DINNER MENU A PENINSULA WITH A HISTORY The great Ma-ori explorer, Kupe, is credited family oriented, predominantly working as the first person to discover New class suburb with a strong manufacturing Zealand, and also the first person to land base. Today, many of the old industries have on what became the Miramar Peninsula. gone and the area is home to a number Kupe’s descendant, Whatonga, captained of internationally recognised, creative the Kurahaupo- waka and settled early in industries employing a work force from the 12th Century. European settlers began around the world. arriving in Wellington in the early 1840s and It is now home to around 20,000 people, by the end of that decade James Coutts and this unique environment is an area of Crawford and others had purchased much rugged coastlines, sheltered sandy beaches, of the Peninsula’s land. hill-top vistas and stunning scenery, as well Most indigenous vegetation had been as being the center of the film industry. All cleared by the early 1850’s and within the of those creative people like to eat, so the next 40 years almost all the Peninsula was Peninsula offers some of the best coffee and farmland. By then the Peninsula was also dining experiences in the city. a popular sporting resort with recreation A great aspect about being on the Peninsula grounds, a hunt club, polo field, golf links is not having to rely on the city to get things and trotting club. done. Whether you need garden supplies, The beginning of urbanisation on the gourmet sausages from the butcher, a Peninsula began in 1902 with an auction panelbeater, camera repair, personal trainer, SPIRITHOUSE — A PHILOSOPHY of 132 residential sections attracting huge dog day care, hair cut or your favourite As the name implies, there’s more to SpiritHouse than great food and fine times. interest, leading the Miramar Borough Asian takeaways... you can do it all in our SpiritHouse is a place to relax, reflect and recharge. Council to be formed shortly after, in 1904. neighborhood. Our pan-Asian inspired menu is cooked with care and prepared using the finest For several decades the area remained a ingredients – not only to tantalise your tastebuds, but to leave you feeling satisfied and embedded with a sense of peaceful fulfillment. To understand the art of eating you must know the philosophy of food. Asian food must be fresh, have flavour and possess proper texture. It’s this distinct balance that brings a richness to the SpiritHouse eating experience – along with impressive health benefits.

YOU’RE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH SpiritHouse chefs use less fat, small amounts of meat and a variety of vegetables. Asian herbs help digestion and the gastrointestinal system. “Eating SpiritHouse style will enhance the body with appropriate nutrients, energy, minerals, vitamins and dietary fibre for preventing coronary heart disease, dyslipidaemia, strokes, obesity, diabetes and some cancers,” says Dr. Luecha Wanarantan. For further health information visit our website: www.spirit.house

