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

Mixed vegetables in fermented tofu sauce $18.00
Mixed seafood hotpot $25.00
Beef with ginger & spring onion on a hot plate $22.00
Deep fried wontons $8.00
Deep fried salt & pepper fish $22.00
Kung po chicken $18.00
Salt & pepper pork ribs $19.00
Beef with capsicums $18.00

Saigon star fresh spring rolls (3 rolls) $7.80
- cha cuon Saigon star
Five spice scallops $18.50
- so ngu vi
Crispy whole fish in either sweet and sour or spicy sauce Medium $22 Large $27
- ca chien gion
Beef ginger and onion Medium $15.50 Large $25
- bo xao hanh gung
Saigon star fish in spicy sauce Medium $22 Large $27
- ca sot dac biet
Pork in special sauce Medium $15.50 Large $25
- heo sot dac biet
Tofu lemongrass and chilli
- dau hu xao xa ot
Lemongrass and chilli fried rice noodles (Chicken, Beef or Pork) $12.50
- hu tieu xa ot (bo, heo)

Vanilla brulee with shortbread biscuit and mango sorbet $13.00
Soup of the day with grilled bread - see specials board $13.00
Jaffa cheesecake with peanut butter biscuit base, chocolate mousse, raspberry sorbet and spun sugar $13.00
Fish & Chips $24.00
- beer battered market fresh fish with fat chips, garden salad and house tartare
Waffles with Southern fried chicken strips and maple syrup $21.00
Soup of the Day served with grilled bread $13.00
Garlic loaf $10.50
Grilled bread selection with a trio of dips $13.00

Monster $7.50
Mini Donuts (3) $1.20
Crab Stick (2) $1.80
Chocolate Donut $2.20
Double Meat $5.00
Sausage $2.40
- plain, onion, battered
Fish $5.00
Meat Pattie $2.00

Fried Chicken Pieces $3.00 each
-Large $17.50
served with potatoes, pumpkin, kumara, mixed vegetables and gravy
Chicken
Combo 2 $12.50
- Two Pieces of Fried Chicken, 4 roast potatoes, 420ml coke
Salads S $5.00 each / L $6.50 each
-Rolls $7.90
-Sandwiches $6.90

Prawn salad $21.50
- Prawns cooked in garlic butter, tossed through red onion, fresh pear, tomatoes, salad greens and topped with camembert cheese and lemon dressing
Kids mac 'n' cheese $11.50
- Macaroni in the cheesiest of sauces topped with more cheese
Surf n turf $34.50
- 250gms of beef topped with a skewer of prawns and scallops. Served with hollandaise sauce (2 sides)
Spag toast $8.00
- Topped with fried egg
Children's mixed grill $16.00
- Your choice of any two - beef, pork, chicken or lamb served with fries or salad, or blanched vegetables and tomato sauce
Pasta of the day $21.00
- Ask your waitperson
Beer battered fish $21.00
- Served with chunky fries and salad
B.L.T $19.50
- An oldie but a goodie. Bacon rashes, crisp lettuce and fresh tomato on lightly toasted bread with garlic aioli

Beef Chilli Bowl $14.50
- Served with corn chips sour cream and avocado smash
Steak Fritz $22.50
- 200g Porterhouse steak with Paris butter and shoestring fries
Check out our Cabinet for today’s Bakes $4.50
- Slice
Oaty Pancakes $17.00
- Either: Fresh fruit salad and maple syrup Or Banana bacon and maple syrup
Mushroom $4.00
LB’s Hash $15.50
- Rustic style potato hash with spinach poached egg and hollandaise
Smoked Salmon $6.00
Brioche French Toast $18.50
- Berry compote and whipped cream, maple syrup Or Bacon and banana with maple syrup

Mixed Grill $25.00
8 Massaman Curry
Sausages eggs-Chips-Salad $14.00
-Fish meals freshly battered-see board
12 Peanut Sauce Cestir Fry
7 Thai Green Curry
B.C.T. Panini
Mike’s Smoked

