Address
33 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, Canterbury, 7520, New Zealand
The Little Bistro in Canterbury Menu
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DINNER - 1ST COURSE-
Olives $10
- warm citrus marinated olives
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Bread $11
- sage and linseed loaf, whipped butter
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Oyster $4.5
- clevedon organic oysters , lemon vinaigrette caviar -
DINNER - 2ND COURSE-
Clams $18
- otago littleneck clams, canterbury saffron cream
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Snails $17.5
- escargot, garlic, bacon vel au vent -
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Gravalax $18.5
- cured akaroa salmon, miso panna cotta, wasabi vinaigrette -
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Souffle $16.5
- twice baked blue cheese souffle, pickled rhubarb and candy walnuts -
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Scallops $23
- atlantic scallops, homemade blackpudding, ham crisp, pea puree
DINNER - 3RD COURSE-
Salmon $38
- akaroa salmon fillet, saffron risotto cake, organic asparagus, 1/2 slipper lobster
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Veal $39.5
- backstrap of canterbury veal, fondant potato, truffle yorkie, roast onion, horseradish jus -
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Lamb $39.5
- 4 points of canterbury lamb rack, goats cheese and potato terine, pea, mint, red wine jus -
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Sole $37
- whole lyttleton sole, parsnips, paysanne potatoes, organic kale, herb butter
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Arancini $32
- mushroom and truffle arancini, organic cannolini and black turtle bean cassoulet
DINNER - 4TH COURSE-
Citrus $15
- iced lemon meringue parfait, confit fennel, dried raspberries
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Chocolate $16
- chocolate ganache, canterbury saffron ice cream, chocolate soil
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Mess $15
- organic rhubarb compote, chantilly cream, meringues, vanilla ice cream
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Cheese $16
- blue cheese, joshs oat cakes, organic honeycomb
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Brulee $15
- lemongrass creme brulee, coconut ice cream, sichuan biscotti
Nearby Sample Menus
- Patties - Meat $2.50
- Donuts - Plain $2.50
- Fritters - Mushroom $1.00
- Fish $2.60
- Crab Sticks $2.00
- Patties - Paua $6.30
- 3 Mini Donut $2.00
- Hot Dogs $2.50
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Meringue cascade $8.00
- Served with mixed berries, cream & ice cream
- Side salad $3.50
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Meringue Cascade $8.00
- Served with mixed berries, cream & ice cream
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Crème Brulee $8.00
- A classic French favourite, a melt in your mouth dessert
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Chicken Tenderloin Stack * $23.00
- Pan seared, served on roasted vegetables and mash, finished with streaky bacon and a light tarragon cream sauce
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Vegetable Lasagna $24.00
- Layers of pasta, pumpkin, tomato garlic and herbs served with chips and a side salad
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Tortilla Flat $6.00
- With pesto, sweet chili sauce and sour cream
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Passionfruit Cheesecake $8.50
- Our own special in house recipe, wonderful, light & refreshing,served with cream & ice cream
- Preserved lemon chicken with coriander & olives $12.50
- Pil Pli marinated Chicken strip, battered and served with chilli jam $12.00
- Almond or Pistachio Orange Blossom Baklava $7.90
- Dolmades of mint and rice stuffed vine leaves with garlic & cucumber dip (6 pieces) $8.50
- Passion and lime Parfait $7.90
- Sticky Date and Toffee Pudding $7.90
- Jewelled Couscous Salad with orange & cinnamon Med $7.50 Large $10.00
- Sumac beef kofta with pomegranate sauce $16.00
- Chicken With Pineapple On Fried Rice $10.50
- ●Prawn
- Prawn with Satay Sauce $14.50
- Chicken with Cashew Nut & Mushroom $13.00