HOME OF THE HOBBIT The suburb of Miramar, which was a pet shop’ to ‘we’ve got some really cool OUT AND ABOUT ON THE PENINSULA once home to a gasworks and booming restaurants and bars.” manufacturing industry, has been evolving From humble beginnings in the back room Explore the different places that make Miramar Peninsula so special. into a classy creative hub, ever since of a flat in Wellington, Weta Workshop has Sir Peter Jackson and his movies began grown to become a world-leading design STRATHMORE PARK KARAKA BAY pouring money into the area. and effects facility in the heart of the Strathmore Park sits at the southern end of Karaka Bay sits between Breaker Bay and Miramar Peninsula and boasts some of the Moa Point at the Southern end of the “It was a place that the worker ants of Miramar Peninsula. best views towards the South Island. Peninsula’s coast road. The bay is a great the world came and lived. It’s cheap, it’s A series of multi-million dollar studios, place to spot little blue penguins, dolphins, cheerful. The film industry kicked things off sound stages, and pre and post-production The Strathmore shops offer a great butchery, orcas and fur seals. ... it’s got a lot of colour and it’s certainly facilities have been built, where The Hobbit, barber shop, Hells Pizza and two café’s – the Strathmore Cake Kitchen and Gipsy Kitchen. becoming a very cool and trendy place,” The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong SCORCHING BAY The Strathmore Local is a garden bar and says Miramar resident Mike Riversdale. were filmed. Scorching Bay provides the finest sandy, restaurant and holds weekly quiz nights. The ‘gravitational pull’ of the glammed- It has been hailed by Mexican film director swimming beach in Wellington. Set against up Roxy Cinema has kept the momentum Guillermo del Toro as “Hollywood the way MOA POINT a backdrop of regenerating native forest, going, “dragging it up from ‘hey, we’ve got God intended it”. This rocky bay is home to a small settlement looking out to the Pencarrow Coast and of houses with great views of the Kaikoura overlooked by Fort Ballance to the north, it Ranges on a clear day, and aircraft landing provides a carpark, the Scorcherama café, into those brisk northerlies. picnic areas, children’s playground, toilets YOU’RE IN CAPABLE HANDS and changing rooms. SpiritHouse chefs have some impressive work experience. SEATOUN The Wahine Park Memorial is located in WORSER BAY All our chefs are qualified in the art of pan-Asian cuisine and have years of experience in Seatoun. It marks an area near where Worser Bay is home to the Worser Bay cooking and training throughout Asia. Many have worked in some of the best restaurants the survivors of the 1968 Wahine Disaster Sailing Club and Lifesaving Club. The beach throughout South East Asia. reached the shore, and includes a is an excellent safe swimming beach and memorial plaque, the ship’s anchor and very popular in the summer. The beach is chain, and replica ventilation pipes. dog friendly during winter months and in A children’s playground is also part of the summer before 9am and after 7pm. commemorative park. MAUPUIA East by West run a daily ferry service from Maupuia may well be the most sun drenched the Seatoun wharf to Wellington city and suburb in Wellington and without a doubt an Eastbourne. excellent place to watch the sun go down.

