Menu — Calabash African Bar and Restaurant
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Starters


All our tasty meals are Halal and suitable for everyone.
Items with "V" by their sides are suitable for vegetarians.
 

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Starters


All our tasty meals are Halal and suitable for everyone.
Items with "V" by their sides are suitable for vegetarians.
 

  • CHICKEN WINGS
    Flamed grilled marinated peri peri chicken wings, served with salad.
    £3.50

  • SOUP OF THE DAY.
    Fresh Soup Served with warm bread and butter.
    £3.50

  • STARTERS PLATTER

    Chicken wings, samosa, served with warm bread, kachumbari (African Salsa) & Salad

    £12.00

  • GITHERI SALAD (V)
    Mixed beans with sweetcorn & lettuce flavoured with African seasoning & olive oil.
    £4.00
     

  • SAMOSA (V)
    Deep fried thin, tri-shaped pastry filled with seasoned lamb OR seasonal vegetables, served with a slice of lemon.
    £3.00

  • CHICKEN LIVERS
    Chicken livers pan fried with The Calabash Special sauce, served with bread.
    £4.00

  • CASSAVA (MANIOC)
    Deep fried  Cassava slices, served with a hot & sweet chilli sauce.
    £4.00

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Main Meal


Main Meal


  • MCHUZI WA KUKU (CHICKEN CURRY)
    Simmered portions of chicken with mixed vegetables & a special East African blend of spices
    £6.95

  • KHIMA CURRY
    A Tanzanian style minced lamb curry with mixed vegetables with a blend of African spices.
    £8.00

  • LAMB CURRY

    Marinated Lamb cooked with curry powder and a blend of African seasoning.

    £9.50

  • LAMB & TOMATO STEW
    Slowly stewed chunks of Lamb with sweet ripe tomatoes with a special Calabash blend of African Spices.
    £9.00

  • MADODO (V)
    African Kidney Beans stew with tomato, onions capsicum & mixed spices.
    £6.95

  • JOLLOF RICE AND CHICKEN
    Boiled Rice in a tomato sauce and mixed peppers curry, served with fried chicken or pan fried spinach. No sides.
    £9.00

  • PEANUT SOUP
    Traditional Gambian soup made with meat, tomatoes, peanuts and African spices.**
    £12.00

  • CARIBBEAN GOAT CURRY

    Marinated flavors of curry powder, chopped onion, escallion, garlic, ginger, thyme, and scotch bonnet slowly cooked with chunks of goat meat and potatoes.

    £11.99

** May contain traces on nuts

  • VEGETARIAN SPECIAL (V)
    Spinach slathered in a peanut butter sauce & served with whole roast plantain.**
    £10.00

  • KATOGO (UGANDAN DISH) (V)
    Green bananas stewed with lamb, tomato, onions & mixed spices. No side.
    £9.00

  • 'THE MAMA SPECIAL' MURIYO WA NYAMA
    Served with Sadza. Succulent lamb cooked with a mixture of spinach & sukuma wiki served with ugali just like Mama makes.
    £8.00

  • PEPPER SOUP - No side
    Very spicy soup made with assorted types of meats mostly tripe. Kidneys and Goat meat seasoned with pepper and other spices.
    £7.95

  • FISH PEPPER SOUP - No sides

    Very spicy soup made with fish and seasoned with pepper and African spices.

    £10.00

  • COCONUT RICE (WALI WA NAZI) (V)

    Rice cooked in coconut milk, special blend of spices, mixed vegetables & chicken.

    £ 7.95

  • ISI EWU (Goat/lamb head) - No Side.
    Slowly boiled Goat head with a blend of African herbs and spices. 
    £ 16.00

  • EGUSI SOUP (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.
    £10.45

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Grills


Flame grilled to perfection.
(Kachumbari -African salsa; served on request)

Grills


Flame grilled to perfection.
(Kachumbari -African salsa; served on request)

  • MSHIKAKI (BRUCHETTE) SKEWERS CHIPS
    Flame grilled spiced Lamb, onions & mixed peppers skewers, served with deep fried East African green bananas OR chips.
    £10.00

  • VEGETARIAN CHOMA (V)
    Vegetables in season marinated with mixed spices & lightly roasted over charcoal.
    £10.00

  • 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. Served with a side.

    FULL - £17.00 / HALF - £10.00

  • KUKU CHOMA (ROAST CHICKEN) PERI PERI SAUCE
    Flame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri OR reggae-reggae sauce served with salad.
    FULL - £16.00 / HALF - £10.00

  • THE CALABASH MIXED GRILL
    Portions of mshikaki, chicken wings, nyama choma, mixed peppers & side salad.
    £13.50

  • CALABASH BURGER SERVED WITH CHIPS

    1/4 pound burger made with marinated mince.

