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Lemon Tree Cafe & Ethiopian Cuisine has two complementary identities at its Saint Asaph Street home. During the day it is a characterful cafe with vintage teapots, patterned plates and a dedicated tea-room feel; later in the week, the kitchen shifts into Ethiopian dinner service. The business has been part of central Christchurch since 2014, and that combination gives diners more than one reason to visit, whether they want a familiar brunch, an unhurried pot of tea or a shared evening meal built around Ethiopian stews and injera.

Breakfast and brunch mix recognisable cafe staples with a few individual flourishes. A big breakfast and eggs Benedict cover the hearty end of the menu, while lemon and elderflower pancakes offer a fragrant sweet option. Ethiopian espresso mascarpone French toast brings the venue's evening influence into the daytime selection, and granola provides a lighter start. The range is broad enough for a group to order in very different directions without losing the relaxed cafe character that holds the meal together.

The daytime menu continues with dishes suited to lunch. Smashed avocado and chicken Caesar salad sit beside a vegan brown-rice bowl, giving diners several lighter or plant-based routes. A southern fried chicken burger and steak sandwich move toward a more substantial meal, while the children's section helps families order without scaling down an adult dish themselves. These choices make the cafe useful well beyond coffee and cake, with composed plates, salads and sandwiches carrying service through the middle of the day.

Ethiopian evenings centre on dishes that are particularly well suited to sharing. Mahiberawi platters gather several preparations on one plate, while kik alicha, misir key wot, atkilt alicha, shiro and gomen bring split peas, lentils, vegetables and greens into the meal through different spice profiles and textures. The number of plant-based stews gives mixed groups genuine choice rather than a token side. Ethiopian coffee served with popcorn provides a distinctive finish, and the fortnightly buffet offers another way to explore a wider cross-section of the cooking.

Address: Unit 1, 234 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

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Lemon Tree Cafe Menu

Lemon Tree Big Breakfast

Lemon Tree Big Breakfast
$27.50

Bacon, chorizo, grilled tomato, mushrooms, wilted spinach, potato hash, eggs your way, buttered toasted sourdough bread & house made relish.

Vegetarian Lemon Tree breakfast
$27

Wilted spinach, grilled tomato, potato hash, halloumi, mushroom, tofu, relish, sourdough bread.

Eggs Your Way
$16.50 / Add Bacon $6 / Add Salmon $8 / Add Mushroom $6

2 eggs any style, toasted sourdough bread, house made relish.

Eggs Benedict
$19.50 / Add Bacon $6 / Add Salmon $8 / Add Mushroom $6 / Add Chicken $7

2 Potato hash (or sourdough bread), 2 poached eggs, spinach, lemon hollandaise sauce. (GF)

Bacon Salmon Benedict
$27

Fresh spinach, streaky bacon, hot smoked salmon, potato hash, poached eggs on lemon hollandaise sauce. (GF)

Lemon Elderflower Pancake
$25.50

Lemon elderflower pancake, house made honey-comb butter, grilled banana, seasonal fruit, berry compote, maple syrup, ice cream.

Teriyaki Glazed Tofu Salad
$24.50

Cos lettuce, edamame beans, cucumber, red onion, carrots, sliced avocado and cherry tomato. (Vegan)

Smashed Avocado
$24.50

Cherry tomato, mesclun salad, crumbled feta cheese, house made relish, spinach feta cheese pesto, poached egg, multigrain bread.

Ethiopian Savoury Mince On Toast
$23.50

Minced beef, fried eggs, ethiopian spices, chilli flakes, toasted sourdough bread.

Chicken ‘N’ Waffles
$23.50 / Add Bacon $6

Southern fried chicken, belgian waffles, pickled onion, chipotle maple syrup.

Ethiopian Espresso Mascarpone French Toast
$25.50 / Add Bacon $6

Ethiopian espresso infused mascarpone, coconut flakes, seasonal fruit, berry compote, maple syrup.

Chicken Caesar
$26

Cos lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion, anchovies, croutons, fried chicken, parmesan cheese, poached egg on house caesar dressing.

Southern Fried Chicken Burger
$24.50

Crispy fried chicken, cheddar cheese, lettuce, plum chutney, chipotle aioli, brioche bun, fries.

Open Steak Sandwich
$26.50

Rump steak, grilled onion, lettuce, cheddar cheese, sliced tomato, fried egg, BBQ sauce, fries.

Oat and Chia Porridge
$18

Sliced almonds, toasted coconut, berry compote, grilled banana drizzled in maple syrup.

