Sweet Mother's Kitchen in Wellington Menu

SMALL BEGINNINGS SMALL BEGINNINGS
  • SMK Cornbread $5.50
    • Southern Soul food smothered in melting butter…
  • Chuckles Curly Fries $7.50
    • SMK's famous curly fries with Creole mayo
  • Swamp Dip $11.50
    • A heated spinach and artichoke cheesy dip, served with toasted baguette or corn chips
  • Hush Puppies $11
    • Cornmeal nuggets with corn kernels, onion, and jalapenos Served with Louisiana cocktail sauce  & Mississippi comeback sauce
  • Hastie’s Hot Wings $13.50
    • Spicy chicken wings with blue cheese sauce and celery sticks
  • Corn Chips $8.50
    • With salsa and guacamole
  • Madam Ruby's crab dip $14
    • Crab, prawn & cheeses combined in a delicately spiced warm dip + corn chips
  • Blossom’s grilled chicken $14.50
    • Mesclun salad greens, red onion, tomato, spicy pumpkin seeds and crispy tortilla strips - with lightly spiced grilled strips of chicken breast
  • Blossom’s grilled chicken $15.50
    • with spiced grilled Tarakihi
  • Mother knows best (Vegetarian) $14.50
    • Mesclun salad greens, red onion, tomato, spicy pumpkin seeds and crispy tortilla strips, with grilled tempeh, beetroot and feta cheese
STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE
  • Seafood chowder $15
    • Scallops, mussels, shrimp & fish in a smooth, creamy soup with baguette toast
  • Gumbo $16.50
    • Traditional South Louisiana, brown roux soup with chicken & Andouille sausage, served with rice
  • Prawn Monica $20.50
    • Based on a favourite dish from the N’ awlins Jazz Festival. Spiral pasta and prawns in a smooth, creamy sauce made with the ‘Trinity" (green capsicum, onion and celery)-the base of many a New Orleans dish- garlic, and a hint of Creole spice
  • Mr P's porky $16.50
    • Slow cooked smoked pork belly with Crystal spiked apple sauce + salad
  • Jambalaya $23
    • Chicken, prawn and Andouille sausage combined with a Creole tomato sauce to make this famous Louisiana dish
  • Mad dog ribs $16.50
    • Tender slow cooked beef short ribs with bourbon mash + salad greens
  • SMK bbq prawns $18
    • New Orleans style in a rich Worcherstershire spiked buttery sauce with lemon + Cajun buttered baguette toast- for dipping
  • Fried Chicken $17.50
    • Buttermilk soaked fried chicken strips with curly fries, coleslaw & Mississippi comeback sauce
  • The "Moose" $13.50
    • The ultimate in comfort food made with gruyere cheese and a hint of truffle oil
  • Enchiladas $17.50
    • Two corn tortillas filled with creamy mushroom, roast pumpkin & green chilli. Smothered in tomato sauce & grilled with cheese. Served with Mexican brown rice and salad greens
  • Freddy's eggplant bake $19.50
    • Eggplant layered with fresh basil, Mozzarella & Parmesan cheese baked in a tomato-based sauce. Served with Green Goddess dressed salad
THE REAL DEAL THE REAL DEAL
  • Cajun blackened Tarakihi fish $27
    • with bourbon mash + salad + Remoulade sauce
  • 'Send it' Jerk Chicken $24.50
    • Chicken breast tenderised in Carribbean spiced marinade with a hint of rum, then coated in a house-made jerk rub - salsa & lime + red beans & rice
  • RCA ribs $25.50
    • Tender, hickory smoked, lip smacking ribs, smothered in SMK’s BBQ sauce + curly fries
  • Bananas Foster $10.25
    • A New Orleans favourite. Bananas sautéed in a caramel sauce flambéed in white rum and banana liquor served with vanilla ice cream
  • Homemade Pies N/A
    • Check with wait staff on availability. Served with cream or yogurt.  Ice cream $2 extra
  • Apple pie $8.50
    • Just like your sweet mother used to make.
  • Pecan and bourbon pie $8.50
    • Deliciously sticky pie with a hint of Bourbon, laden with pecans
  • Peanut putter pie $8.50
    • A chocolate cookie crust with a chilled, whipped peanut butter filling
  • Rhubarb & strawberry streusel $8.50
    • Delicious fruit baked in a pie with a crumble like topping
  • Key lime pie $8.50
    • Crumb base with sweet, lime mousse-like filling
  • Banana cream pie $8.50
    • A pie crust lined with banana slices & topped with a delicate homemade custard
  • Macaroon & chocolate mousse $8.50
    • Coconut shell with luscious chocolate filling
SIDES SIDES
  • Rice and red beans (Traditional style beans, slow cooked with a ham hock) $5
  • Rice and black beans (vegetarian) /Mesclun salad greens/ Coleslaw $5
  • Creamed spinach / Mushrooms / Potato hash $5
  • Curly Fries / Mesclun salad greens / Hush puppies / Bourbon mash $5

