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

Feijoa Sorbet $5.00
- Gellicious Gelato's 2015 Gold Award winning Sorbet, showcasing NZ Feijoas at their best. Dairy free, gluten free, 99% fat free and vegan friendly, with no added colouring. 180ml tub, for sharing or greedily scoffing all by yourself
Crumbed Camembert $9.00
- 6 wedges deep fried and served with your choice of dip - we recommend Cranberry or Sweet Chilli
Prawn Horns $7.50
- 6 whole Prawns seasoned with coriander and green onions rolled in a crispy wonton style pastry..with your choice of dip
Pandemonium $18.50 / $9.00
- Chicken, Cranberry Sauce and Camembert. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
Greek Salad $7.00
- All the Essentials as well as Kalamata Olives & Feta
Temptation Dessert Pizza $6.00
- Apple, Apricot, Berries, Crumble and Custard on an original snack base
Warewolf $6.50
- Real chicken Tenders and potato Wedges served with Tomato sauce and Kid's drink
Pride $16.00 / $8.00
- Onions, Mushrooms, Capsicum, Tomatoes and Pineapple. Optional Kalamata Olives, Garlic, Jalapeno Peppers (Double / Snack)

Fruit Salad $15
- Served with yoghurt
Brunch Scramble $23
- One of our favourites: New potatoes, green beans, olives, red onions, chorizo, and bacon all pan seared and tossed through pesto, and topped with a poached egg. Divine!
Oaty pancakes $21
Big Breakfast $25
- Streaky bacon, poached eggs, mushrooms, crunchy roast potatoes, tomatoes, wilted spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce served with toast. A perfect mix!
Oaty pancakes $21
Bacon and Eggs (GF) $20
- Streaky bacon, poached eggs and our own toasted house bread.
-Or with the house smoked salmon and hollandaise sauce fo $23
-Or with bacon, banana and maple syrup for $22

Greek Lamb Salad $22.00
- On cucumber, olives, preserved lemons, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts with a feta & olive oil dressing
Sauteed mushrooms $4.00
Sausages $5.00
Sauteed spinach $4.00
Slow roasted tomatoes $5.00
Pasta of the Day POA
- Please see our blackboard special
Eggs Benedict $20.00
- Akaroa salmon
Build Your Own Breakfast $10.00
- Choice of sourdough or rye bread with two eggs your way

Spring Roll $2.60
Lasagna Topper $3.00
Scallop $ 1.60
Pineapple Ring $1.60
Deep Fried Snickers $3.80
lvi eat Pattie $2.20
Blue Cod $6.80
4 mini Doughnuts $2.00

Cookies / Biscotti $3.50
Smoked Chicken Linguini with Sundried Tomato Pesto & Rocket $25.50
Cheesecake (ask our staff for the current flavour) $13.00
Extras & Fillings:
Slice / Muffins / Scones $4.50
Small $9.50
French Toast with Banana & Yogurt $16.50
Bagel with Smoked Salmon, Beetroot & Horseradish Pesto $18.50

Spaghetti $8.50/ $12.00
Nandagh Kabab L $13 S $9
- Mixed. Salad, Drink
Nandagh Kabab L $13 S $9
- Lamb, Salad. Drink
Pitza Makhsos Yoghurt, Salad, Drink L $13 S $9
Falafel $8.50/ $12.00
Qabili Palau L $16 S $12
- Chicken, Salad, Drink
Naan $3.00
Nandagh Kabab L $13 S $9
- Chicken, Salad, Drink

Thai Red Orchid
- Stir fried red orchid noodles with bean sprouts, spring onion,capsicum
Chicken Cashew Nut $10.00
- Stir fried chicken with vegetables and cashew nut
Open lunch: tuesday - saturday 11:30am - 2:00pm
Stir Fried Red Curry Paste ( Chicken, Beef, Pork ) $10.00
- Steam fried vegetable with red curry paste, coconut, thai herb.
B.B.Q Pork Noodle Soup $10.00
- Rice noodle with B.B.Q pork, bean sprouts.
Red Curry ( Chicken, Beef, Pork ) $10.00
- Red Curry with seasonal vegetables and coconut milk.
Chicken NoodleSoup $10.00
- Rice noodle with chicken, bean sprouts.
Won Ton Soup $10.00
- Won ton and bean sprouts.

