African Restaurant in Glasgow Menu

 Specials

• Jumbo Tapas £50.00
  • 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 three.
• Isi Ewu £16.00
  • Slowly boiled goat head with a blend of African herbs & spices. No side.

 Soups

• Soup of the Day £3.00
  • Fresh soup served with warm crusty bread & butter.
• Ogbono Soup £10.45
  • West African soup. Served with pounded yam. A traditional Nigerian draw soup made with assorted meat, tripe, crayfish & salted to perfection.
• Pepper Soup £7.95
  • Very spicy soup made with assorted types of meats mostly tripe. Kidneys & goat meat seasoned with pepper & other spices. No side.
• Egusi Soup £10.45
  • West African soup. Served with pounded yam. Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat & crayfish. Highly nutritious & very satisfying.
• Peanut Soup £12.00
  • Served with rice or pounded yam. Traditional gambian soup made with meat, tomatoes & peanut with African spices.

 Starters

• Samosa £3.00
  • Deep fried thin, tri shaped pastry filled with seasoned lamb or seasonal vegetables, served with a slice of lemon.
• Chicken Wings £3.50
  • Flamed grilled marinated peri peri chicken wings, served with salad.
• Chicken Livers £4.00
  • Chicken livers pan fried with the calabash special sauce, served with bread.
• Cassava (Manioc) £4.00
  • Deep fried marinated cassava slices, served with a hot & sweet chilli sauce.
• Githeri Salad (V) £4.00
  • Mixed beans with sweetcorn & lettuce flavoured with African seasoning & olive oil.

 Main Dishes

• Mchuzi wa Kuku (Chicken Curry) £6.95
  • Simmered portions of chicken with mixed vegetables & a special East African blend of spices.
• Khima Curry £8.00
  • A Tanzanian style minced lamb curry with mixed vegetables with a blend of African spices.
• Lamb & Tomato Stew £8.00
  • Slowly stewed chunks of Lamb with sweet ripe tomatoes with a special Calabash blend of African Spices.
• Madodo (V) £6.00
  • African kidney beans stew with tomato, onions capsicum & mixed spices.
• Coconut Rice (Wali wa Nazi) (V) £7.95
  • Rice cooked in coconut milk, special blend of spices, mixed vegetables & chicken. No side.
• Vegetarian Special (V) £10.00
  • Spinach slathered in a peanut butter sauce & served with whole roast plantain.
• Katogo (Ugandan Dish) (V) £8.00
  • Green bananas stewed with lamb, tomato, onions & mixed spices. No side.
• "The Mama Special" Muriyo wa Nyama £8.00
  • Served with sadza. Succulent portions of lamb cooked with a mixture of spinach & sukuma wiki served with ugali just like mama makes.

 Wraps

• African Wrap £6.50
  • A choice of chicken, lamb or vegetable chapatti wraps with chips & salad. No side.

 Burgers

• The Calabash Burger £5.95
  • Calabash homemade chargrilled beef burger, served with chips & salad.

 Grills

• Mshikaki (Bruschetta) Skewers £9.00
  • Flame grilled spiced Lamb, onions & mixed peppers skewers.
• Vegetarian Choma (V) £8.00
  • Vegetables in season marinated with mixed spices & lightly roasted over charcoal.
• Half Nyama Choma (Roast Meat) £9.00
  • 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.
• Full Nyama Choma (Roast Meat) £16.00
  • 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.
• Half Kuku Choma (Roast Chicken) £8.00
  • Flame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri or reggae-reggae sauce served with salad.
• Full Kuku Choma (Roast Chicken) £14.50
  • Flame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri or reggae-reggae sauce served with salad.
• The Calabash Mixed Grill £13.50
  • Portions of mshikaki, chicken wings, nyama choma, mixed peppers & side salad.
• Samaki Choma £9.50
  • Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried tilapia fish served on a bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon.
• Ntaba £10.00
• Boerewors (Mutura) £10.00
• Jerk Chicken £9.00

 Rice

• Jollof Rice (V) £8.00
  • Boiled rice in a tomato sauce & mixed peppers curry, served with chicken stew or pan fried spinach. No side.
• Rice £3.00
  • Plain boiled basmati rice.

 Side Dishes

• Green Banana £4.00
  • Deep fried slices of African green banana.
• Plantain £4.00
  • Deep fried African semi-ripe bananas (Yellow plantain).
• Ugali £3.00
  • Sadza, nashima, fufu corn. Maize meal flour made into a soft mash.
• Mukimo £3.00
  • Traditional kenyan mash of potatoes, green peas, corn & greens sautéed with onions.
• Pounded Yam (Gari) £3.00
  • Yam flour cooked into a soft mash.
• Spinach £3.00
  • Leafy greens sautéed with tomato, red onions & mixed spices.
• Chips £3.00
  • Deep fried normal or sweet potato chips.
• Kachumbari (African Salsa) £3.00
  • Tomato, onions, coriander & lemon juice.
• Chapatti £4.00
  • Unleavened home-made wheat flour flatbread.
• Cassava Chips £4.00
  • Deep fried portions of cassava.
• Kwanga (Manioc) £3.50
  • Fermented cassava flour mash.
• Sukuma Wiki £4.00
  • Fresh kale cooked with special calabash sauce & lightly seasoned.

 Desserts

• Cake of The Day £3.00
• Sticky Toffee Pudding £3.00
  • Served with ice cream.
• Plantain with Custard £3.50
• Plantain with Ice Cream £3.50
• Fruit Smoothie £3.50
• Fruit Salad £3.50
• Ice Cream £2.50
  • 3 scoops.

 Drinks

• Coca-Cola £1.50
• Diet Coca-Cola £1.50
• Fanta Orange (African) £2.00
• Irn Bru £1.50
• Lemonade £2.00
• Red Bull £2.50
• Ginger Beer £2.00
• Bitter Lemon (African) £2.00
• J20 £2.00
• Afrimalt (Non-Alcoholic) £2.50
• Malta Guinness (Non-Alcoholic) £2.00
• Fresh Fruit Juice £2.00

57 Union St, Glasgow G1 3RB, UK

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