Ball & Chain Grill in Hobart Menu

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Soup of the Day with crusty fresh roll - Our chef's creative and tasty soups really hit the spot. $11.90
Charcoal grilled chilli and garlic prawns - served with wasabi mayonnaise. $16.50
Duck liver and cognac pate - Rich with the true character of a home made pate. Coarsely ground, herbed duck livers served with buttered wholemeal toast. $14.90
Oysters Natural - plump juicy local oysters. Freshly split for your total oyster experience. Served with our spicy cocktail - Sauce & lemon. Small: $16.90/ Large: $26.90
Oysters Kilpatrick - an old favourite that keeps on going on.Grilled with chopped bacon, worcestershire sauce, and lemon. Small: $18.90/ Large: $29.90
Moreton Bay Bugs - drizzled with a lime and chilli butter. $18.00
Ball and Chain Tasting Platter - A delicious medley consisting of marinated trevalla, pate, natural oyster, marinated octopus, smoked salmon, prosciutto, and salmon terrine. A great starter. $26.90
Marinated Line Caught Tervalla - finely sliced raw blue eye trevalla, steeped in vinegar, lemon. Served with buttered brown toast. $16.90
Smoked Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon - delicious local product served with the traditional garnish of onion rings, capers and horseradish. $17.90

Porterhouse - Most probably the best steak for a large cut. It has a fine texture and its taste is boosted by the open grill. Small: $21.90 / Medium: $32.90 / Large: $39.90
Scotch Fillet - So juicy! That little eye of fat that sits centre in this steak fills the meat with succulence. Small: $25.90 / Medium: $36.90 / Large: $49.90
Eye Fillet - Many will order no other cut because of its tenderness. The eye fillet is 'melt in your mouth' delicious. Diners usually order a sauce to enhance its flavour. Small: $26.90 / Medium: $39.90 / Large: $53.90
Rib Eye on the bone - A gourmand's choice of fine beef on the bone. 500gm: $40.90 / 900gm: $55.50
Medallions of Eye Fillet Forestierre - Tempting eye fillet slices grilled to your order with forestierre sauce. $39.90
Pepper Steak - Some like it hot! Choose any cut you fancy and we will roll it in crushed peppercorns, char it on the BBQ and serve it with our creamy hot pepper sauce. An oldy but a real goody. Extra: $3.90
Carpetbag Steak - One of the most popular choices this dish is an Australian favourite. Your choice medium or large steak stuffed with oyster meat. Your choice of cut, medium or large,stuffed with oys $4.90

Plum & Ginger - plum. soy and ginger with a wisp of garlic. $2.90
Ball & Chain Bar-b-que - a tomato based smokey sauce with a dash of chilli and garlic. $2.90
Satay - a Malaysian peanut based sauce with some chilli, but definitely not hot. $2.90
Hot Pepper Sauce - a creamy sauce made from both green and black peppercorns, resulting in a hot sauce. $2.90
Forestierre Sauce - a creamy sauce of mushrooms, bacon, cream and red wine. $2.90
Garlic & Horseradish - garlic horseradish, cream and white wine. $2.90

French, English and seeded mustard. Horseradish sauce and chutney. Available from the bath. N/A

