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

Bacon-& Egg $5.60
Sauteed Chicken with Chilli (spicy hot) $12.00
Nasi Goreng (Rice) $12.00
Steak & Onion Patties $2.30
Sliced Pork With Mushroom on Fried Rice. $10.30
Chicken with Pineapple on Fried Rice $10.30
Roast Pork Fried Rice $10.00
Steak with Oyster Sauce $12.00

Chargrilled Steak Sandwich $22.00
- Cooked your way with oven-dried tomato, Hollandaise and onion jam served with crispy fries (GF with Gluten free bread 7 omit the onion jam)
Chimichanga $17.00
- Spiced Sausage with bacon, onion & tomatoes. Wrapped into a tortilla and fried until golden.Served with a poached egg and sour cream.
Veggie Platter $45.00
- An assortment of deep fried vegetarian delicacies including broccoli bites, falafel, spring rolls, samosas, onion rings, corn squares with wedges & dips.
Antipasto for 2 $70.00
- A selection of cold meats, sausages, dips, breads and finger-licking goodies, cheese & crackers, pickles & chutney.
Toast(2pc) $2.50
Sirloin or Ribeye or T-Bone Steak $34.50
- Served with either fries & salad or potato bake & vegetables. Your choice of Mushroom sauce, Bacon & onion sauce, Garlic or Cafe de Paris butter (Extra sauce/butter - $3)
Monteiths Radler Fish & Chips $29.50
- Blue Cod Fillets lovingly coated in Monteiths Radler beer batter with crispy fries, garden fresh salad and tartare sauce
Sundae $7.00
- Kids-sized sundae with your choice of chocolate, berry or caramel sauce with crunchie gold nuggets.

Prawn Vindaloo $18.00
- Traditionally a Goan dish - Hot spices and vinegar, cooked in a tomato base sauce
Dopayaza $14.50
- Meat cooked with chunks of onion and mushroom , topped with ginger, garlic and spices
Onion Bhaji $5.00
- (4 pieces) >> Chickpea batter mixed with chopped onions and spices, fried to a crispy texture, served with mint chutney
Vegetable Jalfrezi $15.00
- Fresh vegetables cooked in a tomato based gravy with capsicum and fresh coriander
Mushroom Mattar $13.50
- Homemade cheese cooked with fresh green peas in a tomato based sauce
Prawn Pakora (8 pieces) $14.00
- Prawns dipped in a spiced chickpea batter then deep fried, served with mint chutney
Tandoori Chicken $12 Half / $22 Full
- Chicken marinated in yoghurt, lemon juice, garlic - grilled in the tandoor
Saag (Chicken or Lamb) $18.00
- Cooked in spinach, spices and your choice of meat, makes people ‘green’ with envy

Chilli & Garlic fried button mushrooms with a homemade aioli
Marinated Kalamata and green stuffed olives, sun dried tomatoes, feta and toasted Turkish bruschetta
Crumbed Mushrooms stuffed with candied onion & cream cheese drizzled with a balsamic reduction
Big Breakfast $19.00
- Eggs, bacon, toast, tomato, sausage, hash, mushrooms
Berry $16.00
Rustic Breakfast Platter $65.00
- (Feeds 4 average size humans) Scrambled egg, bacon, tomato, sausages, hash browns, waffles, fresh fruit, yogurt, toast & spreads, french toast & maple syrup
Meatballs braised in a spiced tomato sauce garnished with parmesan
All served with ice cream, fresh fruit & maple syrup

Double Meat $4.50
Egg $4.00
4 Potato Fritters
Chicken Burger $4.60
Beetroot $4.00
Bacon & Egg $3.50
Kumera Chips $3.50
Pineapple $4.00

Soup du jour $13.50
- Please see staff/specials board...soup is served with a crusty baguette.
Olive Tagliatelle pasta $ 27.50
- Olive, tomato and spinach with a parmesan concasse.
Roasted vegetables of the day $6.00
Fish fettuccine pasta $29.00
- Fresh local fish, calamari, chilli and garlic, lemon cream sauce.
Fresh local fish $32.50
- We buy our fish direct from the fisherman and fillet the fish daily on site.(Please see staff/specials board.)
Steamed seasonal vegetables $6.00
Chicken port pate $14.50
- Served with house made thyme croutons and fresh garden herbs.
Garlic loaf 11.50
- Oven baked garlic, parmesan loaf with sweet chilli sauce.

34 Kadahi Paneer $14.50
- Chef’s cottage cheese cooked in spicy gravy
6 Chicken Garlic Kebab $12.00
- Chicken pieces marinated and cooked in special garlic sauce
4 Pakora $6.00
- Chopped seasonal vegetables mixed with our Chef’s special spices, coated with Besan (special flour from India) and deep fried in healthy vegetable oil
33 Veg Korma $15.00
- Vegetables cooked in a creamy gravy with cashew paste
Stuffed Prantha $5.00
29 Prawn Kadahi $15.50
- Prawns prepared in iron wok (kadahi) along with vegetable and spices
36 Paneer Makhani $14.50
- Cottage cheese cooked in tomato and creamy sauce
30 Punjabi Cholle $14.00
- Spicy chickpeas cooked in Punjabi style

Garlic Bread $11.00
- Cheesy mozzarella
Fish and Chips $12.00
- Battered Hoki served with tartare sauce, fries & side salad
Leithfield Burger $18.00
- Big beef patty, bacon, lettuce, cheese, tomato & onion jam served with fries (Chicken version with plum sauce add $2.00)
Beer Battered Hoki $13.00
- served with tartare sauce, salad & fries
T-Bone $32.50
- 350g T-bone steak cooked to your liking served with fries, side salad and fried eggs, Choose from gravy, mushroom or cracked pepper sauce
Garlic Muscles Six muscles $12.50 Extra muscles $1.00 each
- Green lip muscles drizzled with garlic butter served with salad garnish
Warm Ginger Pudding $13.50
- Served with whipped cream, ice cream & brandy sauce
Prawn Twisters $12.00
- Served with salad garnish & sweet chilli sauce

