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

  • Garlic fish $17.00/$16.00
  • Meat Patties (home made) $2.80
  • Lasagna Square $3.10
  • Pork $13.50/$12.50
  • Crumbed Fish $3.50
  • Roast pork $10.50/$9.80
  • Tarakihi fillet $7.50
  • Prawn $15.00/$13.00
  • Prosciutto $9
  • Margherita $9
  • Pepperoni $9
  • Artichoke $9
  • House Antipasti $9
  • Caprese $9
  • Salsiccia $9
  • Fresh Arugula $9
  • Beer Battered $6.00
  • Crumbed Calamari $6.00
  • Butterfish $10.90
    • This beautiful looking fish has a high iodine content due to it's vegetarian diet - has a good flavour and small soft flake
  • Homemade Tartare $2.00
  • Gemfish $6.80
  • Island Bay Bavarian Style Sausage $5.50
    • Beer battered
  • Fish Finger Sandwich $12.00
    • Sliced white bread, butter, rocket and tartare sauce
  • Zelati Passionatta Sorbet $6.00
    • With real seeded passionfruit
  • Verdure al cartoccio $9.00
  • Cotoletta di agnello fritta $23.00
  • Pasta & broccoli (con acciughe e pecorino) $19.00
  • Vongole: cockles
  • Dolci: sweets
  • Polletto: chicken
  • Pappardelle al ragu di agnello e zafferano $25.00
  • 1/2 Polletto alla Diavola $19.00
  • Ice Cream Sundae $7.5
    • 3 scoops with wafer & whipped cream
  • Chicken Nuggets $9.5
    • 5 chicken nuggets & fries
  • Tennessee BBQ Pork Belly $23.0
    • served with home made hash browns, crispy bacon & sweet corn
  • Spaghetti & Meatballs $9.5
    • served in a tomato sauce with parmesan cheese & a garlic bread
  • Salad $4.8
  • T-Bone Steak $29.0
    • served with beer battered fries & salad or seasonal veges with your choice of mushroom sauce or garlic butter, cafe paris butter or plain
  • Hawaiian Pizza $9.5
    • with tomato base, ham, cheese & pineapple served with a bowl of fries
  • Please ask our staff about our daily blackboard specials N/A
  • Kashmir Potato & Pea Curry $19.00
    • soft fried organic potatoes in savoury vegetable sauce with English peas & mint oil (vegetarian)
  • Peppered Squid $14.00
    • with crispy panko crumbs & chilli flakes, served with a Thai basil, mint & garlic mayo
  • Roast Duck Mee Goreng $24.00
    • egg noodles, house roasted 5 spice duck, red & green peppers, onions & bean sprouts (vegetarian option available)
  • Indian Empire Spiced Chickpea Salad $18.00
    • with cauliflower, cranberries, chaat masala, cucumber, chilli, yogurt & Lot Eight Vietnamese olive oil
  • Honey Soy Salmon $26.00
    • fresh Aoraki salmon fillet on bok choy with a honey, soy, chilli & Sichuan pepper sauce
  • Nasi Goreng $23.00
    • Indonesian spiced fried rice with chicken, seafood, vegetables & chilli
  • Firecracker Sliders 6/$15.00
    • our famous Firecracker spiced chicken sandwiched in a fresh bun with chilli mayo
  • Jasmine Rice $4.00
  • Chengdu minced noodles $12.50
  • Fried tofu with spicy salt $14.50
  • Farmhouse fried noodles $13.50
  • Mutton offal soup $9.50
  • Crispy squid with spicy salt $15.50
  • Spicy pork feet in bamboo tube $15.50
  • Squid fillet $2.00
  • Chicken heart $1.50
  • Mushrooms $4.00
  • Beef Burger
    • beef pattie, lettuce, tomato and cheese served with chips
  • Fish & Chips
    • served with fresh garden salad and chips
  • Chicken Curry
    • homemade curry served with rice.
