Desert Rose Cafe & Restaurant in Palmerston North Menu

STARTERS STARTERS
  • Samosa (lamb, chicken or vegetarian) $8.90
    • delicious pastry filled with potato, peas & seasoned with succulent spices, served with salad
  • Falafel $8.90
    • fried chick pea balls, seasoned & served with lebanese bread, pickles & tahini sauce
  • Grilled cheese $8.90
    • grilled halloumi cheese served with lebanese bread
  • Fattoush $8.90
    • a mix of stir fried lebanese bread with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber & olive oil
  • Stuffed leaves - grape or cabbage $8.90
    • hand rolled vine leaves stuffed with steamed rice & spices, seasoned with garlic, onion & a hint of lemon
  • Taboulleh salad $9.90
    • a finely balanced salad consisting of a mix of coriander, cucumber, tomatoes, olive oil & a hint of lemon
  • Hummus $8.90
    • a well balanced delicious house speciality hummus served with olive oil & grilled lebanese bread
  • Baba ganoush $8.90
    • roasted eggplant dip with olive oil, various seasonings & served with grilled lebanese bread
  • Little monster (for kids) $9.90
    • delicious deep fried chicken nuggets served with potatoe wedges & dipping sauce
MAINS MAINS
  • Lamb kabsa $14.90
    • served hot on a bed of red rice with a homemade tomato base, seasoned with delicious spices & served with homemade sauces & salad
  • Chicken biryani $14.90
    • a traditional rice dish delicacy, flavoured with subtle hints of spices. served with homemade sauces & salad
  • Mandi - lamb or chicken $15.90
    • slowly cooked & then roasted, served with our specialty rice cooked in the stock of the meat. served with homemade sauces with a delicious seasonal salad
  • Musahab $14.90
    • boneless stone grilled chickeen served with specialty rice, homemade sauce & salad
  • Shiesh kebab - beef or chicken $14.90
    • marinated in our homemade sauce & cooked on a stone top, on a skewer with either a choice of beef or chicken & served with fried & salad
  • Bamya $14.90
    • okra stew with lamb in a homemade delicious tomato sauce served with our specialty house rice & salad
  • Mosgah $14.90
    • seasoned eggplant with baked lamb mince & served with specialty rice, salad & lebanese bread
  • Molokhya $14.90
    • a traditional north african cuisine consisting of a broth made from specialty leaves & served with lamb on our specialty house rice & salad
  • Vegetable safary $15.90
    • a mix of stuffed grape leaves, stuffed cabbage leaves, vegetable samosa, falafel, babaganoush, hummus & taboulleh salad
  • Desert safary $22.90
    • a delicious mixed platter of lamb, beef, chicken served with specialty rice & homemade sauces & pickles
LIGHT MEALS & SIDES LIGHT MEALS & SIDES
  • Meaty bread $9.90
    • seasoned lamb mince with tahini sauce on a lebanese bread, grill sealed
  • Kebab $9.90
    • cooked on a stove top with either a choice of beef, chicken, lamb, falafel. served in a wrapped bread with your choice of salads & sauces
  • Also available in prawn or mixed +$2.00
  • Up size to XL +$4.00
  • Arabian kebab $14.90
    • your choice of beef, chicken, lamb, falafel, cooked on a stone top & served with our specialty house rice & salad. with your choice of sauce
  • Lebanese bread $2.00
  • Specialty mandi rice $3.50
  • Fries or wedges $4.50
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Baklava $6.90
    • a rich sweet pastry filled with chopped nuts & sweetened with syrup
  • Basbousa $6.90
    • a sweet semolina cake soaked in a simple syrup with a touch of rose water
  • Konafa $6.90
    • a cheese pastry soaked in a sweet sugar based syrup & garnished with pistachio
  • Desert dessert $6.90
    • a light creamy caramel mousse, topped with a dusting of fine milk chocolate
  • Dessert safary $14.90
    • a delicious selection of baklava, basbousa & konafa, decadence on a plate
PIZZA PIZZA
  • Tandoori chicken $13.90
    • marinated chicken in tandoori sauce, cheese, capsicum, olives, tomato sauce & capers
  • Mediterranean $13.90
    • anchovies, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, tomato sauce, olives, capsicum & capers
  • Vegetarian $13.90
    • cheese, capsicum, onion, tomatoes, tomato sauce & olives

