Starters
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
SamosaDeep fried thin, tri-shaped pastry filled with seasoned lamb OR seasonal vegetables, served with a slice of lemon |
Seasonal Vegetables | £ 4.59 |  |
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Deep fried thin, tri-shaped pastry filled with seasoned lamb OR seasonal vegetables, served with a slice of lemon |
Seasonal Lamb | £ 4.59 | |
Peri peri Chicken WingsFlamed grilled marinated peri peri chicken wings, served with salad |
£ 5.00 | | |
Cassava (Manioc) (V)Deep fried Cassava slices, served with a hot & sweet chilli sauce |
£ 5.00 | | |
Githeri Salad |
£ 5.00 | | |
Chicken liversWarmly prepared and served with bread |
£ 5.00 | |
Main Meals
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mchuzi Wa Kuku (Chicken Curry)Simmered portions of chicken with mixed vegetables & a special East African blend of spices. Served with rice. |
£ 11.95 | | |
Khima CurryA Tanzanian style minced lamb curry with mixed vegetables with a blend of African spices. Served with rice. |
£ 11.00 | | |
Lamb CurryLamb cubes curry. Served with rice. |
£ 11.99 | | |
Lamb & Tomato StewSlowly stewed chunks of Lamb with sweet ripe tomatoes with a special Calabash blend of African Spices. Served with rice. |
£ 11.99 | | |
Madodo (V)African Kidney Beans stew with tomato, onions capsicum & mixed spices. Served with rice. |
£ 9.95 | | |
Vegetarian Special (V)Spinach slathered in a tomato & peanut butter sauce & served with whole roast plantain.** |
£ 12.00 | | |
Katogo (Ugandan Dish) (V)Green bananas stewed with lamb, tomato, onions & mixed spices. No side |
£ 12.95 | | |
'The Mama Special' Muriyo wa nyama (V)Served with Sadza. succulent portions of lamb cooked with a mixture of spinach & sukuma wiki served with ugali just like Mama makes or seerved with rice. |
£ 11.00 | | |
Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi) (V)Rice cooked in coconut milk, special blend of spices, mixed vegetables, chicken and £1 extra for lamb |
£ 9.99 | | |
Caribbean Goat CurryMarinated flavours of curry powder, chopped onion, escallion, garlic, ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet slowely cooked with chunks of goat meat and potatoes |
£ 11.99 | | |
Zim Oxtail Soup |
£ 14.99 | |
Specials
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
Jumbo TapasA delicious taste of African cuisine containing a portion of ugali, mukimo, plantain, coconut rice, nyama choma, kuku choma, khiama curry, spinach, boerewors all superbly flavoured local delicacies with kachumbari (African salsa) & BBQ dip. Sharer enough for Three |
£ 70.00 | |
Ethiopian & Eritrean
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
BeyayenetuA selection of different vegetarian dishes served with injera. Served with salad. |
£ 14.99 | | |
Chikina Awaze TibisLamb cubes sauteed with onion, tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno, butter and awaze served with salad and injera |
£ 13.99 | | |
Special TibisSizzling lamb cubes, toasted in a blend of house spices, onions and mixed peppers served with salad and injera |
£ 13.99 | | |
Doro WotMarinated dish, chicken stew in spicy red pepper and boiled egg served with salad and injera |
£ 14.99 | |
West African
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
Peanut SoupTraditional Gambian soup made with meat, tomatoes, peanuts and African spices.** Served with rice or pounded yam |
£ 13.00 | | |
Pepper Soup - No SideVery spicy soup made with assorted types of meats mostly tripe. Kidneys and Goat meat seasoned with pepper and other spices. |
£ 10.95 | | |
Fish Pepper Soup - No Side |
£ 12.00 | | |
West African Soup(Served with Rice or Pounded Yam) Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying |
Egusi | £ 14.50 | |
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(Served with Rice or Pounded Yam) Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying |
Vegetable Soup | £ 14.50 | |
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(Served with Rice or Pounded Yam) Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying |
Okra soup | £ 14.50 | |
Jollof Rice ChickenBoiled Rice in a tomato sauce & mixed peppers curry, served with fried chicken or pan fried spinach |
£ 12.99 | | |
Isi Ewu Goat / Lamb Head - No side - Goat HeadSlowly boiled **Full** goat / lamb head with a blend of African herbs & spices. Nigerian Style - no side |
