BABINKA RESTAURANT AND BAR

Babinka Whakatane

Babinka Restaurant & Bar
62 The Strand, Whakatane.
Tel/Fax 07 307 0009

Open Hours: 7 days
10am - 2pm
Breakfast/Lunch
5.30pm - 9pm

Extended hours during Summer

Motel Delivery service $5
BYO surcharge $7

Open 7 days and fully Licensed with BYO wine only.
We have Local and imported beers.
Enjoy indoor or outdoor dining with fantastic river views which compliment our great service and relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
Our extensive menu offers everything from authentic curries to seafood and steak, finishing with desert and flavoured coffees.
We can cater for up to 80 people inside or out. And dont forget, we have available a breakfast and lunch menu to.

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Babinka menu - Updated 30/01/12

~BREAKFAST~
(Not available after 12pm)

Babinka Breakfast Pan fried crumpet with golden syrup, crispy bacon, poached eggs, potato mash, grilled tomato, sausage and hollandaise sauce

French Toasts With sliced banana, crispy noodles, maple syrup, bacon and sugar cinnamon dust

Spring Morning Marinated mushrooms, bacon, hash brown with garlic bread and two poached eggs

Farmers breakfast Sausage, hash brown, tomato, eggs, mushrooms, bacon and toast

Babinka homemade mega hash brown Shredded potato, bacon, cheese, onion, eggs and cream

Tuscan scrambled eggs Rye bread crustine spread with basil pesto topped with poached or scrambled eggs and brie

Eggs with toast and butter Choice of fried, poached or scramble eggs on toast and butter

Toast with butter and jam

Sausage, two eggs, hash brown and toast

Bacon, two eggs, hash brown, toast

(Extras $2.00 each – Hash brown, tomato, sausage, bacon, mushroom or eggs)

~LUNCH~

Black Board
Seafood chowder
Fish of the day with salad and fries
Pasta Fettuccine

Bread
French Bread plain or garlic
Lebanese plain or garlic
Pita - plain or garlic
Bread selection with dips

Char grilled vegetable sandwich carrots, mushroom, courgettes, tomato, brie, served in rye bread spread with hummus and garlic aioli

Cuban Style Chicken Sandwich Chicken breast pieces pan fried served with mustard, cucumber pickle, swiss cheese, ham and cabata bread

Pan Fried Scallops or Prawns - With tomato dill sauce served on a pumpkin risotto and salad garnish
Pork loin with rocket pasta Oven roasted, served with pureed rocked leaves, parmesan, broccoli, and fettucini

Tika chicken breast – marinated in yoghurt and tika spices, garlic oven roasted served with rice, salad, yoghurt and mango chutney

Chicken or Pork Scaloppini Oven roasted with potato, yoghurt sauce and char grilled vegetables

Scotch Fillet Steak Cooked to your preference with mashed potato, roasted tomato, red onion and mushroom confit with salad garnish.

Babinka chicken salad Breast pieces pan-fried served with avocado, salad mix, shredded parmesan and caesar dressing

Thai style Calamari salad - Pan fried served on a mint coriander mix salad

Salmon Fillet - Pan fried served with ratatoulli and rocket salad garnish

Greek Style Lamb Salad Lamb rump marinated with herb and spice pan fried served on a greek salad
Italian Style Lamb Rump - Oven roasted to your preference served on a mash potato, ratatouille and garnish
Turkish style char grill (chicken or beef) Meat marinated with garlic, paprika, cumin juice pan fried served on char grilled vegetables with garlic pita and salad garnish.

Thai prawn fritters - with coriander, spring onion, ginger, sweet chilli, coconut and kumara salad.
Meditarian style beef, lamb or chicken burger served with tomato, onion, cucumber, lettuce, char grilled veges and fries
Steak sandwich - on Rye served with tomato pesto, lettuce, cucumber, caramalised onion, mushroom and mesculan salad.
Western omelette – ham, cheese, tomato, onion and potato served with salad
Bombay butter prawn – marinated in tomato, yoghurt and cream sauce, served with rice and a poppadom
Bombay butter chicken – marinated in tomato, yoghurt and cream sauce. Served with rice and a poppadom
South Indian curry (chicken, beef, lamb, fish or vegetables) Served with rice and poppadom
Sri Lankan style fish or calamari curry Served with rice and poppadom
Thai red or green curry with chicken, fish or veges
BLT – Bacon Lettuce and tomato with facacia bread
Deep Fried Mozarella - Cheese on a garlic butter, mushroom with salad garnish

~DINNER~

Bread

French bread Garlic, plain, or herb

Traditional Indian bread (Naan) Choice of Garlic or plain (for two)

Bread Selection Four types of bread with chef’s special dips

ENTRÉE

Soup of the day

Babinka’s most popular offering with French garlic bread (please refer to blackboard)

Pate’ (chicken liver, made on premises)

Accompanied with sunflower barley toast and mixed green leaf (please refer to blackboard)

Crunchy Camembert
Deep fried. Served with plum, white wine coulie and crackers

Prawn Kebab

Char grilled with steamed rice, Mango and yoghurt sauce.

