The Kettle Black in South Melbourne Menu

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TOAST WITH HOUSE-CHURNED BUTTER & SEASONAL PRESERVES $7.50
SPICED GRANOLA, TEXTURES OF PUMPKIN, ALMOND & PUMPKIN LASSI $15.00
COCONUT SET CHIA WITH WINTER CITRUS, MANDARIN SORBET, TOASTED COCONUT $18.00
HOTCAKE WITH RICOTTA, BLUEBERRIES, MAPLE, DOUBLE CREAM, SEEDS & NUTS $21.00
POLENTA PORRIDGE WITH BURNT MAPLE, TEXTURES OF STRAWBERRY & BASIL $16.50
SEASONAL AVOCADO WITH CITRUS, TOAST & LOCAL KELP SALT $13.50
ADD FETA $4.50
EGGS YOUR WAY ON TOAST $11.00
TATAKI OCEAN TROUT WITH A RAW KALE & PICKLED VEGETABLE SALAD, SEAWEED, ALMONDS & POACHED EGGS $22.00
CHILLI SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH MOOLOOLABA CRAB, CRAYFISH OIL & SAMPHIRE $20.00
PASTRAMI WITH A POTATO ROSTI, POACHED EGGS & WASABI EMULSION $21.00
WILD PINE MUSHROOMS, SMOKED KOMBU DASHI CURD, HAZELNUT CRUMB & SAGE $19.50
ADD SPANISH JAMON $5.50
KALE, CAULIFLOWER & SEASONAL GREENS SALAD, MISO, ALMOND HUMMUS, AVOCADO, POACHED EGG, SALTED SEEDS $19.50
BEANS WITH BASIL PESTO, RED PEPPERS HOUSE-MADE TOMATO SAUCE & TOAST $16.50
ADD CHORIZO $5.00
FRESH SNAPPER IN A BRIOCHE ROLL WITH GREEN PAPAYA SALAD, CITRUS MAYONNAISE, CHILLI JAM & LIME $23.00
CAPE GRIM BEEF WITH HOUSE-MADE MUSTARD, SEASONAL FRUIT RELISH & LEAVES ON THE KETTLE BLACK BUN $23.00
WILD RICE CRUMBED BARRAMUNDI WITH CASHEW TOMATO PESTO & RAW BROCCOLI RABE SALAD $25.00

EGG / TOAST $3.00
WASABI EMULSION / MAPLE DOUBLE CREAM $3.00
MEREDITH GOATS FETA $4.50
HOUSE CURED KANGAROO $6.00
BACON / CHORIZO / AVOCADO / MUSHROOMS $5.00
SPANISH JAMON $5.50
RAW KALE SALAD $7.00
TATAKI OCEAN TROUT $8.00
GLUTEN FREE BREAD / FRUIT TOAST / CHILLI SAUCE / FRESH CHILLI ADD $1.50

Nearby Sample Menus

Croque madame $15.50
- Add a fried egg
Trio of salads $15.50
- Trio of seasonal salads with fresh sourdough
Toast $6.50
- Seeded or sourdough with jam or peanut spread
Avo luxe 2.0 $16.50
- Spiced nuts & seeds, meredith, goats cheese, avocado hummus, hazelnut dukkah & grilled sourdough
Spiced fruit toast $8.50
- House jam & butter
Vegetarian sandwich $10.50
- Spiced pumpkin, sweet capsicum, beetroot jam, ricotta, spinach & pesto
-Add spiced pulled chicken $22.50
Extra egg, relish $3.00

9 Niku soba 8.30
- beef with thin buckwheat noodle soup
2 Buta teriyaki don 7.40
- slow cooked pork on rice
8 Niku udon 8.30
- beef with thick noodle soup
4 Tofu curry don 6.50
- Japanese curry with tofu on rice
1 Sukiyaki don 6.90
- thinly sliced beef on rice
11 Dondon box 9.40
- teriyaki chicken, sukiyaki beef, salad and rice
miso soup 1.50
7 Soba salad 8.30
- cold buckwheat noodles with salad

