Kisa

Turkish / Middle Eastern-inspired sharing plates in Te Aro

Address: 195 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Phone: +6421449820
Hours: Monday to Tuesday: 4pm - late; Wednesday to Friday: 12pm - late; Saturday and Sunday: 11.30am - late

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Menu prices: 3.50–56 · ££ · Median main: 17 · 31/31 with a published price

Turkish / Middle Eastern-inspired sharing plates

Dips & Spreads

• Hummus — 12

  green zhug, black lime, crispy chickpea, parsley oil
• Lor cheese — 13

  porcini za’atar, local olive oil
• Date labneh — 13

  date jam, dried orange
• Taramasalata — 14

  smoked fish roe, black garlic, Aleppo, lemon
• Muhammara — 12

  roasted red pepper, walnut, pomegranate, nigella seed oil
• House Pita — 3.5

  each
• Sourdough flatbread — 8

  fermented chilli butter, sesame
• Gluten-free Yufka flatbread — 4

  each

Mezze

• Cured market fish — 29

  Ekşili lemon, burnt spring onion, fried caper
• Duck pastirma — 24

  house-cured, warm duck fat vinaigrette, frisee
• Mozzarella böreks — 15

  tomato butter, black olive, toum (3 pcs)
• Beetroot pancar salad — 21

  ginger dressing, walnut, labneh, mint
• Turşu pickle salad — 15

  frisee, walnut & pomegranate dressing, hazelnut dukkah
• Charcoal mushrooms — 26

  oyster & shiitake mushrooms, spring onion skordalia
• Nohutlu garlic pilaf — 13

  chickpea, pickled chilli, almond
• Fried Brussels sprouts — 22

  saffron rouille, spiced candied almond, lemon
• Crispy confit potato — 16

  leek toum, Aleppo salt
• Spiced wild goat mince lahmacun flatbread — 24

  candied pickled jalapeño, toum

Mezze (Larger)

• Charcoal Lamb Ribs — 30

  green almond toum, sumac honey, burnt eggplant
• Lamb Urfa kebab — 26

  marinated tomato, parsley yoghurt (2 pcs)
• Wild tahr Adana kebab — 26

  smoked tomato jam, confit garlic yoghurt, onion ash crumb (2 pcs)
• Flank steak Şiş kebab — 27

  paprika marinade, tabil butter, leek toum (2 pcs)
• “WithWild” Wapiti kebab — 31

  smoked labneh, tatlı tuzlu olives, gastrique, oregano (2 pcs)

Large

• Lamb shoulder — 56

  450g, doner spice, toum, mango amba, sourdough flat bread
• Beef short rib — 49

  350g, nohutlu pilaf, rose harissa, date labneh
• Market fish — 49

  preserved lemon broth, ummak huriyya carrot, macadamia
• Ta'ameya falafel — 31

  stewed lentil güveç, tomato çoban salad, pomegranate molasses

Desserts

• Turkish coffee Baba — 17

  orange blossom, date caramel, walnut, rose cardamom ice cream
• Lemon tart — 16

  sumac, whipped crème fraiche
• Chocolate Tahini Rocky Road — 17

  Turkish Delight, dried fruits, hazelnut tahini caramel
• Rosewater & almond milk muhallebi custard — 16

  Turkish apple tea, dried apple