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Pizza Hut (sample menu)
  • Chicken supreme $10.50
    • Succulent chicken, onion, capsicum, mushroom and melting mozzarella with parmesan sprinkle & aioli swirl
  • Veg hot 'n' spicy $5.00
    • Capsicum, spicy jalapeno & mozzarella
  • Strawberry cheesecake $3.50
  • Meat lovers $9.00
    • Spicy pepperoni, beef, ham, cabanossi, bacon & melting mozzarella
  • Pepperoni lovers $8.90
    • Spicy pepperoni, pepperoni & pepperoni topped with melting mozzarella
  • Cookies & cream mousse $3.50
  • Dipping sauces $0.50
    • Choose from: tomato, BBQ, aioli, sweet chilli, american mustard
  • Classic cheese $5.00
    • Mozzarella, mozzarella & mozzarella
The Cobb Hotel (sample menu)
  • Soup of the day $9.00
  • Ice Cream Sundae $9.50
  • Fish & Chips $18.80
  • Arancini Balls $9.50
  • Chocolate Mud Cake $9.95
  • Battered Sausage & Chips $14.50
    • Come’s with Fizzy or Juice and Ice Cream Sundae
  • Steak Sandwich $17.50
  • Schnitzel $17.00
Noodles & Dumplings (sample menu)
  • Chinese Pickle Dumplings (16 pcs) $9.50
  • Chicken Fried Noodles $11.90
  • Braised Eggplant and Potato on Rice $11.90
  • Fried Squid Rings $5.50
  • Vegetarian Dumplings (16 pcs) $9.50
  • Cold Noodle Soup $9.90
  • Stir Fried Chicken On Rice (Spicy) $11.90
  • Braised Tofu on Rice $11.90
Aqaba (sample menu)
  • Aqaba Benedict $19.50
    • Poached eggs served on focaccia, drizzled with hollandaise and served with Grilled salmon and rocket
  • Open BBQ Chicken Sammie $17.00
    • Marinated chicken breast on toasted focaccia with lettuce, tomato, cheese and topped with  caramelised onions and aioli. Side of fries $3.00
  • Mince on Toast $16.50
    • Savoury mince and chilli beans on toasted Vienna. Topped with a poached egg.
  • Roast Honey Pumpkin and Beetroot Salad $17.50
    • Roasted sweet pumpkin chunks and beetroot cubes tossed through spinach, basil pesto, feta  and walnuts with a balsamic dressing and crispy beetroot noodles. Add bacon $3.00
  • Aqaba Benedict $17.50
    • Poached eggs served on focaccia, drizzled with hollandaise and served with bacon.
  • Kumara chips $9.50
  • Seasoned Potato Wedges $16.50
    • Topped with bacon, mozzarella and sour cream.
  • Soups $12.00
    • Soup of the Day (see specials board) served with toasted bread.
Rose And Crown Olde English Pub (sample menu)
  • Battered Mussels $6.20
  • Lamb Shanks $21.30 / $28.00
    • Single or double served on a Kumera Mash with a mint gravy
  • Thai Beef On Rice $18.20
  • Fish & Chips With Salad $21.40
  • Beef ‘N’ Guinness Stew $18.60
  • Chicken & Bacon Sandwich $14.00
  • Sausage Chunks & Chips SM $8.70 LG $13.40
  • Bangers & Mash $18.20
Wabi Sabi (sample menu)
  • Tuna Salsa / 5pcs $12.50
    • seared tuna slices, salsa, ponzu dressing
  • Garlic Fried Rice $15.50
    • garlic fried rice with chicken, beef or pork  /
  • Shrimp Roe Nigiri / 2pcs $5
    • shrimp roe sushi
  • Miso Ramen $15.50
    • pork belly, ramen noodles, egg, vegetables, corn, nori, in miso based soup  /
  • Egg Nigiri / 2pcs $4.80
    • tamago egg sushi
  • Chicken Avocado Maki / 6pcs $9 / $11.50
    • 6 pcs  / 8 pcs
  • Avocado Nigiri / 2pcs $4.80
    • avocado sushi
  • Udon Noodle Soup $15.50
    • beef
Mirrchess Indian Cuisine (sample menu)
  • Raita $2.00
  • Tandoori Chicken - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Family Combo $56.00
    • 2 x half size curry, 2 x full size curry, 2 x plain naan, 2 x garlic naan, 2 x large rice, 1.5L drink
  • Potato & Capsicum - Half/Full $8.00/$12.00
  • Chicken Saag Wala - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Lasooni Chicken - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
  • Palak Paneer -Half/Full $8.50/$12.50
