Ca Banana Leaf Wrapped Baked Fish With Prawn And Papaya Salad $29.5
Beautiful fresh fish fillet cooked in a chef’s special marinate of turmeric, dill & galangal. Served with a Vietnamese style prawn salad of crispy greens, papaya, herbs, peanuts, shallots & steamed rice.
Banh Tam Mixed Grilled Of Pork, Crispy Spring Rolls & Lemongrass Beef $29.5
Delicious Vietnamese mixed grilled of pork, lemongrass beef and crispy spring rolls. Served with udon noodles, fresh herbs, cucumber, carrot, peanuts, fried shallots, fish sauce and top with coconut sauce.
Hot Dogs $ Chips $12
Goi Cuon – Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls $14.5
Vietnamese signature dish. Fresh rice paper spring rolls filled with pork, prawn, rice noodles and herbs. Served with a classic in-house spiced bean dipping sauce. (Vegetarian on request).
Tom Nuong – Charrgrilled Slipper Lobsters With Green Papaya Salad $16
Charred grilled wild caught slipper lobsters served with a refreshing Vietnamese style green Papaya salad. Topped with fresh Asian herbs, roasted peanuts & Vietnamese tamarind dressing.
Bo Nuong – Vietnamese Street Style Chargrilled Beef Skewers $15.5
Premium Taupo grass fed Angus beef mince marinated with Vietnamese herbs & spices. Wrapped around fresh lemongrass & BBQ. Served with rice noodles, nuts, herbs & dipping sauce.
Homemade gnocchi cooked in a four cheese sauce w broccoli & hazelnut (V)
Side Dishes $6.00/ $6.00/ $6.00/ $6.00
Hand cut fries w aioli sauce/ Seasonal steamed vegetables/ Bistro 169 green salad w vinaigrette dressing/ Crumbed onion rings
Vodka Cured Salmon $16.00
Aoraki King Salmon cured w vodka, orange juice & fennel served w crème fraîche, bread croutons & garden mix lettuce & olive oil (GF option available)
Cheeseboard $17.00
Local cheeses served w nuts, quince jelly & crackers
Baby Spinach & Tofu Salad $14.00
Baby spinach, lettuce, crispy tofu, fava bean, roasted bell pepper, sundried tomatoes dressed w berry vinaigrette dressing (GF) (DF) (V)
Bistro 169 Signature Cut Beef $28.50
250g New York cut striploin steak. Beef cuts cooked to your liking & served w hand cut fries, onion relish, baby vegetables & your choice of sauce: green peppercorn, port wine or béarnaise sauce
Mediterranean Platter $15.00
Flat bread w cheese and ham, falafel, hummus dipping sauce & babaganoush sauce
Confit Duck $28.50
Duck leg cooked in confit style w thyme & juniper berries, homemade gnocchi w hoisin sauce, carrot puree & kumara shavings (GF)
Grilled pandoro sourdough and bacon, served with tomato sauce.
Steak Sandwich $17.00
Marinated steak, caramelised onion, mesclun lettuce, brie cheese, with aioli and hollandaise sauce on a grilled pandoro bap, accompanied by shoestring fries and tomato relish.
Eggs Benedict $17.50
Grilled pandoro english muffin, wilted spinach, grilled ham, two poached eggs, and covered in hollandaise sauce.
Salmon Scramble $15.50
Scrambled eggs and salmon served with toast.
The Salmon Stack $17.50
Grilled pandoro english muffin, hot smoked salmon, hash browns, two poached eggs, and covered in hollandaise sauce.
Big Boy $22.00
A colossal version of the 'wee man’.
Waffles $15.00
Available saturday and sunday. Served with bacon and banana gr fruit. Accompanied with maple syrup and yoghurt.