Cinnamon's Sri Lankan Cuisine
530 Little Collins St. Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Fitzroy North
Ala carte
Entree
Mini Chicken Pan Rolls (4 pcs)
Thin crepes stuffed with meat & vegetables, crumbed and deep fried
$9.50
Mini Vegetarian or Lamb Samosas (3pcs)
Deep fried pastry shell stuffed with a mild vegetable or lamb curry
$8.50
Fish Cutlets (rissoles – 5pcs)
Mini Savoury Cakes crumbed and deep fried
$7.50
Beef Patties (4 pcs)
A deep fried pastry stuffed with a spicy beef and vegetable filling
$9.50
Savoury Platter (8 pcs)
A fusion of mini savouries to share
$16.50
Spiced Lamb Cutlets (2 pcs)
Served with a Roti Bread and Caramelised Onion
$16.50
Cajun Chicken Salad with a Sri Lankan Twist
Spicy chicken strips topped with Cajun mayo served on a bed of salad
$14.50
Grilled Prawns with Chilli Jam
Light salad topped with grilled king prawns served with lemon and caramelised onion
$14.50
Egg & Spinach Roti Wrap (2 pcs)
Two Egg Rotis’ served with a curry sauce (spicy or mild) and a tomato salsa
$10.50
Set Main Meals
Traditional Sri Lankan Rice & Curry Meal
A selection of seasonal authentic vegetable curries served with your choice of meat or fish curry, accompanied by rice, coconut sambol, pineapple chutney and pappadam. (Vegetarians – a serving of four vegetable curries)
$17.50
Paratha Meal
One egg Roti and two plain Roti breads served with seasonal authentic vegetable curries and your choice of meat or fish curry, accompanied by an onion & cucumber Raita. (Vegetarians – a serving of four vegetable curries)
$18.50
Chicken or Lamb Biryani Meal
Rice cooked with tender meat and aromatic spices of Sri Lanka. Served with a meat curry of your choice, eggplant moju, fried egg, and Raita (yoghurt & Cucumber salad)
$20.50
Kottu Roti Meal
Roti bread cut up and sautéed with eggs, vegetables and a meat curry of your choice, served with a curry sauce, lentil curry and a green salad.
$20.50
Stringhopper Biryani Meal
Stringhoppers (steamed rice noodles stir-fried with eggs and vegetables) served with a meat curry of your choice, lentil curry and a green salad.
$20.50
Stringhopper Meal
8 Stringhopper spirals served with a meat or fish curry of your choice, lentil curry and spicy potato. Accompanied by a red coconut sambol; Choice of: Meat or Fish Curries: Lamb, Beef, Goat, Pork, Chicken or Fish Curry (spicy or mild) / Vegetable Curries: Eggplant, Lentil, Spicy Potato, pumpkin, cashew etc. Seasonal thus
$18.50
Grilled Spanish Mackerel Meal
Spanish Mackerel marinated with fresh coriander, lime and a mild green chilli paste and grilled to perfection, served with Saffron Rice, smoky eggplant curry and a green salad
$22.50
Prawn Curry Meal
Your choice of mild or spicy prawn curry served with Saffron rice and a sweet pumpkin curry cooked with mustard and roasted coconut. Accompanied by a green salad and pappadam
$32.50
Sizzling Tandoori Platter
A platter of tandoori chicken fillets and lamb cutlets served on a sizzling plate, accompanied by a bowl of saffron rice or potato chips and a green salad
$29.50
Devilled Version of Special Fried Rice
Special Fried Rice served with a devilled meat or fish of your choice (pork, chicken, beef or fish – spicy or mild)
$19.50
Where East Meets West
Rib Eye Steak – 250gms
Tender loin rib eye steak cooked to your liking, served with a mushroom and pepper sauce, chips and salad
$22.50
Crispy Skin Grilled Salmon with Smokey Eggplant Curry
Served with Rice and Green Salad
$22.50
Fisherman’s Basket
Consisting of Grilled Salmon, deep fried battered Prawns, Calamari and Octopus Serve with Chips and Salad
$32.50
Mix Grill Platter with a Sri Lankan Touch of Spice (to share)
A fusion of East/West Mix Grill Platter comprising of Rib Eye Steak, Lamb Cutlets, Cajun Chicken, Gourmet Sausages, Grilled Salmon Steak, Deep Fried King Prawns and Fried Eggs served with a generous serving of Salad, Chips and Two Roti Breads to share; Minimum 30min wait
$95.00
Sizzling Platter of Szechuan Prawns
Served with Steamed Rice and Coriander Salsa
$32.50
Chilli Chicken, Beef or Pork
A spicy chilli Stir Fry served with steamed rice and an Asian infused green salad
$17.50
Cinnamon’s Authentic Curries
Chicken Curry (spicy or mild)
Poultry; Chicken cooked with a rich combination of Sri Lankan spices and coconut cream (Mild chicken: Boneless, Spicy Chicken: on the Bone)
$18.50
Devilled Chicken
Poultry; A Sri Lankan favourite, twice cooked chicken sautéed with hot chilli peppers, leeks, shallots and a rich tomato sauce
$18.50
Tando ori Chicken Fillets
Poultry; Indian influenced with a Sri Lankan touch of spice. Tender chicken fillets served on a sizzling plate
$19.50
Duck Curry (medium hot)
