Zaafran Moroccan Restaurant & Takeaway in Canterbury Menu -

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Falafel $9
- Deep fried mixture of broad beans, chick peas and moroccon spices served with a choice of tzatziki sauce or homemade hot and spicy tomato sauce and fresh salad.
Mushroom El Bahia $12
- Mushroom marinade lightly spiced cooked in hot grill served with home tomato sauce.
Dolmades $8
- Vine leaves filled with herbed rice served with sauces on the side.
Garlic Chicken $12.50
- Marinated overnight with garlic olive oil and Moroccan spices.
Garlic prawn $16.50
- Marinated overnight with garlic olive oil and moroccan spice

Bissara Soup $9.50
- A famous of morocco soup cooked in very slow fire with mix bean and homemade spices and served with fresh plain bread.
Harira $9.50
- Healthy vegetarian tomato based soup, with chickpeas and mix vegetables, served with fresh plain bread.

Small pieces of tender meat marinated overnight, cooked on grill. Served with fresh salad, tzatziki sauce and tomato sauce on pita breads.
-Chicken $12.50
-Lamb $13.50
-Beef $12.50
-Marinated Prawn $14.50
-Marinated Calamari $12.50
-Grilled Fish $14.50
-Falafel $10.50
-Zaafran Mix grill $15.50
Your choice of any two meats. (Open souvlaki, dine in or take away)

Your choice of meats with choice of three salads served with roasted seeds, almonds and tzatziki sauce.
-Chicken R/$ 12.50 M/$14.00
-Lamb R/$ 13.50 M/$14.50
-Beef R/$ 12.50 M/$14.00
-Marinated Prawn R/$ 13.50 M/$15.50
-Marinated calamari R/$ 13.50 M/$15.50
-Fish R/$ 13.50 M/$15.50
-Lebanese Couscous
-Moroccan Couscous
-Roast Vegetable Salad
-Arabic rice
-Lemon rice
-Chickpea Salad
-Barley Salad
-Greek Salad
-Bean Salad
Veg Salads R/$10.50 L/$12.50
- Your choice of three salads served with Roasted seeds and Almonds
Falafel
- Extra meats or Falafel added. $3
-Regular $11.50
-Large $13.50

Tzatziki sauce $3
Hummus $3
Olives $3
Pita Bread $3
Feta $3

Moroccan tagine dishes are slow-cooked savory stews, typically made with diced meat, poultry, or fish with seasonal vegetables
Chicken $16.50
Lamb $16.50
Beef $16.50
Grilled Lamb $16.50
- served with a red, spicy sauce.
Lemon Chicken $16
- Cooked with onion, tomatoes, preserved lemon olive oil and moroccan spices.
Moroccan Beef Meatball $15.50
- Ground beef is laced with warm spices, fresh herbs and garlic, and then grilled in meatball form until smoky and charred. Served with red spicy sauce.
Seafood $17.50
- served with our home red spicy sauce
Vegetarian $15.00
- Fresh Seasonal vegetables and chickpeas cooked in Saffron and home made tomato sauce served with popular Greek Salad and your choice of rice or couscous.

Mini souvlaki $8.50
- Choice of meat or falafel with fresh salad and grilled pita bread
Chicken nuggets $9.50
- served with french fries and tomato sauce
Mini tagine choice of meat $10.50
- served with rice or couscous.
Mini hot grilled salad choice of meat $9.50
- or served with two salads

Nearby Sample Menus

Rib Eye 250g $39
Firstlight Grass Fed Wagyu MarbleScore 7-9
Beef Intercostals 350g $26
Market Fish $37
- Cauliflower, Spinach, Meyer Lemon, Caper, Raisin
Eye Fillet 200g $29
Cloudy Bay Clams $18
- Seaweed Butter, Chilli, Parsley
Wakani Ashburton Go Day Grain Fed Beef
Freedom Farms Pork Belly $34
- Celeriac, Kale Sprouts, Persimmon