Sausage Platter - A carnivore's delight. A selection of our handmade snags with sauces to match. Easy to share while your steaks are cooking. Small: $17.90 / Medium: $32.90 / Large: $45.90
Poultry -Quail - Char grilled to bring out all the flavour of the meat. Tender and plump, this choice is sure to please. Served with our plum and ginger sauce. Medium: $14.90 / Large: $26.90
Poultry - Char grilled Chicken - This is a simple dish of natural, free range chicken breast. Topped with a herb butter. No fuss and flavoursome. Medium: $17.90 / Large: $30.90
Poultry - Char grilled Chicken - Jamaican - Marinated in a rum based marinade cooked to order. Garnished with a yoghurt dressing. Medium: $17.90 / Large: $30.90
Pork - Pork Scotch on the bone - Charred by the open grill, our pork scotch is complemented with a piquant mango sauce. Main: $28.90
Lamb - Lamb Shank - A favourite comfort food dish. A chunky shank served up on potato mash enhanced with a tasty rosemary and red wine sauce. Medium: $29.90 / Large: $37.90
Kebabs - Beef - Juicy mouthfulls of tender beef highlighted with a mild satay sauce.. Medium: $17.90 / Large: $27.90
Kebabs - Beef - Juicy mouthfulls of tender beef highlighted with a mild satay sauce.lemon juice. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion and a good dollop of yoghurt. Medium: $17.90 / Large: $28.90
Seafood - Whole Grilled Tasmanian Rainbow Trout - This really is a treat. Full of flavour, lightly charred on the open BBQ and topped with herb butter. Main: $31.90
Seafood - Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon - Char grilled with Hollandaise sauce. Main: $31.90
Seafood- Tasmanian Fish of the Day Main: $Market Price
Vegetarian Meals - Pumpkin Vegetable Pot - A freshly made classic with hot seasonal vegetables, served in a pumpkin pot. Main: $21.90

Salad and Vegetables with entree sized meals $10.90
Bread Roll - Garlic & Herb or Plain $2.80
Bowl of Fries $6.90
Bowl of Seasonal Vegetables $6.90
Bowl of Mash $6.90

Nearby Sample Menus

Kid's Battered Fish Battered fish fillet with tomato sauce, kid's salad or Curly Fries. $9.95
Napoletana Sauce (LG) $1.95
Calamari Prime Rib – Tender Prime Rib topped with salt and pepper crumbed calamari rings and honey sweet chilli sauce. Traditional Cut $34.95 / Lite Cut $27.95
Sliced Avocado (LG) $2.95
Cheese Burger in Paradise Grilled beef patty topped with sliced cheese, lettuce, beetroot, tomato, red onion rings and smoked BBQ sauce. Seared with Hog’s Breath blackened seasoning. $13.95
Rib & Steak Combo - We combine a flame-grilled sirloin steak and a small rack of baby back ribs smothered with hickory smoked BBQ sauce served on Cajun rice with Hog Tail Fries and house salad. $31.95
T-Bone steak - Premium aged T-Bone steak (approx 450g), tender and char-grilled to your liking. A real T-Bone consists of two cuts, the larger piece is the striploin and the smaller piece is the tende $32.95
Chicken Dijonnaise - Marinated chicken breast char-grilled to perfection, topped with avocado and smothered with tangy Dijonnaise sauce. $24.95/ Lite Serve $20.95

Pecan and Butterscotch Pudding Served with ice cream and butterscotch sauce $7.50
Tempura Mushrooms Lightly battered Huon Valley mushrooms served on a garden salad with a sweet chilli mayo $8.00
Soup In house soup of the day with a crusty bread roll $6.50
Side of Creamy Mash $3.00
Bowl of Vegetables $3.00
Salt and Pepper Squid Served with chips, salad and a lime aioli $17.50
Cajun Chicken Burger Served with bacon, lettuce, julienne veg and a garlic aioli $12.50
- Bangers and Mash Minted lamb and rosemary sausages served with a creamy mash and onion jam and red wine gravy $10.00

Crispy chips $4
Mures award winning hot smoked ocean trout With potato, beetroot, roquette & red onion and basil dressing $21
Murphy’s burger With tomato, bacon, cheese, tomato relish & steakhouse chips $19
Marinated olives $6
Open steak sandwich With bacon, egg, roquette, tomato & onion jam $15
Lamb sausages & mashed potato With onion jam & gravy $19
Choice of Crumbed Chicken, Battered -
Vegetable spaghetti W/ mushrooms, roasted capsicum, beetroot & butternut pumpkin $17

