Tongue & Groove Cafe in Auckland Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • EGGS $10.90
    • Served your way w/ 5 grain or ciabatta & home made hash brown
  • BENE
    • Poached eggs w/ hash brown, spinach and hollandaise served on a kaiser roll
  • - BACON $17.90
  • - SALMON $18.50
  • - MUSHROOM $18.50
  • HASH STACK $17.50
    • Homemade hashbrown, roast tomato, avocado and a poached egg served on ciabatta w/ aioli and bacon
  • FRENCH TOAST $16.50
    • Streaky bacon, caramelized banana, blueberry compote w/ maple syrup
  • MUSHROOMS ON TOAST $17.90
GRILL GRILL
  • THE 'BIG' $19.90
    • Free range eggs, bacon, pork + fennel sausage, creamy mushrooms, roast tomato, hashbrown and relish. Served on 5 grain or ciabatta toast.
  • THE 'VEGGIE' $19.90
    • Eggs, grilled haloumi, baby spinach, roast tomato, Portobello mushroom, avocado, hashbrown and tomato relish on 5 grain toast.
  • THE 'PALEO' $18.90
    • (Gluten Free) Grilled chicken breast, bacon, wild rocket, soft poached eggs, courgettes, carrot and house made relish
LUNCH LUNCH
  • POTATO ROSTI $17.50
    • Smoked salmon, spinach, capers, poached eggs w/ home made hollandaise
  • CORN FRITTERS $17.90
    • Homemade sweet corn fritters, bacon, avocado, tomato salsa, green salad and sour cream.
  • CHICKEN FETTUCCINE $17.90
    • Bacon, chicken & mushroom served w/ a creamy parmesan sauce
  • CAJUN CHICKEN SALAD (GF) $17.90
    • Grilled chicken breast, orange, walnuts & roast almonds on a bed of honey mustard salad
  • BACON BACKFIRE BURGER $18.50
    • Homemade beef patty w/ cheese, gherkin, lettuce, red onion, tomato, bacon, beetroot relish served w/ fries & aioli
ALL DAY SPECIALS ALL DAY SPECIALS
  • EGGS ON TOAST $10.00
    • Free range eggs on toast w/ tomato relish & a hash brown with a free small coffee (upsize your coffee for 50¢)
  • PETIT EGGS BENE $10.00
    • Free range poached eggs on toasted bun drizzled w/ homemade hollandaise and hash bown - Bacon + Spinach or - Salmon + Avocado
LIGHT SNACKS LIGHT SNACKS
  • FRIES $7.50
  • POTATO NUGGETS $7.50
  • WEDGES $12.50
    • w/ bacon, cheese & sour cream
  • SPINACH BRUSCHETTA $13.50
    • w/ basil pesto, ciabatta, spinach, feta, chicken, vine tomatoes and olive oil
  • CALAMARI SALAD $14.90
    • crispy fried calamari w/ garden salad & aioli

