The Big Orange in Manawatu-Wanganui Menu

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  • Lamb Rack $35.50
    • Served with chateau potatoes. forest mushrooms, green beans and with a basil balsamic glaze
  • Seared Duck Breast $40.00
    • Seared then flash roasted to medium rare and served with fondant potato, braised red cabbage with a star anise jus
  • Angus Beef Fillet S35.00
    • Grilled eye fillet served with horseradish mash, roasted heirloom carrots, rosemary yorkshire pudding with a bordelaise sauce.
  • Ballotine Of Chicken $32.00
    • Boned leg of chicken with mushrooms and served with boulangere potatoes, steamed green vegetables, crispy chicken skin and a white wine, thyme sauce
  • Twice Cooked Pork Belly $29.50
    • Served with braised savoy cabbage, apple potato mash, crispy crackling and black pudding sauce
  • Beetroot Risotto $32 00
    • A beetroot risotto served with goats cheese, toasted walnuts and rocket
  • Ravioli Of Pork $26.50
    • Pork, anchovy, thyme & parmesan ravioli served with a lemon beurre blanc sauce.
  • Venison Loin $39.50
    • Served with asmoked garlic mash, balsamic roasted beets, black kale and a port jus .
  • Fish Of The Day
    • Please select the type of fish you like then the way you want it cooked. (All fish is subject to availability)
  • Tempura Battered $30.50
    • Served with fries and a side salad accompanied by homemade tartare and lemon
  • Pan Fried $33.50
    • Fish of your choice, served with parsnip mash, pea panacoita and pea shoots
  • Chef'S Fish Special PRICED DAILY
    • Please ask your server about todays special.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Mixed $12.90 / $15.90
    • Served with Rice. Small / Large
  • Mixed $7.50 / $9.90
    • Mini / Large
  • Falafel $2.00
  • Beef $6.90
    • Mediterranean Style
  • Vegetarian $6.90
    • Mediterranean Style
  • Mixed $7.50
    • Mediterranean Style
  • Zucchini $7.00 / $8.90
    • Mini / Large
  • Beef $11.90 / $14.90
    • Served with Rice. Small / Large
  • AngusPure Steaks
    • Selection available on request
  • Soup of the Day $12.00
    • Served with Ciabatta
  • Calamari Salad $22.00
    • Lightly Szechuan pepper coated calamari tossed in a fresh herb and chilli salad, with lime aioli grilled lemon
  • Mediterranean Crispy Prawns $18.00
    • Pan fried salt and pepper prawns with honeydew melon, green olives, feta and green gazpacho dressing
  • Chicken Salad $24.00
    • Moroccan spiced chicken with mixed green, avocado, feta, capsicum, roasted almonds, maple and seeded mustard dressing
  • Bruschetta $14.00
    • Topped with vine ripened tomatoes, basil leaves, feta, balsamic reduction & olive oil
  • Pork Ribs $19.00
    • Sticky smoked pork ribs with garden salad and house fries
  • Steak Sandwich $24.00
    • AngusPure on garlic ciabatta with mixed salad greens. Tomato, grilled flat brown mushroom, caramelised onions and béarnaise sauce. Served with shoestring fries
  • Pack $ 10
  • Pack No 2
    • 2 Fish,½ chips
  • Pack $28
    • 7 Fish, 2 Hot Dogs, 1 Spring Roll, 1 Curry Roll, 3 Potato Fritters, 3 Chips
  • Satay Dishes
  • Fish Fillet $2.70
  • Or Super Steak Jumbo Burger
  • Egg Fu Young
  • Pack No 7
    • 3 Fish, 1 Potato Fritter, 1 Sausage, 1 Chip
  • Chada Thai Spring Rolls - A mixture of carrot, glass noodles and cabbage are rolled in rice pastry and served with sweet chilli sauce (Vegetarian) $6.00
  • Crispy Wontons - Chicken mince wrapped with wonton pastry and served with sweet chilli sauce $6.50
  • Chocolate/Vanilla Sundae $6.50
  • Green Tea Sundae $6.50
  • Cashew Nuts - Your choice of meat stir-fried with vege tables and cashew nuts (Squid/prawn/seafood/fish/crispy pork/BBQ pork/roasted duck) $17.00
  • Cashew Nuts $3.00
  • Roasted Duck Noodle Soup - Roasted duck and rice noodle, served in our five-spice flavour soup $16.00
  • BBQ and Crispy Pork on Rice - Roasted BBQ pork loin and crispy pork belly served with a boiled egg and our secret homemade gravy sauce $15.50
  • Sweet Sour Pork $10.50
  • Combination Chow Mein or Chop Suey $11.00
  • BBQ Pork Cashew Nut Meal $12.00
  • Wonton (each) $0.70
  • Sweet Sour Chicken/Lemon Chicken $12.00
  • Fish $2.70
  • Satay Chicken $9.50