Thai curry chicken with vegetables on rice $15.50
Combination wonton noodle soup $14.80
- egg noodles cooked with wontons, bean sprouts, pork, beef and chicken
Seafood noodle soup $14.00
- rice noodles cooked with bean sprouts, scallops, squid, shrimp and seafood salad
Roast pork with tomato fried rice $15.00
Stir-fried fish-balls with chinese vegetable $14.00
Sweet and sour satay (beef or chicken) $14.50
- grilled marinated satay stir-fry pineapple, onion and natural pineapple juice on a bed of steamed rice
Chicken with cashew nuts $18.00
Young chow fried rice $15.50

Turkey Schnitzel $26.5
- Pecan slaw, cranberry mayo, crafted fries
No.4 Chicken Wings 1/2kg $18.0 1kg $29.0
- BBQ Bourbon, hot sauce or Tandoori, fried cashews
Golden battered fish & chips $24
- Tartare, Lemon, salad
Today’s Classic Pie $21
- Big chips, small salad, gravy
Prime Canterbury Beef $39.5
- Fillet 200g
Garlic Ciabatta $11.5
- Garlic ciabatta, basil pesto, mozzarella
West Coast Whitebait Omelette $39.5
- Fennel slaw, fries, tartare
Confit Duck $33
- Black rice, bok choy, shitake, mandarin

BACON, EGG & CHEESE BURGER $7.80
- Crispy fried bacon, melted cheese & fried egg with all the trimmings
FRIDAY BURGER (Vegetarian) $6.40
- No meat, melted cheese & a ring of pineapple with the usual trimings
CHOW BURGER $5.80
- Basic burger with a layer of chunky pickle
TOMATO BURGER $5.80
- Basic burger with a layer of freshly sourced tomato
SAUSAGE $3.60
- Battered or plain
PATTIE $3.60
- Our own exclusive recipe
EGG TOASTED SANDWICH $4.00
FISH $4.00
- Our usual fish

Prawn Vindaloo $18.50
- Prawns cooked in hot and spicy Goan style sauce.
Paneer Tikka (5 pieces) $12.00
- Soft, juicy chunks of Indian cottage cheese marinated in tandoori masala & cooked in tandoor with chunks of capsicum, onion & tomato.
Butter Chicken $15.50
- Boneless pieces of chicken marinated in yogurt & spices, grilled in tandoor, finished in tomato gravy with cream & fenugreek leaves.
Chicken Achari $15.50
- A medium chicken dish cooked with Indian pickle, coconut cream, coriander & ginger.
Mango Chutney $3.00
Paneer Makhani $14.50
- Indian cottage cheese cooked in tomato based smooth gravy finished with cream & fenugreek leaves.
Sesame Naan $5.00
- Leavened bread made of refined flour baked in tandoor with sesame seeds & butter on top.
Chicken Dopiaza $15.50
- Tender pieces of chicken cooked with onion chunks, tomatoes, ginger, garlic & spices.

Seafood Basket $10.00
- Squid rings, prawn cutlets, fish bites and fries served with tartare and tomato dipping sauces
- Cheese and onion
Hot Dog & Fries $12.00
- Two hot dogs and fries served with tomato sauce
- Cheese and ham
Toasted Sandwich $3.00
Basket of Fries $6.00
- Thick cut fries served with tomato sauce
- Add fries for an extra $3.00
Asian Basket $10.00
- Samosas, spring rolls, onion rings and fries served with sweet chilli and tomato dipping sauces

Portobello Mushrooms $12.00
- Creamy portobello mushrooms on toasted bread with garlic butter, spring onions, chorizo and tasty bacon
Chicken Salad $13.50
- Pan seared chicken with a fresh mixed salad and home-made tangy cucumber salsa
Eggs Florentine Full $13.50 Half $8.00
- Poached free-range eggs with sauteed spinach, English breakfast muffin and home-made hollandaise
Open Venison Sandwich $16.00
- Wild fiordland venison and tasty bacon on toasted bread with lettuce, tomato and home-made capsicum and re onion relish
Bacon Buttie $8.00
- Two tasty pieces of bacon in a toasted sandwich
Muesli $8.00
- With fresh seasonal fruit and Greek yogurt
Baked Omelette $10.00
- Large, fluffy omelette with three fillings - your choice; bacon, tomato, mushroom, spinach, red onion, cheese
B.L.T $9.00
- Two tasty pieces of bacon with lettuce and tomato in a toasted sandwich

Flash-fried prawns with chilli, lemon & parsley
- Butterflied prawns sautéed with chilli & garlic & dressed in lemon
Salmon Loaf $8.50
- With garlic butter
Oven Baked Salmon $22.00
- Served on mash & steamed vegetables
Clams with Sherry & ham
- Sweet clams opened in a sherry & ham sauce
Braised Lamb Shank $ 18.50
- Served with creamy mash & steamed vegetables
Flaming Flintstone 400g $ 30.00
- Ribeye Steak, bone in with smashed potato, sautéed vegetables & topped with our Chefs peppercorn or mushroom sauce
Beef Burger $ 18.00
- 200g beef pattie topped with bacon, onion rings, tomato, lettuce & sauced with bbq and aioli
Spanish tortilla
- Tomato, potato, garlic & onion