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Lamb souvlaki with chips and fried onions at Little Savanna

Little Savanna brings South African technique and flavour into a Palmerston North restaurant built around New Zealand produce. The Princess Street venue includes a lively dining room, a bar and an al fresco courtyard, allowing the same kitchen to suit a full dinner, drinks or a more relaxed outdoor meal. That cultural meeting is clearest in the food: local beef and seafood appear beside biltong, peri-peri, Cape Malay chutney, chakalaka and Amarula rather than being confined to a single themed section.

Steak is treated as a centrepiece. New Zealand beef is coated in the restaurant's South African basting before grilling, with cuts ranging from eye fillet and sirloin to large scotch and bone-in rib eye. Sauces and butters include Madagascan green peppercorn, béarnaise, chimichurri, red wine jus and Café de Paris. The espetada makes an even more distinctive presentation, using skewered sirloin or peri-peri chicken with garlic and herb butter, carrot purée, seasonal greens and balsamic tomato.

The rest of the menu expands the experience beyond the grill. Sliced beef biltong and several flatbreads work as small openings, followed by seafood chowder, prawns in white wine and garlic, or calamari with Cape Malay chilli chutney. Flame-grilled pork ribs carry a smoky barbecue basting, while a peri-peri chicken sandwich and lamb souvlaki keep lunch or dinner casual. Traditional bunny chow, filled with curried braised mutton and served with tzatziki and fruit chutney, provides one of the clearest South African reference points.

Dessert keeps that identity visible. Malva pudding is served with Amarula crème anglaise, and a deconstructed Peppermint Crisp Tart layers coconut biscuit crumb, caramel cream and peppermint mousse. Diners wanting something less specifically South African can choose crème brûlée, warm chocolate brownie, affogato or a New Zealand cheese board. A lemon and strawberry cake with berry compote and coconut yoghurt also gives the menu a vegan and gluten-free finish, rounding out a restaurant otherwise celebrated for its flame cooking.

Address: 45–47 Princess Street, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand

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Little Savanna Menu

Feast – To Start

Garlic and herb rubbed flat bread
$12.50

GF* V

Pork belly flat bread with Jack Daniels BBQ sauce
$14.50

DF GF*

Blue cheese, honey and walnut flat bread
$14.50

GF* V

Tomato, basil pesto and mozzarella flat bread
$14.50

GF* V

Lamb shoulder, roast capsicum and sundried tomato sauce flatbread, topped with feta
$14.50

GF* DF*

House marinated olives
$14.50

GF DF V VE

Artisan baked focaccia bread with butter and olive oil
$14.50

V DF*

Sliced beef biltong
$15

GF DF

Feast – Entrées

Seafood Chowder
$32

a melody of seafood, including fresh fish, served with grilled bread GF*

Prawn cutlets
$24

in a creamy white wine, garlic and lemon sauce. Served with rice GF

Fried calamari
$22

tossed with spring onion, served with Cape Malay chilli chutney DF*

Chicken Livers
$24

pan fried in our house made peri-peri sauce, served with grilled bread DF* GF*

Panko crumbed goats cheese balls
$20

runny honey, pistachio and balsamic onions (x4) V

300g Baby back pork ribs
$22

GF DF

BBQ Chicken wings
$22

with blue cheese mayonnaise DF*

Boerewors Sliders
$24

(x4) GF*

Hot smoked salmon
$24 / With Extra Salmon $32

with lime and paprika, tzatziki, sourdough crostini and crispy capers DF* GF*

Feast – Salads

Roasted Warm Kūmara Salad
$32 / With Chicken or Lamb $38

Red & orange kūmara, baby spinach, spring onions, cranberries, apples, dried capers, feta with a zesty citrus dressing GF DF* V VE*

Mediterranean Salad
$32 / With Chicken or Lamb $38

Mixed mesclun, olives, feta, red capsicum, cucumber, red onion and sundried tomato with a minted yoghurt dressing GF DF* V VE*

Blue Cheese, Pear & Walnut Salad
$32 / With Chicken or Lamb $38

Mixed mesclun, pears, spring onions, blue cheese and candied walnuts with a balsamic dressing GF* DF* V VE*

Feast – The Grill

ALL OUR DISHES FROM THE GRILL ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH TOBACCO ONIONS AND A CHOICE OF CHIPS OR GARLIC AND HERB POTATOES

Eye Fillet
$65

250g

Scotch
$62

300g

Scotch
$89

500g

Sirloin
$62

300g

T-Bone
$82

500g

Bone Rib Eye
$86

500g

Feast – Combos

300g Scotch and 120g peri-peri chicken thigh
$82

served with Savanna slaw DF GF*

300g Scotch and calamari
$82

served with Savanna slaw and Cape Malay chilli chutney DF GF*

300g Scotch and 300g free farmed baby back pork ribs
$82

flame grilled with our smokey BBQ basting, served with Savanna slaw DF GF*

Feast – Espetada

PORTUGUESE STYLE OF SKEWERED MEAT. Served with garlic and herb butter, carrot purée, seasonal greens and balsamic tomato

250g Beef Steak
$58

with our secret steak basting GF* DF*

300g Chicken thigh fillet
$58

with peri-peri GF* DF*

Feast – Pork Ribs

Free farmed baby back pork ribs
$54

flame grilled with our smokey BBQ basting, served with Savanna slaw DF GF*

Feast – Burger

SERVED WITH CHIPS AND TOBACCO ONIONS

100% Pure beef burger
$38

200g hand crafted patty, chargrilled, cooked pink or all the way, served on a grilled bun with chips, tobacco onions and garnish GF* DF*

