Sweet as Rice is a Vietnamese restaurant on Rotorua's Tutanekai Street, open daily with dine-in, pickup and delivery options. The menu covers much more than one signature bowl: crisp starters, fresh rice-paper rolls, salads, pho, vermicelli, fried rice and wok dishes sit alongside separate chicken, pork, beef, seafood and vegetable sections. Vegetarian choices appear across the rolls, noodle and dedicated vegetable sections. That breadth supports both a quick banh mi order and a longer meal built from dishes designed to share.
The entree list is a useful introduction to the kitchen's contrasts. Summer rolls wrap herbs, vegetables and rice noodles in rice paper, with chicken, pork, prawn or vegetarian fillings. Fried spring rolls take a crunchier route, while banh mi combines pate with a choice such as lemongrass pork or chicken. Chicken satay, fried calamari and the shareable Magic Mixed platter suit a group, and the Vietnamese crispy pancake folds rice flour, egg and coconut cream around prawn, pork or seafood before arriving with herbs and dipping sauce.
Salads are treated as full-flavoured dishes rather than side plates. Larb combines chilli fish sauce, roasted sticky rice, lemon, herbs, onion and galangal; lotus-root salads can be ordered with chicken or prawns; and beef or seafood versions bring lime, chilli and cashew nuts into the mix. The seafood salad adds prawn, squid and jellyfish to that bright family of dressings. Vermicelli salads use rice noodles, peanuts, herbs and pickled dressing beneath spring rolls or other toppings, offering a cooler counterpoint to the fried starters and hot noodle soups.
Pho and stir-fried rice noodles anchor the noodle side of the menu, while rice dishes include crispy-pork fried rice and lemongrass pork chop on rice. Lemongrass-and-chilli chicken and chicken with cashews show the wok's range, with dedicated fish, prawn, pork, beef and vegetable sections leaving room to vary protein and sauce. Tea and Vietnamese coffee complete the meal naturally, whether the order is a warming bowl of beef pho, a compact baguette lunch or several shared plates across the table.
Address: 1205 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand
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Sweet As Rice (vietnamese Magic Mix Menu
ENTREES
Summer Rolls (Goi Cuon) – 2 Roll
Your choice of – chicken, pork, prawn or vegetarian, lettuce, cucumber, herbs, rice noodles, wrapped in rice paper, served with chef’s hoisin sauce or sweet fish dipping sauce.
Fried Chicken With Mayo Sweet Chili – 4 Pcs
Vegetarian Fried Spring Rolls (Cha Gio Chay) – 4 Rolls
Meat Fried Spring Rolls (Cha Gio Thit) – 4 Rolls
Pork mince fungus noodle mixed spices served with fresh lettuce, picked & carrot chef’s dipping sauce.
Fried Wonton – 4 Pcs
Pan Fried Dumpling – 4 Pcs
Chicken Satay (Ga Nuong Sa Te) – 3 Pcs
Skewered tender grilled chicken 2x, served with chef’s style peanut sauce.
Freid Calamari (Muc Chien Gion) – Starter
Fried crispy calamari with lemon & peppers served with coleslaw.
Freid Calamari (Muc Chien Gion) – Main
Fried crispy calamari with lemon & peppers served with coleslaw.
Baguette (Banh Mi)
With pate, grilled lemongrass pork or chicken or vietnamese pork ham
Vietnamese Crispy Pancake (Banh Xeo)
Rice flour, eggs, coconut cream & curry served with lettuce, herbs, pickled carrots, chef’s dipping sauce your choice – prawn, pork or seafood.
Magic Mixed (Great To Share – 2 People)
Kha Vi Thap Cam
Magic Mixed (Great To Share – 4 People)
Kha Vi Thap Cam
SOUPS
Chicken Sweet Cream Corn Soup
Asparagus Crab Meat Soup
Tom Yum – Chicken
Tom Yum – Prawn
Vietnamese Fish Soup (Canh Chua Ca)
Traditional Vietnamese fresh fish cooked with okra, tomatoes, bean sprouts, chilli, coriander, pineapple & fish.
SALAD GOI
Song Tam (Spicy Carrots Salad)
Choice of Rice or Rice Noodles
Larb (Goi Larb)
Choice of pork, chicken, finely chopped cooked with chilli fish sauce, roasted sticky rice, lemon juice, herbs, onion, galangal served with fresh salad.
Chicken Lotus Salad (Goi Ga Ngo Sen)
Vietnamese lotus root salad served with tender chicken, herbs, lime juice, chef’s special sauce & nuts.
Prawn Lotus Salad (Goi Tom Ngo Sen)
Prawn lotus with herbs, lime juice dressing, chilli & cashew nuts
Tasty Fresh Beef Salad (Goi Bo Tai)
Fresh beef salad served with garden fresh, herbs, lime juice dressing, chili & cashew.
Seafood Salad (Goi Hai San)
Prawn, squip, jelly fish with herbs, lime juice dressing, chili & cashew.
CHICKEN GA
Sweet & Sour Chicken (Ga Xao Chua Ngot)
Lemongrass & Chilli Chicken (Ga Xao Sa Ot)
Chicken lemongrass & chili)
Chicken Garlic (Ga Soc Toi)
Fried crispy chicken with garlic chef’s sauce
Five Spice Chicken (Ga Roti Banh Bao) – Half
Chicken slow cooked with mixed spices & fried crispy served with steamed buns.