Orange syrup cake, amaretto ice cream $11
Pigs head beignet, kewpie mayo $8
Smoked trevally pate, beetroot, ciabatta $14
Crispy duck leg, roti, hoisin $28
Baguette, pesto, aioli, olives $8.5 / $11
Beans $7.5, add fried pork mince: $11.5
Rhubarb posset, rosewater shortbread $9.5
Fried seasonal potatoes, guanciale $8.6

Fish Burger and Chips Two pieces of crumbed fish and salad in a pide, served with chips $18.00
- Blue Eye (Trevalla) $17.00
Half doz Oysters (natural) GF $14.00
Frenzy Wrap One piece of crumbed fish and salad in a wrap with our own special sauce, served with chips $12.00
Crumbed Prawns (ten) $15.00
Fish Only (two fillets either battered or crumbed): -
Grilled Catch of the Day with Salad GF Fresh Tasmanian fish served on your choice of garden, greek or caesar salad MP
- Flake (battered only) $14.00

TOASTED WRAPS (Take away available) - All served with side salad. Smoked salmon and avocado with lemon cream cheese $14.50
HALLOUMI SALAD - Grilled halloumi cheese with a roasted pumpkin, roasted beetroot, chick peas, pepitas, tomato and rocket salad. Finished with lemon myrtle dressing $17.50
TOAST - 3 slices of toasted sourdough served with butter and choice of jam or vegemite $6.50
PANCAKES - Mixed berry compote and maple syrup $10.00
TOASTED FOCCACIA (Take away available) - Grilled chicken, baby spinach, brie and basil pesto $12.50
TASMANIAN SCALLOP PIE - Tasmanian scallops cooked in a mild curry sauce, served with a light garden salad. Finished with French dressing $17.00
TASMANIAN SMOKED SALMON - Dill-scented, smoked Tasmanian salmon served on a fresh garden salad. Finished with lemon myrtle dressing $17.50
ICE-CREAM SUNDAE - 1 topping - Three scoops vanilla ice-cream with choice of toppings $6.50

Makhan Chicken - the pride of our kitchen, boneless chicken half, cooked in the tandoor, finished in a spicy tomato & cream sauce (Entree/Main) $15.50/$18.50
Pistachio Kulfi - Indian ice cream made from milk & pistachio $5.50
Beef Vindaloo - the traditional very hot Goen curry with tamarind (Entree/Main) $15.50/$18.50
Extra Rice Large $4.00
Tomato / Onion Salad $3.00
Gulab Jamun - sweet dumplings fried to a golden brown and served in sweet syrup $5.50
Tea & Coffee $3.00
Fish Mallari - a royal taste of fish curry cooked in lightly spiced herbs and coconut milk (Entree/Main) $18.50/$25.00

Oysters 1/2 Dozen - Natural, kilpatrick or chilli ginger & mirin $17.5/18.5/18.5
Baguette - With your choice of olive oil & balsamic or garlic butter $7.50
Spring Bay Mussels - Entrée - Tomato, chilli & provencal OR Garlic, white wine & cream $17.5
Maple Syrup $3.5
Continental Breakfast - tea or coffee, toast, cereal (Sustain, Weetbix, toasted muesli, Coco Pops, Cornflakes, All Bran) & juice (apple, orange, cranberry, pineapple, tomato) $14.50
Mushrooms $4.5
Toasted Turkish Bread - with smoke salmon & dill scrambled eggs $16.5
Turkish Bread - with a duo of house made dips $12.5

Classic Angus - 100% Aussie Angus beef, two delicious slices of McDonald’s famous cheese, whole leaf lettuce, juicy tomato, red onion rings, pickles with mustard and mayo on a chilli chive bun n/a
Big Mac - two 100% Aussie beef patties. Then comes the delicious combination of crisp iceberg lettuce, melting signature cheese, onions and pickles, between a toasted sesame seed bun. And don't forget n/a
Frozen Coke McSpider n/a
Sausage McMuffin - A hot beef sausage patty, topped with a slice of cheese on a toasted English muffin. Simple and satisfying n/a
Soft Serve Cone n/a
Frozen Blue Lemonade McSpider n/a
Ketchup Sauce n/a
Sweet 'n' Sour Sauce n/a