- Pottle of Fried Rice $4.50
- Wontons with Sweet & Sour Sauce (7) $4.50 (14) $ 8.50
- Curry Prawn On Fried Rice $13.50
- Roast Pork With Mushroom On Fried Rice $10.50
- Stir Fried Tripe with Pickled Vegetables $18.00
- Shredded Pork with Chilli Pepper $16.00
- Deep Fried Garlic Pork Sparerib $16.00
- Beijing Style Shredded Pork $16.00
- Beef with Seasonal Vegetables $16.00
- Venison with XO Sauce $28.00
- Cucumber Salad with Garlic Dressing $6.00
- Fish Maw Soup $8.00
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Gennaio M $15 L $19
- Bacon
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Spaghetti Carbonara $20
- Bacon, cream, egg & parsley
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Margerita M $15 L $19
- Basil
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NZ Green Lipped Mussels $20
- Served in a tomato and white wine sauce with fettuccine
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Maggio M $15 L $19
- Ham & Pineapple
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Spaghetti Bolognese $20
- Spaghetti topped with a meat sauce
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Tortellini $20
- With ricotta spinach in a cream and parsley sauce with mushrooms
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Quattro M $17 L $24
- Mushroom, Ham, Salami & Prawns
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Pad thai (noodle) $10
- 3mm rice noodle, fangy thai flavour crushed peanuts & bean sprouts. Vegetables or tofu, chicken, beef or pork
- -Chicken $10
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Pad Cee-Ew $10
- Stir fried rice noodles with egg & dark soy sauce. Vegetables or tofu, chicken, beef or pork
- -Fish Fillet $12.50
- -Sukhothai Noodle Soup $10.50
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Mussamun Curry
- Potato, carrot & nut with coconut milk. Chicken, beef or pork
- -Yen Ta Fo Seafood Pink Noodle Soup $12.50
- -Stewed Pork or Beef $10.50
- OR add a side of bacon 22.9
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Mini Breakfast 17.9
- Bacon, poached eggs, roast tomato and toast
- SIDE DISHES 8
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Flatbread 12
- warmed, topped with garlic and rosemary butter and parmesan
- Sautéed Green Beans and Flaked Almonds
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Hawaiian Pizza 18
- a good old traditional pizza - ham, cheese, pineapple
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Cheese Plate 15.90
- a wedge of New Zealand’s finest blue cheese with house chutney, pickles and fig and walnut bread
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Grilled Haloumi 23.90
- on black bean and roast vegetable salad with honey mustard vinaigrette
- Dumplings Soup Noodle $9.00
- Soy Sauce Chicken on Rice $10.00
- Lemon Grass Chicken Soup Noodle $8.00
- Extra Seafood $6.00
- Yeung Chow Fried Rice $10.00
- Fried Egg & Roast Pork on Rice $10.00
- HongKong Style fried Rice $10.00
- Roast Pork Soup noodle $9.00
- Monster $7.00
- Chicken Satay / Steak Satay / Pork Satay $2.90
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Cheese Pack $9.00
- 2 Cheese Burgers, 1/2 Chips
- 1/2 Dozen Mini Donuts $3.50
- Steak & Cheese $6.90
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$14 Pack $14.00
- 2 Chicken Burgers, 2 Chicken Nuggets, 1 Fish, 1 Hot Dog, 1 Chips
- Donut / 3 Fish Bites $2.00
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$29 Pack $29.00
- 3 Fish, 2 Hot Dogs, 2 Sausages, 2 Meat Patties, 4 Potato Fritters, 6 Fish Bites, 2 Crab Sticks, 2 Chips, 1.5 L of Soft Drink
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Eggs Benedict
- free range eggs poached, on muffins with our own hollandaise sauce
- Extras: Gluten Free Bread $2.00
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Bacon & Eggs $17.50
- bacon & free range eggs cooked to your choice served with toast & grilled tomato.
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Crepes GF $15.50
- crepes with mango, peach, passion fruit compote, maple syrup & cream
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All Day Breakfast $22.50
- bacon, tomato, toast, hash browns (GF), mushrooms, breakfast sausages and free range eggs cooked to your choice.
