Rufus Cafe in Surry Hills Menu

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Food is excellent, fresh ingredients and amazing selection of sandwiches. Service is always friendly and fast and their breakfast menu, is particulalry good!

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Orange blossom panna cotta, strawberries, pistachio crumble $12.50
Mesculin, tomato, red onion $7
Pumpkin, caramelised onion, fetta, parmesan $22
Prawn, spinach pesto, pancetta, fresh chilli $23
The garden’s baked mac and cheese $9.50
Crispy cider battered red emperor, fries, tartare $29
Thai red chicken curry, coconut rice, pineapple, lychee, fresh chilli $32
D’arenberg, ‘the noble wrinkled’, riesling 2010, mclaren vale, sa $11.5 / $49

Chicken Schnitzel - w/ chips, dressed salad & your choice of sauce, Mushroom, Pepper or Gravy $14
Steak Sandwich - w/ bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato relish & chips $16
Chicken Parmigiana - w/ chips & Salad $17
Traditional Spaghetti Bolognaise - w/ parmesan cheese shavings $12
Chips $6
Chips - w/ McDonnell’s Irish Curry Sauce $9
BLT Sandwich - w/ chips $11
Club Sandwich - w/ chicken, bacon, lettuce, cheese, sliced egg, honey mustard mayo & chips $16

Grilled Haloumi Salad - Mixed leaf salad with garden peas, picked fresh mint, grapefruit segments tossed in a citrus dressing. Add $2 for grilled chicken $15.00
Garden Salad $4.00
New Yorker - Italian pepperoni & mozzarella cheese $15.00
Organic South American Quinoa Salad - Baked butternut pumpkin, roasted spanish onions, sundried pepita seeds and baby spinach drizzled with a Cabernet Sauvignon dressing. Add $2 for grilled chicken $15.00
Bowl of Fries $4.50
Middle Eastern Style Braised Lamb Shanks - Served with aromatic cous cous $15.50
250g char-grilled Lamb Rump - With Swiss brown mushrooms, parsnip puree, potato wafers and red wine jus $20.00
Salt and Pepper Squid and Chips - Served with lemon aioli and garden salad $12.50

The Luca Dotto - Longleaf Black Tea Vodka brightened with Montenegro liqueur and apple, served hot-to-trot. $16
Parfait Di Fegato - chicken liver pate w pear compote $15
Prosciutto Croquette - prosciutto fritters with aioli $14
Limoncello Brule - burnt vanilla cream infused w limoncello $12
Arancini - saffron & mozzarella rice balls, crumbed & lightly fried with spicy aioli $14
Duck Fettuccine - fresh fettuccine w duck ragu $28
Macaroni $18
Torta Melizani - baked eggplant, tomatoes & buffalo mozzarella $16

Baltic herring fillet Served with marinated onions, chat potatoe and Spanish olives $10.95
Smoked salmon & Red caviar plate (Serves 2) $16.95
Lamb Shashlik Tender marinated lamb pieces, skewered and flame grilled. Served with chat potato, fresh garden salad & tomato chutney made in house topped with marinated Spanish onion $27.95
Herring salad 'Shuba' A traditional salad made of herring fillet, layered with potato and beetroot Zest, Topped with gourmet mayonnaise and egg shavings $15.95
Meat dumplings baked in pot Meat dumplings, cooked in ceramic pot with white creamy souse, tomatoes & cheese, Topped off with caramelized onions $17.95
Siberian Meat dumplings 'Pelmeny' Traditional Russian meat dumplings made in house, Served hot in chicken broth, with sour cream $13.95
Veal Goulash Tender veal chunks sautéed with sour tomatoes, carrots, selected herbs & spices. Cooked in ceramic pot together with boiled potato & served with caramelized onion toast $18.95
Crepes Coachmen style Savory pancakes with veal mince filling served warm with mushroom sauce $12.95