  • Lamb Roganjosh - Half/Full $9.00/$14.00
Indian Love Story (sample menu)
  • Bengali Fish Curry $19
    • Fish fillet cooked in onion and tomato based gravy with okhra and potato, tempered with aromatic spices
  • Jungle Rogan Josh $20.99
    • Lamb is cooked with the aroma of spices simmered in mint leaves and green chilly based special gravy is indeed a celebration for hunters.
  • Prawn Malabari $19.99
    • An exotic delicacy from coasts of Malabar in south India, prawns cooked in curry leaves, coconut milk, mustard seeds, tamarind and spices.
  • Badshahi Biryani $19.99
    • Biryani perfectly infused with tandoor cooked choice of lamb or chicken with mixed vegetables in moghul style.
  • Mugalai Naan $4
    • Soft unleavened bread with mint, coriander, fenugreek and banana prepared in tandoor.
  • Vegetarian $35
    • 1 appetizer (vegetarian platter – Vegetable bhaji, Samosa, Spring roll, Vegetable pakora), any 4 Curry, Rice, Garlic Naan, Pappadom, Dessert.:- per person.
  • Beef Stew $17.50
    • Cubes of beef bathed in a beautifully spiced and creamy coconut gravy with potato and okhra.
  • South Indian Lamb $18
    • Cubes of lamb cooked with coconut cream based gravy tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Dejeuner Restaurant (sample menu)
  • Grilled Angus sirloin $18.00
    • 250gm of Angus sirloin grilled to your liking serves with sautéed potato, béarnaise sauce and green beans. (GF)
  • Crumbed Chicken breast schnitzel $16.00
    • Crumbed chicken breast on roasted kumara, apricot and capsicum chutney, green salad and surrounded by thyme oil and balsamic reduction. (GF)
  • Beer battered fries $7.50
    • With aioli and tomato sauce(GF, DF)
  • Pasta of the day $15.50
    • *Changes daily please ask staff
  • Caramel slice $6.50
  • Sandwiches $8.50
    • Smoked salmon, avocado, tomato and tartare sauce
  • Corn and pumpkin fritters $17.50
    • Comes with salad, sweet chilli mayo, salsa and avocado (GF, DF)with bacon
  • Sandwiches $8.50
    • Bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato and avocado
Flavour Bistro (sample menu)
  • Thai Style Vegetarian Fried Rice N/A
  • Thai Green Curry Linguini (Chicken) $25.00
  • Prawns on Fruit & Potato Salad $15.00
  • Deep Fried Banana Crepe $14.00
    • with Caramel Sauce and Macadamia nuts
  • Pan Fried Fish N/A
  • Teriyaki Chicken Salad $14.00/$23.00
  • BLAT $17.00
    • bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato on toasted focaccia bread
  • Bean Nachos (vegetarian) $12.00
Indian 2nite Bistro & Tandoor (sample menu)
  • Beef masala $16.90
    • Cooked in a wok in a spicy blend of masala
  • Cheese and garlic naan $4.00
    • Stuffed with cheddar cheese and garlic
  • Hot dogs & chips $9.90
  • Keema naan $4.50
    • Naan stuffed with spiced lamb mince mixture
  • Paneer naan $4.00
    • Naan stuffed with cottage tandoori cheese
  • Onions / Eggs / Tomatoes $2.00
  • Punjabi chicken $16.90
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  • -Half $10.00
Indian Summer Restaurant (sample menu)
  • Chicken Tikka Masala $10.00
    • Tender chicken pieces marinated overnight in yoghurt and spices then roasted in our tandoor and cooked with onion and tomato gravy.
  • Beef Korma $10.00
    • Tender beef pieces cooked in a rich cashew nut gravy.
  • Daal Makhani $10.00
    • Black lentil and red kidney beans slow cooked in a creamy onion butter sauce.
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab $8.00
    • Tender lamb mixed with spices, herbs and cooked in our tandoor.
  • Seafood Combo $14.50/$13.50
    • Includes ‘Full Menu’ seafood curry, rice, plain naan and your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite
  • Vegetable Pakora $5.50
