Cafe Istanbul in Wellington Menu

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Turkish Bread $3.00
- Our traditional bread, made daily in our wood fired oven, topped with sesame seeds
Lavish Bread $5.00
- Large and thin, made daily in our wood fired oven, topped with sesame seeds
Olive Bread $7.00
- Turkish pide bread topped with olive tapenade and Parmesan
Red Pesto Bread $7.00
- Turkish pide bread topped with spicy red pesto and Parmesan
Garlic Bread $7.00
- Our popular garlic bread filled with garlic butter and herbs
Spicy Walnut Bread $7.00
- Turkish pide bread topped with spicy walnut dip and feta
Lahmajoun $8.00
- Authentic flat bread topped with ground lamb, onion and spicy seasoning
Peymajoun $7.00
- Authentic flat bread topped with feta, mozarella, tomato, dill and parsley
Basket Bread $16.00
- Combination of olive, spicy walnut, Turkish and garlic bread for two or more

Hummus $8.00
- Creamy chickpeas, tahini and lemon juice served with Turkish bread
Jacik $8.00
- Strained yoghurt, fresh garlic, mint and olive oil served with Turkish bread
Mixed Dip Plate $15.00
- Combination of dips served with salad and Turkish bread for two
Meze Platter $20.00
- House speciality; dips, nibbles and salad for two served with lavish bread
Seafood Platter $25.00
- Combination of garlic, prawns, calamari, smoked mussels, smoked salmon, salmon filo, taramasalata and garlic bread for two

Sigara Borek $12.00
- Filo rolls filled with feta, mozarella and fresh herbs served with yoghurt
Dolma $10.00
- Vine leaves stuffed with rice and served with a green salad
Kalamar $12.00
- Fried battered squid rings with lime aioli and served with a green salad
Halloumi $12.00
- Grilled halloumi cheese with grilled tomatoes, hummus and Turkish bread
Biber $10.00
- Grilled tricolour capsicums and mushrooms with garlic yoghurt and tomato sauce on hummus. Served with Turkish bread
Grilled Garlic Prawns $12.00

Chicken Ottomani $22.00
- Tender chicken pieces slowly cooked in a creamy tomato and honey sauce, with Middle Eastern spices served with pilaf, hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Chicken Koko $22.00
- Tasty chicken pieces slowly cooked in a roasted tomato herb sauce, topped with garlic yoghurt and served on pilaf with hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Chicken Taza $22.00
- Tender chicken pieces, cooked in a buttery saffron sauce and served on pilaf with hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Chicken Izgara $25.00
- Tender chicken breast fillets marinated in mild Middle Eastern spices topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce served with pilaf, hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Chicken Shish $25.00
- Boneless grilled chicken pieces on sticks, marinated in spicy soy sauce topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce. Served with pilaf, hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Chicken Boregi $22.00
- Spinach, cream cheese, sour cream and mushrooms with chicken, fresh herbs and mozarella cheese in filo pastry and topped with garlic yoghurt sauce, served with hummus, tabbouleh and salad
Lamb Shank $25.00
- Our famous lamb shanks braised in red wine and tarragon, finished in wood fired oven, served on garlic and herb mashed potatoe with mushrooms and capsicum then topped with a light pan jus
Lamb Tava $22.00
- Middle Eastern spiced lamb pieces tossed in a pan with mushrooms, capsicum, tomatoes and a light gravy. Served with pilaf, hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Lamb Shish $25.00
- Lean grilled lamb cubes on sticks, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Beek Korta $25.00
- Grilled premium ground beef, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and Turkish bread
Beef Moussaka $25.00
- Layers of potatoe, eggplant, zucchini, premium ground beef and bechamel topped with BBQ and yoghurt sauce and served with salad greens and hummus
Mixed Grill Platter $25.00
- Meat lovers trio. A combination of chicken breast, lamb shish and siroin steak, served with pilaf, hummus, saland and Turkish bread topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce
Salmon Filo $22.00
- Salmon, spinach and pine nuts wrapped in filo served with sweet chilli sauce, salad, hummus and tabbouleh
Fish of the Day $22.00
- Fresh fish fillets, served with a Mediterranean salad and roasted herbed potatoes