Little Lambie (he’s famous!) – 7 hour lamb, caramelised onions, rocket, aioli and nan’s relish $14.50
Chicken and sweetcorn meatball with aromatic tomato sauce N/A
Sweet potato with preserved lemons and peas N/A
The Foodie – Waygu beef, caramelised onions, crispy prosciutto, gruyere, green apple and beetroot relish & aioli $14.50
Twice cooked crispy potatoes with fragrant salt N/A
The Tradie – lean beef, bacon, egg, beetroot, cheese, lettuce, tomato, aioli and nan’s relish $13.80
Red lentil and sweet potato with Indian spices N/A
10 hour lamb shoulder with dates, almonds, walnuts and honey N/A

Chefs curry of the day served with steamed rice or French baguette from the taste bakery $15
Selection of sourdough toasts from the taste bakery with butter, jam , honey or vegemite $5.5
Roast Pork Roasted pork served with brie, coral lettuce, rocket, crackling and honey mustard mayonnaise. N/A
Free range eggs cooked your way wit bacon with balsamic roast tomatoes and sourdough toast $14
Grilled haloumi served with wilted spinach, balsamic roast tomato and german rye sourdough $15
Grilled Vietnamese pork chop with steamed rice, salad and carrot and radish pickle $12.5
Smoked Salmon Light smoked salmon served with coral lettuce, tomato, cucumber, rocket, Spanish onion and capers with a lemon and chive mayonnaise. N/A
Buffalo mozzarella with balsamic roasted tomatoes, basil and prosciutto baguette $7.5

EMPANADA DE CARNE Beef Empanadas $6.5
PAN DE CASA House Baked Bread with Olive Oil & Pork Pate $2 per person
TORTELLINIS DE ZAPOLLO Potato Tortellini filled with Wood Roasted Pumpkin, Fontina & Almonds with Brown Butter & Sheep’s Yoghurt $26
CHORIZO PORTENO Housemade Pork Sausage $14
LENGUA EN ESCABECHE Pickled Veal Tongue $10
MOLLEJAS BBQ Veal Sweetbreads Please ask your waiter for availability $18
FLORES DE ZAPALLITOS Housemade Fetta & Provolone filled Zucchini Flowers with Grilled Asparagus, Romesco Sauce & Rocket $26
ENTRAÑA Kobe Cuisine Wagyu Beef Outside Skirt Grilled Over Charcoal $42

Mesculin, tomato, red onion $7
With lavosh, fruit compote, apple $14.50
Italian sopressa, salami, black olive, artichoke $23
Crumbed and fried haloumi, poached pear, asparagus, hazelnut, rocket $22.50
Sticky date pudding, caramel sauce, vanilla bean icecream $12.50
Szechuan bang bangchicken, bean shoot, coriander $21.50
Salt and pepper calamari $15.50
Pan seared barramundi, carrot puree, fennel salad $39

White Rice $3.95
Chicken BLT Pita or Burger Chicken breast, 2 rashers of streaky bacon, gourmet lettuce, tomato, light mayo & PERi-PERi chutney. *Only available at selected restaurants. $12.45
Espetada Grande (for 2-3 people) Two skewers with a large side. $26.80
Spicy Marinated Olives $3.95
Egg $1.50
Portuguese Rolls (6 pcs) $5.70
Mediterranean Salad Garden salad with feta & olives. $10.50
Mushroom Hummusphere Burger Field mushroom, tabbouli, red peppers & creamy hummus. $12.95

Paella Del Mar - Authentic Paella with Calasparra Rice, Prawns, Scallops, Snapper Fillet, Mussels, Calamari, Clams and Chorizo $50 for 2; $75 for 4
Pierna De Cordero - Slow Braised Lamb Shanks with Parsnip Purée and Red Wine & Cocoa Reduction (2) $29.00
Churros - Churros Served w Warm Chocolate Sauce and Salted Caramel Sauce (4) $15.00
Pudin De Pan - Bread and Butter Pudding with Seasonal Fruit $15.00
Croquetas De Bacalao - ‘Salt Cod’ Croquettes Served with Lemon Aioli (4) $14.00
Prago De Pallila - Baby Snapper Fillet with Red Capsicum Jus, Giant Cous-Cous & Ratatouille $28.00
Aceitunas - Marinated Manzanillo Olives, Lemon and Rosemary $8.00
Natillas De Chocolate - Chocolate Pannacotta with Almond Crumb and Vanilla Bean Ice Cream $13.00