Sahara Cafe in Wellington Menu

STARTERS STARTERS
  • Falafel $8.50
    • Chickpea croquettes lightly and served on a bed of lettuce and hummus
  • Kousa $8.50
    • Sliced zucchini lightly and fried battered and fried, served with garlic yoghurt and mild chilli sauce
  • Bazegan $8.50
    • Lightly battered and fried eggplant served with a special tomato salsa, garlic yoghurt and mild chilli sauce
  • Potato sigara boorek $8.50
    • Parcel of filo pastry stuffed with potato, feta cheese, parsley and middle eastern herbs served with sauce
  • Spinach sergara boorek $8.50
    • Parcel of filo pastry stuffed with potato, feta cheese, parsley and middle eastern herbs served with sauce
  • Calamari $8.50
    • Calamari rings served on a bed of lettuce and garnished with mayonnaise and lemon.
  • Selection of dip $15.00
    • A selection of tzatziki, baba ganoush, hummus and sharkashih, served with a basket of bread. Serves 2-3 people.
MAINS MAINS
  • Lamb tikka $21.00
    • Succulent and spicy pieces of chargrilled lamb, served with tomato salsa, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Taza $20.00
    • Marinated chicken breast braised in white wine, served in a creamy sauce with sesame seeds, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread
  • Shish kofta $20.00
    • Portions of ground beef mixed with mediterranean spices, served with tomato salsa, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread
  • Sahara taua $21.00
    • Pieces of chargrilled lamb with lightly fried eggplant and capsicum, served with tomato salsa, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Qaliya $21.00
    • Pieces of lamb aromatised with middle eastern spices, sauteed with potatoes and capsicum, served with, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread
  • Chicken tikka $20.00
    • Chargrilled pieces of chicken, served on bed of rice, salad hummus tabouli and pita bread.
  • Arba ello $22.50
    • Tender chicken breast stuffed with ham, braised in white wine,served in a creamy herb sauce with salad, hummus and tabouli.
  • Sahara grill $25.50
    • A grand combination of lamb tikka,chicken tikka and shish kofta served with tomato salsa rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Chicken mashwi $22.50
    • Delicious marinated chicken breast chargrilled, served with mushroom sauce, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Saroupa chicken $21.50
    • Marinated pieces of chicken breast aromatised with middle eastern spices, sauteed with potatoes and capsicum, served with tomato salsa, rice salad hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Chicken fettuccini $21.50
    • Chicken fettuccini cooked with mushroom and zucchini, in a creamy herb sauce, garnished with olives spring onions and lemon.
  • Prime beef steak $24.00
    • Sirloin steak chargrilled to perfection, served with tomato salsa greek-style garlic yoghurt roasted potatoes, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Mixed meze $22.00
    • A vegetarian selection of dips, falafel, eggplant and zucchini, served with salad sauce and a basket of pita bread.
  • Mshakala $20.00
    • A mouth watering combination of falafel, eggplant and zucchini, served with tomato salsa, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Vegetarian segara $20.00
    • A vegetarian combination of falafel and spinach sigara borek, served with tomato salsa, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Sahara seafood special $21.50
    • Tasty choice of calamari and scallop flavoured cocktails with homemade mayonnaise, served with rice salad, hummus tabouli and pita bread.
  • Lamb shanks $25.00
    • Tender pieces of lamb shanks aromatised with middle eastern spices, served with tomato salsa, rice, salad, hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
