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

  • Cinnamon Sugar Waffle $16.50
    • Homemade waffle tossed in cinnamon sugar, served with bacon, banana, mascarpone & maple syrup
  • Eggs Benedict or Florentine $18.00
    • Free-range poached eggs on English muffins with homemade hollandaise & served with your choice of spinach or bacon
  • Breakfast Stonegrill Dining $24.00
    • 100g prime beef steak, chorizo, portobello mushroom & caramelised onions served with herb potatoes, salad & hollandaise
  • Halloumi Burger $21.00
    • Garlic & thyme roasted portobello mushroom, Zany Zeus halloumi, homemade chilli jam, lettuce, tomato, served with fries
  • Zucchini & Corn Fritters $18.50
    • Served with Zany Zeus halloumi & fresh tomato salsa
  • Berry Smoothie Bowl $12.00
    • Berries, banana & almond milk topped with banana, chia seeds, blueberries & coconut flakes
  • Granola Bowl $12.00
    • Homemade almond & orange granola clusters served with coconut yoghurt & blueberries
  • Cross Burger $21.00
    • Premium house-ground beef, melted cheese, tomato, beetroot, lettuce, special sauce, served with fries
  • SMOKE FISH FRITTER $3.40
  • STEAK ROLL $2.40
  • HOT DOG $2.60
  • KUMARA CHIPS $4.90
  • BIG APPLE $6.00
    • meat pattie, pineapple, cheese, lettuce, onions, tomato, tomato sauce, mayonnaise
  • 1 SCALLOP $2.20
  • CRABSTICK $1.90
  • SOUR-CREAM
  • Pea Pie Pud $10.00
    • Your choice of pie (baked here daily) served with a steamed vegetable combo and mashed potato with gravy
  • Lamb Shank $18.00
    • On potato mash with steamed veg and mint sauce. extra shank + $5
  • Tarakihi $20.00
    • Crumbed Tarakihi fillet served with a fresh salad, fries, lemon & tartare sauce
  • Chicken Cordon Bleu $18.00
    • Crumbed boneless thigh, stuffed with bacon and mozzarella cheese. Served with salad & fries.
  • Entree $4.00
    • Garlic Bread
  • Crumbed Beef Schnitzel $16.00
    • Cut from the whole loin, lightly crumbed and served with onion rings, gravy, salad and fries
  • Roast of the day $15.00
    • Please check the chalk board for today’s roasts. Served with roast and steamed veg
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $23.00
  • Goat Curry: $18.90
    • This curry has a stronger and richer flavour compared with all the other meat curries. Although goat meat is very lean, it has a gamier flavour than lamb. The curry sauce is quite spicy but includes a lovely creamy coconut milk base which tempers the iwrat.
  • Goat Curry with Roti Chanai and Rice: $10.90
    • This curry has a stronger and richer flavour compared with all the other meat curries. Altlivia goat meat is very lean, it has a gamier flavour than lamb. The curry sauce is quite spicy but includes a lovely cream)’ coconut milk base which tempers the heat.
  • Mini Murtabak:
    • Roti pockets freshly made with your choice of vegetarian or meat filling.Please allow 10 minutes cooking titnc for this dish. Best served fresh.
  • Gado Gado: $13.90
    • Seasonal vegetables stir fried and served with homemade peanut sauce
  • Roti Canai Goreng Chicken,'Seafood: $12.50
    • Roti chanai stir fried with bean sprouts, onions, chillies ami egg. Your choice of mild medium or spicy, seafood or chicken.
  • Dhal Curry: $11.00
    • Seasonal veggies. Potatoes and carrots simmered in a mild lentil curry
  • -Vege $8.50
  • Mee Goreng Mamak: $14.90
    • Fresh noodles stir fried with bean sprouts, onions, chillies and egg. Your choice of mild medium or spicy, vegetarian, seafood or chicken.
  • Pork Belly In Aspic
  • Soup Of The Day $11.50
    • With toasted house bread
  • Anatoki Salmon Tartar & Honey Mustard
  • Creamy Puy Lentils , Pancetta & Bread Dumpling
  • Austrian Beef Goulash $21.50
    • served with Spaetzle
  • Cheese Platter $21.00
    • A fine selection of 4 cheeses with fruit paste
  • Omelette With Brie $17.50
    • & a choice of Spinach or free range Bacon
  • Choose your own selection of charcuterie, cheese & antipasti from the deli cabinet priced accordingly.