    • Egg noodles with chicken and vegetables in satay sauce
  • 100% Paua Fritter $5.50
  • Thai Beef On Rice $18.20
  • Chicken Parmigiana $23.50
    • Served with stuffed potato or chips
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
  • Battered Mussels $6.20
  • Chicken Satay Burger & Chips $17.60
  • Steak Sandwich & Chips $14.00
  • Hot Beef Madras Curry $18.60
  • Rump Steak $25.00
    • Garlic, pepper or mushroom sauce $2.60 Extra
  • Steam Whole Fish Seasonal Price
  • Pork Intestines with Chillies $26.00
  • Scallops with Seasonal Vegetables $28.00
  • Salted Fish & Chicken Fried Rice Med $18.00/Lge $23.00
  • Seasonal Vegetables with Oyster Sauce Med $14.00/Lge $20.00
  • Deep fried Squids $7.00
  • Fried Chicken with Chilli Bean $25.00
  • Intestine with Chilli Sauce Clay Pot $25.00
  • Chicken Jalfrezi $18.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked with onion, tomato, and capsicum and lemon juice.
  • Mughalai Mushroom $16.99
    • Potato and Mushroom cooked in cashew and coconut based white sauce and tempered with aromatic spices.
  • Mugalai Naan $4
    • Soft unleavened bread with mint, coriander, fenugreek and banana prepared in tandoor.
  • Paneer Tikka Masala $16
    • Chefs specially prepared and marinated cottage cheese cooked in tandoor and tossed with flavourful spices and herbs.
  • Hyderabadi Chicken Tikka Masala $20.99
    • Tandoor cooked boneless chicken sauted in capsicum, onion, cauliflower, spinach and simmered in tomato based gravy.
  • Tamarind Chutney $3
  • Mughalai Chicken Korma $17.99
    • Boneless chicken cooked in cashew based gravy garnished with almond.
  • Lamb Goa $18.50
    • Cubes of lamb cooked in a powerful curry with red sauce, garam masala and fresh tomatoes. Famous dish from Goa, with a hint of vinegar.
  • - Large $8.00
  • Skotel cheesecake $11.00
    • Home made by our chefs, ask you waitress about which delicious flavour is available tonight.
  • Trio of ice creams $11.50
    • Three flavours of Kapiti ice cream with served with homemade sauces and Chantilly Cream
  • Rolled skotel pork belly $35.00
    • Rolled pork belly with a hazelnut, apricot and prune farce, lightly smoked then roasted. Served with seasonal greens, roasted apple and root vegetables and a sage jus.
  • Chocolate overload $11.00
    • Mud cake with chocolate ice cream, mandarin compote and a chocolate sauce
  • Seasonal vegetables $5.00
  • Cheese Plate
    • Choice of two cheeses (brie, camembert, blue, cheddar,edam) and crackers with either grapes, walnuts & turkish apricots or gherkins & pickled onions accompanied by a glass of taylor's 10year old port
  • ●Wedges (with cheese, bacon & sour cream)
  • Cooperage Vegetarian Salad (GF V) $17.00
    • Fresh salad greens tossed with roasted kumara, courgettes, mushrooms,oven dried tomatoes, feta and topped with kumara chards and aioli (Dairy-free available)
  • Side of gluten free bread $4.00
  • Basil pesto / hollandaise / sour cream/cream cheese / brie / aioli $2.00
  • Beef Burger $12.00
    • With cheese and tomato sauce served with fries
  • Chicken Linguine $18.50
    • Garlic and chilli marinated chicken tossed with linguine in a zesty basil lemon sauce, cherry tomatoes, baby spinach. Topped with fresh parmesan and toasted macadamia nuts and a lemon wedge
  • Chicken Burger $18.50
    • Herb and chilli marinated chicken served with caramelised pineapple,tomato, bacon, brie, apricot chilli chutney and mayo, on toasted burger buns with fries and house made aioli
  • Eggs Benedict $17.50
    • Served on English muffin with free range soft poached eggs,house made hollandaise and rocket *Salmon *Bacon
  • Thai Beef Salad (GF) $18.00
    • Prime beef slices marinated in Thai satay flavours served on mesclun salad with mangos, radish, tomato, cucumber and black sesame seeds. Topped with crispy kumara chards and nam jam dressing
  • Mattar Paneer $14.90
    • Peas and cottage cheese cooked in onion rich gravy
  • Fish curry $19.90
    • Fish fillet cooked in a fine tomato paste and onion gravy and coconut cream
  • Chicken Tikka $16.90
    • Chicken pieces marinated with tandoori spices, yoghurt and cooked in tandoori oven, served with onions and tomatoes