    £6.50

  • SAMAKI CHOMA LARGE
    Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon.
    LARGE - £16.00 / MEDIUM - £13.50 / SMALL - £9.50

  • NTABA
    Goat (Mature Mutton Meat)
    Steam boiled Goat meat, pan fried with white onions & seasonal spices. No side.
    £10.00

  • BOEREWORS (MUTURA)
    Flame-grilled African Sausage served with the special Calabash sauce & salad. No side.
    £12.00

  • JERK CHICKEN
    Quarter chicken portion lovingly marinated in jerk spices & grilled to perfection served with Caribbean rice & peas.
    £9.00

  • CALABASH WRAP (LAMB/CHICKEN) SERVED WITH CHIPS

    Meat pieces cooked with mixed peppers & calabash spices

    £6.95

  • CALABASH VEGETARIAN BURGER SERVED WITH CHIPS

    Vegetarian burger.

    £6.50

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Rice and Specials


Rice and Specials


Specials

  • JUMBO TAPAS
    A delicious taste of African cuisine containing a portion of ugali, mukimo, plantain, coconut rice, nyama choma, kuku choma, khiama curry, boerewors all superbly flavoured local delicacies with kachumbari (African salsa) & BBQ dip.
    Sharer enough for Four.
    £50

  • ISI EWU LAMB HEAD
    Slowly boiled Lamb head with a blend of African herbs & spices. No sides.
    £16

Rice

  • COCONUT RICE (WALI WA NAZI) (V)
    Rice cooked in coconut milk, special blend of spices, mixed vegetables & chicken.
    £7.95

  • JOLLOF RICE CHICKEN
    Boiled Rice in a tomato sauce & mixed peppers curry, served with fried chicken or pan fried spinach. No sides.
    £8.00

  • FRIED RICE
    Fried basmati rice with peas and sweet corn.
    £4.00

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Sides


All sides are £3.00 unless stated otherwise.

Sides


All sides are £3.00 unless stated otherwise.

  • RICE

    Plain boiled basmati rice (Fried option available on request).

    £3.00

  • UGALI

    Maize meal flour made into a soft mash.

    £3.00

  • MUKIMO

    Traditional Kenyan mash of potatoes, green peas, corn and greens sautéed with onions.

    £3.00

  • POUNDED YAM/ GARI

    Yam flour cooked into a soft mash.

    £3.00

  • KWANGA (MANIOC)

    fermented Cassava flour mash

    £4.00

  • SWEET POTATO CHIPS

    Healthy by nature

    £4.00

  • BANKU / KENKEY

    Ghanaian dish cooked with fermented corn and cassava dough

    £4.00

  • SPINACH

    Leafy greens sautéed with tomato, red onions and mixed spices. -£3.00

  • CHIPS

    Deep fried normal or sweet potato chips.

    £3.00

  • GREEN BANANAS

    Deep fried slices of African green bananas.

    £4.00

  • PLANTAIN

  • Deep fried African semi-ripe bananas (Yellow plantain).

    £4.00

  • SUKUMA WIKI

    Fresh Kale cooked with special Calabash sauce and lightly seasoned.

    £4.00

  • CHAPATI

    Unleavened home-made wheat flour flatbread.

    £4.00

  • CASSAVA CHIPS

    Deep fried portions of Cassava.

    £4.00

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Ethiopian & Eritrean Dishes


Ethiopian & Eritrean Dishes


  • SHIRO

    Mild split peas sauce prepared with African seasoning with ginger and garlic served with Injera and salad

    £7.99

  • DORO WOT

    Marinated dish, chicken stew in spicy red pepper and boiled egg served with salad and Injera

    £8.99

  • SPECIAL TIBIS

    Sizzling lamb cubes, toasted in a blend of house spices, onions and mixed peppers served with salad and Injera

    £10.99

  • BEYAYENETU

A selection of different vegetarian dishes served with Injera

£12.99

CHIKINA AWAZE TIBIS

Lamb cubes sauteed with onion, tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno butter and awaze served with salad and Injera

£10.99

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Desserts


Desserts


  • Fruit Salad or Fruit Smoothie

    £4.00

  • Ice Cream (3 scoops)

    £4.00

  • Amarula Delight

    £4.00

  • Mango Lassi

    £4.00

  • Cake of the day

    £4.00

  • Murzik Masaai/Kalenjin desert

    £4.00

  • Sticky Toffee Pudding served with Ice Cream

    £4.00

  • Plantain served with Custard of Ice Cream

    £4.00