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

Super bird sandwich $17.00
Junior chicken nuggets $9.00
- chicken nuggets deep fried served with curly fries.
B.L.T $10.00
- bacon,lettuce and tomato
Senior slam $10.30
Senior Sirloin steak $19.00
Apple pie n ice cream $8.00
Super burger $14.00
Hot fudge cake $8.50

Chef's Salad $10
- please ask your server for today's salad
Cheese Plate $26
- french brie, whitestone windsor blue and vintage cheddar served with bread, terra viva chutney, pickled onions and grapes
Icecream & jelly $2
Terra Viva Smoothie Bowl $15.50
- mixed berry smoothie topped with terra viva muesli and spiced rhubarb and apple compote
Brioche french toast with lemon yoghurt $7
The Scotch Egg $12.5
- served hot with terra viva relish
The French Dip $14
- grass fed braised beef with mozzarella grilled baguette served with jus
Grilled Cheese & Tomato Baguette $13
- our own medley of cheese with caramelised onion & terra viva relish

cheesy salmon salad $23.50
- Oven Baked pacific salmon fillet on a warm penne salad with Parmesan cheese, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and red onion, carrot and sesame tossed in honey basil pesto. Absolutely divine!
Focaccia Melt $21.00
- Cream cheese, cranberries. Chicken, mozzarella on focaccia then oven baked and finished with honey basil sauce with your choice of salad or chips !!!!!!!
Famous Fritters $18.50
- Kumara, sundried tomato & sweet corn fritters layered on a gourmet salad with streaky bacon in between and finished with sweet corn sour cream.
Cracked pepper and bourbon pate $12.50
- An old homemade favourite of ours. Bourbon & cracked pepper blended pate. Served with crusty bread, pickled cucumbers & beetroot pesto.
Chilli & Lime Chicken Sammie $24.50
- An absolutely awesome chilli and lime chicken on toasted focaccia with roast peppers, char courgettes and bb pickles finished with streaky bacon, brie cheese and sweet corn sour cream, served with a side of fries and aioli. Yumm..
Beer Battered Fish $19.50
- This is what we call our 'back to basics' dish. Kaiapoi's finest! Not your everyday f.n.c's that's for sure. Hoki fillets in a crispy beer batter served with golden fries and a garden salad on one side and tartare and lemon on the other side.
Edi's Green Curry $24.50
- Edison's favourite version of green curry chicken, hot and tasty with pumpkin, broccoli, bok choi served with a mix of jasmine rice and crusty bread to mop up the sauce.
Pasta of the Day $22.50
- What you get depends on the Chef's mood and whichever way the wind's blowing! Please ask the wait staff for today's yummy concoction. It could have seafood or any other delectable things in it.

Tandoori Platter
- A special selection of tandoori entreés. Perfect way to start any...
Mutter Paneer
- Delicacy of the house. Home-made cottage cheese cooked in a rich mild creamy sauce with green...
Kadai gosht
- Lamb morsels roasted in natural juices with pepper spices. A touch of garlic, ginger and brown...
Lamb Samosa
- Minced lamb, green peas, mint, fresh coriander and spices filled into a pyramid shaped dough. Crisp fried and served with homemade tamarind...
Kadai Paneer
- A great main dish for any occasion. Cottage cheese and colourful bell peppers, sauteed in a spicy tomato gravy with traditional...
Prawn maharaja
- A royal taste of fresh shelled prawn curry prepared in a lightly spiced creamy...
Extra Plain Basmati Rice
- Basmati is long-grained rice with an excellent...
Chicken Tikka
- Boneless chunks of chicken subtly marinated overnight in a special selection of spices and roasted to perfection in the tandoor...

Tandoori mushrooms $12.00
- Mushrooms dipped in a ginger, garlic and yogurt marinade then cooked in charcoal tandoori oven.
Cheese naan $5.00
Indian chilli chicken $16.50
- Chicken marinated with a batter of corn flour, eggs, soy sauce and black pepper,deep fried and then finished with diced onions, tomatoes and capsicum.
Chicken do-piazza $16.50
- Boneless chicken pieces cooked with special sauce and finished with extra diced onions.
Jeera rice $4.00
- Basmati rice flavored with aromatic cumin seeds.
Kashmiri rice $5.50
- Basmati rice with almonds, cashews, sultanas and desiccated coconut.
Tandoori chicken half $12.00
- Chicken marinated in traditional spices & cooked in the tandoori oven
Bombay aloo $14.00
- Diced potatoes cooked with cumin seeds, yogurt and spices.

Spicy Indian Omelette $6.50
- Omelette made with freshly chopped onions, green chillies and topped with crushed peppercorns
Scoop Ice Cream (2 scoops ) $5
Southern Spices Special Masala Dosa $14
- Dosa spread with egg, spicy tomato chutney, stuffed with onion, potato, mixed herbs and spices
Kothu Parotta Mixed Chicken &Beef $16
- Signature South Indian street food, chopped South Indian bread stir-fried with diced onion, egg and meat curry
Chicken Fried Rice $15
- Stir fried rice with fresh vegetables, egg and chicken
Steamed Basmati Rice $3
Butter Naan $3
- Traditional leavened bread made of refined flour baked in the tandoor and finished with butter
Raita $3
- Yoghurt mixed with fresh seasonal vegetables