ONLY THE BEST WILL DO Here at SpiritHouse we follow top class Health and Safety standards. You can be assured you’re in safe hands. SpiritHouse has its own in-house Food and Safety training programme, with comprehensive training manual covering temperature checking, stock rotation schedules, food labelling and personal hygiene checklists. SpiritHouse also gains very high marks when it comes to meeting local authority Food Safety standards – and tops the class with a Grade A food safety rating. After all, you deserve only the very best. Y3. SWEET CHILLI PORK GF $21.50 S4. CHICKEN AND CURRIES Pork slices covered with a seasonal sweet CASHEW NUT V $21.00 SERVED WITH STEAMED JASMINE RICE chilli sauce, shallot, lemon slices and fresh Chang Mai style fresh vegetables and Curries come to you in mild spiciness. If coriander. cashew nuts stir fried with soy sauce base. MENU you want it hotter, please let your wait Y4. THAI CHICKEN SALAD GF $21.50 S5. BATTERED CHICKEN staff know for complimentary chilli. Chicken mixed with special roasted rice $22.00 AND CASHEWS C1. GREEN CURRY GF V powder, shallots, fresh spring onions, ENTREES Sweet chilli jam sauce cooked with battered Green chilli curry paste, slow cooked with lemongrass, coriander, chilli and lime juice. chicken and vegetables. coconut cream, spices, an array of selected E1. VIETNAMESE FRESH vegetables and fresh basil herb. SPRING ROLLS GF $6.00 Y5. VIETNAMESE SALAD GF S6. GINGER STIR FRY V Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 Freshly made rice paper rolls, stuffed full of Mint, lime juice, fish sauce and fresh Fresh ginger root fried in the wok with fresh Seafood $22.00 minced pork, blanched bean sprouts, fresh coriander flavours mixed with lettuce, vegetables and mushrooms. Prawn $23.00 mint and udon-style noodles. chopped cucumber, carrots, red onion and Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 tomato. Seafood $21.50 C2. VEGAN RED E2. VIETNAMESE CRISPY Chicken $21.00 Prawn $22.50 DUCK CURRY GF V $23.00 SPRING ROLLS GF $6.00 Prawn $22.50 A soy based duck flavoured curry specially Tasty sautéed vegetables, prawn and pork S7. CANTONESE created for the monks of South East Asia, mixed with vermicelli noodles, rolled in rice SWEET AND SOUR V with seasonal vegetables. paper then deep fried, served with nuoc FRIED RICE A tasty special sweet and sour sauce cooked cham dipping sauce. with pineapple and tomato. F1. NASI GORENG V C3. MASSAMAN CURRY GF V Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 A mild curry cooked in coconut E3. KOREAN DUMPLINGS $5.00 A traditional Indonesian favourite cooked Seafood $21.50 cream, potatoes, ginger and peanuts. Dumplings filled with leek, onion, garlic and with quality jasmine rice, fresh seasonal Prawn $22.50 ginger, served with light soy sauce. vegetables and pineapple. Chicken, Beef or Vegetarian $21.00 Fish $24.00 Chicken, Pork Prawn $23.00 E4. GURI PUFF $6.50 or Vegetarian $19.90 S8. SINGAPORE SATAY GF V Sweet potatoes and vegetables wrapped in C4. PANANG BEEF Seafood or Combination $21.50 Our own roasted spiced peanut sauce fluffy pastry served with dipping sauces. CHEEK CURRY GF $23.00 Prawn $21.50 combined with a selection of seasonal A mild curry cooked with coconut cream, vegetables, rich, sweet and satisfying. E5. COMBINATION $19.00 F2. SPICY KIMCHI kaffir leaves and vegetables. Popular curry Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 Combination of 2x Vietnamese fresh spring FRIED RICE GF V with a slight lime tang. rolls, 3x spring rolls, 4x Korean dumplings Fried rice cooked with kimchi special curry S9. OYSTER SAUCE AND and 3x guri puffs. paste, spices blended to enhance the C5. KUNG FU CURRY WITH FRESH MUSHROOMS V traditional favourites. BASIL AND FRESH CHILLI GF V E6. BALINESE SATAY Fresh broccoli and vegetables stir fried with Red based curry cooked with vegetables, Chicken, Pork or Vegetarian $19.90 CHICKEN STICKS GF $7.00 added mushrooms and oyster sauce. lime leaves and fresh basil herb. (This is a Seafood or Combination $20.50 Dipped in a mixture of spices grilled and Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 hot curry). Prawn $21.50 covered with our own peanut topping Seafood $21.50 Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 served on a bed of steamed rice. F3. CASHEW NUT FRIED RICE V Prawn $22.50 Seafood $22.00 Fried rice stir fried with ginger and fresh Prawn $23.00 E7. CAMBODIAN PORK SAUSAGE $6.50 S10. BLACK PEPPER vegetables, topped with a sweet soy sauce Secret spices and premium lean pork mince, V and roasted cashew nuts. HOT PLATE C6. LAMB SHANKS IN SOUTH rolled into meat balls, threaded onto a Fresh vegetables stir fried with cracked black EAST ASIAN CURRY SAUCE GF Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $20.50 