Sudanese food, made by hand.
The food we grew up eating, cooked the way our families taught us: by hand, in small batches, in our Cape Town kitchen.
In Arabic, zād is the food you pack for a journey.
- We deliver to
- Cape Town, Boston and Bellville
- Order ahead
- By 6pm for next-day delivery, Tuesday to Saturday
- Pay by
- Card, SnapScan, EFT or cash
Most popular
The ones people come back for.
Shawarma Meal
Shawarma, chips, a house sauce and a drink
Falafel
Crisp outside, soft and herby inside
Shawarma
Beef or chicken, with salad, pickles and sauce
Aqashi
Beef or chicken in a spiced peanut crust
Contains peanuts
Eish Heat chilli sauce
Our own chilli sauce, in three heats
Contains peanuts
Classic tea biscuits
R120 / 1 kg
Light, crisp and buttery with a delicate vanilla aroma
Menu
Add what you'd like, then send your whole order on WhatsApp in one message.
Meals & combos
Shawarma Meal
Beef or chicken shawarma with regular chips, a house sauce and a drink.
Aqashi Plate
Beef or chicken aqashi with flatbread, onion and lemon, plus regular chips and a drink.
Contains peanuts
Falafel Meal
Six falafel with regular chips, a house sauce and a drink.
Family Box
Serves 4: four shawarma, 12 falafel, four regular chips, all three house sauces and chilli, and hibiscus juice for the table.
Chilli contains peanuts
Taste of Zad
A sampler for two: falafel, aqashi, a shawarma cut in half, regular chips, and all our sauces. Good for a first order.
Contains peanuts
Mains
Falafel
Crisp outside, soft and green with herbs inside. Shaped by hand and fried fresh.
Shawarma
Beef or chicken, toasted in a wrap with fresh salad, pickles and our house sauces. Wrapped, tied and ready to take away.
Aqashi
A Sudanese favourite: beef or chicken coated in a spiced peanut crust, cooked in the oven or over charcoal. Served with flatbread, onion, lemon and our house sauce.
Contains peanuts
Sides
Chips
A regular portion of chips. Good with any of our sauces.
Falafel at home
Ready-to-make falafel
Our falafel dough, mixed and ready to shape and fry at home. Fresh falafel in minutes.
Frozen falafel
Shaped by hand and frozen. Fry straight from the freezer for falafel any day of the week.
Falafel Night Kit
Everything for falafel night: ready-to-make or frozen falafel, plus our house sauces and chilli.
Chilli contains peanuts
Sauces
Eish Heat chilli sauce
Eish Heat is our own chilli sauce, made with roasted peanuts and green chilli. Creamy, fiery and good on almost everything. Choose Medium, Hot or Extra Hot.
Contains peanuts
House sauces
Garlic sauce, sesame sauce and our creamy white sauce, made fresh. Good with shawarma, falafel and chips.
Sweets
Classic tea biscuits
R120 / 1 kgLight, crisp and buttery with a delicate vanilla aroma. Baked the traditional way and made for dunking in tea.
Aniseed crunch
R150 / 1 kgCrunchy, sweet and flavoured with aromatic anise.
Baklava
From R160Layers of phyllo pastry filled with a generous blend of roasted peanuts and pecans, finished with a light, fragrant syrup. 1 kg is about 50 pieces.
Contains peanuts and pecans
Golden delights
From R160Delicate semolina pastries enriched with ghee and coconut, finished with a light, fragrant syrup.
Contains coconut
Cream and pistachio puffs
R280 / 1 kgPuff pastry stuffed with cream and pistachio, finished with condensed milk.
Contains pistachio
Tea Time Box
R135Half a kilo each of classic tea biscuits and aniseed crunch, packed together. A good gift.
Sweet Platter (Eid Box)
R2931 kg of baklava, golden delights and cream and pistachio puffs, mixed in equal parts in our Zad gift box. For Eid, guests and gifts.
Contains peanuts, pecans, pistachio and coconut
Drinks
Hibiscus juice
Karkadeh, the deep red hibiscus drink served across Sudan. Tart, lightly sweet and best poured ice cold.
Hibiscus juice with ginger
Our Sudanese karkadeh with fresh ginger for a warm, spicy kick. Best poured ice cold.
Hibiscus juice with mint
Our Sudanese karkadeh with fresh mint for a cool, fresh finish. Best poured ice cold.
Hibiscus juice with pineapple (limited edition)
Limited edition. Our Sudanese karkadeh with pineapple, tart and fruity. Here for a short time while we test it, so tell us what you think.
Millet with milk
Millet blended with cold milk into a smooth, filling drink. Choose your mix: dates, ginger or coffee.
Cold drink
A chilled can of cold drink. Tell us your flavour in the notes.
Shots
Karkadeh shot: ginger and lemon
Our Sudanese karkadeh with fresh ginger and lemon in a small 100 ml shot. Tart, warming and best taken cold. Sold in packs of 6 or 12.
Karkadeh shot: cinnamon and clove
Our Sudanese karkadeh spiced with cinnamon and clove. A small 100 ml shot, best taken cold. Sold in packs of 6 or 12.
Karkadeh shot: baobab
Our Sudanese karkadeh with baobab fruit for a tangy, fruity finish. A small 100 ml shot, best taken cold. Sold in packs of 6 or 12.
How ordering works
- 1
Choose your food
Add items from the menu, and pick beef or chicken or a size where there's a choice.
- 2
Pick a day and pay
Choose a delivery or collection day and time, pay by card, SnapScan, EFT or cash, and send your order on WhatsApp.
- 3
We confirm and deliver
We reply to confirm your order, then deliver or have it ready to collect.
Platters for gatherings and events
From a family lunch to a wedding table, we put together platters of falafel, shawarma, sweets and sides to suit your numbers.
- Family gatheringsSharing platters
- Events and celebrationsWeddings, Eid, birthdays
- Office and group cateringMade to your headcount
Ready to order?
Tell us what you'd like and when. We'll confirm availability and collection or delivery.
- Where
- Cape Town, Boston, Bellville
- Pay by
- Card, SnapScan, EFT, Cash
- +27 60 478 6543
- [email protected]
- Follow
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