Verge Cafe in Christchurch City Menu

VERGE CAFE MENU VERGE CAFE MENU
  • Verge Traditional Breakfast $22.00
    • Grilled streaky bacon, free range eggs, hash brown, breakfast sausage, tomato and mushroom with your choice of white or rye toast
  • Waffles $17.00
    • Light, crispy waffles served with maple syrup and cream with your choice of streaky bacon or berries and banana
  • Cornfritter Stack $19.00
    • Cornfritters served with streaky bacon, tomato and avocado salsa and a fried egg
  • Creamy Garlic Mushrooms $18.00
    • Served with streaky bacon and toasted ciabatta
  • Eggs Benedict $20.00
    • Poached free range eggs on an English breakfast muffin, topped with hollandaise, served with Smoked Salmon and Spinach
  • Eggs Benedict $18.00
    • Poached free range eggs on an English breakfast muffin, topped with hollandaise, served with Streaky Bacon
  • Eggs Benedict $18.00
    • Poached free range eggs on an English breakfast muffin, topped with hollandaise, served with Tomato, Mushroom and Spinach
  • Bacon Butty $18.00
    • Chunky sliced baguette with garlic butter, layered with streaky bacon and served with fries
  • Chicken Burger $22.00
    • Crumbed chicken, avocado and seasonal slaw on a toasted bun, served with wedges
  • B.L.T $19.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato and cheese in a toasted focaccia bun, served with fries
  • Thai Chicken Salad $17.00
    • Thai chicken with an Asian style salad and crushed peanuts, coated in a Thai salad dressing
  • Beef Nachos $20.00
    • Corn chips layered with beef and chilli beans, served with salsa and sour cream
SIDES SIDES
  • Hash Brown $3.00
  • Salmon $3.00
  • Sausages $3.00
  • Toast $3.00
  • Eggs (2) $3.00
  • Bacon (2) $3.00
KIDS MENU KIDS MENU
  • Kids Menu N/A
    • Available to children 12 years and younger, this is the same as the main menu but half the portion