skewer and served with peanut sauce. pepper and garlic sauce. Quality lamb shanks slow-cooked in curry Seafood $21.50 paste and coconut cream, with chunky E8. CRISPY PRAWNS GF $7.50 Prawn $22.00 Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 potato, onion and peanuts. Prawn cutlets coated in crushed dried rice Seafood $21.50 and served with Vietnamese dipping sauce. Prawn $22.50 One Shank $19.00 NOODLES Two Shanks $26.00 E9. ROTI & PEANUT SAUCE $7.00 S11. VIETNAMESE PAD THAI GF V N1. LEMONGRASS STIR FRY V C7. VIETNAMESE LAKSA GF V White rice noodles cooked with bean Stir fried with fresh lemongrass and fresh Fresh vegetables cooked in Laksa paste ASIAN SPICY SOUPS sprouts, spring onion and crushed peanuts seasonal vegetables. and coconut cream, served on a bed of rice SERVED WITH STEAMED JASMINE RICE in our special pad thai sauce, served with Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 vermicelli noodles and topped with thin fresh lemon and sprouts. rashers of omelette, fresh coriander and SPICY HOT & SOUR SOUP GF Seafood $21.50 Chicken, Pork, Beef or Vegetarian $19.90 Prawn $22.50 fried shallot. Hot and spicy yet refreshing soup. Spice, Seafood $20.50 Kaffir lime leaf, lemongrass and galanga, Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $22.00 Prawn $22.00 S12. SPICY HERBS V fresh lime juice topped with coriander. Seafood $22.50 This dish is flavoured with a wonderful Prawn $23.00 E10. ENTREE AS1. MAIN N2. BEIJING EGG NOODLES V variety of Asian flavours, including Chicken or Vegetarian $12.00 $19.00 Egg noodles and seasonal vegetables stir lemongrass, fresh basil, garlic and green C8. VIETNAMESE Seafood $13.50 $20.50 fried in the wok. peppercorns. This is a hot and very SEAFOOD BOAT GF $24.50 Prawn $14.00 $21.00 Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $19.90 flavoursome meal with stir fried fresh Mixture of fresh mussels, squid, fish, prawns Seafood $20.50 vegetables, and bamboo shoots. and lemongrass in an Asian coconut cream, COCONUT CREAM SOUP GF Prawn $22.00 Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 served with rice. Spicy yet smooth and tantalising to the taste Seafood $21.50 buds – similar to Tom Yum but with added N3. VIETNAMESE SPICY FRIED Prawn $22.50 coconut cream, distinct flavours of lime and EXTRAS NOODLE WITH BASIL V coriander. Flat white rice noodles stir fried with S13. HONEY LEMON CHICKEN $22.00 Chicken, Beef, Pork, Vegetables E11. ENTREE AS2. MAIN seasonal vegetables, fresh basil, and fresh Crispy chicken pieces stir fried with a tangy Peanut Sauce, Jasmine Rice $3.00 Chicken or Vegetarian $12.00 $19.00 chilli on the side. lemon and sweet honey sauce. Served with vermicelli noodles, fresh salad and a bowl of Seafood, Mussel, Squid, Seafood $13.50 $20.50 Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $20.50 jasmine rice. Prawn, Fish, Tofu, Cashew Nuts $4.00 Prawn $14.00 $21.00 Seafood $21.00 Prawn $22.50 Roti Bread $4.00 AS3. BALINESE NOODLE SOUP GF V S14. VIETNAMESE Fried Chunky Chips $6.00 (No rice). A generous portion of this famous FRIED FISH STEAK $24.00 Asian soup cooked with our special sauce, STIR FRYS Fish fillets dipped in tempura batter and Side of Stir Fry Vegetables $9.90 vegetables and noodles. deep fried, placed on a hot plate with stir S1. KUNG PAO fried tomatoes, red onion, mushrooms and Chicken, Pork or Vegetarian $18.50 CHICKEN STIR FRY $21.00 covered in a mild garlic, chilli and black Spicy stir fried battered chicken, peanuts, pepper sauce. SPICY ASIAN SALADS vegetables and chilli peppers cooked in Sichuan sauce. SERVED WITH STEAMED JASMINE RICE V Y1. YUM SEAFOOD SALAD GF S2. GARLIC HOT PLATE Cooked at a lower heat in stock this very Fresh garlic fried in the wok with a selection SEE OUR SHARING MENUS of vegetables – a must for garlic lovers. spicy seafood dish includes celery, shallots ON THE BACK PAGE and tomato. Served on a steamy hot plate. Vegetarian $19.50 Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetarian $21.00 Seafood $20.50 Seafood $21.50 Prawn $21.00 Prawn $22.50 To ensure your meal arrives to you fresh and hot off the wok, meals are brought out Y2. THAI BEEF SALAD GF $21.50 S3. FRESH BASIL immediately as they are cooked. There may be a small time delay between meals. Beef slices grilled in the wok, then mixed AND CHILLI V with our special roasted rice powder, fresh Fresh basil and hot chilli cooked traditional GF Gluten free Can be made gluten free V Can be made vegan Thai style with green vegetables. coriander, lime juice, shallot and chilli Standard vegetarian meals may contain fish sauce, oyster sauce or egg. powder. Pork, Chicken or Vegetarian $21.00 NO MSG ADDED. RECIPES TRY SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR DISHES AT HOME AT THE HEART OF MIRAMAR