Fish / Chips $2.20
Satay Seafood $13.00
- Prawns, scallops, mussels, crab, fishballs with seasonal vegetables, pineapple and tomato in a peanut sauce
Steak Mushrooms on Fried Rice $11.00
- Sliced steak, seasonal vegetables and mushrooms in gravy on fried rice
Steak Black Bean Sauce $11.50
- Sliced steak, mushrooms with seasonal vegetables, garlic, ginger and black bean in gravy
Roast Pork Chow Mein $10.50
- Sliced roast pork with seasonal vegetables in gravy on egg noodles
Pork Chow Mein $9.50
- Sliced pork with seasonal vegetables in gravy on egg noodles
Sweet and Sour Wontons $9.50
- (12 deep fried wontons) onions, pineapple, peppers, carrots in sweet and sour sauce
Satay Prawns $13.00
- Prawns with seasonal vegetables, pineapple and tomato in satay peanut sauce

Sausages eggs-Chips-Salad $14.00
Fish $6.50
- Battered fish fillet & tatare sauce
-Small $2.00
-Fish, Beef, Pork, Chicken,Salmon $17.00
2 Pad Thai Noodles
Chicken Nuggets & Chips $10.00
Vegetarian $7.00
-Fish meals freshly battered-see board

Nachos $14.90
Pork Carnitas
- marinated in our signature smoked chipotle adobo and juniper sauce and braised overnight
Tacos $12.90
- 3 hard tacos
Fill it with your preferred Rice, Beans and Salad options, and top it off with our range of freshly made Salsas and seasonings.
Lettuce
Bean and rice burrito $6.90
- With melted queso cheese
Guacamole $2.00
-Meat quesadilla $7.90

Mayo N/A
Steak, Egg and Cheese N/A
Olives N/A
Roasted Garlic N/A
Chipotle N/A
Yoghurt N/A
Cucumber N/A
Wrap N/A

Kaeng Phed Ped Yang $12.00 / $14.00
- Red Curry with Roast Duck and seasonal vegetables - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad See-Euw $12.00 / $14.00
- Stir fried rice noodles with chicken, pork or beef, vegetables in a soya sauce - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad Satay Tua $12.00 / $14.00
- Your choice of meat stir fried in a peanut satay sauce with vegetables - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad Gra Prow $12.00 / $14.00
- Stir fried chilli paste with garlic, basil leaves, green beans, bamboo shoots ((Pork or Chicken) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad Med Ma Muong $12.00 / $14.00
- Stir fried cashew nuts with chilli paste, water chestnuts and mixed vegetables. (Pork, Chicken or Beef) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad Num-Mun-Hoi $12.00 / $14.00
- Stir fried oyster sauce with onions, capsicums, mushrooms, carrots and mixed vegetables. (Pork, Chicken or Beef) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad Beo Wan $12.00 / $14.00
- Stir fried sweet and sour sauce with seasonal vegetables (Chicken, Pork, Beef or Prawns) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
Pad King $12.00 / $14.00
- Stir fried fresh ginger and seasonal vegetables (Chicken or Beef) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn

Lamb Shank $37.00
- Slow cooked Canterbury lamb shank, roasted root vegetables, mint glazed potatoes, red wine jus
Beef Fillet $42.00
- Char-grilled 200g beef fillet, puree shallot and brioche crust, Dauphinoise potatoes, bacon and tomato jus, pastry scrolls
Seafood Chowder $10.50 small / $15.00
- fresh south island seafood, saffron infused creamy seafood base
Garlic Bread $6.00
- sliced french stick, garlic butter, garlic aioli
Cajun Chicken Bap $26.00
- Cajun dusted chicken breast, red onion bap, tomato, grilled mozzarella, crushed avocado, lettuce, thick cut fries
Garden Salad with Croutons $7.00
Creamed Agria Potatoes $7.00
Large $23.00

Sides
Chargrilled Sirloin Steak (GF) $27.00
- Served with fries, summer salad and garlic butter
-Grilled chicken or 3x prawns optional $6 extra
Asian Beef Salad $18.00
- Marinated strips of beef sautéed with spring onion, tossed with crispy noodles, baby spinach, bean sprouts, chopped peanuts and coconut, in a lime and chilli dressing
Steamed vegetables $8.00
-Summer garden salad $8.00
Isobel’s Caesar Salad $18.00
- With cos lettuce, grilled bacon, poached egg, garlic croutons, shaved parmesan and anchovies.
Antipasto Platter
- A selection of cold meats, smoked salmon, mussels, cheeses, pickles, dips, fruit, crackers and homemade fresh bread

Crumbed Hoki $9.50
Stuffed chicken breast GF $27.50
- Spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast served with crispy polenta, basil pesto, parmesan wafer and caper hollandaise
Sweet corn fritters (warm) $10.00
- Served with capsicum and apricot relish and balsamic glaze
Fish and chips $22.50
- Beer battered snapper fillets served with golden fries, tartare sauce and a garden salad
Moroccan lamb salad GF $21.50
- Grilled canterburry lamb with baby spinach, chick peas, crumbed feta, grilled courgette, pangrelato and yoghurt and mint dressing
Duo of beef GF $29.50
- Grilled sirloin of beef and braised brisket with fondant potato, red onion marmalade, bell pepper vinaigrette and jus
Canterburry lamb rump GF $30.00
- Oven roasted lamb rump with kumara and potato dauphinoise, spinach puree, semidried vine tomatoes and red currant jus
Crispy polenta (fried) GF $10.00
- Served with rocket, shaved parmesan and aioli

SEAFOOD CHOWDER $16.50
- Served with Toasted Bread
2 Hash Browns $3.50
Wedges & Sour Cream $8.50
Grilled Tomatoes $3.50
STEAK SANDWICH $22.50
- 200g Ribeye With Lettuce ,Tomato, Beetroot Crispy Red Onion Rings And Fries
EGGS BENEDICT
- Served with Hollandaise sauce, Spinach and your choice of either:
BIG BREAKIE $21.50
- 2 Free Range Eggs any Style with 2 Bacon, Sausage, Mushrooms, 2 Hash Browns, Roast Tomato and Toast
- Add Salmon $6.00