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Salmon Poke Bowl $25.00
    • Spicy marinated raw salmon or marinated tofu, avocado, carrot noodles, pickled cucumber, sticky rice, melon & a sesame soy chilli sauce
  • Buddha Bowl $17.00/$25.00
    • Roasted spiced carrot & mint salad, wild rice pilau with cranberry, toasted chickpeas, spinach leaves, topped with a creamy almond dressing. Add: halloumi, tofu, prawns or chicken
  • Big Breakfast $22.50
    • Free-range eggs on toast with bacon, chorizo, herb roasted tomato, portobello mushroom & hash browns - no substitutions
  • Eggs Benedict or Florentine $18.00
    • Free-range poached eggs on English muffins with homemade hollandaise & served with your choice of spinach or bacon
  • Zucchini & Corn Fritters $18.50
    • Served with Zany Zeus halloumi & fresh tomato salsa
  • Kedgeree or Vegeree $18.00
    • Manuka smoked fish or chargrilled vegetables on spiced brown rice, tomatoes, spinach, almonds & coriander, topped with a poached egg (marinated tofu available)
  • Free-Range Eggs on Toast $9.00
    • Eggs cooked how you like them with your choice of multigrain or ciabatta
  • Cinnamon Sugar Waffle $16.50
    • Homemade waffle tossed in cinnamon sugar, served with bacon, banana, mascarpone & maple syrup
  • Meat Patties (home made) $2.80
  • Chicken $10.50/$9.80
  • Beef $11.50/$10.50
  • Cheese, Egg, Pineapple $1.30
  • Sausage $2.40
  • Lasagna Square $3.10
  • Combination $14.00/$13.00
  • Pork $12.00/$11.00
  • Hash browns $4.00
  • Add vanilla ice cream $2.00
  • Bacon & eggs $9.00
    • poached, scrambled or fried on sourdough
  • Crisp pork belly $16.00
    • green apple salad & sweet soy
  • Bacon $4.00
  • Zucchini & chickpea vege burger $19.50
    • grilled mushroom, lettuce, tomato & cucumber yoghurt
  • Add bacon $4.00
  • Canadian pancakes $14.90
    • maple syrup & almonds
  • Black Doris plum, Kraken rum, lemon curd and dark ghana trifle 14
  • Grilled flat bread, sweet spices, charred eggplant relish 10
  • Salt & pepper squid, Nam Jim dressing 10
  • In-house hot manuka smoked salmon, pickled beets, walnuts, feta cream 19
  • Rocky road, raspberry jelly, cream, roasted pistachio 9
  • Fig & blue cheese flatbread, prosciutto, rocket, mozzarella 15
  • Wagyu beef dumplings, chilli & roasted cashew soy 14
  • Triple cooked hand cut fries, aioli 9
  • CRUMBED CHICKEN BURGER 20.50
    • CRUMBED CHICKEN THIGH W LETTUCE, BEETROOT, AVOCADO, BACON, BRIE & TOMATO W CHILLI JAM & AIOLI & A BASKET OF FRIES
  • BACON & EGGS ON TOAST 10.00
    • SERVED W STREAKY BACON & POACHED EGGS ON TOASTED CIABATTA
  • BIG BREKKIE 19.50
    • STREAKY BACON W POACHED EGGS, CHEESE KRANSKY, HASH-BROWN, TOMATO, HOLLANDAISE, MUSHROOMS & BAKED BEANS ON TOAST
  • PORK, CHICKEN & PISTACHIO TERRINE 10.50
    • W CRANBERRY JELLY CROSTINI
  • WAFFLES 13.50
    • YOUR CHOICE OF BERRIES & VANILLA ICE CREAM OR STREAKY BACON, BANANA & DRIZZLED W MAPLE SYRUP
  • CORN FRITTERS (GF) (VEG OPTION) 14.50
    • BACON, CHILLI JAM & PETITE SALAD
  • BEEF BRUSCHETTA 9.00
    • STRIPLOIN RUBBED IN PAPRIKA, GRILLED & SERVED ON BRUSCHETTA, TOPPED W CARAMELISED ONION & BEARNAISE SAUCE
  • B.L.A.T w SMALL FRIES 13.50
    • BACON, LETTUCE & AVOCADO W TOMATO ON TOASTED CIABATTA
  • Manga Mata Vegan/Vegetarian - Vegan Salad $22