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Mushrooms on Toast $13.00
- mushrooms with wholemeal toast & hash brown
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Breakfast Bacon & Egg Muffin $13.00
- bacon, free range egg poached, on a muffin with barbecue sauce
- Spinach $18.00
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I Like Meat $22.5
- Salami, meatballs, sausage ragout, red onion, BBQ sauce. Seasoned with bacon bits or chilli bacon bits
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South Coast Salmon $28.0
- Long grained risotto, tomato shrimp sauce, Moroccan preserved lemon, sauteed kale
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Ribeye Steak 250g $29.0
- Green pepper corn bourbon sauce, cheddar mashed potatoes, grilled vegetables
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Meat Pie $10.0
- peas, mashed potato
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Tui Battered Fish & Chips $22.0
- House tartare sauce, pickled onion dip, buttered garden peas, salad
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Mt Cook Beef $21.5
- 100% Beef patty topped cheese & crispy bacon, sunny side egg, gherkin, relish, salad
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Classic Margherita $18.0
- Tomatoes, fresh basil, & buffalo mozzarella cheese
- See our Dessert Board for our Sweet Plates! N/A
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Beef $24.00
- Char-grilled ribeye of beef, Dauphinoise potatoes, honey glazed seasonal vegetables, green peppercorn sauce
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Smoked Salmon $9.00
- Hot smoked salmon croquettes, horseradish aioli, rocket and apple salad
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Pasta $8.00
- Spaghetti Napolitano with a twist; Panko crumb and parmesan crusted pasta bricks with saffron garlic mayonnaise
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Fish $22.00
- Roast sumac crusted hoki fillet, served with warm toasted couscous, carrot and coriander pickle, chimichurri
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Risotto $18.00
- Pearl barley risotto finished with herb marinated feta and a mixed leaf salad
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Visions Cheese Plate $9.00
- A selection of Punoi cheeses, served with lavosh, fig preserve and grapes
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Lamb $25.00
- Lamb rosettes and dried fruit sausage with croquette potatoes, roasted tomato, green beans, mint butter and pinot jus
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Mushroom $9.00
- Woodland mushroom tortilla with a root vegetable slaw
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Hot Chips $7.50
- With tomato sauce and aioli
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Soup of the Day $12.50
- Served with toasted ciabatta
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Wedges Works $14.00
- Bacon, grilled cheese, sweet chilli sauce and sour cream
- all served with fries.
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Thai Beef Salad $20.00
- With crispy noodles and roasted peanuts.
- Served until 2pm
- Please ask staff about our gluten free options
- -Add fries and tomato sauce $12.00
- Please see counter staff to make your selection
- Chicken pretzel roll with garlic aioli, soft greens, cheese and cucumber $9.00
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Kids pack $9.00
- with mini ham and cheese roll, biscuit dried fruit and juice
- French fries with garlic aioli(V)(GF) $7.00
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Brioche burger $18.00
- with fried free range egg, bacon, cheese, spinach, tomato and hollandaise served with hash browns and relish
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Sous vide local chicken breast $21.00
- with harissa, Pearl cous cous salsa, lemon, pancetta and pickled red onion(GF)
- Waffles with hazelnut caramel poached pears, berries, cream and toasted hazelnuts $19.00
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Chia seeds $9.00
- with almond milk, coconut cranberries, granola rhubarb, pecans and almonds
The Little Bistro
Phone
033047314
Opened hours
Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 5:30 – 9:30 PM, Wednesday: 5:30 – 9:30 PM, Thursday: 5:30 – 9:30 PM, Friday: 5:30 – 9:30 PM, Saturday: 5:30 – 9:30 PM, Sunday: Closed
Price
$20 - $30
Type
None
Service
Table Service
Cuisine
British , Diner , European , French , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Seafood
Features
Mastercard , Visa , Romantic , Reservations , Waitstaff , Wine and Beer , Lunch , Seating , Local cuisine , Special Occasion Dining , Serves Alcohol , Dinner , Outdoor Seating , Full Bar