About The Calabash African Restaurant
Collating the best dishes from all around Africa, The Calabash African Restaurant serves up rich and headily aromatic cuisine. You've got to try the jollof rice made in a vibrant tomato and pepper sauce, served with perfectly crunchy fried chicken.
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Half Nyama Choma (Roast Meat)
£17.00Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi) Chicken
£10.95Jollof Rice Chicken
£15.50Egusi soup with pounded yam
£17.00lamb and tomato stew
£12.50Okra soup with pounded yam
£16.50Jollof Rice - spinach
£14.00Carribbean Goat Curry
£15.00'The Mama Special' Muriyo Wa Nyama
£11.50Pepper Soup
£15.50
Starters
Samosas
A tri of delicate pastry meat or veg filled samosas£5.00CASSAVA
Deep fried Cassava slices,served with hot &sweet Chiilli sauce£5.50Chicken Wings
4 tender chicken wing tips marinaded in a special marinaded, flame grilled on a charcoal fire served with salad£5.00Chicken Livers
Chicken livers pan fried with The Calabash Special sauce, served with bread£5.00
Mains
Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi) Chicken
Rice cooked in coconut milk, a special blend of spices, mixed vegetables & chicken served with salad£10.95Popularlamb and tomato stew
tender chunks of lamb slowly stewed with ripe tomatoes in a special blend of spices and our famous calabash sauce£12.50Popular'The Mama Special' Muriyo Wa Nyama
Succulent portions of lamb cooked with a mixture of spinach & sukuma wiki served with ugali just like Mama makes. Served with Sadza or Rice.£11.50ZIM OXTAIL SOUP
£15.00Katogo
£14.00
Grills
Half Nyama Choma (Roast Meat)
Flame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; No side£17.00PopularSamaki Choma (MEDIUM)
Currently sold out£19.00samaki choma (small)
Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish served on a bed of salad with an accompanying special calabash fish sauce and slices of lemon.£16.00South african Boewoers
Flame grilled African sausage. Served with the special calabash sauce and salad£16.00Mshikaki (Bruchette) Skewers
Flame grilled spiced Lamb, onions & mixed peppers skewers, served with deep fried East African green bananas OR chips£18.00
The west african corner
a selection of our finest offering representing the west of Africa.
Jollof Rice Chicken
West African Rice in a tomato sauce and mixed peppers curry, served with fried chicken£15.50Egusi soup with pounded yam
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe,goat meat and gray fish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying. Served with Pounded yam£17.00Okra soup with pounded yam
hot spiced okra soup cooked with tripe, goatmeat. and crayfish. Served with pounded yam. A real west African treat£16.50NTABA Goat (Mature Mutton Meat)
Steam boiled Goat meat, pan fried with white onions & seasonal spices. No side£17.50Pounded Yam
Yam flour cooked into a soft mash£5.50PopularPepper Soup
Very spicy soup made with assorted types of meats mostly tripe,Kidneys and Goat meat seasoned with pepper and other spices.£15.50
Vegetarian Options
Jollof Rice - spinach
Boiled Rice in a tomato sauce and mixed peppers curry, served with pan fried spinach£14.00Githeri Salad (V)
Mixed beans with sweetcorn & lettuce flavored with African seasoning & olive oil£5.00Vegetarian Special (V)
Spinach slathered in a peanut butter sauce & served with whole roast plantain£14.00Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi)
Rice cooked in coconut milk, special blend of spices and mixed vegetables served with salad£10.95Madodo (V)
African Kidney Beans stew with tomato, onions capsicum & mixed spices£12.00
Sides
Plantain
Deep-fried Tropical cooking bananas (Yellow Plantain)£5.50PopularUgali (sadza,Nshima,Fufu corn)
Maize meal flour made into a soft mash£5.00Spinach
Leafy greens with tomatoes, onions and mixed spices£5.00Mukimo
Traditional Kenyan mash of potatoes,green peas,corns with onions£5.00Fried Rice
Basmati rice fried with onions and mixed peppers seasoned with special spices£5.00Peri Chips
African spicy potato chips£4.00Chapati
Homemade wheat flour flatbread£5.00Green Bananas
Deep-fried slices of African Green Bananas£5.00Sweet Potato Chips
£5.00
Desserts
Plantine with Ice Cream
£5.00Cake of the day
£5.00Sticky Toffee Pudding with Ice Cream
£4.00
Drinks (non alcoholic)
our selection of non alcoholic drinks
Coke 330 ml
£2.00African Fanta 500ml bottle
£4.50Water Bottle 500ml
£1.00Diet Coke 330ml
£2.00Irn Bru 330ml
£2.00Diet Irn Bru 330ml
£2.00Redbull 250ml
£3.00Malta Guiness 330ml
£3.00Ginger Beer 330ml
£2.50J2O Orange and Passion Fruit
£3.00
Caribbean
our finest caribbean offering
Carribbean Goat Curry
Marinated flavours of curry powder, Chopped onion,escallion, garlic, ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet slowly cooked with chunks of goat meat and potatoes. served with boiled rice£15.00Jerk Chicken with rice and peas
Quarter chicken portion lovingly marinated in jerk spices & grilled to perfection served with Caribbean rice & peas£14.00
