Stories Espresso Bar in Wellington Menu

Includes All You Can Eat from the salad boat. Served with chips, croquettes or half & half.
Pavlova $8.20
- An old kiwi favourite, served with kiwifruit and passionfruit sauce
Pork Loin $15.95 Light / $21 Main
- With sage and onion crumbs and apple sauce
Cheesecake $8.20
- Can we tempt you with today's flavour? Please check the specials board...
Add chips, croquettes or half & half $3.30. Add All You Can Eat from the salad boat $6.60.
Fillet Steak N/A Light / $27 Main
- On onion confit
Onion $2.00
Fresh Fish $15.95 Light / $23 Main
- Choose from pan fried, crumbed and deep fried or mornay. Please check the specials board for today's fish.

Spanish manchego cheese $19
- fig & pistachio nut bread, Pedro Ximenez, falwasser wafers & quince paste
Bubble & squeak $5
Spanish tasting plate $22
- croquettes,chorizo,marcona almonds,piquillo peppers,jamon,manchego cheese
Kids pack $5
Affogato $13
- served w fruit & nut biscotti & a single shot of amaretto
Buttermilk & banana pancakes $14
- smoked blueberry butter, maple syrup
Hot chocolate pudding $14
- w almond heart & vanilla ice cream (allow 15 min)
Coconut chia seed parfait $13
- watermelon, berries, passionfruit, nuts, local honey

-Rosemary & garlic fries (v, v*) $5.00
Feijoada (g/f) $20/$38
- black bean stew w. beef, spicy chorizo & pork. Brazil’s national dish is slow cooked, served with farofa & biro biro rice. Single serve or share a pot for two
Pork belly sliders w. latin slaw, smoked paprika tomato chutney, chili mayo $14.00
●Feijão de Casa (v, v*) $14.00
- smoky black beans on toasted ciabatta, broccoli hummus, smashed avocado
●Gaucho burger $21.00
- spiced beef patty, cheddar, latin slaw, tomato, pickles, smoked paprika tomato chutney, w. fries & chili mayo
-Housemade latin slaw (v, g/f) $5.00
Bahian marinated piri (g/f) $25.00
- piri roasted quarter chicken w/ blood orange & chorizo sauce & cassava gratin
-Halloumi, brussels sprouts & maple roasted kumara (v, v*, g/f)

-1 Metre $47
-1 Metre $47
-Coppia 25(gf) $20
Buffalo wings (gf) $13
- Chicken wings marinated for twenty- fours hours in our blend of herbs, spices and chillies, then baked to seal in the flavour, Chosse either: hot wings - double baked and basted in spicy chili butter. bbq wings - frien then tossed in smoky bbq sauce and sesame seeds
-1 Metre $47
Agnello
- Seared lamb rump, roasted kumara, caramelised onions bacon, pine nuts, with fresh rocket and spiced plum sauce.
-Coppia 25(gf) $20
-1/2 Metre $26

Hashbrowns $5.00
g/f Toast $3.00
Toast & Spreads $ 7.00
Large $12.00
BLT $16.50
- with toasted sourdough
Eggs Benedict (Bacon) $16.50
Shine’s Special Breakfast $21.50
- eggs, bacon, hash browns, gourmet sausages, savoury tomato & grilled mushroom
Buckwheat Pancakes $16.50
- with berries (& yoghurt)

Soup of the day, our fantastic wait staff will advise you of today's delicious flavour $12.00
Fries with Garlic Aioli $8.00
Risotto Balls with a Mustard Hollandaise $11.00
Asparagus and Mushroom Risotto $18.50
- in a creamy garlic & herb sauce topped with shaved parmesan
Bacon and Eggs $13.00
- Streaky bacon and free range eggs on grilled sour dough
Fish for The Day, our waiting staff will inform you of today's special $30.00
Moroccan Fish with a Cucumber and Yoghurt $11.00
Garlic Mussels $11.00