Chicken nachos $17
- Honey soy chicken nachos. Marinated chicken breast served with all the usual nacho things.
B.L.T. on ciabatta $20
- Lashings of bacon, crispy local lettuce & fresh tomato. Served with chunky fries & a side of aioli.
All day (and night) breakfast $21
- Bacon, grilled eggs, Kransky sausages, hash balls, mushrooms, tomatoes & thick cut buttered white toast.(Add 150g Sirloin steak for +$8.00 making it a mixed grill.)
Salmon Fillet $32
- A fillet of New Zealand’s finest sea run salmon. Served, however, the chef feels it is best! Just ask.
Duck fat roasted potatoes with rosemary salt. $12
- With a bowl of bacon & mushroom dipping sauce.
Strips and Dips $14
- Toasted garlic ciabatta strips with basil pesto, sundried tomato and olive tapenade & hummus.
Blue Cod $30
- Either in a crispy Steinlager beer batter or straight from the pan - you choose. Served with a mixed side salad, crunchy fries & a homemade tartare sauce.
Big kids steak $21
- 200g juicy rump with 2 eggs, chips & a pot of garlic butter.Served with no green stuff. Great for big kids or a late breakfast.Add veggies for +$4

Powerhouse burger (v option) (gf option) An enormous flavour-packed & juicy burger, stuffed with salad, cheese, onion, fresh herbs & humus, & your choice of: either beef or vegetarian patty. 22.00
Roast kumera & corn cake (gf) (v option) Stacked with grilled bacon & tomato, garnished with avocado & roast capsicum & tomato salsa. 18.50
Highland fling Rolled oats simmered in milk, served on rhubarb & topped with banana, sugar, & cream, a wee lick o’ whisky liqueur, & blow-torched to caramelised perfection. 15.50
Eggs montreal (gf option) Two eggs served atop smoked salmon, on toasted English muffins with hollandaise sauce. 18.50
Toasted wholegrain bread (gf option) With Either: Grilled bacon & poached or scrambled eggs. Or: Tomato, mushroom avocado and pesto. 17.50
Traditional seafood chowder (gf option) Fish & shellfish in a creamy potage, served with toasted sourdough bread. 16.50
Huevos rancheros (v) (gf) Mexican-style beans on a crisp corn tortilla, grilled with cheese & tomato, finished with avocado, poached egg & salsa. 17.50
High-country breakfast (gf option) Grilled bacon, scrambled eggs, free-range pork sausage with whipped potato cake & toast and our own tomato relish. 19.50

Fried bread stick $1.00 each
Wonton soup $7.50 Extra egg $0.50
Noodles soybean paste $9.50
Noodles soybean paste $9.50
Spiced Pork Leg $6.80
Beef noodle soup $9.50
Rice porridge $2.00
Celery pork dumplings M $7.80 L $10.50

4 Fish Bites
Cheese $4.00
Garlic Chips $3.80
Pineapple $4.00
Bacon & Pineapple $3.50
Fish $2.30
Bacon & Mushroom $3.50
Mushroom $4.00

Baby Pancake Stack $10
- Finished with bacon and maple syrup
Mushrooms On Ciabatta $14.5
- Creamy garlic mushrooms, sauteed with wilted spinach on ciabatta, topped with shaved parnresan
Big Breakfast $23.5
- Bacon, sauge, hash brown, mushroom, roasted tomato and free range eggs in any atyle, serve with toast
-Mushrooms $4.5
Somerset Muesli $12.5
- Served with seasonal fruit, yoghurt and milk >>
Seafood Chowder $15
- Served with a freshly heated roll
Toasted Bagel $8.5
- Preserves and cream cheese
-Add Bacon $4.5

Hotplate Tofu with Fresh Vegetables and Cashew Nuts $15 Reg / $22.50 Lge
Tomyum Mushroom Soup $4.50 Single / $9 Double
Satay Noodle on Hotplate
- Satay on fried Ramen noodle with peanut sauce served on sizzling hotplate
Red Bean Pastry $2.00
Stir Fry Rice Vermicelli $11 Reg / $16.50 Lge
Sweet and Sour Crispy Potato $12 Reg / $18 Lge
Hotplate Sweet and Sour Chop $16 Small / $24 Large
- Crispy Mienjin with diced pineapple, cucumber sauce and cashew nuts on hotplate
Small $14.00

Seafood (crab) stick $2.20
Curry + Rice Roll $2.60
Sole $5.20
Fish $4.50
1/2 dozen Squid Rings $4.50
Crumbed Fish $2.60
Blue Cod $6.20
1/2 dozen Scallops $8.00