  • Musgo Of chicken $24.00
    • Chef's speciality of tender chicken breast stuffed with a tasty mixture of eggplant, zucchini, capsicum and onion, braised in white wine with garlic and roasted sesame seed, served with rice, salad hummus, tabouli and pita bread.
MEDITERRANEAN DIPS MEDITERRANEAN DIPS
  • Zikintza $7.50
    • A refreshing blended of creamy yogurt, cucumber, garlic and mint
  • Baba ganoush $7.50
    • Tasty chargrilled eggplant blended with yoghurt, tahini, garlic and parsley
  • Hummus $7.50
    • The traditional taste of chickpeas blended with tahini, garlic spice and lemon juice.
  • Sharkasih $7.50
    • A unique taste of shredded chicken breast blended with walnuts and mixed herbs.
  • All dips served with pita bread
ACCOMPANIMENTS ACCOMPANIMENTS
  • Pita bread $2.50
  • Lavash bread $2.50
  • Garlic pita bread $3.00
  • Bowl of olives $5.00
KEBAB KEBAB
  • Beef $9.50
  • Chicken $10.00
  • Mixed $10.00
  • With extra fried zucchini or falafel $2.00
  • Zaziki $1.00
  • Cheese $1.00
  • Tabouli $1.00
  • Hummus $1.00
VEGETARIAN VEGETARIAN
  • Falafel $8.50
  • Mixed $9.50
  • Meze $10.00
  • Zucchini a carrot $8.50
  • Meguer falafel $8.50
  • Eskander $12.00
ESKANDER ESKANDER
  • Beef $13.00
  • chicken $14.00
  • mixed $14.00
BURGER BURGER
  • Beef $5.00
  • Chicken $5.00
  • Mixed $5.00
  • Falafel $6.00
  • Zucchini $5.50
  • SALADBeef $9.50
  • Chicken $10.00
  • Mixed $10.00
  • Falafel $8.50
  • Zucchini a carrot $8.50
SALADS SALADS
  • Traditional Salad $8.50
    • Die ed tomatoes, cucumber and capsicum with olives and feta cheese, and dressed with vinaigrette.
  • Taboull Salad $8.50
    • Finely chopped tomatoes, capsicum, onions and parsley, mixed with bulgar wheat and lemon juice.
  • Fatoosh Salad $8.50
    • Lightly fried pieces of pita bread, mixed with diced tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce served with feta cheese and dressing.
  • Roasted Potato Salad $8.50
    • Pieces of potatoes roasted with garlic and middle eastern sprees, garnished with spring onions and lemon.
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Choice of two $10.00
    • Your choice of a combination of any of the above desserts.
  • Baklava $7.50
    • Baked filo pastry stuffed with pistachio and walnuts, served with fresh cream and honey sauce.
  • Muhalleh $7.00
    • Apricot mousse topped with whipped cream and pistachio nuts.
  • Mhallabiya $7.50
    • Chilled creamy ground rice, sweetly flavoured with orange and vanilla essence and topped with chocolate sauce.
  • Vanilla Ice Cream $7.50
    • Vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce and pistachio nuts.
  • Fruit Salad $7.00
    • Chilled fruit salad topped with whipped cream
  • Simsemiya Slice $7.00
    • A tasty mixture of sesame seeds, pistachio nuts and golden syrup served with chocolate sauce.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Mozzarella Stuffed Jalapeños $10
    • w/ ranch dipping sauce
  • The Cubano $18
    • The ultimate toasted sandwich, buttered, grilled and served with fries. Free range ham, slow cooked pulled pork, swiss cheese, pickles and mustard mayo
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $9
    • w/ lemon & aioli
  • Jerk Chicken BBQ Plate $25
    • Jerk chicken skewers and hot wings served with two salads, grilled pineapple, a corn cobb and a buttered bread roll
  • Shoestring Fries $8
    • w/ creole seasoning, served w/ aioli & tomato sauce
  • Wedges $8
    • w/ sour cream & sweet chilli
  • Fried Chicken $10
    • w/ ranch dipping sauce
  • Haloumi and Chicken Salad $20
    • Pan fried haloumi and free-range chicken with mesclun, avocado, tomato and red onion. Served with a lemon thyme dressing and garlic bread