    • House vegan salad with marinated tofu and seasonal vegetables
  • Parāoa Whakapipi Heihei - Chicken Burger $23
    • Crispy panko crumbed chicken burger, milk bun, house slaw, swiss cheese and sriracha mayonnaise
  • Kotakota Kūmara- Kumara $9
    • fries sour cream, sweet chilli sauce
  • Parāoa Parakuihi - Breakfast Bruschetta $15
    • Sliced avocado, feta cheese, portobello whole mushroom and roquette. add bacon $6
  • Parāoa Wīwī -French Toast $18
    • Cinnamon brioche, caramelised banana, maple syrup, vanilla mascarpone & candied walnut. add bacon $6
  • Kūkutai - Mussel Pot $21
    • 1kg pot of chilli and citrus mussels served with house made rēwena bread
  • Ika O Te Rā - Fish Of The Day $27
    • Pan seared fish, tomato & olive salsa, roasted capsicum sauce
  • Kotakota Rīwai - Fries $9
    • beer battered fries, aioli
  • Steak Sandwich
    • 100g minute steak,caramelised onion, lettuce,tomato & garlic aioli and chips
  • Tomato, Bacon, Side of Salad or Vegetables $3.00
  • Beef Burger
    • beef pattie, lettuce, tomato and cheese served with chips
  • Potato Croquette or Mash $2.50
  • Sausage Classic
    • three sausages served with twoeggs, coleslaw and chips
  • Egg, Onions $1.50
  • Fish & Chips
    • served with fresh garden salad and chips
  • All $10
  • -whole $70.00
  • Orange Beef $24.00
    • Deep fried beef fillets in rich orange sauce.
  • Egg Fried Rice $13.00
  • Mixed Vegetables $16.00
    • Seasonal vegetables wok fried with garlic.
  • Deep Fried Squid $9.00
    • Marinated in Chinese herbs and spices, served with home-made sweet and sour sauce.
  • Steamed Fish (600g-800g each) from $29.00
    • Steamed whole fish with soya sauce, ginger, spring onion and coriander.
  • King Prawn and Cashew Nuts $28.00
    • Classic wok fried.
  • Garlic Chilli Tofu $16.00
    • Deep fried Tofu wok fried with fresh garlic, chilli sauce, capsicums and black wood fungus.
  • Flat white $4.5
  • Wakanui Rib Eye 300g $41
    • Hereford cattle, grassfed from Canterbury. Several muscle groups, more intense marbling, resulting in an intense beefy flavour
  • Caesar $19.5
    • With grilled chicken breast
  • Wakanui Eye Fillet 200gm $38
    • 90 day grain finished, Angus and Hereford free range Canterbury cattle
  • Long black $4.5
  • Seafood Chowder $18
    • Selection of seafood, seasonal vegetables, crusty fresh bread
  • Caesar $17
    • Cos lettuce, caesar dressing, anchovies, bacon, parmesan, poached egg
  • Make it a Double for $35
    • twice the beef, bacon and cheese
  • Oven Roasted Chicken N/A
  • Turkey N/A
  • BBQ N/A
  • White Chip Macadamia N/A
  • Steak and Cheese N/A
  • Steak, Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Ham N/A
  • Apple Slices N/A
  • Classic BLT $12.90
    • Bacon, Lettuce, tomato with creamy aioli & tomato relish on toasted specialty bread
  • Omelette $15.90
    • Eggs with three fillings: Ham, Cheese, Tomato, Mushrooms, Onion & Pineapple Served on Toasted Specialty Bread
  • Muesli with Fruit & Yogurt S $6.90 / L $9.90
    • Toasted Muesli with Seasonal Fruit and Yoghurt
  • Soup of the Day $10.50
    • Served with toasted specialty bread
  • Eggs Benedict $17.90
    • Poached eggs & bacon served on a freshly toasted specialty bread, topped with creamy hollandaise sauce
  • Kids Breakfast $7.50
    • Bacon and egg on Toast
  • Bacon & Mushrooms $17.90