Tandoori Chicken Salad $13.00
Ganga Jamuna Subzi $12.00
Lamb Bhuna $16.00
Chicken Biryani $15.00
on-Vegetarian Thali $16.00
- (one non-vegetarian & one vegetarian dish)
Daal $12.00
Lamb Rogan Josh $16.00
Chole Bhatura $12.00

Rice paper rolls / snow peas / cucumber / mint / vermicelli / peanut / nam jim $10
Jalapeno bites / cream cheese / sweet chili sauce $10
Citrus crusted calamari / soy mayonnaise / watercress $15
Pulled pork taco / guacamole slaw / tangy cilantro salsa $14
Beef brioche burger / iceberg lettuce / melting cheese $21
Hand cut chips / aioli N/A
Beer battered fries / aioli / bbq sauce $9
Braised beef croquettes / mustard mayonnaise $12

2 fried eggs $2.00
Soft White Cheese
- Whitestone Farmhouse. Has a lemongrass aroma and springy elasticity. When young it has sea breeze freshness with a nutty edge that develops more character with age.
Steak Beef Fillet 300g $32.00
French Onion Soup $11.50
- Traditional, served with melted cheese crouton.
Caesar Salad $13.00
- Cos lettuce, crispy bacon, garlic croutons & creamy Caesar dressing topped with shaved parmesan cheese and anchovies.
Beef Carpaccio $15.00
- Finely sliced rare beef fillet with rosemary, honey and truffle oil vinaigrette served with courgette salad, topped with shaved parmesan and garlic slivers.
Soft White Cheese
- Whitestone Mt Dome Double Cream. Plump soft texture, the full cream flavour profile strengthens with a mushroom finish.
Blue Cheese
- Kapiti Kikorangi. A stunning blue cheese with a rich golden curd and creamy spoonable texture marbled with dense blue veining. Mildly pungent, its flavour develops as it ages to create a smoother, more delectable taste.

Pineapple Ring $2.10
Pacific Oyster (6 for $8.00/12 for $15.00) each $1.40
Meat Patty $2.10
Mushroom Burger $4.00
Egg Burger $4.00
Mini Spring Roll 12 for $4.00
Fish $2.40
Scallop 6 for $8.00

Baked alaska with lemon sponge, orange and lime parfait, italian meringue, candied lemon zest and raspberry coulis. G/F. $14.00
Eggs benedict on grilled sour dough, home made potato rosti and hollandaise. G/F avail. (Hot smoked salmon) $21.00
Jalapeno and cheese croquettes, capsicum couli. V. $12.50
Silky smoked kumara with toasted pistachio crumb and grilled fennel wedges, pickled walnut salsa. G/F n/a
Vanilla, strawberry and rosewater panna cotta with lavender scented creme fraiche ice cream and honeycomb. G/F $14.00
Tapas tasting platter $50.00
- Chargrilled venision belly skewers, foreign fish cakes, jalapeno and cheese croquettes, pork rice paper rolls, himalayan salted focaccia, crispy fried beetroot cubes with blue cheese and artichoke dips, capsicum couli, nam jim sauce and a side caesar
S'mores pan with double chocolate brownie base, raspberry marshmallow, chocolate and almond ice cream with salted bourbon caramel G/F $14.00
Eggs benedict on grilled sour dough, home made potato rosti and hollandaise. G/F avail. (Bacon) $19.00

Venison $22.50 / $32.50
- Cut venison, cranberry sauce, mint sauce.
Italian $22.50 / $32.50
- Tomatoes, garlic with fresh basil - a fantastic pizza.
Beef Nachos $10.50 / $16.50
- A rich meat, tomato and chilli bean sauce on a bed of corn chips coated with melted cheese and sour cream.
Cappucinno $3.50
Fries $5.50
- Served with tomato ketchup.
Panini & Salad $12.00
- Mozzarella, Ranch Mayo and 3 toppings. Available at lunch time only.
Mini Spring Rolls $8.50
- Served with spiced apricot sauce.
Vegan $22.50 / $32.50
- Fresh vegetables, sun dried tomatoes and nuts - no animal or dairy products.