Eggs on Toast $9.00
- Your choice of fried, poached or scrambled eggs on toast
Toast & Spread $6.00
- Jam, honey, marmite, peanut butter or choc spread
Mediterranean Shakshuka $16.00
- Poached eggs in our homemade tomato salsa- served with tahini and homemade pitta bread
Toastie $7.00
- 3 options of your choice: Cheese, Ham, Tomato, Onion, Pineapple
Pancake Stack $16.00
- Fried banana with your choice of fruit or bacon
Eggs Florentine $16.00
- Poached eggs, spinach, salmon & hollandaise on toast
B.L.A.T sandwich $16.00
- Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado & Tomato
Omelette (gf) $16.00
- served with a side salad. 3 options of your choice: Onion, Cheese, Ham, Tomato, Mushroom, Capsicum, Beef.

-Prawns or Scallops $28.00
Garlic King Prawns on Noodles $40.00
Steamed Chicken with Veggies H $24 / W $46
Tea Leaf Flavoured King Prawns $33.00
Steamed King Prawns $30.00
Dishes can be made vegetarian on request
Chicken Cartilage with Pine Nuts / Hot and Spicy Chicken Cartilage / Scorched Large Intestines $28.00
Peking Duck (2 course meal) $70.00
- Pancakes and Sang Choi bao

Jamon Serrano (GF) $16.00
- Spanish dried ham, aged 18 months
Ravioli (V) $26.00
- pumpkin ravioli stuffed with percorino cheese served with butter & sage
Cassoulet (GF optional) $28.00
- duck confit, pork belly & Toulouse sausage cooked with beans
Wakanui Beef Sirloin 300g (GF) $34.00
- 90-day grain finished sirloin with shoestring fries, Cafe de Paris butter, craft beer mustard and red wine jus
Antipasto Platter $30.00
- prosciutto, sopressa salami, thinly sliced house made porchetta & smoked provolone
Gnocchi $26.00
- potato gnocchi with kale, pine nuts & gorgonzola cheese
Bolognese $27.00
- pappardelle with our nine-hour bolognese – veal and pork mince braised with red wine and vegetables
Margherita (v) $19.00
- tomato, mozzarella, sweet basil & extra virgin olive oil

French Toast $12.50
- Crispy bacon, caramelised bananas, maple syrup
Selection of Gluten Free Pies $6.50
Gusto 'BLT' $12.50
- Crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato, on toasted wholemeal, aioli, chips, salad
Eggs Your Way and Crispy Bacon $10.50
- On wholemeal toast
Market-Fresh Salad $6.00
- Todays freshest greens, accompaniments, tossed in our own gusto dressing, superb with all main choices
Mama's Macaroni and Cheese $5.50
Chicken Tenders and Chips $10.00
Gusto Big Brekky $16.00
- Eggs your way, crispy bacon, tomato, mushrooms, sausage, hash brown

Roasted Free-Range Chicken Supreme $27.00
- Apricot and pistachio nut stuffing, fig and apricot compote, creamy garlic sauce
Sorbet Duo $12.00
- Kapiti lemon and lime sorbet, toasted sesame snap
Grilled Free-Range Carterton Pork Loin $27.00
- Cashew nuts and cream cheese stuffing, kumara strata
Chilled Selection $19.50
- Natural Yoghurt / Fruit Yoghurt / Sliced Fruit / Bircher Muesli / Preserved Fruits / Continental Meat Platter with Cheeses
Slow-roasted Tomato and Onion Bruschetta $9.00
- Feta, salad leaves, red pesto dressing
Roasted Rack of Pirinoa Lamb $36.00
- Goat's cheese crust, fresh thyme, pumpkin 'Carnaroli' risotto, aged balsamic jus
Créme Brulée $11.00
- Rhubarb compote, Kapiti vanilla bean ice-cream, home-made oat biscuit
Pink Peppercorn Angus Beef Salad $16.00
- Medium rare tenderloin, radicchio leaves, garlic and mustard dressing, parmesan wafer

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