  • Calamari 1 doz $7.00
  • Blue Cod $9.50
  • Chicken Dinner $15.00
  • 6 Fish, 2 1/2 Chips $23.00
  • Kumara Chips $6.00
  • Egg 120gm meat patty $7.00
  • 12 Fish, 4 1/2 Chips $45.00
  • Fillet O Fish $8.00
    • (Crumbed fish fillet, salad, tomatoes & aioli)
  • Red bean soup w/small taro ball $7.00
  • Tofu Pudding with taro $8.00
  • Mung bean cake $8.00
  • Tofu Pudding with mung bean $8.00
  • Purple rice no1 $8.50
    • mung bean+barley+small taro ball
  • Tofu Pudding with barley $8.00
  • Herbal jelly no 6 $8.00
    • crystal jelly + noodle jelly + boba
  • Strawberry shaved ice w/condensed milk seasonal $13.80
  • The Big Dipper $14.00
    • Braised beef, cheddar, pickled red onion, whiskey mustard, beef jus
  • Creamed Spinach $8.00
  • - Cheese fries $10.00
  • Our world famous Hot Wings
    • cucumber, coriander, yogurt
  • The Reverend Al $4.00
    • add coleslaw, mash + a dash of soul
  • The Goodnight Elvis + $4.00
    • Add bacon
  • Recommended additions: Make it...
  • Creamy Mac 'n' cheese $8.00
  • Grilled haloumi with a fig, walnut and olive salad dressed with balsamic reduction $16.50 (gf)
  • (Add a free range poached egg $2.00)
  • Baked camembert wheel with thyme and garlic, accompanied with toasted bread and apple $14.50
  • Lamb wrap with mixed salad and minted yogurt dressing $13.50
  • Bacon, avocado and tomato on cream cheese toasted bagel. $15.50
  • Garden Salad $7.50
  • Toasted muesli with rhubarb compote and vanilla yogurt $13.50
  • Slow roasted lamb shank burger with mint yogurt dressing & fries $18.50
  • - With bacon, banana and maple syrup $17.50
  • Chicken Sandwich $17.50
    • Chicken strips with tomato, lettuce, and oyster sauce, served with fries and aioli
  • The Riddiford Full English $19.50
    • Free range eggs on toast with black pudding,bacon, crushed potatoes, mushrooms and grilled tomato
  • Fries $7.50
    • Served with aioli and tomato sauce
  • Eggs (2)/Wilted spinach/Grilled tomato/Crushed Potatoes $3.50
  • Beef & Bacon Burger $17.50
    • House made beef patty with streaky bacon, melted cheese, lettuce and tomato, served with fries and aioli.
  • Free Range Omlette $17.50
  • Lamb Shank $25.50
    • Classic lamb shank served with side salad, creamy mash or fries
  • Garlic Prawns Raffaele $18.90
    • Tiger prawns in half shell, olive oil, garlic and more
  • Tiramisu $12.90
    • Tiramisu or 'pick me up', is our way of ending the perfect meal. We only use our family recipe that has not changed for generations
  • Lamb Shanks $23.9/$29.9
    • One or Two oven baked shanks with a 30 minute wait time
  • Profiteroles $12.90
    • A cream puff pastry, filled with our special crema pasticiera and smothered with genache
  • Tortellini Amatriciana $20.9
    • Bacon, chilli and tomato sauce
  • Risotto Funghi $23.9
    • Mushrooms, spring onion, fresh parsley and white wine (v)
  • Large Salad $14.50
  • Seasonal Vegetables $4.50/$7.90
    • Oven baked in small or large sizes
  • Scrambled eggs $10.00
    • on toast or with baked spuds
  • Meat burrito $15.00
    • bacon, chorizo sausage, scrambled egg, spinach, spicy beans and salsa
  • House smoked Klippers $15.00
    • on toast with lemon parsley butter
  • Reuben sandwich $12.00
    • corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, Russian dressing and rye bread served hot
  • Veg burrito $15.00
    • scrambled egg, avocado, spinach, spicy beans and salsa
  • Brunch plate of bacon, Kransky sausage, scrambled eggs, roasted mushroom, tomatoes on baked potatoes and our house made tomato relish $18.00
  • Toasted house-baked bread $5.00
    • with our own jam or marmalade or Vegemite
  • Dell sandwiches $12.00
    • made to order on fresh baked bread with bacon, avocado and fresh ricotta
  • arroz con marisco $29.00
    • paella rice, saffron, prawns, octopus, shellfish
  • risotto con betarraga $27.00
    • beetroot, coconut, goat cheese, coriander
  • corte del dia
    • best cut of the day, bone marrow, chimichurri
  • -All served with homemade bread
  • choripan $12.00
    • chorizo, bread, mayo & pebre
  • prosciutto $27.00
    • red base, prosciutto, rocket and parmesan
  • zapallo $9.00
    • roasted pumpkin, caramelized onions, goat cheese, watercress
  • ensalada de bearragas $9.00
    • beetroot salad, quinoa, onions, coriander, yogurt, lemon
  • Vietnamese roll $8.50
  • Beef noodles soup $11.50
  • Special beef noodle soup $13.50
  • Ha noi grilled pork with rice noodle $12.50
  • Beef stir fried with vegetable $12.50
  • Vietnamese style fried rice $9.50
  • Spring roll with rice noodle $12.50
  • Satay chicken roll $8.50
  • Steak, egg,sausage & chips $15.00
  • Bacon, egg, sausage & toast $8.50
  • Omelet- mushroom $8.00
  • Lunch box $7.00
    • 1 thigh, 1 drum & chips
  • Chicken drum $2.00
  • Any extra $1.00
  • Chicken thign $3.00
  • Chicken wing $1.50
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