Eggs Benedict (GF)
$19.50 / Add Bacon $6 / Add Salmon $8 / Add Mushroom $6 / Add Chicken $7

2 Potato hash (or sourdough bread), 2 poached eggs, spinach, lemon hollandaise sauce.

Bacon Salmon Benedict (GF)
$27

Fresh spinach, streaky bacon, hot smoked salmon, potato hash, poached eggs on lemon hollandaise sauce

Teriyaki Glazed Tofu Salad (Vegan)
$24.50

Cos lettuce, edamame beans, cucumber, red onion, carrots, sliced avocado and cherry tomato.

Extra Sides

Fries
$10
Bacon
$6
Smoked Salmon
$8
Mushroom
$6
Tomato
$5
Chorizo
$6

Kids Menu

Beef Burger
$16

Cheese, patties, fries.

Pancakes
$15

Banana, maple syrup and ice cream.

Chicken and waffle with maple syrup
$15
Eggs your way
$12
Chicken and fries
$15

Ethiopian Cuisine – Vegan/Vegetarian

Vegan/Vegeterian/GF Friendly

Kik alicha
$21.90

Split peas cooked with oil, onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger and turmeric.

Misir key wot
$23

Split lentils simmered in spicy berbere, tomatoes, garlic,ginger

Atkilt Alicha
$24

String beans, Potatoes, Carrots,Garlic, Ginger, Green Chilli cooked with vegetable oil.

Shiro
$23.90

Finely grounded chickpeas, cooked with onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes

Gomen
$23.90

Fresh kale/cabbage sauteed with onions, ginger, garlic served with injera

Mushrrom tibs
$25

Fried mushroom, pepper,onion,garlic, and mixed Ethiopian spiced served with injera

Teliba Wot/Flaxseed stew
$24

Roasted and grounded Flaxseed cooked with berbere, Garlic, ginger, tomatoes served with injera

Ethiopian Cuisine – Lunch / Dinner

Tibs
$25

Tender lamb cubes with berbere, capsicum, rosemary, Garlic, Ginger, tomatoes and onion served with injera

Yeshekila Tibs
$25.90

Fried chopped prime beef with onion, chilli served with awaze/hot dipping sauce ) and injera

Key Wot/ Spiced beef Stew
$24.90

Tender beef cubes cooked in our traditional berbere sauce, ginger, garlic, tomatoes served with injera

Gored Gored
$27

Cubed toped side beef cooked with spiced/herbed butter and traditional awaze sauce served with injera.

Kitfo
$30

Lean ground beef mixed with korerima,/coriander, Garlic, Mitmita,spiced butter, Kale and conttage cheese ( cooked well done, medium or carpaccio raw)

Gomen besiga
$25

Collard greens cooked with lamb, onion, and garlic served with injera

Doro wat
$32

Ethiopian famous chicken stew simmered in onion, garlic and nled of spices,hard boiled egg served with injera

Minchet abish wot
$27

Lean ground beef sauce cooked with berbere, garlic, onions, side of ayib served with boiled egg and injera.

Awaze Tibs
$25

Tender lamb cubes with berebere, Garlic, ginger, tomatoes. A waze served with injera.

Alicha wat/turmeric stew
$23

Tender beef cubes cooked with garlic, ginger, tomatoes and tumeric sefrved with injera.

Beye’ayinetu/Combo Sharing Platter

For Vegan Platter Choose any 5- Key Misir, Shiro, Gomen,Key sir/beetroot,kik alicha, Atkilit alicha, Mushroomn tibs, Yesuf Fitfit. Meat Platter Choose any Five- Key wat, Key tibs,derek tibs, gomen besiga, Gored Gored, Kitfo, Kikil fitfit

Vegan platter per person
$25
Mixed or just meat combo
$35

Espresso

Short Black
Small $5.40
Long Black
Small $5.40
Americano
Large $6.40
Macchiato
Small $6
Vienna
Small $6

Organic Tea

(Hot or Cold)

English Breakfast
$5.40
Earl Grey
$5.40
House Black
$5.40
Chamomile
$5.40
Green Tea Chai
$5.40

Iced Coffee

Americano
$7
Latte
$7.50
Mochaccino
$9
Chocolate
$8.50
Chai Latte
$8.50

Smoothies

Kiwi
$10
Strawberry
$10
Blueberry
$10
Raspberry
$10
Mixed Berry
$10

Extra’s

Decaf
$1
Extra Shot
$1
Soy, Almond, Coconut, Oat
$1
Vanilla, Caramel
$1
Hazelnut
$1

Ethiopian Drinks

Alcohol free beer
$7
Ginger beer
$7
Coca cola
$7
Kombucha
$7
Sprite
$7

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