Thai Style Calamari
Marinated with mustard and garlic, flamed in olive oil with assorted julienne vegetables and thai coconut sauce.

Steamed Mussels
in garlic, spinach, white wine and coconut cream

Light Meals

Pasta (Fettucine)

(Refer to blackboard)

Babinka Chicken Salad

Panfried chicken in a mixed salad

Pan Fried Moroccan style beef salad

Served with chic peas and a drizzle of yoghurt

Crumbed Scallops or Oysters

Served with salad, Fries and tartare sauce

Mains

All mains served with your choice of Salad, Vegetables or Fries. Additional sides $5.00

Fish of the day (Plain or Cajun)
Pan fried and layered on potato mash, served with daily sauce. (Refer to blackboard)

Prawn Cutlets or Scallops
Pan fried with tomato and basil sauce, served with saffron and coconut rice

Pork Loin Steak
Oven roasted pork loin served with gourmet potato ratatouille

Seafood Ala Babinka

A combination of fresh fish, scallops, mussels, calamari and oven baked mussells

Chicken Breast

Oven Baked breast of chicken

Lamb Rump

Marinated with roasted cumin then char grilled to your liking

Marlborough Salmon Fillet

Fillet coated with sesame seeds pan fried.

Scotch Fillet Steak

Cooked to your preference served with potato mash, mushroom and an old dark port wine sauce.

Kit’s Curry Menu

All curries served with freshly made rice, poppadom and condiments

Saagi Goshi (Lamb or Chicken with fresh spinach)-Medium

Marinated in yogurt, ginger, garlic and North Indian spices cooked in a tomato spinach curry sauce

Butter Chicken – Mild

Cooked in a very mild cream sauce using tomato, onion and yogurt

Hare Masala Green Curry (chicken, fish , beef or vegetable) – Hot

Breast pieces cooked with spring onion, ginger, garlic coriander, green chilli and coconut sauce

Masala (Chicken – Hot) (Prawn – Hot)

Cooked in masala spices with capsicum, tomato, mushroom, garlic, ginger and coconut cream

Madras Curry (Chicken, Lamb, Beef, Venison or Vegetable) – Mild or Hot

Cooked in a spiced chilli, mustard, ginger, garlic, tomato and coconut sauce

Thai Red Curry (Pork, Chicken or Venison) – Medium or Hot

Marinated in garlic, ginger lemon grass, coriander, onion, red curry spice with coconut cream

Sri Lankan Black Meat Curry (Chicken, Beef or Pork) – Hot only

Marinated in ginger, garlic, tomato, roasted spice, cooked in a coconut curry sauce

Jalfrezi (Fish, Chicken, lamb, Venison or vegetable) – Medium

Marinated in yogurt, ginger, garlic and Bengali spices. Cooked with capsicum, coriander, onion and tomato curry sauce

Biriyani (Chicken, Beef or Lamb)

Mildly spiced, combined with saffron rice cooked on a slow fire

Korma (Chicken, Fish, lamb or vegetable) – Mild or Hot

Cooked with garlic, ginger, chilli yogurt, cashew nuts and coriander in a tomato curry sauce

Malu Bedum (shellfish curry, prawn, calamari, scallops or mussels)

Marinated with Indian Spices, ginger and garlic in a tomato coconut cream

Sri Lankan Geethell Curry (chicken, beef or vegetable)
Cooked with butter, herbs, chilli, spices, yoghurt, ginger, garlic, capsicum, tomato and coriander.

Rogan Josh - Chicken Lamb or Pork

Vindaloo - Beef, Chicken, Lamb or Fish

Children’s Menu

Small fries with sauce

Battered hot dog fries and sauce

Chicken nuggets, fries and sauce

Fish bites, fries and sauce

~Snack Menu~

(Not available between 12.00pm and 2.30pm)

Wedges with bacon cheese and sour cream
Half a dozen samosa’s with dipping sauce
Half a dozen spring rolls with dipping sauce

~Non Alcoholic Beverages~

Spirulina
Lassi (Indian yoghurt drink)
Fruit Smoothies
Grapefruit
Passion Fruit
Tomato Juice
Orange
Pineapple
Ginger Beer

Fusion Coffee

Latte, Hot Chocolate
Flavored coffee
Middle eastern style cappuccino
(Claws, cardamom and whipped cream)
Double Mocca (topped with whipped cream)
Decaf
Short or Long Black
Cappuccino or Flat white
Tea

~DESERTS~
Please refer to blackboard.

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