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Lasagna Di Carne $17.00
    • Thin layers of fresh pasta sheets created with premium beef, tomato and béchamel sauces and topped with mozzarella cheese
  • Montanara $17.50
    • Fresh chicken pieces, bacon, camembert with a flavorsome smoky sauce
  • Penne Lope $19.00
    • Pasta tubes in a garlic cream sauce with prawn, baby spinach, capers and finished with a touch of chilli
  • Calzone $16.50
    • Filled pizza half moon shape with ricotta cheese, mozzarella, ham, tomato and spinach
  • Pollo Frangelico $26.50
    • Sautéed chicken breast with hazelnut and herbs and finished in a Frangelico liqueur cream sauce
  • Pepperoni $16.50
    • Spicy Italian sausage, spinach, crushed garlic, chillies and capsicum
  • Calamari Con Polenta $15.50 / $23.50
    • Polenta and flour coated calamari rings pan-sautéed in extra virgin olive oil and served with homemade aioli sauce
  • Risotto Vegetariano $17.00
    • Mixed vegetables, garlic, basil, tomatoes, black olives and feta cheese
  • ONION RINGS $4.00
    • Crunchy coated onion rings cooked up golden brown.
  • CHEESEBURGER $4.00
    • Chargrilled beef patty, cheddar cheese, dill pickles, mustard and ketchup on a 4" bun.
  • RANCH BIG CHICKEN BURGER $8.90
    • A crispy, lightly breaded chicken fillet, tomato, lettuce and buttermilk ranch dressing on a seeded bun.
  • HASHROUNDS $2.50
    • Crispy, poppable potato rounds.
  • JR. CARL $3.00/ $5.00
    • Chargrilled beef patty with lettuce, American Cheese and our special sauce.(Burger only/ Combo)
  • MONSTER BREAKFAST TOASTED SANDWICH $5.90
    • It starts with bacon, then a sausage patty, a folded egg, and Swiss and cheddar cheese, between two slices of toasted sourdough.
  • WESTERN BACON THICKBURGER $10.90/ $12.90
    • Chargrilled 100% Angus beef patty, bacon, two slices of cheddar cheese, crispy onion rings and tangy BBQ sauce on a seeded bun. ( 1/3 lb. Angus or 1/2 lb. Angus)
  • THE BREAKFAST BURGER $6.90
    • Chargrilled beef patty, folded egg, bacon, and cheese with hash rounds and ketchup on a seeded bun.
  • 6 Mozzarella Sticks $9.00
    • Breaded mozzarella cooked golden brown. Served with a marinara dipping sauce
  • Large 18'' Veggie $32.00
    • Fresh cut capsicum & mushroom
  • Large 18'' Chicken $35.00
    • Breaded cutlet & fresh tomato
  • Sal's Classic $11.00
    • Any slice, 3 knots, Sal's legendary sauce, can of soda
  • Original Buffalo Wings $11 Regular / $17 Large
    • Our classic buffalo sauce recipe
  • Pepperoni, Extra Cheese $5.00 ea
  • New York's Finest $60.00
    • 1 pepperoni pizza, 1 cheese pizza, 8 knots, 1.5 soda
  • 3 Garlic Knots $4.00
    • Crushed garlic, EVOO ($1.50 each)
  • Scallops $1.80
    • South island (battered)
  • Banana $1.70
    • With sugar
  • Steakburger $8.50
    • Sirlain
  • Chicken nuggets (6pcs) $4.50
  • Baconburger $8.50
  • Kumara $1.50
  • Hamburger $6.50
  • Chicken & avocado burger $9.00
    • Fillet of chicken, cheese, avocado, salad, lemon pepper & mayonaise or mango chutney
  • 2. Soft Shell Crab $8.90
    • (Soft shell crab with sweet chilli sauce)
  • 46. Fish Bento $9.90
    • Sushi, fish cutlet, fish teriyaki, daily special
  • 6 pcs & 4 pcs for S $15.90
  • 4. Seafood Yakisoba $25.90
  • 32. Tonkatsu Combination $15.90
    • Deep fried pork & fish cutlet
  • 40. Sushi & Teriyaki $15.90
    • Assorted Sushi & Chicken or Fish Teriyaki
  • (All menu include Rice, Salad, Miso soup)
  • 53. Unagi Bento $17.90
    • Eel Teriyaki, sashimi tempura, sushi, daily special
  • BBQ Pork $16.50
  • Dinner Special (3pm—9pm) $12.00
  • Nasi Gorang $15.50
  • Chicken $14.00
  • Lamb Steak with Black Pepper Sauce $27.00
  • Deep-fried Chicken Wings Casserole $18.00
  • BBQ Duck $10.00
  • Roasted Pork with Chestnut Casserole $20.00
  • Dry Noodle and Pork Mince Topping $9.80
  • Fried pork dumplings $9.00/$8.00
  • Shanghai Sauce Duck $16.80
  • Steamed whole blue cod $31.80
  • Sweet rice ball soup S $6.00/L $10.00
  • Stir fried broad beans and salty vegetable $15.80
  • Fish Fillet and Vegetable Noodle Soup $10.80
  • Ma-po tofu on rice $9.80
  • R15 Rendang Rice $15.00
    • Soy Cutlets & Potatoes in Special Curry Sauce with tempura & Sliced Cucumbers
  • S10 Cheese Patty with Salad $10.00
    • Crispy Soy with Cheese filling and BBQ Sauce
  • V2 Spicy & Sour Vermicelli Clay Pot $15.00
    • Vermicelli, Tom Yum Paste, Bean Sprouts, Chinese Cabbage, Soy, Mushroom Ball, Tofu, Mushroom, Tomato
  • S15 Vege Ball Soup $8.00
    • Served h Button Mushrooms and Chinese Cabbage
  • V1 BBQ Sauce Vege Patty $13.00
    • Served with Hot Chips and Salad
  • R10 Lohan Delight $15.00
    • Mushroom, Fungus, Chestnut, Gingko Nut, Tofu, Beancurd Stick
  • R3 Braised Tofu Rice $12.00
    • Rice Soy Mushroom Ball, Tofu, Vegetables
  • N8 Fried Rice Noodles $15.00
    • Rice Noodle, BBQ Soy, Tofu, Bean Sprouts
  • Churros (V) $8.50
    • Deep fried spanish donuts served with a warm, bitter-sweet chocolate sauce
  • Lamb pincho (GF) $13.00
    • Rosemary skewer served with sardinian salsa
