14.50
    • toast with butter & jam, croissant, orange juice and coffee
  • Portabello Mushroom, spinach, poached eggs, tomato kasundi (GF) $16.00
  • Croque Monsieur
  • Crepes with rhubarb, raspberries & vanilla mascarpone $17.00
  • Side of Garden Salad $4.50 each
  • Kids Wedges $8.00
    • Wedges with Tomato Sauce
  • Bruschetta $16.80
    • Slow Roasted Tomato, Feta, Basil Pesto & Balsamic Syrup on Toasted Bread
  • Grilled Tomato/Smoked Salmon $6.00 each
  • Eggs Benedict $17.50
    • Poached Eggs on Toast with Hollandaise & Roasted Tomato & Spinach
  • Eggs on Toast $15.80
    • Poached or Fried or Scrambled With Bacon
  • Balsamic Cream Mushrooms $15.80
    • On Toasted Ciabatta
  • Hub Relish/Hollandaise Sauce/a Kransky Sausage/a Slice of Toasted Ciabatta/a Hub Croquette/GF Potato Hash Cake $2.00each
  • Chicken Nuggets with Fries $6.00
  • Braised Steak with Mash and Spinach (Gluten Free) $13.00
  • -2 fill $6.20
  • Warm Roasted Vegetable Salad with Feta (Gluten Free) $10.00
  • Eggs on Toast (Gluten Free available) $8.00
  • Bacon Pasta $6.00
  • Cheerios with Bread $6.00
  • Fries S $3.50 / L $7.50
  • Fries $5.00
    • served with your choice of tomato sauce or aioli
  • Soup of the day $12.00
    • Served with freshly baked bread
  • Juliana shrimp and pastrami salad $16.50
    • With brie cheese, orange segments and salad greens served with honey & seeded mustard house dressing
  • 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
  • B L T $14.00
    • Freshly baked bread, crispy bacon, iceberg lettuce, tomato and creamy mayo served with fries and tomato sauce
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Balsamic Mushrooms $16.50
    • Pan-fried button mushrooms finished with balsamic and cream; garnished with a slice of bacon and served on toasted rye
  • Botannix Full Cooked Breakfast $18.00
    • Two eggs, two kransky sausages, grilled tomato, potato rosti, sautéed mushrooms
  • -vegetarian, with either mushrooms or tomato (V) $15.00
  • V vegetarian
  • Botannix Stack $18.50
    • Potato and herb rosti with wilted spinach, portobello mushroom, roasted tomato, pan-fried bacon,
  • 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
  • Gourmet Toasted Sandwiches $10.50
    • Bacon & Egg, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Schnitzel or Ham, Cheese & Tomato. Served on fresh toasted turkish bread
  • Soup of the Day $9.50
    • Served with fresh focaccia bread & butter. Please ask to the counter for today's flavour
  • Robert Harris Big Breakfast $18.50
    • Free range eggs any style served with bacon, breakfast sausages, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms and toast
  • B.L.T Sandwich $14.50
    • Toasted focaccia bread with bacon, lettuce, tomato & aioli. Served as an open sandiwich
  • Angus Beef Burger $15.50
    • Angus beef pattie topped with Swiss cheese, lettuce, beetroot relish & creamy aioli encased in a toasted ciabatta bun
  • Fruit Pancake Stack $15.00
    • Pancakes served with seasonal fresh fruit, yoghurt and wild berry coulis
  • French Toast $15.50
    • Sourdough bread served with bacon, grilled banana and maple syrup
  • Pancakes with bacon and banana $15.50
    • Served with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
  • CHOCOLATE GATEAU $10.90
    • with hot fudge sauce
  • Mushroom sauce
  • 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.
  • MARKET FISH POA
    • staff will advise of today’s special.
  • VEGGIE EXPLOSION $21.90
    • veggie stack consisting of pumpkin, kumara, carrot, mushroom, courgette & tomato, served with poached eggs & tomato, reduction, finished with hollandaise sauce.
  • FISH & CHIPS $18.90
    • battered gurnard with chips, salad, lemon wedge and tartare sauce.
  • GARDEN SALAD $12.90
    • with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, onion & carrot tossed in the house 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