Grilled Chicken and Chips $15.00
- Pan fried chicken breast serves with potatoe chips and tomato sauce
Fish and Chips $15.00
- Pan fried fresh fish served with potatoe chips, aioli and tomato sauce
Kalamar and Chips $15.00
- Fried battered squid rings served with potatoe chips, aioli and tomato sauce

Falafel (vegan) $20.00
- Chickpea patties, served with hummus, tabbouleh, green salad and garlic bread. (vegan optional)
Spanakopita $22.00
- Spinach, onion, mozzarella and feta cheese in filo pastry, served with taboulleh, hummus, jacik, green salad and yoghurt dressing
Vegetable Moussaka $22.00
- Layers of potatoe, eggplant, zucchini and bechamel topped with tomato and yoghurt sauce and served with salad greens and hummus

Mediterranean Salad $12.00
- Tomatoes, black olives, cucumber, red onion, feta and freesh herbs and balsamic viniagrette
Kalamar salad (main) $18.00
- Fried battered squid rings served with a large salad topped with lime aioli
Grilled Chicken Salad (main) $25.00
- Grilled chicken breasts served with green salad, hummus, tabbouleh and garlic bread
Grilled Beef Salad (main) $25.00
- Grilled prime sirloin beef served with green salad, hummus, tabbouleh and garlic bread
Garden Salad $8.00
- Fresh green garden salad served with our homemade dressing

Baklava $8.00
- Layers of walnut and filo pastry, sweetened with honey syrup. Served with spiced fruit compote and vanilla bean ice cream
Panna Cotta $8.00
- Eggless vanilla custard, similar to creme caramel, served with raspberry coulis
Tiramasu $9.00
- Mascapone cheese, espresso and Tia Maria liqueur
Citrus Baked Cheesecake $8.00
- Homemade baked cheesecake with delicious citrus flavour. Served with ice cream
Chocolate Pudding $9.00
- Warn rich cake, served with white and dark chocolate sauce, berry coulis, vanilla bean ice cream and cream
Ice Cream Sundae $6.50
- Vanilla bean ice cream topped with your choice or chocolate, caramel or raspberry sauces
Turkish Delight $3.00
- Four pieces, mixed flavours

Nearby Sample Menus

-8 Pack $10.00
Chocolate Mousse, Cookies & Cream Mousse, Strawberry Cheesecake $3.50
Wicked Wings $22.00
- -20 Pack
With any Bucket Meal. Set combination applies
Swap reg Sides for an extra . $0.50
Family Feast $35.90
- 10pcs Chicken, lge Potato & Gravy, 2 lge Chips, 1.5L Drink.
Original Recipe Piece $3.00
Bean Salad, Side Salad $4.50

Hake $6.80
- Delicate but tasty fillets, great for beer battering
Snapper $14.60
- Classic kiwi species and sells out fast - Delicate fillets with a sweet meaty flavour
Baked Mussels $6.00
- With parsley and herb crust
Gemfish $6.80
Kids Cheese Burger $9.00
- Handmade NZ beef pattie, cheese and tomato sauce
Vegan Burger $12.00
- Quinoa, vegetable and chick pea patty, guacamole, lettuce, tomato, red onion and beetroot relish
Alfonsino $9.50
- Supurb firm white fillets, goof omega-3 oil content. Medium flake and subtle flavour profile
Handcut Agria $6.00
- These are famous hand cut chips and can be cooked separately in our gluten free fryer if necessary.

BLACK QUINOA + RICE BERRY $ 20.50
- Choc-tail tomatoes, tatsoi, snowpeas, red cabbage, purple carrot, rosemary + cabernet dressing.
Crushed potatos, mustard seeds + herbs. $12.50
A PIE $ 26.00
- Mushroon, kale, farro, feta + dill.
Chicken, tomato, zucchini, riceberry, oregano + basil+bread+salad+both. $14.50/$16.50/$18.50
Seed bread $4.00
PLOUGHMANS $18.50
- Smoked salmon, popped capers, watercress + seed bread.
Broken chicken sausage, French tarragon, shaved fennel, parmesan + dill. $27.00
SCHNITZEL $27.50
- Free range - parmesan crumbed chicken + a fried egg.