LARGE $16.00
LARGE $15.00
FAMILY $20.00
FAMILY $21.00
5. MARGHERITA
- Tomato, cheese, oregano
1. PATONY SPECIAL
- Tomato, cheese, ham, onion, mushrooms, capsicum, olives, anchovies, oregano
LARGE $15.00
LARGE $16.00

Big Boss Fried Ribs $16.00
- w caramel soy glaze
Soft Shell Crab (+) $5.00
Thai Milk Tea Panacotta $10.00
House Fried Rice $12.50
- house made fried rice, chicken egg, mixed veggie, soy sauce
Beetroot Veg Dumpling $12.00
- w tempura broccoli
Sweet n Sour Chicken Crunch $15.00
- hometown taste, battered chicken, onion, capsicum, sweet and sour sauce
Roasted Rice Tea Affogato $10.00
- Vanilla Ice Cream, Honey, Matcha, Brown Rice & Brown Sugar drowned in roasted rice tea
Chicken Dumpling $12.00
- w seared prawn, spicy mayo, coriander

Norcia Salami $12.00
- mild
Salumi & cheese to take away all our oysters, salumi & cheese can be packaged to take away. We also have pickled vegetables, cornichons, spiced nuts, crackers & baguette
Hand cut potato wedges, fennel salt $9.00
Kugelhopf cake & Chantilly cream $14.00
Brussels sprouts, bacon, parmesan $10.00
Available to complete your selection.
Gnocchetti, gorgonzola, white wine, radicchio, Otway walnuts $21.00 / $31.00
Perfect for dinner parties or picnics

w/pork belly & salsa verde $ 13.50
Fruit Salad - w/natural yoghurt $ 8.50
Corned beef and cheddar w/pickled cabbage & mustard $ 10.50
Bacon, pork belly, chorizo, gravalax $ 4.00
Pork belly, apple sauce & coleslaw $ 11.50
Green salad, garden salad, dijon potatoes or fries $ 3.50
(Sandwiches fresh or toasted on pannini or sourdough bread) N/A
Muesli - w/fresh or poached fruit $ 8.50

Hummus dip A smooth blend of chickpea and tahini with a hint of mint, served with crisp lavosh N/A
Victorian Farmed Eye Fillet of Beef Paired with a rosemary and thyme scallop potato, fresh seasonal vegetables, onion marmalade and red wine jus N/A
Roasted Red Capsicum Dip Fresh roasted capsicum blended with Australian cream cheese and tapenade, served with golden baked water crackers N/A
Hummus dip A smooth blend of chickpea and tahini with a hint of mint, served with crisp lavosh N/A
Du Puy Lentil and Vegetable Ragout Served with roast pumpkin, grilled asparagus and topped with persian fetta N/A
Roasted Red Capsicum Dip Fresh roasted capsicum blended with Australian cream cheese and tapenade, served with golden baked water crackers N/A
Roasted Red Capsicum Dip Fresh roasted capsicum blended with Australian cream cheese and tapenade, served with a warm gluten free roll N/A
Smoked Salmon & Avocado Smoked Tasmanian salmon and avocado mousse, dressed with baby capers, red onion and tomato salsa N/A

-Roll $5.50
Eggs benedict $9.50
- Two poached eggs with ham & hollandaise sauce
-Chicken schnitzel $7.00
-Condiments $0.50
-Roasted pumpkin $1.00
-Tandoori chicken $6.00
-Sundried tomato $1.00
-Fresh chicken $6.00

Egg & Bacon $4.00
Blue Grenadier $5.70
Schnitzel or Veggie Meal Deal $9.90
- Chicken Schnitzel Burger or Veggie Burger, Chips & a Can
Grilled Chicken Burger $8.90
- Breast chicken fillet, avocado, cheese, bacon, lettuce and herb mayo.
Fish $4.90
- 3 Fish Bites & Chips or
The Lot & Pineapple $8.90
- (Lettuce and tomato sauce is standard, other sauce available: BBQ, mayonnaise, herb mayo & chilli)
Chicken Schnitzel $5.90
Pineapple Fritter $2.00