Pickled pork noodle soup $14.00
Sour spicy potato $15.00
Stewed beef with potato on rice $16.00
Deep fried chicken gristle $10.00
Spicy eggplant $19.00
Stir Fried boiled pork slices $22.00
Mini Spring Rolls $9/12E
Steamed beef with chilli $28.00

Anaarkali $15.50
- Button mushroom, broccoli, baby potato, cottage cheese tempted with fresh garlic and mint
Paneer tikka $14.90
- Indian cottage cheese, capsicum, onion and tomato marinated with special spices, roasted in tandoor, served with mint sauce
Lamb korma $16.90
- Tender lamb cooked in smooth cashew nut rich gravy
Chicken do pyaza (for onion lovers) $16.50
- Onion petal tossed with meat and fresh garlic, thick gravy
Shikaar bhaat $17.50
- Typical mountain goat curry, straight from himalayas
Kafal chicken $16.50
- Chicken sautéed with fresh broccoli, cauliflower, potato, ginger and garlic, thick gravy
Raita $3.00
Kafal special platter $24.90
- Tandoori chicken, lamb racks, hara bhara kebab, tandoori pawns, fish tikka

Heathcote $18.00
- Tomato base, mozzarella and parmesan
Mussels steamed with Cassels Lager, crème fraîche & bread $16.00
Add chicken $6.50
Half & half – add $2.00
Artisan Sausage $19.50
- Cumberland coil with winter greens, agria mash & onion gravy
Port Levy $24.00
- Shredded braised spiced lamb with mint, mozzarella, currants and a yoghurt swirl
Cassels Beef Burger $26.50
- Tomato, gherkins, onion jam, chipotle mayonnaise, greens, Gruyère cheese, bacon & fries
Soup of the day with fresh bread & butter $15.50

Spicy Wedges $11.00
- Plain with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
Ground Beef Nachos $19.00
- With chilli bean mix, grilled cheese, topped with sour cream and sweet chilli
Served until 2pm
Lamb Burger $21.50
- Ground lamb mince marinated in garlic and rosemary with feta topped with beetroot relish served with fries
Steak Sandwich $21.50
- Sirloin steak with caramelised onions and topped with a fried egg
Thai Beef Salad $20.00
- With crispy noodles and roasted peanuts.
-Add fries and tomato sauce $12.00
Chicken Souvlaki $20.50
- Topped with hummus and salad, yoghurt dressing and sweet chilli sauce

Flintstone Steak 400Gm $45.00
Wedges $6.50
Eggs $2.50
All served with salad and your choice of mash, fries or gratin
Arancini $12.50
- A Trio of Cheese and Herb Risotto Crumbed with Polenta and Deep Fried. Served with Basil Pesto and a Roquette and Parmesan Salad
Seafood Chowder $19.00
- A Creamy Seafood and Dill Soup with a Medley of Seasonal Seafood Served with Buttered Toast
Rump Steak2S0Gm $24.50
Scallops $19.50
- Seared Scallops with a Lime Hazelnut and Coriander Butter Micro Salad and Finished with a Crisp Garlic Bruschctta

Housemade cashew + pumpkin seed sausages served with grilled tomatoes, mushrooms + poached eggs on wholegrain toast $20.00
Eggs anyway you like on wholegrain toast $9.50
Gogi berry, cashew + coconut muesli with fresh seasonal fruit, berry compote + yoghurt $9.50
Hot chocolate $4.00
Crumpets with jams n/a
Cheese or Date scone n/a
Tea $3.00
Iced chocolate $6.50

Dirty Pork Spare Ribs $13
- w/ Tuk Tuk Sauce
GF Gluten Free
Footpath Grilled Chicken Skewers (3) (GF) $10
- w/ Tuk Tuk Satay Sauce
Tuk Tuk Salad $12
Deep Fried Rice Balls (5) $8
- stuffed w/ marinated pork mince, kaffir lime, chilli
Apple Crumble With Ice Cream $11
Fresh Pineapple Fried Rice (GF) $17
- With Chicken, Chinese Sausage, Pork Floss
Sweet & Sour Market Fish $26
- in Thai Street Style w/ Cashews