Lunch menu
Entree
| Deep-fried spring rolls – Chả giò | $8.00 |
light, crispy, deep-fried Vietnamese home-made spring rolls with succulent pork and crab filling, with our own fragrant lime dipping sauce (also available for vegetarian)
| Fresh summer rolls – Gỏi cuốn |
$8.00 |
soft rice papers wrapped around king prawns, pork, lettuce, fresh chives and thin rice noodles, served with our own dressing
| Soup of the day – Súp của ngày | $8.00 |
change daily ( please ask waiter )
| Crispy salt and peper squid – Mực chiên giòn |
$12.50 |
crispy golden salt and pepper squid cooked Vietnamese style, served with home
made chilly sauce and Lotus’ salad
MAIN
Chicken
| Chicken salad – Gỏi gà |
$12.50 |
Lotus’ healthy salad with grilled tender chicken, dressed in special home-made lime
dressing served with prawn crackers and peanuts
| Lemongrass chicken – Gà kho sả | $12.50 |
pan fried chicken in chilli, lemongrass, onion and finished with crack pepper, served with
jasmine rice
| Ginger marinated chicken – Gà kho gừng |
$12.50 |
marinated tender chicken breast, cooked with fresh ginger, capsicum, onion and chef’s
special seasoning serve with jasmine rice
| Chicken curry – Curry gà | $12.50 |
Vietnamese style curry with carrot, kumara and potato, cooked in a special coconut base
with traditional spices and topped with fresh basil served with jasmine rice
| Vietnamese style sweet and sour chicken – Gà chua ngọt |
$14.50 |
stir-fried chicken with pineapple, capsicum, cucumber, Spanish onion and tomato in our
delicate sweet and sour sauce, served with jasmine rice
Pork
| Crispy Vietnamese crepe – Bánh xèo | $12.50 |
thin crispy crepe with filling of pork, squid, prawns and soya sprouts, served hot with
traditional dipping sauce and salad
| Lemongrass pork – Heo xào sả ớt |
$12.50 |
pan fried pork in chilli ,lemongrass, onion and finished with cracked pepper, served
with jasmine rice
| Grilled pork chop on rice – Cơm sườn |
$12.50 |
marinated pork chop in vietnamese spices, and grilled served with jasmine rice and salad
| Vietnamese style sweet and sour pork – Heo chua ngọt | $14.50 |
stir-fried with pineapple, capsicum, cucumber, Spanish onion and tomato in our
delicate sweet and sour sauce, served with jasmine rice
Beef
| Beef salad – Gỏi bò |
$12.50 |
Lotus’ healthy salad with grilled tender chicken, dressed in special home-made lime dressing served with prawn crackers and peanuts
| Phở | $12.50 |
the most popular rice noodle soup served throughout Vietnam: a fragrant, clear, beef stock cooked with five different spices, ginger and cloves; topped with tender beef slices, chopped coriander, celery and onion. Served with fresh seasonal herbs and bean sprouts. Delicious!
| Hue’s beef noodles – Bún bò Huế | $12.50 |
Hue’s famous rice noodle soup cooked with beef stock and shrimp base with pineapple, fresh lemongrass spices, ginger. Served with rice noodles and finely chopped seasonal herbs topped with slow cooked beef slices
| Lemongrass beef – Bò xào sả ớt |
$12.50 |
pan fried beef in chilli, lemongrass, onion and finished with crack pepper, served with jasmine rice
| Vietnamese shaking beef – Bò lúc lắc |
$14.50 |
beef sirloin cut into 1″ cubes, marinated in oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil then pan fried, served on bed of tomato salad and jasmine rice
| Lotus’ scotch fillet/sirloin steak – Bò bít tết | $18 |
scotch fillet/sirloin steak marinated in garlic, pepper grilled on hot plate topped with chef’s special sauce, served with hands cut frieds and salad
Seafood
| Steam mussels – Sò hấp gừng |
$12.50 |
New Zealand mussels steamed in Vietnamese white wine, lemon grass, fresh chilli and grated ginger
| Vietnamese style sour seafood soup – Canh chua hải sản |
$12.50 |
a southern Vietnamese special seafood soup, prawns and squid, cooked with tamarind stock bean sprouts, okra, tomato, pineapple, topped with a variety of fresh herbs, served with rice
| Stir fried squid – Mực xào chua ngọt |
$12.50 |
with pineapple, capsicum, slice tomato, celery in fish sauce and Vietnamese spices served with jasmine rice
| Tiger prawns cutlet curry | $14.50 |
Vietnamese style curry with carrot, kumara and potato, cooked in special coconut base
| Vietnamese style sweet and sour fish/prawns – Cá/tôm chua ngọt | $14.50 |
stir-fried with pineapple, capsicum, cucumber, Spanish onion and tomato in our delicate sweet and sour sauce, served with jasmine rice
| Stir fried seafood with noodle – Mì xào hải sản |
$14.50 |
squid and prawns stir fried in oyster sauce with broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas, capsicum, spring onion, tomatoand finished with coriander
| Crispy salt and pepper squid – Mực chiên giòn |
$15.50 |
crispy golden salt and pepper squid cooked Vietnamese style, served with home made sweet chilly sauce and Lotus’ mixed salad
| Prawns cutlet in tamarind sauce – Tôm rang me | $15.50 |
panfried black tiger prawns with Lotus special sour and lightly sweet tamarind sauce, onion, pineapple, dice capsicum, served with jasmine rice
| Prawns and scallops garlic butter – Tôm, hồ điệp rang bơ | $18 |
panfried prawns and scalloos in chilli garlic butter, served with mixed salad and jasmine rice
| Lotus fried rice – Cơm chiên dương châu | $12.50 |
prawns, pork,egg, greenpeas, sweet corn, carrot served with lotus’ sauce
Vegetarian
| Vegetarian curry – Curry rau củ | $12.50 |
Vietnamese style curry with carrot potatoes and kumara, cooked in special coconut base with traditional spices, turmeric and topped with spring onion
| Stir fried tofu and vegetable – Đậu hủ xào rau | $14 |
mixed vegetable with fried tofu and cahew nuts topped with fresh coriander
| Vietnamese style sweet and sour tofu – Đậu hủ chua ngọt |
$14.50 |
stir fried with pineapple, capsicum, cucumber, Spanish onion and tomato in our delicate sweet and sour sauce, served with jasmine rice
SIDES
jasmine rice $2
side salad $4
steamed vegetable $4
stir- fried vegetable $6
handcut frieds $5
kumara chips $5