£ 19.00 | |
From The Grill
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mshikaki (Bruschette) Skewers ChipsFlame grilled spiced Lamb, onions & mixed peppers skewers, served with deep fried East African Green Bananas or Chips |
£ 11.99 | | |
Nyama Choma (roast meat)Flame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; with a choice of Fry option (£1.00 extra) - Flame grilled then pan fried with tomato, onions & spices. No side Served with chilli and kachumbari. |
Half | £ 14.00 | |
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Flame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; with a choice of Fry option (£1.00 extra) - Flame grilled then pan fried with tomato, onions & spices. No side Served with chilli and kachumbari. |
Quarter | £ 10.00 | |
Kuku Choma (roast chicken) Peri Peri Sauce - HalfFlame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri OR reggae-reggae sauce Served with chips & salad |
£ 13.00 | | |
The Calabash Mixed GrillPortions of mshikaki, chicken wings, nyama choma, mixed peppers, side salad and a portion of chips |
£ 23.50 | | |
Samaki ChomaDeep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a bed of salad with the special calabash fish sauce & slices of lemon |
Small | £ 11.50 | |
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Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a bed of salad with the special calabash fish sauce & slices of lemon |
Medium | £ 15.50 | |
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Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a bed of salad with the special calabash fish sauce & slices of lemon |
Large | £ 18.50 | |
Jerk ChickenQuarter chicken lovingly marinated in jerk spices and grilled to perfection served with caribbean rice and peas. |
£ 12.99 | | |
Caribbean Goat CurryMarinated flavours of curry powder, chopped onions, escallion, garlic, ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet slowly cooked with chunks of goat meat and potatoes. |
£ 12.00 | |
Sides
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
RicePlain white boiled basmati rice |
£ 4.00 | | |
Ugali (V)(Sadza, Nshima, Fufu Corn) - Maize meal flour made into a soft mash |
£ 4.00 | | |
Mukimo (V)Traditional Kenyan mash of potatoes, green peas, corn and greens sautéed with onions |
£ 5.00 | | |
Pounded Yam (V)Yam flour cooked into a soft mash |
£ 4.00 | | |
Pounded Gari (V)Yam flour cooked into a soft mash |
£ 4.00 | | |
Spinach (V)Leafy greens sautéed with tomato, red onions and mixed spices |
£ 4.00 | | |
Chips (V)Deep fried |
£ 4.00 | | |
Sweet Potato Chips |
£ 5.00 | | |
Kwanga (V)(Manioc) - Fermented Cassava flour mash |
£ 5.00 | | |
Green Bananas (V)Deep fried slices of African green banana |
£ 4.00 | | |
Plantain (V)Deep fried Tropical cooking bananas (Yellow plantain). |
£ 6.00 | | |
Sukuma Wiki (V)Fresh Kale cooked with special Calabash sauce and lightly seasoned |
£ 5.00 | | |
Fried RiceBasmati rice fried with onions & mixed peppers, seasoned with special spices |
£ 5.00 | | |
Kachumbari(African salsa) tomato,onions, coriander and lemon juice (Side not offered with main meals) |
£ 4.00 | | |
ChapatiUnleavened home-made wheat flour flatbread (Side not offered with main meals) |
£ 5.00 | | |
Cassava ChipsDeep fried portions of Cassava |
£ 4.00 | | |
Calabash Hot Chilli |
£ 1.00 | |
Desserts
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cake of the day |
£ 4.00 | | |
Murzig Masaai/ Kalenjin desert |
£ 4.00 | | |
Sticky Toffee Puddingserved with Ice Cream |
£ 4.00 | | |
Plantain served with Custard |
£ 5.00 | | |
Mango Lassi |
£ 4.00 | |
Beers
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
(Nigerian) Guiness Foreign Extra Stout - 33cl7.5% ABV |
£ 3.50 | |
Soft Drinks
| Item | Price | Add | |
|---|---|---|---|
African Fanta - 500ml |
£ 3.50 | | |
Bitter Lemon Schwepps - 29cl |
£ 2.50 | | |
Malta Guinness - 33cl |
£ 2.50 | | |
Barbican (Pineapple) - 33cl |
£ 3.00 | | |
Coke |
£ 2.00 | | |
Diet Coke |
£ 2.00 | | |
Irnbru |
£ 2.00 | | |
Diet Irnbru |
£ 2.00 | | |
Redbull |
£ 3.00 | | |
Ginger Beer |
£ 2.00 | |
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Restaurant Details
The Calabash African Restaurant
57 Union Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G1 3RB