  • Soft goats cheese (V) $10.50
    • With truffled honeycomb and fig rosemary toast
  • Crema catalana (V) $8.50
    • Traditional spanish dessert similar to brulee flavoured with cinnamon and citrus
  • Wrapped prawns (GF) $10.50
    • Prawns wrapped in spanish ham seasoned with smoked paprika salt and lemon
  • Small antipasti platter $18.00
    • A selection of locally sourced meats, cheese and crudite (4 people)
  • Duck parfait $15.00
    • Port glazed duck liver parfait with toast
  • Catalan bread (V) $6.50
    • Toasted and rubbed with garlic and fresh tomato
  • Hot Mussel Pot $25
    • to share in creamy white wine sauce with chunky chips or crusty bread
  • Beetroot And Goat Cheese Salad $14
    • with pistachio dressing
  • Corn Fritters $17
    • fresh fritters served with green salad, bacon and sour cream
  • Tasty Porridge (V) $9
    • with raisins with dried cranberries and stewed fruit with bro
  • Garlic Butter Bread (V) $7.5
  • Battered Fresh Fish Goujons $9.5
    • and shoestring foes (lemon popper on request)
  • Seafood Platter $50
    • garlicky prawns, salt and pepper spicy squid, prawn cocktail with sauce louise, chorizo butter mussels, snapper goujons, mini salad with gribiche sauce, smoked salmon, seared tuna salad
  • Croissant $8
    • a soft delicious croissant served with fruit preserves
  • Seared scallop w/ lemongrass, peanut, shredded coconut, roasted chilli lime dressing each - 7
  • Dry red curry of soft-shell crab, wild ginger, lime leaf, chilli, Thai basil 32
  • Soy-braised free-range chicken w/ fried garlic, crispy shallots, roasted chilli & lime dressing half-20/whole-34
  • Jasmine-smoked tofu, tomato, ginger, coriander, tamarind dressing 20
  • Panna Cotta 15
    • Galangal panna cotta, crisp wafer of ginger & star anise, lemon grass, blackberries
  • Caramelised pork & prawn, pineapple, coriander & peanut (3 pieces) 12
  • Red curry, chargrilled beef, chilli, straw mushroom, ginger, lemongrass 32
  • Massaman curry of wild goat, pickled garlic, crispy fried shallot, roasted peanut 32
  • Seafood Nyonya Curry Laksa $13
    • Egg and vermicelli noodle in coconut curry soup, topped with prawn, squid, fish balls, fish cubus, tofu, boiled egg, bean sprouts, spring onion and crispy shanks
  • Mee Goreng Fried Egg Noodle (Vegetarian option available) $12
    • Malay style fried egg noodle with egg prawns, fish balls and chicken
  • Maggie Goreng Fried Maggi Noodle $12
    • Malay style fried curry, flavored mayo noodle, with egg, vegetables, prawns, fish balls and chicken
  • Nasi Lemak Coconut Rice (Vegetarian option available) $10
    • Coconut rice served with sambal, fried anchovy, peanuts, half boiled egg, cucumber
  • Add Spiced Fried Chicken $13.50
  • Add Chicken Curry $13.50
  • Mee Rebus $12
    • Egg noodle in sweet potato beef gravy topped with half boiled egg, spring onion, fried tofu and crispy shallots
  • Kuey Teow Goreng Fried Flat Rice Noodle (Vegetarian option available) $12
    • Malay style fried flat rice noodle with egg prawns, fish balls and chicken
  • ●Fried Mee Hoon
  • Vegetables Wan Tan Hor $10.50
  • -Seafood combination $13.00
  • -Normal $11.50
    • Bacon and shrimp or just chicken, just pork, just beef
  • -Beef $11.50
  • ●Wan Tan Hor
  • ●Laksa
  • Curry Beef Nasi Lemak $13.00
  • HOT CAKES $15.50
    • Served hot layered with bacon, banana and maple syrup
  • EGGS BENEDICT
    • Toasted english muffins served with poached eggs, spinach and hollandaise
  • FRENCH TOAST
    • 2 Slices served with maple syrup
  • -With salmon $16.50
  • With Bacon
  • LIFE BREAKFAST $16.50
    • 2 poached eggs, grilled toamto, mushrooms and 2 slices of thick toast with salmon
  • 2 Eggs any style, crisp baconm grilled toamto mushrooms and 2 slices of thick toast $15.00
  • -With bacon $12.90
  • Vine Tomato / Aged Gouda / Avocado / Mushrooms $5.50
  • Corn Fritters $17.50
    • Bacon, Mixed Gourmet Salad, Roasted Tomato, Avocado Salsa, Cream Fraiche
  • Smoked & Braised Beef Short Ribs $21.50
    • Fried Egg, Spicy Black Bean, Feta, Mint, Coriander, Beetroot, Hummus, Turkish Bread
  • Almond, Apple Granola, Fresh Fruits, Yogurt $14.50
  • Omelette $18.50
    • Smoked Fish, Micro Cress, Mozzarella, Lemon Caper Butter
  • Blueberry Ricotta Hotcake $17.50
    • Berries, Maple, Seeds, Millet Puffs, Mascarpone, Edible Flower
  • The Works $17.00
    • Vine Tomato, Avocado, Bocconcini, Basil
  • Smoked Salmon $7.00
Tongue & Groove Cafe

Tongue & Groove Cafe

location

Address

55 Birkenhead Avenue, Auckland, 0626, New Zealand

phone

Phone

94806417

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Sunday 8:00 - 16:00 Monday 7:00 - 16:00 Tuesday 7:00 - 16:00 Wednesday 7:00 - 16:00 Thursday 7:00 - 16:00 Friday 7:00 - 16:00 Saturday 8:00 - 16:00
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food

features

Features

Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Brunch ,  Child-friendly

Location
55 Birkenhead Avenue, Auckland, 0626, New Zealand
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