The Origin in Christchurch Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • MUESLI $14.00
    • the Origin's oven baked nutty & spiced Muesli served with seasonal fresh fruits
  • Carol Oats Porridge $14.00
    • Freshly cooked oats chia seeds dates goji berries, walnuts, coconut, strawberries, banana soy milk
  • Pancakes with Fresh Fruits $19.00
    • pancakes served with seasonal fresh fruits, lemon coconut cream
  • Scrambled Tofu on Toast $19.00
    • scrambled Tofu flavored with smoked paprika turmeric mushrooms green peas avocado
LUNCH LUNCH
  • Daly Special $23.00
    • chef's choice of pure vegetarian cuisine cooked with seasonal local grown ingredients
  • Papa's Spice Noodle Soup $19.00
    • fresh noodles carrots shiitake mushrooms soybeans soy protein tomatoes peanuts coriander
  • Soup of The day $15.00
    • optional whole grain or GF bread with salad
  • Asian Pancake 4 pcs $9.00
    • fresh paratha filled with seasonal vegetables vegan mayo The Origin's red sauce
  • Dumplings 6 pcs $9.00
    • house made dumplings

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Fish and chips $15.00
    • Beer battered fish of the day served with a side salad
  • Chicken and port wine pate $12.00
    • With chutney, wholegrain toast and crackers
  • Pork belly $23.00
    • Sage and onion slow roasted belly served with cabbage, creamy mash, apple sauce and cider jus.
  • Vegetarian salad $16.00
    • Our chef's combo of hot treats, honey glazed carrots, spinach and beetroot with toasted pinenuts and feta bound in tarragon mayo
  • Angus rib-eye steak $25.00
    • Prime rib-eye cooked the way you like with potato roasties and veges or salad and fries (add either garlic butter, pepper or mushroom sauce)
  • Add chicken $3.00
  • Beef wellington $25.00
    • Beef fillet with bacon, mushroom and mustard wrapped in puff pastry. Served with potato roasties and veges. (add a rich mushroom sauce)
  • Seafood chowder $10.00
    • A selection of seafood bound in a creamy soup
  • From the grill
    • With your choice of 2 sides and 1 sauce
  • -Add chicken $4
  • Black forest cake $12.50
    • Served with berry compote & vanilla ice cream
  • Baileys on ice $8.00
    • Baileys Irish Cream over cubes of ice
  • Fish & Chips (GFA) $23.50
    • Emerson’s beer battered Blue cod fish, beer battered fries & Elmwood slaw with tartar sauce & lemon
  • BBQ Pork Ribs (GFA) $30.00
    • Spicy pork BBQ ribs with Elmwood slaw & beer battered fries
  • -Add Baileys $4
  • The carnivore’s platter (GF) $40.00
    • Pork ribs slowly braised in BBQ sauce till they’re falling off the bone, marinated chicken wings, spicy chorizo & kransky sausages with sweet chili sauce
  • Beetroot Bruschetta with Feta, Honey & Walnuts $20.50
  • Small $9.50
  • Roasted Stone Fruit, Organic Yogurt, Raw Organic Granola Crumbs $12.50
  • Beer Battered Fries with Aioli
  • Large $12.50
  • Soup of the Day with Artisan Bread $15.50
  • Slice / Muffins / Scones $4.50
  • Mega Breakfast: Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Mushrooms, Tomato & Toast $23.50
  • Double Meat $2.50
  • CHIPS + GUACAMOLE $5.50
  • Grilled Veggies
  • VEGGIE NACHOS $12.90
    • Chips, queso cheese, black beans, grilled veggies, all the salsas and fresh guacamole
  • Melted Queso Cheese $1.50
  • QUESADILLA SUPREME $9.90
    • Meat + 2 salsa
  • Bowl naked burrito in a bowl/FILL IT WITH $12.90
    • Pork Carnitas-Marinated in Pepe's authentic smoked chipotle and juniper sauce, braised slowly overnight, then shredded
  • Tacos 3 hard tacos/FILL IT WITH $12.90
    • Chicken-Marinated in Pepe's authentic smoked chipotle adobo sauce and grilled to perfection
  • Chicken
  • Chicken Salad
  • Vegetarian Sandwich
  • Egg
  • Cheese & Onion
  • Chicken, Apricot & Cream Cheese
  • Ham, Egg, Tomato & Beetroot
  • B.B.Q. Chicken Roll
  • BAKED CHEESECAKE
    • double chocolate, mixed berry, coulis, yogurt
  • HAWAIIAN PIZZA
  • BOWL OF CHEERIOS $8.00
  • FISH BITES
    • fries, salad, tomato sauce
  • SEAFOOD TO SHARE fish bites, crumbed calamari, crumbed mussels, fries
    • prawn twisters,
  • crispy base / tomato sauce / mozzarella
  • MOROCCAN SPICED LAMB $13.50
    • tomato salsa, yogurt, flat bread
  • FISH /CHIPS $22.50
    • herb & parmesan crumbed, salad, aioli
  • Thick cut toast w/ strawberry jam $4.80
  • Deep fried taro cake $4.50
  • Mango shaved ice $6.00
  • Black sugar cake $4.00
  • Noodle soup $6.00
    • Traditional noodle soup. Can choose from either noodle, rice noodle or vernicelli
  • Thick cut toast w/ peanut butter $4.80
  • Add egg $ .60c
  • Sanbeiji as "Three cups chicken" $14.00
    • Chopped chicken drumstick slow cook with a cup of rice wine, a cup of sesame oil, and a cup of soy sauce. One of signature Taiwanese dish
  • Change to gluten free toast … add 1.00
  • Mama Mitchell's muesli 10.50
    • Homemade toasted muesli served with stewed seasonal fruit and a creamy Greek yoghurt …
  • Mushrooms on toast 15.50
    • Mushrooms fried in garlic butter, served on grain toast and topped with feta …