Calamari Salad $10.00
- Lightly coated calamari rings with a crisp garden salad
The “Boss” Burger $18.00
- Homemade ground beef patty with cheese, rocket fuel & crisp garden salad with a side of fries or wedges & aioli >>
Herbed Chicken Breast $30.00
- Tender chicken breast pocketed with baby spinach, herbs and cream cheese wrapped in bacon, bedded on garlic mash with lemon butter sauce and served with Longhorn slaw.
Apricot Chicken Burger $18.00
- Grilled chicken breast, cheese, sweet apricot sauce & crisp garden salad with a side of fries or wedges & aioli
Sticky BBQ Ribs $15.00
- Pork ribs braised for twohours the coated in our homemade BBQ sauce
How would you like it cooked? N/A
- Rare - Cool red centre/ Medium Rare - Warm red centre/ Medium - Warm with pink centre/ Medium Well - Some pink in centre/ Well Done - No pink cooked all the way through
The Porterhouse $25.00
- A tender and flavoursome steak, edged with a trimmed side of fat and weighing in at 250g
Beer Battered Fish $17.00
- Catch of the day, reeled in and served with a crisp garden salad, fries and aioli

Chocolate fudge brownie $9.00
- Delicious chewy chocolate fudge borwnie smothered in rich chocolate fudge with vanilla in cream
Spring rolls and samosas $8.00
- With sweet chilli sauce
Carbonara $18.00
- Traditional fatuccini carbonara with bacon and mushroom in a creamy parmesan sace
Fish burger $12.00
- Crumbed fish fillet (ask staff for fish of the day) with lettuce tomato and tarta sauce.
Moroccan lamb burger $12.00
- Moroccan lamb tagine with a cous cous salad and garlic yogurt
Onion rings $8.00
- With BBQ sauce
Wedge $8.00
- With sour cream and sweet chilli
Loaded potato skins $12.00
- With bacon spring onion and sour cream

Salmon Tagliatelle $19.50
- Smoked salmon tagliatelle pasta with spinach & capers in a creamy white wine sauce, and parmesan cheese.
Bacon Buttie $14.00
- Bacon with home made hashbrowns and hollandaise. Served on sour dough, multigrain or pita bread.
Available all day until 5pm.
Scrambled egg white available
Served all day until 5pm.
Omelette or Egg White Omelette $15.00
- Choose two filings: ham, bacon, tomato, mushroom, spinach, or onion. Served with sour dough or wholemeal pita bread. 1 meat filling only
Bacon $6.00
Soup Of The Day
- Please ask the friendly staff about what options are available each day.

Mac n Cheese $3
Roasted Vegetable Salad $18
- roasted seasonal vegetables; spinach, kumara, parsnip, potato, carrot and beetroot in a cous cous mix with feta, betroot hummus, mint and pomegranante served with pita bread
Half or Whole Bread (Half loaf / Full loaf) $8 / $12
- freshly baked loaf of white and wholemeal bread served with spent grain dukkah, beetroot hummus, and olive oil with balsamic vinegar.
Naked Burger $11.5
- prime New Zealand beef pattie bacon and mozzarella served on a lighlty toasted bun. (No fries)
Caramelised onions $3
Mozzarella $1.5
Steak Sandwich $21
- succulent beef sirloin with fresh greens, tomato slices, caramelised onions and hefeweizen aioli and served in lightly toasted focaccia.
Fries $9
- with hefeweizen aioli and tomato sauce.

Vegetable Manchurian (V) $12.90
- Vegetable manchurian is deep fried vegetable balls in a soya sauces based gravy & served with rice. Manchurian balls mainly consist of cabbage, carrots and ginger.
Plain Dosa (V) $8.00
- Delightfully crisp, golden coloured and paper thin pancakes made of a fermented rice and urad dal batter
Papadam $1.00
Small Plate $10.50
- Fill your plate from a selection of 2 curries, dhal soup, rice, puri. roast potatoes, halva. 2 salad choices, papadam and pickles.
Raj Kachori (V) on request $7.50
- Rajasthani round flattened ball made of fine flour filled with a stuffing of baked mixture of yellow moong or urad dal, black pepper, red chili powder, salt and other spices.
Vada (V) (G) $2.00
- Spicy potato filling deep fried in a flour batter.
Masala Dosa (V) $10.00
- Delightfully crisp, golden coloured and paper thin pancakes made of a fermented rice and urad dal batter filled with curried spicy mesh potatoes.
Chow Mein (V) $12.90
- Sauteed steamed noodles, tofu, seasonal vegetables and bean sprout