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables dipped in spiced chickpea batter and deep fried.
  • LUNCH Combo $12.50/Takeaway$12.50
    • includes any curry from this lunch menu, rice, plain naan and your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite
  • Chicken Malai Kebab $8.00
    • Tender chicken pieces marinated overnight in yoghurt, cheese and cream sauce then cooked in our tandoor
Red Chillies (sample menu)
  • Bombay Aloo 13.90
    • Diced potatoes capsicum, tomatoes and green herbs cooked in onion and gravy
  • Chicken/Beef Kadhai 14.90
    • Smoked tandoori chicken cooked with onions, capsicum, tomato gravy finished with fried cumin and coriander
  • Aloo Gobi 13.90
    • Fresh garden cauliflower and potatoes cooked to taste with a mild hind of exotic Indian spices
  • Chicken Mo:Mo: (8 Pieces) 11.00
    • Nepalese dumplings filled with spiced chicken mince in classic Nepalese style, steamed and served with tomato chutney
  • Butter Chicken 14.90
    • Smoked tandoori chicken cooked with cream, honey and tomatoes Loved by many
  • Peshawari Naan 4.20
    • Leavened flour bread, stuffed with dried fruits and nuts
  • Mango Chutney 3.50
  • Lemon Rice 3.50
    • Cooked with roasted mustard seeds and fresh coriander, tomatoes and lemon juice
Peacock Indian Takeaway (sample menu)
  • Aloo Kulcha $4.00
    • naan bread stuffed with potatoes mild spice and herbs
  • Pesha Wari Naan $4.00
    • naan bread stuffed with dried fruits & nuts and coconut
  • Lamb Korma $14.50
    • diced lamb cooked in rich,creamy cashew nut gravy with mildly aromatic spices
  • Chicken Tikka(6 Pieces) $8.50
    • boneless chicken marinated overnight in yoghurt and spice roasted in the tandoor oven >>
  • Paneer Pakora $8.00
    • pieces of cottage cheese coated in chicken flour and deep fried
  • Cheese Naan $4.00
    • naan bread stuffed with cheese and baked in the tandoor oven
  • Combo 1 $17.00
    • 1X full curry, 1X plain naan, 1X plain rice, 1 soft drink
  • Cheese & Garlic Naan $4.50
    • naan bread stuffed with cheese and garlic
Bubbles champagne bar (sample menu)
  • Venison Spring Roll $14
    • smoked venison & bacon spring roll served with crunchy noodle salad & sesame dressing
  • Lemon & Coconut Syrup Cake (GF) $14
    • served with french vanilla ice-cream & passionfruit sauce
  • Bowl of Fries with Tomato Sauce & Garlic Aioli $7
  • Chick Flicks
    • grilled chicken, diced bacon, port soaked cranberries, red onion & camembert cheese
  • Meatfest
    • chorizo sausage, salami, diced ham, red onions & pineapple
  • Grilled Platter (GF) $20
    • 2 cajun chicken tenderloins skewers, 2 angus steak skewers,2 garlic prawn skewers, 2 garlic mushroom & cherry tomato skewers, garlic aioli dipping sauce
  • New Zealand Salmon $30
    • grilled salmon fillet served with salsa verde gourmet potatoes streaky bacon wrapped asparagus & caper dressing (GF)
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    • Tiger prawns, basil pesto, fresh rocket, cherry tomatoes & caper berries
Desert Rose Cafe & Restaurant

Desert Rose Cafe & Restaurant

location

Address

Rangitikei Street and Cuba Street, Palmerston North, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4410, New Zealand

phone

Phone

063544654

clock

Opened hours

price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Halal , Mediterranean , Middle Eastern , Turkish , Vegetarian

features

Features

Takeaway ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Bar Not Available ,  Cash ,  Serves Halal ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
Rangitikei Street and Cuba Street, Palmerston North, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4410, New Zealand
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