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Seafood Chowder $13.50
    • Now even that chef from England would say this is NZ's best. The finest morsels plucked from the sea, combined in our secret recipe. We also serve bread and butter to clean this massive bowl. Slurp!
  • Beer Battered Fish $19.50
    • This is what we call our 'back to basics' dish. Kaiapoi's finest! Not your everyday f.n.c's that's for sure. Hoki fillets in a crispy beer batter served with golden fries and a garden salad on one side and tartare and lemon on the other side.
  • Cajun Fish & Prawn Salad $26.50
    • Fillets of today's fish coated in a Cajun spice, pan-seared to perfection & plonked on a salad of mandarins, snow pea shoots, cucumber, red onion & baby spinach. Bounded with vinaigrette & finished with avocado salsa, garlic aioli & grilled prawns.
  • Crispy Chicken $21.50
    • Crispy, tasty chicken marinated overnight in our Chef's special sauce with petit salad and sweet chilli sauce. Finger licking good!Main-10 pcs & fries
  • White Bait omelette $18.50
    • Whitebait, mushrooms, red onions, and baby spinach bound together in a 3eggs mix. Comes with a side salad.
  • Cow Chips & Dip $12.70
    • Corn chips with a warmed Mexican style chilli bean dip. We've even thrown in some avocado salsa and sour cream to make a mess. Good for a nibble before your main fare me thinks...
  • Pasta of the Day $22.50
    • What you get depends on the Chef's mood and whichever way the wind's blowing! Please ask the wait staff for today's yummy concoction. It could have seafood or any other delectable things in it.
  • Tower of Pork $28.50
    • Lots and lots of pork spare ribs marinated overnight in 3 Cows special sauce and oven baked to tenderness perfection just for you! Served with homemade potato wedges with a side of avocado salsa and sour cream. A definite winner this one is!
  • Combination Meat Soup Noodles $9.00
  • Preserved Egg Pork Porridge $5.00
  • Fish Fills Porridge $6.00
  • Porkribs With Blake Bean Sauce $3.80
  • Sauteed Vegetables With Chopped Garlic $10.00
  • Deep Fried Sesame Balls $3.80
  • Chicken With Vegetables $13.90
  • Honey - Stewed Bbq Pork With Egg $13.90
  • Double $12.50
  • Lamb
  • Chicken, Pork, Beef pattie
  • Single $7.30
  • Single $11.00
  • Single $10.20
  • Combo (choice of 2 fillings)
  • Combo
  • Berries Pancakes $8.70
    • Served with berry compost, Nutella and whipped cream
  • Kids brazilian burger (GF/DF) $9.50
    • Served homemade beef pattie on white bread, melted cheese, chips and tomato sauce.
  • Com fritters (GF) $17.50
    • Poached egg, baby spinach, slow roast tomato, portobello mushroom with homemade hollandaise sauce
  • Eggs Fava (GF/DF) $16,90
    • Poached eggs, homemade hash browns served with homemade hollandaise sauce
  • BB Pancakes $17.90
    • Served with bacon, banana, maple syrup
  • Eggs and Toast (GF/DF) $13.00
    • Two eggs poached, scrambled or fried
  • SBC (GF/DF) $8.70
    • Sausage, beans and chips
  • Your Toasty (GF/DF) $12.00
    • Choose your fillings as many as you like
  • Plain $3.40
  • Corn Nugget $3.00
    • 1/2 Doz
  • Cashew Nuts $3.60
  • Chicken / Steak $5.10
  • Egg / Tomato / Mushroom / Pineapple $4.00
  • Chicken Fried Rice $9.80
  • Tomatoes $2.80
  • Prawns Chow Mein Garlic Sauce / Special Prawn Fried Rice / Lemon Honey Prawn Noodle / Lemon Honey Prawn Rice $13.90
  • Ma Po Tofu $14.00
  • Sweet and spicy shredded Pork $14.00
  • Fried Pork in Scoop $16.00
  • Sea Cucumber Soup Sml $8.00/Lge $22.00
  • Chef's cold salad $6.00
  • Fried Rice with Sea Cucumber $15.00
  • Braised Pork Hock Slice with Brown Sauce $12.00
  • Griddle cooked Chicken $18.00
    • Hot & Spicy/Medium Hot/Mild Hot
  • Gringo Nachos (tex-mex) (GF) $24.00
    • Border style nachos with hand-made corn chips, melted cheese, black beans, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole. Three different flavours available, chicken, beef or vegetarian.
  • Salsa Selection (V, GF) $13.50
    • Our Chef’s selection o f the most traditional sauces eaten in Mexico, including green and red salsa, black beans and guacamole served with freshly made corn chips.
  • Baja Fish Tacos $27.50
    • Situated on the Baja Peninsula, a beautiful place called Ensenada has become world famous for these deep fried fish and salad tacos, on flour tortillas with red cabbage, aioli and chipotle cream dressing, drizzled with tequila salsa and served with fresh limes and pico de gallo.
  • Ceviche Cancun (GF) $15.50
    • Lime marinated succulent prawns, freshly chopped tomato, orange, onion, avocado, a little spicy jalapeno and coriander. This is a traditional dish from Cancun, located on the Caribbean coast o f Mexico.
  • Mousse de Chocolate al Tequila (GF) $9.50
    • A rich, creamy and frothy chocolate mousse with a touch o f tequila.
  • Ensalada de Mango con Almendras (V, GF) (Mango Salad with Almond) $16.50
    • Succulent sliced mango with a mix of green salad, fresh lime juice and almonds to make the perfect salad. Mexico is now one of the world’s largest exporters of mangos.
  • Chiles Hellenes (GF) $26.50
    • Famous all over Mexico, it is hard to find a more traditional dish than these stunning stuffed chilli peppers, steeped in red salsa with grilled cheese and sour cream, filled with your choice o f chicken, vegetarian, beef or prawn* (^available for $2 extra).