Feast – Mains

Meat Platter
$148

300g Baby Back Pork Ribs, BBQ Chicken Wings with blue cheese mayo, 500g Beef Short Ribs, 300g Sirloin with Argentinian chimichurri GF* DF*

Lamb served medium with pea purée, dauphinoise potato, honey glazed baby carrots, baby beets and red wine jus
$65

With herb marinated rack of lamb GF

Lamb served medium with pea purée, dauphinoise potato, honey glazed baby carrots, baby beets and red wine jus
$56

With lamb rump marinated in chimichurri GF

Free-range pork belly
$51

with crackling, pumpkin and potato mash, smoked bacon and cabbage with an orange and mustard cream and red wine jus GF

Slow-braised beef short rib
$57

marinated in a biltong spiced rub, served with pumpkin and potato mash, seasonal greens and monkey gland sauce GF

Moroccan, kūmara, chickpea and lentil stew
$39 / With Chicken, Lamb or Fish $49

flavoured with sweet and savory spices, served with rice V VE GF DF

Fish Of The Day
$48

Please inquire what our chefs have created with todays catch (available after 5pm)

Pasta Of The Day
$43

please inquire with our staff to see what our chefs have created today

Seafood Chowder
$45

a melody of seafood, including fresh fish, served with grilled bread GF*

Fish and Chips
$39

Beer battered, served with chips, tartare sauce and Savanna slaw GF* DF*

Peri-Peri Chicken Sandwich
$38

flame grilled chicken thighs, basted in our peri-peri sauce, on a grilled bun with lettuce, red onion, aioli. Served with chips and tobacco onions GF* DF*

Lamb Souvlaki
$47

a Greek dish consisting of slow cooked lamb shoulder with hummus, tzatziki, tomato, red onion, cucumber and capsicum on a pita bread. Served with chips and tobacco onions

Traditional Bunny Chow
$37

curried braised mutton served in crusty bread with tzatziki and fruit chutney GF* DF*

Feast – Side Dishes

Mac ‘n’ cheese
$16

V

Sweet potato chips
$14

DF V

Chips
$16

DF V

Garlic and herb gourmet potatoes
$16

DF GF V VE

Savanna Slaw
$16

GF* DF V VE

Seasonal vegetables
$16

GF DF* V VE*

Small Portions

Pasta of the day
$26

please check with our staff to see what the chefs have created today

Fried calamari
$27

tossed with spring onion, served with chips, Savanna slaw, Cape Malay chutney DF

Fish and Chips
$30

beer battered and served with chips, tartare sauce and Savanna slaw DF GF*

Seafood chowder
$32

a melody of seafood, including fresh fish, served with grilled bread GF*

300g Free farmed baby back pork ribs
$32

flame grilled with our smokey BBQ basting, served with tobacco onions, Savanna slaw and choice of chips or garlic and herb potatoes DF GF*

Free range chicken
$32

flame grilled and basted in our peri-peri sauce served with tobacco onions, carrot purée, seasonal greens, balsamic tomato and a choice of chips or garlic and herb potatoes DF* GF*

200g Sirloin steak
$44

served with tobacco onions, carrot purée, seasonal greens, balsamic tomato and a choice of chips or garlic and herb potatoes plus a sauce from our standard selection DF* GF*

Beef Burger
$24

chargrilled, served on a grilled bun with garnish, chips and tobacco onions DF* GF*

Crave – Desserts

Vanilla crème brûlée
$21

served with biscotti and raspberry coulis GF*

House made chocolate brownie
$21

served warm with raspberry coulis, cream or vanilla bean ice-cream GF

Apple and white chocolate cigar
$21

served with salted caramel sauce, biscuit crumbs and vanilla bean ice-cream

Malva pudding
$21

with Amarula crème anglaise and vanilla bean ice-cream

Dom Pedro
$21

your choice of whiskey, Amarula, Kahlúa or Frangelico, blended with vanilla bean ice-cream GF

Affogato
$16
Affogato with liqueur
$21
Lemon and strawberry cake
$21

with berry compote and smooth coconut yoghurt GF DF V VE

Nutty Chocolate Sundae
$21

Vanilla bean ice cream, mixed candied nuts, chocolate sauce GF*

Deconstructed Peppermint Crisp Tart
$21

A classic South African favourite with layers of coconut biscuit crumb, caramel cream and peppermint mousse, finished with peppermint crisp shards

Cheese board
$30

made from a selection of NZ cheese’s with a whole lot of deliciousnesss GF

Crave – After Dinner Cocktails

Cappuccino-tini
$22
Lemon Meringue
$28
Espressotini – Classic
$24
Espressotini – Flavoured
$24

Choose from: Almond, Butterscotch, Cherry, Chocolate, Coconut, Hazelnut, Orange, Raspberry, Spiced

Crave – Hot Beverages

Short Black / Long Black
$6
Americano
$6.50
Macchiato / Long Macchiato
$6.50
Vienna
$6.50
Flat White, Latte, Cappuccino, Mochaccino
Small $6.50 / Med $7 / Mug $8
Hot Chocolate, Chai Latte
Small $6.50 / Med $7 / Mug $8
Tea
$5.50

English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Green, Peppermint, Rooibos

Irish / Liqueur Coffee
$17

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