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

  • Te Mata Fig and Chevre $22.00
    • Chargrilled Sourdough topped with a goat cheese and fresh figs, shaved fennel, prosciutto, orange and raspberry gastrique
  • Seafood Chowder $17.00
    • A selection of seafood in a creamy veloute. Served with toasted ciabatta
  • Calamari Salad $22.00
    • Lightly Szechuan pepper coated calamari tossed in a fresh herb and chilli salad, with lime aioli grilled lemon
  • Bruschetta $14.00
    • Topped with vine ripened tomatoes, basil leaves, feta, balsamic reduction & olive oil
  • Soup of the Day $12.00
    • Served with Ciabatta
  • Mediterranean Crispy Prawns $18.00
    • Pan fried salt and pepper prawns with honeydew melon, green olives, feta and green gazpacho dressing
  • Home Made Gnocchi $22.00
    • Homemade potato and parmesan gnocchi with roasted vine tomato, capsicum, spinach, pine nuts and sage beurre noisettes
  • AngusPure Steaks
    • Selection available on request
  • Freshly ground beef meat balls in a rich tomato and basil sauce topped w grilled mozzarella $13
  • Chickpea, coriander and feta fritters w a balsamic beetroot chutney and minted yoghurt dipping sauce $11
  • Prime beef fillet topped with onion jam and whisky cheddar au gratin w tomato, garlic confit and basil risotto rosti, watercress finished w bearnaise and Pinot Noir reduction $29
  • Panfried garlic king prawns w harissa mayo and rock sugar ginger dipping sauce $13
  • Quesadilla filled w red pepper, cajun blackened chicken, onion jam and mozzarella topped w avocado crème $12
  • Grilled lemon thyme chicken salad w persian and maple roasted pumpkin, cherry tomatoes, sweet chilli dressing and toasted pumpkin seeds $16
  • French baguette dipped in vanilla & cinnamon egg batter with grilled bacon, caramelized peaches and runny crèam $16.00
  • Dijon and maple glazed chicken breast filled w a smoked kransky and paprika sausage on persian roasted pumpkin, gnocchi crisp sage bed w garlic croutons and fried shallots $29
  • Roast of the Day - today's roast meat with roasted and steamed seasonal vegetables, cheese sauce and rich brown gravy $16.50
  • Snack Plate (serves 2) - selection of nibbles with sweet chili and aioli dipping sauce $16
  • Homemade Apple Pie - deep dish apple pie with cinnamon & sultanas served with vanilla ice cream & whipped cream $11
  • Chicken Tenders - chicken tenders coated in our special sauce with sweet chili dipping sauce $14.50
  • Beef Schnitzel - lightly crumbed beef schnitzel with salad, chips and rich brown gravy $17.50
  • Today's Cheesecake - see the specials board for details, served with sauce & whipped cream $10.50
  • Cheesy Garlic Bread $6
  • Double BBC Burger - double beef pattie, double bacon, double cheese, with smokey BBQ sauce and mayo; served with chips and toasted sesame seed bun $12.50
  • Honey Glazed Beef Hotplate with Rice
  • Stew Pork Rice $12.00
  • Stone Bowl Garlic Pepper Chicken with Rice $13.00
  • Large $22.00
  • Stir Fried Vegetables $12.00
  • Vegetarian Claypot $13.00
  • Chiri-Kara Don $15.00
  • Seafood Tofu Stir Fry $15.00
  • Potato Dippers $12.00
    • Served with sour cream and sweet chilli or aioli(Add cheese and bacon $2.00)
  • Kumara Fries $9.00