  • Pescado a la Veracruzana (GF) $27.50
    • This dish is the best example o f “jarochos” (people from Veracruz) cuisine. This Spanish influenced fish is bilked and served with cooked tomato, olives, spices served on a bed o f diced potato dressed with a mild creamy chipotle sauce.
  • Arancini (v) $15.50
    • Risotto balls – Mushroom, spinach and taleggio crumbed and lightly fried. Served with house made tomato chutney.
  • Puttanesca $22.50
    • Cherry tomatoes, Clevedon Valley buffalo mozzarella, roast garlic, black olives, capers, anchovy, chilli and parsley.
  • Chicken liver and brandy parfait $14.50
    • Served with port wine jelly, gherkins and chargrilled ciabatta.
  • Seafood chowder $13.50
    • Made with a selection of local seafood. Topped with garlic croutons and served with warmed ciabatta.
  • Pulled pork sandwich $22.50
    • Slow cooked Apple Tree Farm open range pork belly on toasted ciabatta with lemon aioli, cos lettuce, cucumber, apple chutney and fries.
  • Cannelloni (v) $21.50
    • Spinach, mushroom and ricotta filled cannelloni, topped with a fresh tomato and basil sauce.
  • Rocket, pear, blue cheese salad (v) $10.50
  • Genovese $22.50
    • Basil pesto, wood fire roasted chicken, pumpkin, pine nuts, brie, red onion, spinach
  • Scallop with Vegetables / Scallop with Ginger and Spring Onion / Scallop with Satay / Scallop with Chilli $22.00
  • Ga Xao Trai Vai Chicken With Lychee / Ga Xao Hat Dieu Chicken Veg & Cashew / Ga Hap Bia Steam Chicken with Beer $15.00
  • Bon Cai Xao Thap Cam Mix Veg with Cashew / Trung Chien Nam Mushroom Omelette / Goi Chay - My Hanh Special Vegetarian Salad $12.00
  • 1/2 Duck $22.00
  • Bo Sot Nam Beef with Mushroom Sauce / Bo Cari Beef Cooked in Curry & Coconut Cream / Bo Xao Bon Cai Beef with Veg $16.00
  • Tom Xao Kin Chi - Kinchi Prawn $24.00
  • Goi Ga Ngo Sen Yummy Chicken Lotus Salad Served with Garden Fresh Salad, Dressing & Cashews $15.00
  • Mi Xao Gion Thap Cam Combination Crispy F/Noodle / Mi Xao Gion Hai San Crispy Noodle with Seafood $10.00
  • Chocolate Mudcake $12.00
    • Served with berry coulis and vanilla bean ice cream
  • Tudors Beef Burger $25.00
    • 180gm house made prime beef pattie layered on lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, red onion, beetroot chutney and a sour dough bun. Served with onion rings, fries and coleslaw
  • Mussels with honey, soy and sesame seeds $8.00
  • Macs Ginger Beef Battered Fish and Chips $26.00
    • Southern ocean orange roughy, served with fries, coleslaw and chunky house made tartare sauce
  • Duck Liver Parfait $15.00
    • Canterbury raised duck livers prepared into a light as air parfait. Served with petit salad, homemade quince paste and toasted baguette crisps
  • Vegetarian Trilogy $28.00
    • Fig and goats cheese filo wrap served alongside butternut pumpkin puree, kumara and horopito rosti with wilted spinach and a poached egg
  • Affagato $8.00
    • Vanilla bean ice cream coated in espresso coffee. Add half a shot of Frangelico or Tia Maria for $4.00
  • Maple marinated scallops (2) wrapped in bacon $8.00
  • CHICKEN EGG FOO YOUNG $11.00
  • Bacon $4.00
  • ROAST PORK TOMATOES ON RICE $10.50
  • Squid Rings (doz) $8.00
  • FRIED NOODLES $6.50
  • ROAST PORK MUSHROOMS ON RICE $10.50
  • Curry Rolls $2.50
  • CHICKEN MUSHROOMS ON RICE $10.50
  • Roulade of Kikorangi blue cheese and spinach crêpes -
  • Crêpes Façon Suzette Crêpes served with an orange and Cointreau coulis, topped with homemade vanilla bean ice cream -
  • Frittata of salmon and coriander with a dash of sweet chilli sauce -
  • Berry sorbet shots & crème de cassis liqueur -
  • Strawberries on the Hot Side Caramelized strawberries and Sichuan pepper served in a crêpe with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce -
  • Bacon and Egg Burritto Free range egg, bacon and black beans in home-made tortillas -
  • Escargots- Snails cooked in garlic butter -
  • King prawns cocktail with saffron aioli -
  • Butti $8.00
  • Cold roast chicken with smokorun's tangy BBQ sauce
  • Bigi $14.00
  • Cheeseburger with beetroot chutney
  • Salmon omelette with hollandaise
  • Roast lamb with apple and mint jelly
  • Bratwurst sausage with onion marmalade
  • Steak and mushroom with horseradish sauce
  • 8pcs Seafood celebration
  • Tasty Tuna 8pcs reg/8pcs double avo $7.80/$8.20
  • SNACK BOX $4.90
    • 4pcs double avocado, fresh salmon, chicken tuna mayo
  • Teriyaki Chicken on rice small/large $4.90/$8.20
  • 8pcs jumbo salmon
  • Fresh Salmon Supreme 8pcs reg/8pcs jumbo $7.90/$10.90
  • 4pcs Tuna mayo & Cucumber
  • 4pcs Inari
Verge Cafe

Verge Cafe

location

Address

58 Caulfield Avenue, Halswell, Halswell, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8025, New Zealand

phone

Phone

032619043

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM
price range

Price

None

type

Type

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service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Breakfast , Cafe Food , New Zealand , Thai , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Seating ,  Child-friendly

Location
58 Caulfield Avenue, Halswell, Halswell, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8025, New Zealand