House Sandwiches

Basil Pesto Chicken  $8.90

Strips of oregano pesto chicken breast, oven dried garlic tomatoes, soft roasted eggplant, topped with small watercress salad, with a drizzle of garlic oil lifted with a slice of lime at the side.


Grilled Spring Vegetables  $8.90

We’ll convert the meat-lover in you.We stack slices of oven-roasted red capsicum and yellow zucchini with crisp Japanese cucumbers and Chinese pea shoots and finish it with a drizzle of warm ginger-infused sesame soya dressing.


Grilled Bratwurst  $8.90

Pork and herb sausage slices, with juliennes of raw onions and balsamic mushrooms, topped with small mixed green salad, finished with a drizzle of balsamic and mustard dressing.


Special Sandwiches

Oven-Roasted Steak (medium rare)  $9.90

Juicy medium rare slices of beef roasted with thyme and olive oil, drizzled with pommery mustard and balsamic dressing


Slow-Roasted Pulled Pork  $9.90

Comfort food for meat-lovers. We hand-shred a slow-roasted, tender pork shoulder and dress it with our homemade smoky barbecue sauce, slices of soft sweet potatoes, baby spinach leaves, crisp pork crackling and a sprinkle of homemade barbecue rub.


Mama Heng’s Spicy Braised Pork $9.90


Premium Sandwiches

Cuban Ham & Pork Steak  $9.90

Grilled gammon ham and pork steak, drizzled with creamy mustard dressing, home-made barbecue sauce and topped with a slice of grilled pineapple

Sandwiches

We like

freshly prepared food inspired by local culture and fresh produce;


a lively menu

that is constantly refreshed with

new ideas;


cooks who care

and waitresses

who smile


We don’t like

eating factory-made stuff, full of obscure chemicals and additives;


paying a lot

for very little


dealing with nasty service staff


being told to pay  for tap water.

House Salad

Tomato Lemongrass Corn $6.90

Our personal favourite. We tumble a generous dollop of warm corn over a refreshing bed of peppery water cress, vietnamese mint, tomato wedges, thinly sliced lemongrass rings and crown it with a slice of homemade chilli lime butter.


Special Salad

Chinese Chicken Caesar  $7.90

We cover a bed of little gem leaves, with slices of ginger-poached chicken breast, drizzled with sesame ginger soya dressing, garnished with a sprinkle of crispy anchovies and coriander leaves and topped with dark soya-braised eggs with soft-boiled yolks.


Premium Salad

Juicy Thyme Roasted Beef Salad $9.90

Juicy, medium rare slices of oven-roasted beef on bed of mixed greens, drizzled with pommery mustard dressing


Smoked Duck Salad $12.90


Salads

House

Healthy Shitake Mushrooms

Earthy, without a drop of cream yet lush and earthy with a chockful of shitake mushroom slices - just the way we like it. We warn you, it’s not going to taste like the canned type :)


Special

soup of the day (check prices)



Soups

All pastas come with a side of fresh greens dressed with our home-made rosemary infused olive oil.


Roasted Tomato (tomato based) $10.90

Caramelised onions simmered gently with a tomato based sauce. Tossed with roasted tomatoes, garnished with a chiffonade of laksa leaves.


Garlic, Thyme, Roasted Tomato (olive oil base) $10.90

Sauteed garlic, simply tossed with thyme and roasted tomatoes, finished with a touch of brown butter.


Basil Pesto Chicken (olive oil base) $13.90

Sauteed chicken breast slices, generously coated with our homemade basil pesto sauce and topped with grilled aubergine and roasted tomatoes


Basil Pesto Chicken (cream base) $14.90


Grilled Mushroom & Sausage (olive oil base) $15.90

Sauteed garlic, tossed with thyme and roasted tomatoes, finished with a touch of brown butter. Topped off with grilled mushrooms and snail sausage.


Thyme Roasted Beef Strip Loin (cream base) $16.90

Slices of thyme roasted beef strip loin with caramelised onions  in a pommery mustard cream sauce.


add soup to your pasta order for 1/2 price.

Pastas

House combination

Choose any 2: HOUSE sandwich, soup or salad


Special combination

Choose any 2: SPECIAL sandwich, soup or salad


Premium combination

Choose any 2: PREMIUM sandwich, soup or salad


Combinations

All sandwich, salad and soup portions in the combinations are 3/4 of the size of the normal portions