  • Free range eggs on toast 5.50
    • Your choice of poached, scrambled or fried on Turkish or grain toast/single
  • Supremo 19.50
    • Eggs done to your liking with free range smoky bacon, homemade baked beans and bratwurst sausage, served on Turkish toast …
  • Free range eggs on toast 9.50
    • Your choice of poached, scrambled or fried on Turkish or grain toast/double
  • Toast Turkish or grain 5.00
    • with fresh tomato / single
  • Nested eggs GF, DF 15.50
    • Two eggs nestled amongst a potato, spring onion and smoky ham hash, baked and sprinkled with chilli flakes …
  • Extra Dip $1.00
  • Garden Salad $8.9 Reg / $7.9 Petita
  • Pita Chips and Dip $3.90
  • Breakfast Pita $10.9 Reg / $8.9 Petita
  • Falafel Pita $10.9 Reg / $8.9 Petita
  • Roast Lamb Salad $11.9 Reg / $9.9 Petita
  • Signature Kids $5.00 per head
  • Chicken Caesar Pita $11.5 Reg / $9.5 Petita
  • 500g aged ribeye on the bone $45
  • Harvard burger POA
    • changes weekly, jacket potato wedges, tomato relish
  • Extra bread/crackers for 2 $4
  • Ice cream of the week $8
    • house made ice cream, flavours change regularly
  • Harvard burger POA
    • changes weekly, jacket potato wedges, tomato relish
  • Fish & chips $10
    • fish, fries, salad & tomato sauce
  • Blackened courgette with smoked cherry tomato $6
  • Ora King salmon gravlax $16
    • dill & lemon mascarpone, candied lemon, rye croutons, sorrel, crispy capers & poached egg
  • Di Carne $25.50 / $35.50
    • Napoli sauce, spicy Italian sausage, chicken meatballs, ham, salami, mushroom, black olives & mozzarella
  • Traditional Spaghetti $19.50 / $26.50
    • Choose either a hearty ragu Bolognese, or vegetarian arrabiata [v] sauce
  • Canterbury Lamb Rack $39.50
    • Succulent chargrilled Canterbury lamb rack served with kumara, green beans, olives, crispy parsnip & parsley
  • Penne Pollo $19.50 / $26.50
    • A tangy blend of Napoli sauce, grilled chicken, sundried tomatoes, black olives & capers
  • Scallops con Prosciutto $21.50
    • Pan-seared scallops on sweet pea puree with crispy prosciutto & pinenuts
  • Quattro Stagioni $24.50 / $34.50
    • Napoli sauce, artichoke, ham, mushroom, salami, shrimps, capers & mozzarella
  • Vitello Saltimbocca $37.50
    • White veal stuffed with artichoke and sage, wrapped with prosciutto, then pan-fried and served with a marsala jus
  • Warmed Olive Marinate $10.90
    • Succulent kalamata & green Sicilian olives marinated in lemon, chilli, garlic & rosemary
  • Beef (Small/Medium/Large) $ 11.50/$ 14.50/$ 18.00
  • Quarter chicken
  • Roast Pumpkin (each) $1.00
  • Lamb (Sandwiches/Rolls) $ 7.50/$ 8.50
  • Chicken (Sandwiches/Rolls) $ 7.50/$ 8.50
  • All roast meat salad, gravy & apple and mint sauces available on request
  • Roast Kumara (each) $1.20
  • Pork (Sandwiches/Rolls) $ 7.50/$ 8.50
  • Pizza ​(with a homemade tomato sauce base) $10.00
  • Vege (Roasted pepper, Sundried tomato, Spinach with Basil Pesto)
  • Cheese and ham (Multigrain bread, cheese, ham w/ tomato sauce)
  • Italian (olives, salami, mushrooms )
  • Vege (spinach, olives, mushrooms )
  • Olive and Pepper (Olives and Roasted Pepper and homemade Tomato base)
  • Spinach & Ricotta (Caramelised Onion with Ricotta and Spinach)
  • Panini $8.00
  • Vegetarian breakfast $16.00
    • Eggs, spinach, mushroom, hash brown, grilled tomato & toast
  • Omelette $16.00
    • Freshly made to order with a choice of three fillings- mushroom, ham cheese, spinach, onion, tomato.
  • Eggs benedict $16.00
    • Hot buttered english muffins, streaky bacon and poached eggs topped with hollandaise
  • Big breakfast $20.00
    • Sausages, bacon, eggs, hash brown, mushroom, grilled tomato & a side of toast
  • Breakfast stack $15.00
    • Hash Browns, grilled tomato, bacon & eggs
  • Eggs florentine $14.00
    • Hot buttered english muffins, poached eggs with creamed spinach and hollandaise sauce
  • Slow cooked Canterbury lamb with Down South vegetables mash and jus $20.00
  • Caesar salad with bacon, shaved pecorino, cos, soft poached egg and Caesar dressing with chicken $13.50
  • Grilled Chicken breast With Cherry tomato, green olives, basil and roast pepper panzanella salad $18.00
  • DIY bagel with Akaroa smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, red onion and soft leaves $ 14.00
  • Grilled mushrooms on toast with poached egg, truffle oil, mascarpone and soft herbs $15.00
  • Steak sandwich with onion jam, crispy bacon wild roquette, hollandaise and fries $17.00
  • Fresh fruit salad with toasted granola and yogurt $5.50
  • Banana split with vanilla bean ice cream, cherries. passion fruit. banana. meringues. caramel sauce and macadamia praline $10.00
The Origin

The Origin

location

Address

95 Westminster Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033555939

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Thursday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
price range

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Child-friendly

Location
95 Westminster Street, Christchurch, New Zealand