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

Our savoury crepes are hand mixed the traditional French way with buckwheat flour from France.
Caramel & Banana $9.00
Cheese & free-range egg $8.50
Lemon & Sugar $7.00
Chocolate $8.00
- (Whitaker's 50% dark, white or milk)
3e Vegetarian $12.00
- (Vege & Vegan option) >> Sauteed herb mushrooms, homemade baked beans, baby spinach, caramelised onions & feta cheese or silvered almonds
3e Complete $9.50
- Ham, cheese & free-range egg
Nutella & Banana $9.00

8. Pork & Vegetables on Fried Rice
26. Vegetable Fried Rice
Cashew Nuts
28. Combination Fried Rice
1. Chicken Chow Mein
15. Roast Pork Fried Rice
24. Sweet and Sour Fish
5. Curried Chicken on Fried Rice

Prawn $23.00
Ginger Stir Fry
- Fresh ginger root fried in the wok with fresh vegetables.
Guri Puffs (4) $6.50
- Sweet potatoes and vegetables wrapped in fluffy pastry served with dipping sauces.
Clay Pot Rice
- Fried rice stir fried with ginger and fresh vegetables, topped with a sweet soy sauce and roasted cashew nuts.
Vegetable & Tofu $19.50
Chicken, Beef or Pork or Vegetables & Tofu $21.00
Main, Prawn $21.00
Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu $21.00

Squid Sweet & Sour on Rice $14.00
Fried Egg Noodles (Beef, Chicken, Pork) Sate $12.00
Large $32.00
Medium $16.00
Beef With Curry
Large $26.00
Medium Rare Beef & Brisket Rice Noodle Soup $12.00
Large $32.00

Vegetarian salad $18.00
- Roasted pumpkin with a lightly dressed mix of feta, red onion, beetroot, cucumber & mesclun. Finished off with a drizzle of balsamic reduction
Fish $12.00
- Tasty piece of beer battered snapper (130gram) with our homemade tartare sauce served with chips
Mussels $12.00
- Six fresh omega mussels steamed in white wine, with a chilli, coriander, roasted garlic and coconut cream sauce served with our delicious garlic bread
Whole crayfish $85.00
- Mornay. served hot in a creamy béchamel cheese sauce with salad and chips
300gm ribeye steak $25.00
- Scotch fillet that has been tender-hung for 2 weeks then aged for a further 21 days with your choice of garlic aioli or mushroom sauce topping
Double bacon, sausages & eggs $12.00
- One harris meats’ beef sausage, two slices of bacon, two fried eggs served with chips and tomato sauce
Lamb salad $20.00
- Warm roasted pulled lamb & roasted pumpkin on top of a lightly dressed mix of feta, red onion, beetroot, cucumber & mesclun. Finished off with a drizzle of balsamic reduction
Chowder $12.00
- The famous ‘lobster inn’ dish made with mussels, shrimps and monk fish in as creamy rich white sauce served with our delicious garlic bread

Honey BBQ Pork $8.00
Black Bean Beef with Capsicum $16.00
Mixed Seafood and Tofu Soup $5.00
Black Pepper Beef Sparerib / Fillet on Sizzling Plate $16.00
Soup with Tomato and Egg $5.00
Shredded Hot and Spicy Beef $16.00
Stir Fried Shredded Pork with Pickled Vegetables $16.00
Spicy Beef on Sizzling Plate $16.00

Beef Schnitzel $19.80
- Crumbed beef schnitzel with peas, fries and a generous serving of gravy
Pulled Pork Roll $19.80
- Slow cooked pork pulled straight from the bone, with coleslaw and chipotle mayonnaise. Served with potato wedges
Salmon Nicose Salad $19.80
- Grilled Akaroa salmon, baby spinach, lettuce, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, olives, capers, anchovies and boiled egg finished with a traditional dressing
Spicy Chicken Quesadilla $19.80
- The perfect combination of spices and chicken, with melted cheese, quacamole and sour cream
Thai Green Chicken Curry $19.80
- Homemade Thai green chicken curry served with rice and roti
Open Style Moroccan Lamb Sandwich $19.80
- Marinated strips of lamb, hummus and salad greens topped with minted yoghurt dressing. Served on Turkish bread with fries

Beer Batter Fries $6
- With tomato sauce
Sausage Dog $10 / $15
- Tomato sauce, pepperoni
Pumpkin Eater $15 / $20
- Tomato sauce, roasted pumpkin, roasted red peppers, feta, pine nuts and topped with fresh rocket
Canadian $15 / $20
- Tomato sauce, pepperoni, bacon, garlic roasted mushrooms. Add blue cheese aioli +$3
Hens Are Nuts $20 / $25
- Fruit chutney, roast chicken, capsicum, pistachio nuts and cream cheese. Add bacon +$5
Wedges $8
- Hand cut jacket potato wedges, with aioli
The Black Rabbit $20 / $25
- Fruit chutney, braised wild rabbit, red onion, almonds, cream cheese, topped with fresh rocket
Red Hot Rascal $15 / $20
- Seriously spicy tomato and chilli sauce, capsicum, jalapenos and topped with parmesan. Add pulled wild pork +$5