Warmed Sicilian Green Olives, Olive oil, Rosemary & Grissini $8.50
Crushed Meringue & Vanilla Bean Parfait - with Passsionfruit Curd and Berry Sauce $14.00
Salt & Pepper Quail, Goats Cheese, baked Beetroot & Rocket Salad with roasted Almond crumbs & Aged Balsamic Vinaigrette $21.00
Pan fried Confit Garlic Honey Brown Mushrooms $9.00
Confit Duck Legs, White Bean fricassee, Carrot purée, Fig and Marsala glaze $37.50
Chicken Breast, Oven baked with soft Herbed Polenta, Butter braised Leeks and Pear Cider Jus $32.50
Rock Lobster and Prawn Pate with toasted Continental Bread and Black Caviar $18.00
Horseradish N/A

Tomato braised Tasmanian octopus, grilled ciabatta $19.9
Tomato braised tasmanian octopus, grilled ciabatta $19.9
Wilted local spinach $3.9
Scrambled eggs with hot smoked tassal salmon, spinach, toasted ciabatta $17.9
Pan fried sardines, two poached eggs, pangratatta, green olives, capers, aioli, ciabatta $16.9
Pomegranate glazed strawberries, caramelized white chocolate, wild rice, white lemon, yoghurt sorbet $15.9
Grilled tassal salmon, freekah, faro & du puy lentil braise, chimichurri, chorizo & herb salad $33.9
Confit cherry tomato, mozzarella, basil, reggiano $21.9

Blue Eye Trevalla Snack $16.90 / Meal $21.90
See today’s display at Lower Deck $5.90
Fisherman’s Basket $24.90
Catch of the Day (selection changing daily) Snack $14.90 / Meal $19.90
Tasmanian Pacific, order at Lower Deck Bistro or sit up at the Oyster Bar for live shucking ½ doz $13.90 / doz $24.90
Seafood $19.90
Served with chips & salad either with lemon or honey soy ginger or thai coconut marinade, see today’s selection at Lower Deck $22.90
Tasmanian Scallops $19.90

Chicken or Beef $13.00
Vegetables and Tofu $11.50
Satay Gal - Thai Marinated Chicken with Peanut Sauce $3.50 ea
Pad Med Mha Moung - Stir fried Cashew Nuts, Chilli Jam and Vegetables with choice of meat or tofu -
Chicken or Beef $13.00
Khaow Pad - Stir fried Rice, Egg and Vegetables with choice of meat or tofu -
Pad See Ewe - Stir fried Flat Rice Noodles with Egg and Vegetables with choice of meat or tofu -
Tod Man - Thai Fish Cake $1.50 ea

Mushroom $2.00
Southern fried chicken burger Served with bacon, coleslaw and house BBQ sauce served with chips $15.50
Pulled beef burrito with corn salsa Served with chips $10.50
Schnitzel Chicken breast schnitzel with parmigiana or choice of sauce, served with chips and salad or mash and vegetables $16.50
Mash $3.50
Caesar Salad Traditional Caesar salad with grilled chicken breast $12.50
Risotto Served with wild mushroom & spinach $13.50
Roasted Garlic Aioli $2.00

Gamberi Aglio e Olio - garlic, extra virgin olive oil, chilli, prawns $21.5
Paese - salami, roasted capsicum, olives, mushrooms $24
Free Range Egg Omelette - with chorizo, spring onions and semi-dried tomatoes $16.5
Gamberi Risotto - prawns, capers, spring onion, radicchio, white wine, cream $22
Robustelli - n’duja sausage (HOT),mushroom, olives, chilli, onion, garlic $23
Crema di Gorgonzola - gorgonzola, salami, cream $22
San Benedetto Sparkling Mineral Water (500ml) $5.5
Napoletana - slow cooked tomato, garlic, onion, basil $19.5