  • Chicken Tikka Masala $17.90
    • Succulent tandoori chicken morsels cooked in spicy gravy with onion and capsicum
  • Gulab Jamun / Chocolate Fudge Cake / Peach & Passion Fruit Cheesecake $6.00
  • South Indian Style Fish Curry $19.90
    • Fish fillets cooked in a fine onion gravy and coconut cream and finished with coriander
  • Peshawari Naan $4.00
    • Stuffed with dry fruit
  • Shahi Prawn $19.90
    • Prawn cooked in shahi cashew nut gravy with Indian herbs
  • Fish, Eggs & Chips $15.00
  • Scrambled Eggs with Salmon $15.00
  • Curry Rolls $3.00
  • Breakfast Cereals $6.50
  • Eggs Florentine $20.00
    • 3 Poached Eggs on Spinach with Bacon OR Salmon on a Muffin topped with Hollandaise sauce
  • Sausages $2.00
  • Sausage & Eggs $15.00
    • 2 Sausages, 2 Eggs, 2 Hashbrowns and Onions on Toast
  • Eggs on Toast $12.50
    • 3 Eggs either scrambled, fried or poached
  • Kashmiri Chicken 15.90
    • This dish consists of tender boneless chicken marinated overnight with cashew, cheese and cream, barbecued then cooked with organic yoghurt, turmeric, tomatoes and mint
  • Lamb Chennai 15.90
    • A South Indian dish with coconut cream, onions, tomatoes, ginger/garlic of spices. Lemon rice is a real compliments with this dish
  • Mix Platter 14.90
    • Consists of two pieces of each of the following Onion bhajee, samosa and chicken tikka vegetable
  • Pickles 3.50
  • Pulao Rice 4.00
    • Mildy spiced fried rice with green peas and tomatoes
  • Dal Makhni 13.90
    • Lentils and kidney beans cooked in caramelized onions and spices with creamy sauce
  • Cheese and Garlic Naan 5.00
    • Large leavened bread. Stuffed with New Zealand Cheese and crushed garlic
  • Butter Lamb 15.90
    • Smoked tandoori lamb cooked with cream, honey and tomatoes
  • Sweet & sour caramelised chicken breast on Mediterranean salad $25.00
  • Camembert $1.50
  • Hash brown $2.00
  • Garlic butter $3.50
  • Chicken strip burger $8.50
  • Pepper sauce $3.50
  • Fresh fish of the day pan-fried in parsley and lemon butter $29.00
  • Battered sausage $2.00
  • Summer Pudding $14
    • pudding with mixed berries in a white chocolate syrup served with vanilla & rosewater cream
  • extra-large $24
  • Grilled Platter (GF) $20
    • 2 cajun chicken tenderloins skewers, 2 angus steak skewers,2 garlic prawn skewers, 2 garlic mushroom & cherry tomato skewers, garlic aioli dipping sauce
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $30
    • 300g Angus steak cooked to your liking with choice of sauce béarnaise ~ garlic ~ blue cheese ~ peppercorn ~ mushroom served with oven roasted sweet potato wedges & summer crunch slaw with toasted seeds & nuts
  • Bowl of Fries with Tomato Sauce & Garlic Aioli $7
  • Pink Lamb Rump $16
    • rosemary & garlic marinated lamb rump served on puy lentil & feta salad with yoghurt & cucumber dressing
  • Rich Dark Chocolate Silk Tart served with champagne soaked strawberries, french vanilla ice-cream & nut praline $15
  • Mushrooms & Toast $14
    • porcini mushroom & port pâté with cheesy garlic mushrooms served with our own made bread sliced and toasted
The Big Orange

The Big Orange

location

Address

51 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui, Wanganui City Centre, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4500, New Zealand

phone

Phone

063484449

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 8:30 PM, Thursday: 7:30 AM – 8:30 PM, Friday: 7:30 AM – 8:30 PM, Saturday: 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM, Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
price range

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None

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Type

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service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Bar Food , Cafe Food , Gluten Free , Mexican , New Zealand , Pub Food , Sandwiches , Vegetarian , Wine Bar

features

Features

Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Quick Bites ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
51 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui, Wanganui City Centre, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4500, New Zealand