  • 6 Squid Rings
  • Egg $4.80
  • All Day Big Breakfast $14.50
    • Eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, bacon, sausage, tomato and toast
  • Bacon & Egg $6.50
  • Vegetarian small $6 large $7.50
  • Cheese Burger (Kapiti Cheese) $4.80
  • Chicken Salad $12.50
    • Cajun Chicken with fresh salad and cashew nuts
  • McCain Chips $3.00
  • Beer Battered Market Fish 23
    • Wheat beer battered market fish, slaw, wedges, fresh lemon & tartare sauce
  • Schweinshaxe 39
    • Slow Braised Pork Knuckle Braised red cabbage, potato salad, knödel, pickled veg, mustard & jus gras
  • Käsekrainer Pork & Beef Kransky
  • Knödel
    • Slow cooked German style bread stuffing
  • Wiener Schnitzel Crumbed Veal Loin >>Rich tomato gravy
  • Roasted Cauliflower & Halloumi 20
    • Toasted hazelnuts, fresh herbs & wheat beer vinaigrette
  • Black Forest Ham
    • Dry cured, smoked ham
  • Sausage Plate Bratwürst
    • Bockwürst
  • Vegetable Pulao $14.00
    • Sautéed vegetables, dry fruits and nuts tempered with cumin seeds, cooked with Basmati rice, garnished with cashews. Popular rice dish with no gravy. Served with raita.
  • Fish Makhani $12.50
    • Boneless fish cooked in creamy tomato gravy.
  • Sago Vada $7.00
    • Deep fried balls of sago mixed with mildly spiced mashed potatoes served with yoghurt-coconut chutney.
  • Mix pickle & Mango chutney $3.50
  • Spicy Onion Salad $2.90
    • Onions seasoned with ground red chillies, fresh coriander, lemon juice and chat masala.
  • Extra Flavoured Naan $3.00
    • Naan stuffed with cheese or garlic & baked in the tandoor.
  • Extra Plain Naan $2.00
    • Leavened bread made of refined flour and baked in the tandoor.
  • Raita $3.50
    • Yoghurt mixed with cucumber & mild spices.
  • Soup of the day $9,00
    • Warmed roll
  • Agria potato hand cut chips $8,50
    • W cajun seasoning
  • Mussels (GF) $13,00
    • Hatf shelled w white wine & garlic
  • Saffron seafood chowder $11,00
    • Prawn, squid, fish, mussels watercress pesto 81 toasted roll
  • Warm quinoa & red rice (GF) (v) (vg) $20,00
    • Salad w toasted almonds, fire roasted peppers, pumpkin, spinach, grilled halloumi (optional) & carrot crisps
  • Egg benedict GF on request $17,50
    • With smoked salmon or streaky bacon w house hollandaise
  • Five spice pork rib - paddock farmed $28,00
    • Appleslaw & hand cut potatoes
  • Serious summer salad w toasted seeds $7,00
  • Cajun chicken N/A
  • The Greek from $7.90
    • tomato, feta, cheese, cucumber, red onion
  • Roasted pumpkin & pine nuts from $7.90
    • cous cous, cucumber, red onion
  • Lemon herb chicken N/A
  • Smoked salmon & avocado from $7.90
    • croutons, dill
  • The Caesar from $7.90
    • chicken, bacon, avocado, croutons, egg, parmesan
  • Sweet chilli beef N/A
  • Bacon N/A
  • Vegetarian Burger $18
    • oven baked haloumi, portobello mushrooms, beetroot hummus fresh greens and tomato slices on a lightly toasted bun
  • Bacon $3
  • Fries $9
    • with hefeweizen aioli and tomato sauce.
  • BBQ Pork Spare Ribs (6 Ribs / 12 Ribs) $12.50 / $24
    • succulent free-range pork ribs, braised in cider and smothered in our Bohemian Hipster bbq sauce.
  • Crinkle Fries $8.5
    • with hefeweizen aioli and tomato sauce.
  • Cheese Rolls $9.5
    • good old fashioned sliced bread, filled and rolled with mozzarella cheese and our brewery’s spent grain, then lightly toasted.
  • Jalapeno Cheese Balls $12.5
    • homemade crumbed cheese balls with jalapenos, our brewery’s spent grain and onion, and a side of Sriracha mayo.
  • Pork Burger $19
    • free-range pulled pork with fresh greens, tomato slices, mozzarella, slaw & hefeweizen aioli on a lightly toasted bun.