Spirithouse 11. Miramar Library 1. The Weta Cave 12. The Larder Restaurant 2. Airport Motor Lodge 13. La Boca Loca 3. Worser Bay Yacht Club 14. Rempah Malaysian Takeaway 4. Miramar Vet 15. Domino’s Pizza 5. Sadhana Yoga 16. Burger King 6. California Home & Garden 17. The Chocolate Fish Café 7. Palmers Garden World 18. Miramar Fruit Supply 8. The Roxy Cinema 19. New World Supermarket 9. Miramar Golf Club 20. Haylo Skin & Body 10. ASB Sports Centre 21. Park Kitchen GREEN CURRY SERVES 1 – 2

INGREDIENTS RECIPE 180ml stock Heat a fry pan or wok. Add stock, 90ml coconut cream coconut cream, fish sauce, sugar and curry paste. Heat until it is just 30ml fish sauce about to boil, stirring constantly. Add 20g sugar the meat, stir into the sauce and just 20ml green curry paste as it is about to boil again, add the 17 150g meat (chicken, beef, pork, seafood) vegetables. Keep stirring until it is just about to boil, leave on the heat for 150g mixed vegetables another 30 seconds. Serve with rice.

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CHICKEN AND CASHEW STIR FRY 9 SERVES 1 – 2 INGREDIENTS RECIPE 100g roasted cashew nuts Heat a fry pan or wok and add 50ml of Thai 150g thinly sliced chicken breast rapeseed oil. Wait until the oil is hot and add chicken just before oil starts to smoke. 50ml Thai rapeseed oil (canola) The chicken should be cooked just as the 30ml oyster sauce oil has evaporated. Add vegetables at the 30ml soy sauce same time as 10 – 15ml of the chicken stock. 10ml fish sauce Stir fry and add extra stock a little at a time so the wok stays hot and veges stay crisp 50ml chicken stock or water and don’t stew. After 2 – 3 minutes and no 250g mixed vegetables excess stock is left in the wok, add the oyster sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce and cook for approximately 1 minute. Serve and enjoy. SHARING MENUS $28.00 per person SHARING MENU 1 Combination Entrée ◆ Beijing Stir Fried Egg Noodles – Beef ◆ Chicken Cashew Nut Fried Rice ◆ Massaman Curry – Pork ◆ Chicken Pad Thai ◆ Garlic Prawn Hot Plate ◆ Steamed Jasmine Rice

SHARING MENU 2 Combination Entrée ◆ Coconut Cream Chicken Soup ◆ Vietnamese Spicy Fried Noodles With Basil ◆ Thai Beef Salad ◆ Singapore Satay Stir Fry – Pork ◆ Vietnamese Fried Fish Steak ◆ Steamed Jasmine Rice

SHARING MENU 3 Combination Entrée ◆ Black Pepper Hotplate – Beef ◆ Vietnamese Laksa – Chicken ◆ Sweet and Sour Pork ◆ Spicy Singapore Fried Rice – Seafood ◆ Green Curry – Chicken ◆ Steamed Jasmine Rice

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