Mushroom Melt $21
- Blue Cheese Mushrooms - Cos - Aioli - Caramalised Onions - Pickles
Casanova $19
- Spinach - Capsicum - Olives- Salami
Bitches Brew $22
- Red Onion - Capsicum - Pineapple - Roast Pork - BBQ - Sauce
The Dad Joke Brick (it's Cheesy) $12
- Tasty - Colby - Mozzarella - Caramalised Onion - Pickles
Pork Po' Boy $16
- Pulled Pork - Slaw - Mustard Mayo - Pickled Red Onions - Pickles
Thick as a Brick $16
- BBQ Shredded Chicken - Colby - pickles
Cajun Chicken $18
- Mixed Greens - Shredded Chicken - Capsicum - Olives - Red Onion - Coriander Yoghurt
Hipster $19
- Blue Cheese Mushrooms - Corns Fritter - Cos - Beetroot Relish - Caramalised Onion - Pickles

Egg Fried Rice $12.00
Stir Fried Shrimps $19.80
Banana Fritters $10.00
- Deep fried banana and ice cream with chocolate sauce
Lettuce in Oyster Sauce $12.80
Soy Sauce Lamb with Spring Onion $19.80
Chinese Vegetables with Dried Mushrooms $16.80
Yu Xiang Shrimps $20.80
- Shrimps with bamboo shoot in chilli bean sauce
Deep Fried Sesame King Prawns $14.00

CHICKEN-PINEAPPLE-CASHEW NUTS VEG $15.70/$15.00
PINEAPPLE $0.90
PINEAPPLE RING $2.40
FISH AND TWO EGGS $10.70
- two pieces of fish and two eggs
CURRY ON RICE $11.10/$10.80
STEAK EGG TOMATO ON RICE $13.70
CHICKEN $12.00/$11.00
STEAK $12.50/$11.50

Chicken salad $17.00
- chargrilled lime and chilli marinated chicken tenders with a garden salad
-bacon $17.00
Chicken curry $18.50
- with rice and roti
Free range eggs $8.50
- scrambled / poached / fried on ciabatta or 5 grain
-add bacon or chorizo $4.00
Crumbed chicken burger $15.00
- with bacon, brie and onion jam on a brioche bun
Sauce side
Scotch fillet $19.00
- with herb butter and truffle oil served with spinach and roasted tomatoes

CHARRED BROCCOLINO $14.00
- toasted chilies, pepita butter grilled halloumi & lemon juice GF
SLOW ROASTED BEETS $14.00
- whiped goat cheese, hazelnuts & cured beet greens
SQUID WITH SICHUAN PEPPER $11.00
- polenta crumb & saffron aioli
SALMON CARPACCIO $14.00
- pickles & mascarpone cream with ciabatta
CHEESEBOARD FOR ONE $10.00
HOUSE-MADE CNOCCHI $16.00
- handmade ricotta, chips, porchetta & cured egg yolk/full portion
BUTTERMILK PANCAKES $12.00
- berry compote, caramelized banana & shaved coconut V
SLOW ROASTED BEETS $14.00
- whipped goat cheese, hazelnut & curried beet greens GF

Fish Burger $8.50/$10.50
- fish Fillet, lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayo
FISH & 1 CHIPS +420ML COCA COLA RANGE $7.00
Chips 1/2 scoop $1.60
Double Cheese Burger $8.00/$11.50
- 2x beef patty, 2x cheese, onion, BBQ sauce
Potato Fritter $0.90
Donut $1.50
Fish & chips + 600ml coca cola $10.00
- 2 fish & 1 scoop chips
9 pieces $30.00
- 9 fish, 3x chips

Garlic Bread $7.50
Seasoned Potato Wedges $7.50
- With chicken salt or Cajun seasoning, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce.
Mushrooms $1.00
Chicken Burger $10.50
- Chicken schnitzel, cheese, red onion, tomato, lettuce with garlic aioli or relish
Deep fried onion ring $0.50
Open Steak Sandwich $13.00
- Steak, onion rings, mushroom, lettuce with garlic aioli
Chicken & Bacon Burger $13.50
- Chicken schnitzel, cheese, bacon, red onion, tomato, lettuce with garlic aioli or relish
Cheese Burger $6.50
- 120gm burger patty, cheese, lettuce, onions, with mustard and tomato sauce