  • Hash Brown $1.50
  • 7 Curry Fish/Beef $12.90
  • 14 Sambai Prawns $15.90
  • 8 Hawaiian Fried Rice $13.90
  • Fish of the Day $12.90
  • B.L.T $5.90
  • 6x Cocktail Spring Rolls $4.00
  • 3 Beef/Chicken Rendang $12.90
  • Side dish of the day priced daily
  • White castello (Danish white brie,mild,rich and creamy) $16.50
  • Saute snails $17.90
    • w pernot ,walnut and cream sauce.
  • Home made Ice-cream and Sorbet w strawberry meringue $15.90
  • Jasmine tea creme brulee $16.90
    • w home made lime sorbet
  • Duck fat baked potatoes $7.90
  • Warm goat cheese $17.90
    • w smoked tomato crostini and salad.
  • Rocket,Cos and mesclun salad w sherry vinaigrette $6.50
  • STEAM PORK BUN $3.00
  • CLASSIC PORK BAO $6.50
    • braised pork belly, pickled mustard, coriander, crushed peanuts
  • STEAM RED BEAN PASTE BUN $2.50
  • STEAM BEEF & MUSHROOM BUN $4.00
  • BBQ SQUID $10.00
    • with steam rice
  • BBQ SQUID $7.00
  • Smoked Chicken $17.00
    • Smoked Chicken, Mushroom, Onion, Artichoke with Tuatara Tomato Sauce & Mozzarella
  • Goose Shack Pale Ale Bacon Nut spread with toasted Sourdough $16.00
  • Pilsner Corned Beef, Onion, Cabbage & Cheese $9.00
  • Zucchini, Chilli, Pesto & Raclette Cheese $9.00
  • Specials $20.00
    • Tuesday night - pint of Tuatara & all you can eat pizza (starting from 5.30 pm)
  • Classic $17.00
    • Salami, Chorizo, Kransky Sausage, Onion, Mushroom with Tuatara Tomato Sauce & Mozzarella
  • Marinated Kalamata Olives & Green Olives $7.00
  • Pistachio Nuts $4.50
  • Steak Roll (Homemade) $2.50
  • Wontons (Homemade) $0.80
  • Ring Donut $1.40
  • 1 Filling $2.60
  • Scallops $1.70ea
  • Tarakihi Fillet $7.50
  • or 1/2 Doz + Dip $4.50
  • Corn Nugget 10 for $3.70
  • Breakfast #5 n/a
    • Toasted Bagel
  • Breakfast #1 n/a
    • French Toast
  • Breakfast #3 n/a
    • Egg Benedict
  • Breakfast #2 n/a
    • Big Breakfast
  • Breakfast #4 n/a
    • Egg Omelette
  • Steamed Whole Fish
  • Nasi Goreng (spicy & no pork) $7.50/ $14.50
    • small/ large
  • Deep-Fried Won Tons
  • Sichuan Spicy Scallops
  • Chicken Noodles
    • with Vegetables
  • Stew Pork Shank
  • 5 Spices Squid
    • with Chilli
  • Lemon Chicken
  • 200g Tenderloin of Wairarapa Angus Beef $36.00
  • Sautéed Parkvale Portobello Mushrooms $6.50
    • And fresh basil pesto
  • 'Kiwi Beef and Great Barrier Reef' $48.00
    • 500gm bone-in Wairarapa Angus Beef, grilled whole (medium-rare), Queensland banana prawns, oven-roasted tomato, onion confit, red pepper mash, béarnaise mash
  • Cereal Selection $19.50
    • Toasted Muesli / Sultana Bran / Weet-Bix / Corn Flakes
  • Wairapa Cooked Breakfast $22.00
    • With two farm-fresh eggs cooked to your liking, Carterton bacon, grilled tomato, sausage, Parkvale mushrooms and hash brown
  • Three-Egg Omelette $22.00
    • With your choice of ham, mushroom, cheese and tomato
  • Grilled Free-Range Carterton Pork Loin $27.00
    • Cashew nuts and cream cheese stuffing, kumara strata
  • Pancakes $22.00
    • With maple syrup and your choice of grilled Carterton bacon and banana or berry compôte with whipped cream
Sahara Cafe

Sahara Cafe

location

Address

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

phone

Phone

+64 4-385 6362

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Wednesday 5:30–10PM Thursday 5:30–10PM Friday 5:30–10:30PM Saturday 5:30–10:30PM Sunday 5:30–10PM Monday 5:30–10PM Tuesday 5:30–10PM
price range

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type

Type

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service level

Service

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cuisine

Cuisine

Turkish

features

Features

Seating ,  Dinner

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