Kedgeree (gf) Smoked fish risotto, scented with garam masala spices & fresh coriander, finished with a poached egg & smoked salmon. 18.50
Chicken pot pie (gf) Free-range chicken pieces with gourmet potatoes & fresh chives in a white wine jus, finished with creamy mash & truffle oil. 21.00
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
Traditional seafood chowder (gf option) Fish & shellfish in a creamy potage, served with toasted sourdough bread. 16.50
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
Eggs florentine (v) (gf option) Two poached eggs served atop fresh spinach, on toasted English muffins with hollandaise sauce. 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

Junior Burger $12
- Beef patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato with fries and tomato sauce.
Rattray Burger $23
- 200grm beef patty served in a big toasted bun with cheese, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, bacon, BBQ sauce and aïoli with a side of fries.
Prawn and Pesto $26
- Prawns and pine nuts tossed through fettuccine then bound together with cream and finished with basil pesto, rocket and shaved parmesan. Vegetarian option available with capsicum and tomato substituted.
Blue and Gold $30
- Blue Cod lightly fried in Speight's beer batter, served with crispy fries, fresh lemon, tomato sauce and homemade tartare sauce.
Bealey's Curry $19
- Our aromatic butter chicken served with cardamom infused rice. Vegetarian option available with seasonal vegetables substituted.
Eggs plus one $14.50
- 2 fried eggs on toast with 2 hash browns served with ONE of the following - bacon, sausage, grilled tomato or mushrooms.
Ice Cream Sandwich $16
- A generous scoop of gourmet mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiched between dark chocolate cookies and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.
Speight’s Fish and Chips $18
- Beer battered market fish served with fries, salad and a housemade tartare sauce.

Khmer Style Curry $14.00
- Choice of red, green or yellow curry with your favourite meat (beef, chicken or seafood) & vegetables served with rice
Fried Rice $13.00
- Khmer style fried rice, mixed vegetables & onion, choice of pork, chicken, beef or seafood
Combination Noodle Soup $11.00
- Rice noodles cooked with bean sprouts and a combination of pork, beef and chicken in Khmer-style Teaw soup
Vegetarian Satay $11.00
- Stir fry vegetables on a bed of steamed rice topped with our special peanut sauce
Fried Egg Noodle $13.00
- Your choice of chicken, pork, beef or seafood with vegetables, onion, egg & bean sprouts
Stir Fry Ginger & Spring Onion $13.00
- Choice of chicken, beef or pork stir-fried with ginger, spring onion & celery on top of rice
Beef with Pineapple $14.00
- Beef with fresh vegetables, onions, pineapple served on rice
Satay Noodle Soup $12.00
- Choice of beef or chicken served in a special Khmer style satay soup with fat rice noodles and bean sprouts

Mini Pizza $2.20 / $26.4
- baby pizzas with an assortment of gourmet toppings
Savouries $1.50 / $18
- meat, chicken and quiche type
Sushi $1.20 / $14.4
Mini Filed croissants $3.5 / $42
Balini $2 / $24
- Savoury pikelets with an assortment of gourmet toppings
Mini Fruit and Caramel Tarts $2 / $24
Club Sandwiches $1.9 / $22.8
- Assorted gourmet flavours
Asparagus Wrapped In Prosciutto $1.6 / $19.2
- (Seasonal)

-Aioli / tomato relish / sour cream / sweet chilli $2.00
The big breakfast (GF) $22.00
- Eggs, cooked just how you like them, served with crispy bacon, toasted ciabatta, homemade beans, free-range pork and fennel sausage, hash brown
Muesli (V, GF,DF) $9.50
- Our famous toasted muesli! a delicious healthy mixure of nuts, seeds, fruits and grains, toasted to perfection in our secret syrup with milk, blueberry compote and natural yoghurt
V= Vegan GF= Gluten free DF= Dairy free available
Eggs benedict (GF, DF) $19.00
- toasted ciabatta topped with baby spinach, poached eggs and creamy hollandaise, with your choice of crispy bacon or salmon
Side salad $6.00
- fresh green side salad
Lunch specials
- Check out specials board for ever-changing offerings!
Breakfast sides

Crispy Chicken $11
- Crispy chicken with don-katsu sauce, egg & fresh vegetable salad on rice
Vegetarian yaki udon $11
Katsu $11
- Crumbed pork with don-katsu sauce, egg & fresh vegetable salad on rice
Teriyaki Eel $15
- Grilled eel with teriyaki sauce & fresh vegetable salad on rice
Seafood yaki udon $13
Teriyaki Chicken $11
- Chicken with teriyaki sauce & fresh vegetable salad on rice
Chicken Ball N/A
Yakjundon Set $13
- Teriyaki chicken on noodles, tempura set & 2 chicken sushi with salad

(Chef’s Speciality Burgers a fully loaded home-made burger served on a toasted Focaccia bun served with shoestring fries)
Halloumi Salad $19.50
- grilled halloumi & roasted pumpkin served on a bed of seasonal salad tossed in a lemon-honey balsamic vinaigrette(add homemade Tuscan seasoned chicken $4.50)
Shoestring Fries small $5.50
Cajun Shoestring Fries small $6.00
Hutt Burger
- If there was a Kiwi Classic Burger this would be it, A juicy beef patty with a hidden melted cheese center
Shoestring Fries large $8.50
Cajun Shoestring Fries large $9.00
Cheesy Garlic Bread $8.00/$12.00
- grilled sourdough topped with garlic butter & our blend of cheese, small/large