  • BLT & Chips
    • bacon, lettuce, tomato & garlic aioli on an open sandwich
  • All Day Breakfast
    • bacon, egg, sausage, tomato and hash brown
  • Tomato, Bacon, Side of Salad or Vegetables $3.00
  • Potato Croquette or Mash $2.50
  • ●Fish Supper ( for 1 person )
    • with Salad, Chips & one Sauce
  • -Full $4.80
  • Crab sticks ( 2 ) $3.50
  • -Full $4.40
  • Do-nut $2.00
  • Hotdog $3.50
  • -Fillet $19.00
  • ●Grilled fish $9.50
  • The Steakholder - Our 2016 Woap Burger Welly Entry $25
    • Medium rib eye, Scotty’s Meats double smoked bacon, fried egg, onions, melted Te Horo Swiss cheese shoestring fries, seed mustard, Huffman’s Hot Sauce, Arobake bun. Served with a McClure’s frickle and agria potato skins
  • Rocket salad, parmiggiano, balsamic $8
  • Power $18.5
    • Red quinoa, chickpeas, roasted beets, rocket, almonds, orange, Zany Zeus Halloumi
  • Kiwi Crumble $15
    • Kiwifruit and blueberry crumble, vanilla bean gelato
  • Wakanui Eye Fillet 200gm $38
    • 90 day grain finished, Angus and Hereford free range Canterbury cattle
  • Wakanui Rib Eye 300g $41
    • Hereford cattle, grassfed from Canterbury. Several muscle groups, more intense marbling, resulting in an intense beefy flavour
  • Scotty’s triple smoked bacon, thick cut, grilled til crisp, canadian maple $11
  • Portlander's Creme Brulee $15
    • Shortbread wafer, fresh strawberries
  • Corn, Bacon & Spinach Fritters with Sour Cream, Salad & Wedges $10.00
  • Vegetarian Fritters with Tomato Salsa, Wedges & Salad (DF)(GF) $10.00
  • Flapjacks, Bacon & Banana with Maple Syrup $10.00
  • Fish, Leek & Potato Hot Cakes with Wedges & Salad (DF)(GF) $10.00
  • Penne Pasta With Tomato Sauce $7.50
  • Greenlip Mussel & Tomato Soup with Crostini $10.00
  • Hamburger with Wedges $7.50
  • Crumbed Chicken with Wedges $7.50
  • HIT THE MARK $10.00
    • 200g. beef patty, swiss cheddar, bacon, caramelised onions
  • CURLY FRIES $5.00
  • JERK PORK BELLY $10.00
    • ribs slow cooked, cheddar
  • CRISPY CHICKEN PO BOY $10.00
  • MONKFISH PO BOY $10.00
  • POPCORN CHICKEN $6.00
  • JERK CHICKEN BURGER $10.00
    • passion fruit, lime, jam, sauces, bacon
  • Old English N/A
  • Chicken Teriyaki N/A
  • Apple Slices N/A
  • Jalapenos N/A
  • Western Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Thousand Island N/A
  • Wrap N/A
  • Italian Dressing N/A
  • FETA AND SPINACH QUESADILLAS OR CHORIZO AND FETA, 2 XS PER SERVING $10.00
  • BACON WRAPPED GOURMET POTATOES SERVED WITH HOT SOUR CREAM SAUCE $12.00
  • SPANISH BAKED EGG - TOMATO, BLACK BEANS & CHORIZO - HAM, FETA & TOMATO OR - FETA, TOMATO & BLACK BEANS $14.00
  • 3PM - LATE
  • AVOCADO & TOMATO ON SOURDOUGH TOAST $15.00
  • CREAMY PORRIDGE & COMPOTE $11.00
  • TOASTED PITA BREADS WITH TRIO OF FRESHLY MADE DIPS $12.00
  • TOASTED SALMON & CREAM CHEESE BAGEL WITH CAPERS $12.00
  • SCALLOPS $12.90
    • pan seared and served with scallops, chorizo sausage, Nam scallop noodles name jing dressing.
  • STIR FRIED BOK CHOY $6.00
  • SEAFOOD FETTUCCINE $23.90
    • cooked with mussels, shrimps,fish, scallops and smoked salmon in a mildly spiced creamy cheese sauce.
  • CAJUN BLACKENED FISH $24.90
    • cajun seasoned fish of the day seared on a hot skillet, served with sun-dried tomato & fruit salsa and with either rice or potato wedges.
  • GNOCCHI AND HALOUMI PLATTER 13.00
    • platter of baked pumpkin gnocchi with cream of tomato and basil sauce, port, crumbed halloumi cheese and bruschetta bread.
  • ROTI $5.90
    • with lemon butter
  • FISH FILLET OF THE DAY $27.50
    • pan seared, served with baby potatoes, scallops scallops, cherry tomatoes , baby watercress, and peppercorn white wine sauce.
  • BEEF TOURNEDOS $32.50
    • beef fillet wrapped in streaky bacon, served with gratin potato, roasted vegetables and merlot jus.
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