Meat Pattie $3.50
Seafood Chowder $10.00
Hot ''Ele'' Combo $12.00
- 1 Battered Fish, 1 Hot Dog, Chips and Tomato Sauce
Onion Rings x 6 $3.00
Kumara Chips $6.50
Plain Sausage $3.00
Seafood Mix $18.50
- Oyster, scallop, mussel, crabstick, squid ring, squid curl, fish bite, prawn cutlet, prawn twister served with chips, coleslaw & sauces
Mini Hotdog $1.20

Lamb (Small / Medium / Large) $10.90 / $12.90 / $16.90
Mixed $9.90
Kebab $8.90
Combo $19.90
- Drink and chips
Chicken (Small / Medium / Large) $10.90 / $12.90 / $16.90
Soft Drinks (420ml) $3.00
Lamb $9.90
Falafel (Small / Medium / Large) $8.90 / $10.90 / $12.90

SAADA CHAWAL $4.00
- Steamed basmati rice.
PANEER MAKHNI $18.00
- Homemade cottage cheese cooked in a butter sauce with a touch of fenugreek.
LAMB CHOPS - SMALL PORTION (4 PIECES) $17.00
- Fresh ginger flavoured young lamb cutlets, marinated in yoghurt and tandoori masala roasted in the Tandoor.
LAMB VINDALOO $22.00
- Diced lamb chunks cooked with freshly ground spices, vinegar, capsicum and herbs. An all time favourite hot dish.
KASHMIRI PULAO $5.50
- Basmati rice with almonds, cashew nuts, raisins and coconut
KASHMIRI NAAN $4.50
- Fillet bread stuffed with nuts and raisins.
POPADOM (4 PIECES) $2.00
- Seasoned dough made from peeled black gram flour, cooked in the Tandoor.
MURG AKBARI $21.00
- Chunks of chicken cooked in a mild creamy sauce, then finished with vegetable gravy and egg.

BACON + EGG $4.00
All burgers have onions lettuce & sauce
VEGE + MUSHROOM $5.00
- Cheese, Pineapple, Tomato, Lettuce, Onion Sauce
BACON & EGG + MEAT $5.50
BACON $3.00
PINEAPPLE $4.50
DOUBLE MEAT $4.70
FAMILY PACK 1 $18.00
- 2 Fish; 2 Hot Dogs; 2 Meat Patties; 2 Seafood Sticks; 2 Scoop of Chips; 3 Potato Fritters

Fillet of Beef $38.00
- Grilled angus eye fillet with sweet bread ravioli, beef marrow bon bon, bordelaise sauce, Beetroot Mousse and creamed Spinach
Soup of the Day (*)
- Served with warm Bread rolls and Butter
Organic Chicken Supreme (GF) $32.00
- Organic Chicken Supreme resting on Wilted Spinach, Pumpkin & Saffron Risotto & finished with house made basil pesto >>
Rhubarb and Ginger Cheesecake $13.50
- Delicious rhubarb cheesecake on gingernut base with rhubarb curd and Tuille with Manuka Honey ice cream
Garlic Bread (V) $9.50
- Toasted baguette topped with garlic butter, pesto and Parmesan, served with aged balsamic and olive oil
Caponata with Three Cheese Ravioli (V) M $24.50 / L $27.00
- Tomato, courgettes, eggplant and fresh herbs tossed through fresh pasta and finished with olive oil and basil pesto
Cheese Board for Two $23.50
- Selection of three mainland reserve cheeses, quince paste, grapes and dried fruits and nuts with accompanying crackers
Sauteed Baby Vegetables / Creamy Kumara Mash / Seasoned Wedges & Sour Cream $7.50

Vege (spinach, olives, mushrooms )
Margerita (cheese, basil leaves)
Vege (Roasted pepper, Sundried tomato, Spinach with Basil Pesto)
Cheese and ham (Multigrain bread, cheese, ham w/ tomato sauce)
Italian (olives, salami, mushrooms )
Spinach & Ricotta (Caramelised Onion with Ricotta and Spinach)
Cheese and onion (Multigrain bread, cheese, onion w/ tomato sauce)
Pizza (with a homemade tomato sauce base) $10.00

Lamb Shank $21.90
- A hearty meal of tender braised lamb shank, mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Extra shank $7
Bacon and Eggs $15.90
- Tasty bacon and your choice of eggs – scrambled, fried or poached, with toasted bread.
Moroccan Chicken Wrap $18.90
- A large tortilla wrap stuffed with salad, Moroccan seasoned chicken and Aioli, served with wedges and sour cream.
Homestyle Breakfast $16.90
- 2 eggs, hash browns, bacon and sausage, served with toasted bread.
Celtic Pancakes $15.50
- Delicious pancakes with maple syrup, bacon and fresh whipped cream.
Robbie’s Loaf $7.90
- A crusted garlic loaf. A great warm up!
Fried Egg $1.25
Roast of the Day $18.90
- A Robbie’s favourite! The chef’s choice of prime oven roasted meat, served with roasted seasonal vegetables and gravy.