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)
Highly ratedFlame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; No side£17.00Jollof Rice Chicken
£15.50Egusi soup with pounded yam
£17.00Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi) Chicken
£10.95Okra soup with pounded yam
£16.50lamb and tomato stew
£12.50ZIM OXTAIL SOUP
£15.00Pepper Soup
£15.50Carribbean Goat Curry
£15.00Mshikaki (Bruchette) Skewers
£18.00
Starters
Samosas
A tri of delicate pastry meat or veg filled samosas£5.00Chicken 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£5.00CASSAVA
Deep fried Cassava slices,served with hot &sweet Chiilli sauce£5.50
Mains
Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi) Chicken
Rice cooked in coconut milk, a special blend of spices, mixed vegetables & chicken served with salad£10.95lamb and tomato stew
tender chunks of lamb slowly stewed with ripe tomatoes in a special blend of spices and our famous calabash sauce£12.50ZIM OXTAIL SOUP
£15.00'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.£11.50Katogo
£14.00
Grills
Half Nyama Choma (Roast Meat)
Highly rated· Flame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; No side£17.00Mshikaki (Bruchette) Skewers
Flame grilled spiced Lamb, onions & mixed peppers skewers, served with deep fried East African green bananas OR chips£18.00South african Boewoers
Flame grilled African sausage. Served with the special calabash sauce and salad£16.00Samaki Choma (MEDIUM)
Deep-fried freshwater tilapia fish served on a bed of salad with the special calabash sauce and slices of lemon.£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.£16.00
The west african corner
a selection of our finest offering representing the west of Africa.
Egusi 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£17.00Jollof Rice Chicken
West African Rice in a tomato sauce and mixed peppers curry, served with fried chicken£15.50PopularOkra 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£17.50Pepper Soup
Very spicy soup made with assorted types of meats mostly tripe,Kidneys and Goat meat seasoned with pepper and other spices.£15.50Pounded Yam
Yam flour cooked into a soft mash£5.50
Vegetarian Options
Vegetarian Special (V)
Spinach slathered in a peanut butter sauce & served with whole roast plantain£14.00Jollof 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£5.00Coconut 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)£5.50PopularFried Rice
Basmati rice fried with onions and mixed peppers seasoned with special spices£5.00PopularSweet Potato Chips
£5.00Peri Chips
African spicy potato chips£4.00Ugali (sadza,Nshima,Fufu corn)
Maize meal flour made into a soft mash£5.00Spinach
Leafy greens with tomatoes, onions and mixed spices£5.00Chapati
Homemade wheat flour flatbread£5.00Mukimo
Traditional Kenyan mash of potatoes,green peas,corns with onions£5.00Green Bananas
Deep-fried slices of African Green Bananas£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
African Fanta 500ml bottle
£4.50Malta Guiness 330ml
£3.00Water Bottle 500ml
£1.00J2O Orange and Passion Fruit
£3.00Coke 330 ml
£2.00Diet Coke 330ml
£2.00Diet Irn Bru 330ml
£2.00Irn Bru 330ml
£2.00Redbull 250ml
£3.00Ginger Beer 330ml
£2.50
Caribbean
our finest caribbean offering
Jerk Chicken with rice and peas
Quarter chicken portion lovingly marinated in jerk spices & grilled to perfection served with Caribbean rice & peas£14.00PopularCarribbean 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£15.00