    • Crispy Bacon with pan.fried portobello mushrooms drizzled with hollandaise sauce
  • Pancake Stack $17.90
    • Served with berries, yoghurt, maple syrup & wild berry coulis OR Bacon with grilled banana & maple syrup
  • Rice noodle rolls $7.00
  • Vege stir fried rice noodles $15.00
  • Beef vietnamese sandwich $10.00
  • Sweet & sour beef with rice noodles $14.50
  • Vietnamese spring rolls for 3 pieces $10.00
  • Vegetarian vietnamese sandwich $10.00
  • Pork and pineapple summer rolls $7.00
  • Vege noodle rolls $7.00
  • Les Petits Chocolats $15.00
    • Walter’s hand-crafted ganache chocolates
  • Two Course $30.00
  • Ot Toui $3.00
    • Fresh Chili (GF)
  • Coconut Creme Brulee $15.00
    • with mango (GF)
  • Rau Cai Xao Kieu Annam - Annam Veggie (V) $22.00
    • Market fresh vegetables wok fried with tofu in Annam special sauce. Served with steamed rice.
  • Ga Noung Me - Chicken Skewers $12.00
    • Chicken skewers marinated with lemon-grass and five spices
  • Bo Kho - Braised Beef (GF) or Ca Ri Ga - Chicken Curry (GF)
  • Dumpling Chay - Veggie Dumpling (V) $11.00
    • Pan grilled dumplings with cabbage, fungus, shitake mushroom, carrots, coriander and spring onion served with cucumber chili soy dipping sauce
  • Sambal Sauce $3.00
  • Rendang Sauce $3.00
  • 2 ROTI CHANAI SERVED WITH VEGETABLE CURRY $10.00
  • BUTTER CHICKEN $10.00/$13.50
    • Boneless chicken pieces marinated in tandoori spices & cooked in a rich, creamy tomato sauce. Served with steamed rice/medium/large >>
  • BEEF RENDANG $10.00/$14.00
    • A traditional Malay dish. Prime beef diced and cooked gently in a medley of herbs and sp.ces with coconut cream over a slow flame and coated with roasted coconut. Served with steamed rice/medium/large
  • Steamed vegetables $5.00
  • GARLIC ROTI $3.50
    • A plain roti skillfully flipped then filled with garlic and coriander to cook on a hot plate
  • NASI GORENG REMPAH $13.00
    • wok stir fried rice with seasonal vegetables cooked with the chef’s special sauce. Served with 2 chicken satay skewers, prawn crackers topped with peanut sauce and caramelized shallots.
  • Baoli handi
  • Paneer makhani $16.00
    • home made cottage cheese cooked with tomato base gravy, butter and cream.
  • Entrees vegetarian
  • Mutter mushroom curry $15.00
    • fresh mushroom and green peas cooked in a blend of cashew nut and tomato.
  • Methi mutter malai $16.00
    • green peas, fenugreek cooked in a blend of cashew nut gravy and spices.
  • Pappadom $2.00
  • Beef lavabdar opn1 $12.00 Opn2 $13.00
  • Baoli handi $19.00
    • boneless lamb pieces, cooked with seasonal vegetables, brown onion and garlic paste.
Sweet Mother's Kitchen

Sweet Mother's Kitchen

location

Address

5 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

043854444

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

American , Cafe Food , Gluten Free , Mexican , Southwestern , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Gluten Free Options ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  After-hours ,  Craft Beer ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Cheap Eats ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Cards accepted ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
5 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand