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

  • Antipasto platter $55.00
    • A selection of classic Mediterranean fare (3 - 5 persons)
  • Small side of fries (V, GF) $5.00
  • Veggie (V) $17.00
    • With halloumi & chargrilled vegetables
  • salt & pepper squid Salad $21.00
  • Fish & Chips $19.00
    • Fresh fillets of fish in crispy batter, with fries & slaw
  • Chicken Schnitzel $19.00
    • With Swiss cheese, slaw & chipotle sauce
  • Spicy Pulled Pork $18.00
    • With Swiss Cheese & slaw
  • Fries (V, GF) $9.00
    • With tomato sauce & aioli
  • Garlic mash and gravy $4.50
  • - Pulled Pork Sandwich $13.50
    • BBQ pulled pork served on a toasted ciabatta bap with coleslaw
  • - Rueben Sandwich $13.50
    • House made shaved corned beef topped with Swiss cheese & sour apple slaw served between slices of warm rye bread with lashes of horseradish mayo
  • Caesar Salad $17.50
    • Grilled chicken, anchovies, cos lettuce, bacon lardons, crostini and a soft boiled egg tossed in a Caesar dressing
  • Lamb Kofta Salad $17.50
    • Lamb kofta on a bed of mesculin, avocado, goat’s cheese, toasted seeds, olives & a yogurt mint dressing
  • - Vege Burger $13.00
    • Homemade roasted vegetable, tender chick pea, sesame & sunflower seed patty with tomato, mesculin and mango chutney served in a milk bun
  • Crispy onion rings $4.50
  • Caribbean Chicken Skewers $14.00
    • Tender chicken thigh marinated in fresh herbs & spices then roasted served with coconut rice & a mango pineapple salsa. All drizzled in piri piri sauce
  • Bluenose $14.20
  • Kumara chips $4.70
  • Chicken camembert burger (with cranberry sauce) $8.90
  • Bluenose $10.50
  • Pineapple or cheese $1.00
  • Paua fritter $5.90
  • Egg $1.10
  • Potato fritter $0.80
  • Fish & Chips $19.00
    • Fresh fillets of fish in crispy batter, with fries & slaw
  • Please no variations on meals. Match your meal with a beer using the coloured shields next to items.
  • Breads & Dips (V,*) $12.50
    • Local Artisan bread, served with hummus, dukkah, olive oil & balsamic vinegar
  • Thai green chicken curry (GF,V) $17.50
    • Free range chicken cooked in lemongrass, coriander, lime & coconut cream, served with jasmine rice
  • Oven baked free range chicken Salad(*) $21.00
  • Fries (V,GF) $9.00
    • With tomato sauce & aioli
  • Mesclun and vinaigrette (V) $5.00
  • Salt & pepper squid Salad $21.00
  • Big Breakfast - Streaky Bacon, Pork Sausage, Poached Or Scrambled Eggs, Roast Mushroom, Campfire Beans, Hashbrowns $21
  • Falafel And Roasted Mushroom Burger With Whipped Feta, Cos Lettuce, Fresh Herbs And Handcut Fries $20
  • Todays Greens $8
  • Lime And Grapefruit Marmalade & Fix + Fogg Peanut Butter $6
  • Rib Eye Steak, Roasted Bone, Horseradish Potatoes, Rocket Salad And Port Wine Jus $30
  • Pulled Pork Tacos Apple + Rainbow Chard Slaw, Tomato + Red Chilli Jam $20
  • Choose From Sourdough, Multigrain Or Gluten Free And Paleo
  • Eggs Montréal With Hot Smoked Marlborough Salmon And Hollandaise Sauce $19
  • Aged Beef Sirloin 200g $22 300g $30
    • cooked to your liking and served with fries and a fresh salad. Your choice of the following sauces: peppercorn, bearnaise or blue cheese.
  • Deep Fried Pickles $6.5
    • sliced pickles fried in Fork Brewing’s Base Isolator APA batter served with hefeweizen aioli.
  • Fried pickled slices $3
  • Brewer’s Platter $52
    • selection of crumbed salt and pepper squid, spicy chicken wings, bbq pork spare ribs, jalapeno cheese balls, pita bread and brie. Served with hefeweizen aioli, Sriracha mayo and our Bohemian Hipster bbq sauce.
  • Chicken Burger $19
    • oven baked buttermilk and hop fried chicken thigh with fresh greens, tomato slices, brie, slaw & hefeweizen aioli on a lightly toast
  • Cider Spider $9
    • Generous vanilla ice cream float in a glass of cider.
  • Chicken $20
    • Chicken slices, bacon, mushrooms, red onion and spinach on a tomato base with Mozzarella.
  • Vegetarian Stack $19.5
    • Oven baked kumara rosti topped with stuffed portobello mushrooms, roasted red peppers, spinach and haloumi with a balsamic glaze.
  • - 4 pieces Cucumber Hosomaki
  • 4PC. REG $4.00
  • - 8 pieces Jumbo Teriyaki Chicken
  • Double Avocado Fresh Salmon
  • Teriyaki Chicken
  • - 4 pieces Surimi & Pickle
  • - 4 pieces Avocado Nigiri
  • 8PC. JUMBO $6.30
  • French toast with garlic banana, bacon and maple syrup $19.00
  • Cook strait shaved paua w/ green olive, watermelon, lime goat yoghurt (All individual seasonal plates) $26.00
  • Marie's modern trifle: lemon mousse, blueberry, strawberry, strawberry jelly, ginger wine jelly, brandy snap $18.00
  • O.M.G. over the moon triple cream briee $25.00/ $32.00
    • made from high quality cow's milk it has a soft white rind with a firm centre. a delicate mushroomy and luscious buttery flavour (60g/ 120g)
  • Large potato rosti with caramelised onion, baconbatons, button mushrooms and grilled cheese $24.00
  • Crusty hot baked loaf w/ Lewis road butter $12.00
  • Lamb rack, herb-crusted w/ smoked aubergine caviar, dauphine potatoes, rosemary jus (All individual seasonal plates are portioned between starter and main sizes) $26.00
  • 2 courses/ 3 courses/ 4 courses $50.00/ $70.00/ $80.00
  • BLAT $6.70
  • Gingerbread Men $3.90
  • Ham and Gruyere Croissant $7.80
  • Mini Cakes $4.50
  • Wholemeal Tank $3.90
  • Hot Pork Roll $5.60
  • Turkish $4.30
  • Semmel Rolls $1.00
  • Wairarapa Jack Cheddar $15.00
  • Kapiti Aorangi Brie $15.00
  • French Croque Monsieur $12.00
  • Malaysian Vegetable Curry Puffs (3) (*V) $12.00
  • Trio of Hand Made Ice Creams and Sorbets $14.00
  • Free Range Chicken Achari Masala Curry $34.00
  • Kiwi Oysters Natural or Tempura (3) $12.50
  • Asian Basket (Samosa, Spring Rolls, Prawn Twisters) $15.00
  • Roti with Chicken Curry Sauce $9.80
  • Black Pepper Fish $14.50
  • Hot & Spice Fish Fillet
  • Stir Fried Mixed Vegetable with Chicken on Rice
  • Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables with Beef on Rice
  • Sliced Beef in Satay Sauce with Rice
  • Sweet & Sour Pork with Rice $12.50
  • Sliced Fish in Satay Sauce with Rice
  • Deep Fried Bread King Prawns $12.00
  • Sweet and Sour Chicken $20.80
  • - Three Course $75.00
  • Deep Fried Duck (1/2) $25.80
  • Sweet & Sour King Prawns $28.80
  • Banana Fritters $10.00
    • Deep fried banana and ice cream with chocolate sauce
  • Seafood Fried Noodles $18.80
  • Ma Po To Fu $14.80
  • Daifuku (Soft Rice Cake With Sweet Bean Filling) $3.50
  • Teriyaki Shiitake Mushroom (V) $1.00
  • Teriyaki Beef $5.90
  • Tuna Nigiri (GF) $2.50
  • Seaweed Salad (V (GF)) $4.90
  • Salad Crunch (Brown Rice) (V) (GF) $1.50
  • Edamame (V) (GF) $3.90
  • Karaage (Japanese Style Fried Chicken) $1.40
  • Hand Cut Kumara fries with chipotle $8.50
  • Hand Cut Potato fries with garlic mayo $7.50
  • Streaky Bacon $5.00
  • Iceberg wedge salad with verjus sabayon and crisp shallots $8.00
  • Wellesley crumpets with honey and whipped brown butter $10.00
  • - 1 Cheese $14.00
  • The breakfast menu is for the café. It is available from 7:00am till 11:30 am Monday to Friday
  • Pork dumplings, fried greens and dashi broth $10.00
  • Honey Kiss $5.00
    • Pure Brataki Fold Honey & Sour Passion Fruit Syrup
  • Chocolate/Nutella/Caramel/Strawberry/Honey/Maple Syrup/Peanut $1.00
  • Tropical Sunshine $6.00
    • Sweet & Sour Mango Sauce Topped With Roasted Coconut
  • Peanut Butter Jelly Jam $5.00
    • Smooth Peanut Butter Sauce With Berry Jam
  • Rocky Road $6.00
    • Marshmallow, Chocolate Chips & Roasted Peanuts With Hot Chocolate Sauce
  • ●Your Waffle
    • Your Choice
  • Ice Cream $3.00
  • Banana Boat $7.00
    • Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate With Banana & Crunchy
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