Chicken Vegetable With Cashew (Ga Xao Hat Dieu)
PORK & BEEF HEO & BO
Pork Garlic Sauce (Heo Xoc Toi)
Pork Lemongrass Chilli (Heo Xao Sa Ot)
Pork Crispy With Vegetable (Heo Quay Xao Bong Cai)
Pork Sweet & Sour (Heo Xao Chua Ngot)
Vietnamese Style Sweet Sour Pork
Bbq Pork With Bbq Sauce (Heo Xa Xiu)
Pork Ribs With Bbq Sticky Sauce
Beef Lemongrass Chili (Bo Xao Xa Ot)
Beef Salad With Coriander Fresh Tomato (Bo Xao Dau Giam)
Beef Short Ribs Stew (Bo Kho)
Served bread or rice noodle.
Cube Beef Lio Steak (Bo Luc Lac)
Cube beef steak served on a sizzling hot plate, with fried egg and thick cut fries.
FISH & PRAWN CA & TOM
Vietnamese Style Clay Pots Fish (Ca Kho To)
Traditional Vietnamese clay pots fish cooked in rich thick sauces.
Nz King Salmon
Grilled crispy skin with spicy sauce
Prawn With Lemongrass Chili
Prawn meat with lemongrass chili.
Crispy Prawn With Garlic
Whole prawn with crispy garlic.
NOODLE SOUP PHO
Beef Pho Rice Noodle Soup (Pho Tai)
Thin sliced beef raw rice noodle soup.
Tom Yum Beef Rice Noodle
Tom Yum Seafood Rice Noodle
Special Beef Noodle Soup (Pho Bo Dac Biet)
Thin sliced fresh beef raw, meatballs soft thin slice brisket noodle soup.
Beef Black Bean Spicy Eggs Noodle Soup
Vietnamese Style Spicy Noodle Soup (Bun Bo Hue)
Vietnamese style bun bo hue spicy soup with thin slice soft beef & vietnamese homemade pork ham.
Chicken Noodle Soup (Pho Ga)
Thin sliced chicken noodle soup.
Wonton With Eggs Noodle Soup
Simmer Duck Noodle Soup
Tom Yum Pork Mince Noodles Soup
Rice noodle, fish, cake, pork mint, crispy pork.
Nam Vang Seafood Noodle Soup
Vegetarian Noodle Soup
VERMICELLI NOODLE SALAD
Vermicelli Spring Roll Noodle Salad
(Bun Cha Gio) – dry, fried crispy spring rolls served with rice noodles, peanut, lettuce, bean sprouts, cucumber, lettuce, onion, pickled dipping sauce.
Vermicelli Noodle Salad
(Bun Thit Nuong, Ga Nuong) – Dry Choice of Grilled pork lemongrass or chicken with lettuce, bean sprouts, cucumber, onion pickled dipping sauce.
Special Vermicelli Noodle Salad
(Bun Cha Gio Dac Biet) – Dry, competition salad served with noodles, peanut, lettuce, bean sprouts, cucumber, onion, pickled dipping sauce.
Stir Fried Rice Noodle (Hu Tieu Xao)
Choice of meat – chicken, beef or pork stir fried rice noodles with veg
Crispy Noodle (Mi Xao Gion)
Choice of bbq pork, chicken or beef, seafood.
Combinations Fried Noodle (Mi Xao Thap Cam)
VEGETABLE
Stir – Fried Vegetable With Tofu
Dau Hu Xao Bong Cai
Stir – Fried Bok Choy Garlic Or Oyster Sauce
Stir – Fried Tofu Lemongrass Chilli Sauce
FRIED RICE / ON RICE
All Fried Rice Served With Apple
Crispy Pork Fried Rice (Com Chien Hao Quay)
Crispy pork fried rice.
Lemongrass Pork Chop On Rice (Com Suon Nuong)
Grilled Pork on rice.
Special Lemongrass Grill Pork On Rice (Com Suon Nuong Dac Biet)
Salty Fish Fried Rice (Com Chien Ca Man)
Chef made salty fish fried rice.
Combination Fried Rice (Com Chien Thap Cam)
Fried Chicken And Rice
SET MENUS
Set Menu X2 – Per Head
Chicken Corn Soup, Chicken Lemongrass Chilli, Chicken Eggs Fried Rice
Set Menu X4 – Per Head
Tom Yum Beef Soup, Summer Rolls, Vietnamese Chicken Salad, Beef Eggs Fried Rice
Set Menu X8 – Per Head
Red Curry Chicken, Fried Spring Rolls, Crispy Squid Lemon Pepper, Fresh Beef Salad, Sweet Sour Chicken, BBQ Pork Eggs Fried Rice, Steam Rice
EXTRAS
Extra Eggs Noodle Or Rice Noodle
Extra White Rice For 2
Larger Bowl White Rice For 4 People
DESSERTS
Sundae
Fried Snowball
Chocolate, strawberry, caramel topping
Kiwi Pavlova
Vanilla ice cream, passion fruit coulis, berry coulis.
Apple Crumble
DRINKS
Mogu – Mango
Orange Juice
Cranberry Or Raspberry Soda
Soft Drink
Old Fashioned Lemonade
TEA – COFFEE
Vietnamese Hot Coffee With Condensed Milk
Vietnamese Ice Coffee
Green Tea – Per Pot
Jasmine Tea – Per Pot
Japanese Rice Tea – Per Pot
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