    • Served with sour cream or aioli
  • Potato and Chorizo (GF) $17.50
    • Pan-fried seasoned potato with bacon, chorizo, wilted spinach,caramelised onions and cherry tomatoes, served with a free-range poached egg, house made hollandaise and basil pesto
  • 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
  • Toastie $10.00
    • Cheese and ham toasted sandwich with fries
  • Hotcakes $10.00
    • With banana, maple syrup and cream
  • Open Steak Sandwich $19.50
    • Prime scotch fillet minute steak with fresh salad greens, caramelised onions, oven roasted tomato, portabella mushroom, swiss cheese, house made bernaise sauce and green tomato relish on toasted sour dough Served with a side of fries >>
  • Garlic Bread (V) $8.00
    • On ciabatta served crisp and hot with balsamic glaze
  • Deep Fried Spring Roll /Crumbed Fish
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  • Bbq Pork
  • Barista Garlic Bread $12.00
    • with garlic butter, herbs, mozzarella & sundried tomatoes (GF)$13
  • French Toast sweet or savoury $17.00
  • - Smoked Salmon & Spinach $18.00
  • Eggs Any Way $10.00
    • Poached, fried or scrambled, served with white toast (GF add $1, with bacon $14)
  • Oven toasted pita $12.00
    • with hummus & pesto
  • Barista Breakfast $23.00
    • Bacon, kransky sausage, hash browns, roasted tomatoes, Portobello mushroom, and poached eggs on white toast (GF $24)
  • Corn Fritters $17.00
    • Served with capsicum sauce and sour cream (with bacon $20)
  • Vegetarian Breakfast $22.00
    • Grilled haloumi, hash brown, poached eggs, avocado, tomato, field mushroom & our own tomato chutney, served with toast.(GF $23)
  • Palak Paneer $9.00 / $12.00
    • Half / Full
  • Butter Prawn $11.00 / $17.00
    • Half / Full
  • Mango Lassi $4.00
  • Tomato / Beetroot / Relish $3.00
  • Butter Chicken $13.50
  • Egg Roll (Kebab) $10.00
  • Tandoori Chikken $17.00 / $9.00
    • Full / Half
  • Chocolate Naan $4.00
  • Squid rings $0.80
  • Onion ring $0.40
  • 1 Mussel
  • Giant burger $9.50
  • 1/2 chips
  • Crumbed fish $2.50
  • Hot dogs / Sausages / Battered sausages $2.00
  • Lemon fish / Seasoned wedges / Kumara chips $3.50
  • Antonios Chicken Caesar $18
    • Traditional with Romanian lettuce, crisp bacon, poached egg, smoked chicken, croutons & our own signature dressing.
  • Pork Belly Ribs $25
    • Meaty, sweet sticky hickory smoked ribs with salad they come with sweet potatoes & loads of napkins.
  • Buffalo Chicken Wings $55
    • Fresh chicken wings glazed in our hot chilli sauce or try them galzed with honey and soy 5 Wings $8 / 10 Wings $10 / 12 Wings $15 / 21 Wings $26 / 50 Wings
  • Garlic Bread $6
    • Sliced baguette smothred in Garlic Butter & melted cheesy cheese
  • Deluxe Seafood Platter $20
    • Loaded with deep fried battered fish, Tempura prawns, fresh battered scallops & mussels our special sauce with fries and salad
  • Vegas Chicken $20
    • Tender thigh meat with grilled mushrooms, cripsy bacon and cheddar cheese all covered in honey mustard sauce served with baby carrots, green beans & German fried potatoes
  • Cripsy Onion Rings $9
    • Share a platter of cloves on our butter milk battered Onion rings with horseradish sauce just don’t go proposing with them.
