Saffron Spice Indian Cuisine Menu

Saffron Spice Indian Cuisine gives Hornby diners a broad menu that works for a table in the restaurant as well as pickup or delivery. Lunch and dinner service share the same emphasis on choice, moving from tandoor cooking and regional curries to South Indian and Indo-Chinese sections. That breadth is useful for a group because the meal need not follow a single starter, curry and rice formula.

The opening section is especially strong on charred and boldly seasoned plates. Amritsari fish brings a crisp, spiced alternative to meat, while lamb chops, chicken tikka and tandoori prawns draw directly on the heat of the tandoor. Chicken 65 offers a sharper fried option, and paneer starters and samosas make it easy to assemble a mixed sharing round before the mains arrive.

Curries still form the centre of the menu, with chicken, lamb and seafood prepared across creamy, tomato-led and spice-forward styles. Butter chicken and chicken tikka masala sit alongside lamb, seafood and saag dishes, while daal, paneer and vegetable curries give meat-free diners a substantial selection of their own. Biryani and a varied bread list complete those combinations without forcing every diner toward the same base.

Other parts of India and the wider subcontinent's restaurant traditions appear through crisp dosas with fillings such as chicken, lamb, prawn, onion or paneer. Indo-Chinese noodles, fried rice and jalfrezi-style dishes introduce wok cooking and a different kind of heat. Lassi can temper the spice along the way, and mango kulfi provides a cool, compact finish to a menu designed for exploration.

Address: 413 Main South Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand

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