House-marinated green and black olives $5.00
Snapper fillet, squid ink noodles, cuttlefish, aioli, sauce picada $38.00
Campbells Rutherglen Fortified Flight (2 Moscats 30ml, 1 Tokay 30ml) $18.00
Swordfish ceviche, nashi pears, black rice cracker $17.00
Kopke Fine Tawny Porto Portugal $11.50
Chocolate fondant, mint choc chip ice cream $14.00
Roast sweet potato, preserved lemon, coriander, almond flakes $9.00
Petit Fours Selection of three sweet things $5.50

8 Flaming beef sate egg noodles $11.00
- Thin egg noodles wok tossed with beef, capsicum, onions, broccoli, bean shoots in a mild sate sauce.
w/ Seafood (prawns, squid, crab meat & fish cakes) $12.00
33 Steamed rice with sate sauce, snow peas, broccoli, capsicum, carrots and onions
w/ Chicken or Beef $11.00
10 Seafood mee goreng $12.00
- Thick egg noodles wok tossed in Malay curry sauce with prawns, seafood chunks, fish cakes, squid, carrot, capsicum, tofu, onions, bean shoots and spring onions.
1 Mi do bien soup $12.00
- Egg noodle soup with prawns, seafood chunks, fish cakes and squid: garnished with mushrooms, celery, Asian chives, bean shoots, broccoli, coriander and brown onions.
Mongolian Noodles $11.00
- Stir fried thick egg noodles with beef or chicken, bokchoi, carrots, capsicum and onions in a Mongolian soya bean sauce.
3 Mi ga rau cai soup $11.00
- Egg noodle soup with chicken, carrots, mushrooms, bokchoi, bean shoots, spring onions, brown onions and coriander.

Garlic sea salt and bocconcini
Sundried tomato zucchini caramelized onion aubergine gorgonzola & basil pesto base $20.00
parma Fratellino $29.00
- french cut chicken breast stuffed with smoked Scormorza & basil pesto topped with crumb & chips
Spanish Style Seafood Hot Pot $35.00
- with chorizo crayfish bisque local mussels Goolwa pipi's Cloudy Bay clams prawns calamari winter vegetables served with toasted Schiacciata & aioli
We're Not in Kansas Anymore
- nacho crumbed chicken fillet with bacon Californian cheddar coleslaw pickles & Kansas City style sweet & spicy BBQ sauce
Country Style Roast Risotto $28.00
- shredded roast duck with snow pea leaves fig and manchego cheese
Tofu Tacos $16.00
- spiced tofu pickled vegetables shredded omelet chili coriander & toasted sesame seed mayo
Sauteed seasonal greens

Chicken Feast 2 $8.50
- Chicken breast, tasty cheese, mushroom, mayo
Standard with lettuce, carrot, tomato & cucumber
Spinach $0.80
Pork Meatballs $7.20
Chicken Breast Salad $7.50
Ham & Cheese $6.30
Chicken Schnitzel $7.90
Chicken, Bacon, Avocado & Cheese $8.80

Traditional caesar salad $16.9 / $18.8
- Served with a soft poached eggs, shaved parmesan, bacon lardons, roasted garlic & anchovy paste croutons
Margherita $13.90
- Tomato, basil and fior di latte
Muesli $9.50
- With fresh fruits (either yoghurt or milk)
Fried or poached eggs on daylesford sourdough $10.90
-English $6.00
-Hot mixed berries/caramelised banana (with double cream) or ice cream $15.90
Bacon rashers $3.80
Rocket salad $6.00
- With shaved parmigiana grana & balsamic vinegar dressing

Tagliatta - char-grilled meat, sliced with seasonal sides POA
Truffle Fries $9.50
Afrittata Salumi - a selection of local and imported cured meats $22.00
Bruschetta Aglio - grilled ciabatta toast with garlic & herbs $5.00
Spaghettini Aglio Olio e Pepperoncino - chilli, garlic, extra virgin olive oil $18.50
Free Range Eggs - egg's on ciabatta toast cooked to your liking: poached, scrambed or fried $10.00
Spaghettini Aglio Olio e Pepperoncino (add Prosciutto) $4.50
Tre Occhi - 3 fried free range eggs with roasted roma tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil and fresh basil served on ciabatta toast $15.50