  • Mussels in Garlic & sweet Chilli Sauce $20
    • Mussels in a shell cooked fresh in the chefs one of a kind sauce
  • BLT $24.00
    • Streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato on toasted sourdough, fries
  • Green Salad $9.50
  • Chocolate More Chocolate $13.00
  • Bruschetta $13.50
    • Organic tomatoes, sheep feta, basil on sourdough w/ balsamic
  • Wedges with Sour Cream & Thai Chili Sauce $9.50
  • Pihanga Sticky Date Pudding / Caramel sauce $13.00
  • Indian garlic naan bread $9.50
  • Tandoori Chicken $28.00
    • Basmati rice, banana rata & coriander salsa
  • Red wine jus garlic butter
  • Fat chips (GF) $10.00
    • Hand cut seasoned fat chips served with tomato sauce and a choice home-made aioli or gravy (not GF)
  • Fish and chips $18.00
    • Lemon, herb, beer-battered terakihi served with SR hand cut fat chips, a side salad, lemon wedge and tartare
  • Beef, pear + kikorangi blue $17.00
    • Aged scotch Fillet served on a rocket, Kikorangi blue vein, pear, walnut salad
  • Fried egg $2.00
  • Chicken, brie, cranberry $17.00
    • Fresh grilled chicken served with lettuce, cranberry sauce, Kapiti brie, + with SR hand-cut fat chips
  • Chicken and avocado $18.00
    • Coconut coated chicken served with garlic croutons, cherry tomatoes, crumbled feta, kale slaw, crispy shallots and harissa mayonnaise
  • Bacon avo tomato $15.00
    • Bacon, scrambled eggs, avocado (when in season) + it vine-ripened tomato. Served 11 on fresh toasted bread (GF) (V) options available upon request
  • 28. Rice Noodles $3.00
  • 10. Fresh Noodles with Sauteed Beef - Southern Style (Bun Bo Nam Bo) $15.00
    • Sauteed beef with noodles, bean sprouts, lettuce, peanuts, shallots and sweet and sour sauce
  • 8. Hanoi Noodle Soup with Beef or Chicken or Sauteed Beef (Pho Ha Noi Bo Ga / Bo tai Han) $15.00
    • Beef or chicken and fresh noodles served with spring onion, coriander, onion in a healthy broth
  • 31. Caramel Custard $6.00
  • 16. Vietnamese Curry (Chicken or Duck) (Ca Ri Ga hoac vic) $16/$25
    • Chicken thighs or duck, potatoes, carrots, broccoli, chili, coconut milk, served with steamed rice
  • 9. Stir-Fried Beef or Chicken with Rice Noodles (Pho Bo/Ga ap chao) $16.00
    • Beef or chicken stir-fried with rice noodles and seasonal vegetables
  • 21. Stewed Salmon in a Clay Pot (Ca Hoi kho to dai) $20.00
    • Salmon stewed with chili, lemongrass, pork and caramel sauce, served with steamed rice
  • 23. Salmon Cooked with Orange (Ca Hoi Sot Cam) $25.00
    • Fresh salmon marinated with orange juice, cooked with seasonal fruit, served with steamed rice
  • Extra Rice $3.00
  • Lamb / Beef Sagwala $16.00
    • A Beautiful Dish From The Royal Of India Cubed Lamb / Beef Cooked In A Spices Spinach Sauce
  • Chicken Korma $15.00
    • Tender Boneless Chicken Pieces Cooked In Rich Cashew Nut Gravy
  • Chicken Biriyani $15.90
    • Spiced Biriyani Rice Cooked With Marinated Chicken Pieces & Spices
  • Vegetable Korma $13.90
    • Fresh Mixed Vegetables Cooked In Rich Creamy Cashew Nut Gravy
  • Vegetable Pulao $5.00
  • Paneer Makhani $13.90
    • Fresh Cottage Cheese Cooked In Spices , Creamy Tomato And Butter Sauce
  • Chicken Jalfrezi $15.00
    • Boneless Chicken Cooked With Julieness Of Onion, Tomato, Capsicum, Carrot And Onion Sauce
  • Scallops Sml $19 Lrg $38
    • Six scallops coated in breadcrumbs, parmesan and coconut, served with micro greens and hollandaise sauce
  • Crème Brulee $15.50
    • Raspberry vanilla bean crème brulee. served with honey madeleines and summer nectarine ice cream
  • Lamb Cutlets $39
    • Pan fried parmesan crusted lamb cutlets served with a wild mushroom lamb shank pie, glazed baby carrots and jus
  • Eye Beef Fillet $41
    • Eye Beef Fillet cooked to your liking, wrapped in parma ham, served with potato, pumpkin, carrot pave with oven roasted vine tomato, onion rings topped with béarnaise sauce and jus
  • Croissant Bread and Butter Pudding $15.50
    • Candied fruit and croissant baked in custard served with whipped cream, apricot glaze and black doris plum ice cream
  • Lamb Nicoise Salad $26.50
    • Lamb Fillet with green beans, red onions, gourmet potatoes, soft boiled egg and olives served in a creamy honey and dill sauce
  • Soup of the Day $12.50
    • Served with toasted bread
  • Rissotto $23
    • Roasted pumkin, feta and pine nut risotto, served with tempura chicken tenderloins and tomoto confit
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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type

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