Poultry; You have tasted the rest, now taste the best Sri Lanka has to offer
$24.50
Chilli Chicken with Lemongrass and Coriander
Poultry; Asian Touch; An Asian influenced chicken stir fry with dry red chilli
$18.50
Lamb Curry (spicy or mild)
Meat; Chunks of lamb fully infused with a perfect blend of flavourful exotic spices and coconut milk
$19.50
Beef Curry (medium hot)
Meat; Beef cooked to perfection in a medium hot rich curry sauce
$19.50
Fiery Pork Curry (spicy)
Meat; Pork tempered in Sri Lankan dark spices and simmered gently with coconut milk
$19.50
Goat Curry (medium hot)
Meat; Tender pieces of goat on the bone cooked to perfection using a blend of home-made Sri Lankan spices
$19.50
Devilled Beef or Pork – (spicy or mild)
Meat; Meat sautéed with shallots, tomatoes and capsicums in a sweet & spicy sauce
$19.50
Peppered Pork & Potato Stir Fry (medium hot)
Meat; Pork slow cooked to perfection with potatoes and stir fried with red and green chilli peppers
$19.50
Chilli Beef or Pork
Meat; Asian influenced beef/pork stir fry with dry red chilli
$19.50
Mild or Chilli Fish Curry
Seafood; Fish cooked in a thick coconut cream sauce or a chilli sauce
$18.50
Fish Ambul Thiyal (spicy)
Seafood; Tuna Fish slow cooked with peppery dark spices and a sour curry paste
$18.50
Devilled Fish (spicy or mild)
Seafood; Spanish Mackerel Fish sautéed with shallots, tomatoes and capsicums in a sweet & spicy sauce
$19.50
Prawn Curry (spicy or mild)
Seafood; Prawns cooked in a thick coconut cream and fresh coriander
$28.50
Devilled Prawns (spicy or mild)
Seafood; King Prawns sautéed with hot chilli peppers, shallots and a rich tomato sauce
$28.50
Sizzling Platter of Szechuan style stir fried Prawns infused with Lemongrass and Chilli
Seafood
$28.50
Crab Curry
Seafood; Blue Swimmer / Mud Crabs; Spicy or mild – market price, subject to availability; Mud or Blue swimmer crabs cooked with aromatic Sri Lankan spices
$26.5 / Market Price
Salty Dry Fish
Seafood; Stir-fried or Curried (spicy); A Sri Lankan favourite, considered a poor man’s diet. (Recommended with steamed rice, lentil curry and a fiery coconut sambol)
$16.50
Eggplant Moju (mild)
Vegetable Curries; Twice cooked eggplant sautéed in a blend of Sri Lankan spices with a “Twist’ of Cinnamon
$14.50
Spicy Okra (spicy or medium hot)
Vegetable Curries; Okra stir fried with chillies and shallots
$14.50
Lentil & Spinach Curry
Vegetable Curries; A ‘must have’ accompaniment with any traditional ‘Rice & Curry’ meal
$13.50
Devilled Potato (spicy)
Vegetable Curries; Potato stir fried with chilli flakes and shallots
$13.50
Yellow Pumpkin Curry (extra mild)
Vegetable Curries; Sweet Pumpkin cooked in a rich mustard and coconut cream, infused with roasted spices
$13.50
Cashew & Green Pea Curry (extra mild)
Vegetable Curries; Cashew slow cooked in a yellow coconut curry
$15.50
Rice & Bread
Saffron Rice
A bowl of fragrant Rice cooked with strands of saffron, coconut milk and spices
$4.00
Pilau Rice
Basmati Rice cooked with fresh coriander, cumin and shallots
$4.00
Steamed Basmati Rice
$3.50
Special Fried Rice
Rice stir fried with chicken, shrimps, eggs and vegetables
$14.50
Nasi Goreng
Malaysian influenced Spicy Fried Rice with Eggs, Chicken, Pork and Shrimps
$16.50
Chicken or Lamb Biryani (on its own)
Aromatic basmati rice cooked with chicken or lamb and various spices
$16.50
Set of Roti Breads
Three freshly cooked Paratha Roti Breads; Two plain and one with an egg broken into the middle / Single plain roti
$11.5 / 3.5
Stringhoppers
Steamed Rice Noodles – 10 spirals per portion
$8.50
Egg Kottu
Roti bread cut up and tossed with eggs & vegetables
$13.50
String Hopper Biryani
Steamed Rice Noodles tossed with fried eggs & vegetables
$13.50
Hoppers
Hoppers are ‘bowl shaped’ pancakes made with fermented rice flour and coconut milk. Each set consists of one egg hopper and three plain hoppers served with seeni sambol (sweet & spicy onion relish).
$11.50
Accompaniments
Coconut Sambol
A mixture of grated coconut with chilli and spice, a wonderful accompaniment to any Sri Lankan meal
$3.50
Pappadam (4pcs)
$3.50
Pineapple Chutney
$3.50
Raita
Yoghurt & Cucumber Salad
$3.50
Seeni Sambol
Sweet & Spicy Onion Relish with dried maldive fish
$4.50
Sinhala Achcharu
Sri Lankan vegetable pickles; Carrot, turnip, green chilli & pawpaw
$4.50
Desserts
Curd & Honey
Plain yoghurt drizzled generously with Palm Sugar Treacle
$8.50
Wattalappam
A Sri Lankan delicacy; Steamed coconut custard made with eggs, juggery (unrefined sugar made from sugarcane) and cashew nuts
$9.50
Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Topping
Served warm with ice cream
$9.50
Caramel Pudding
Rich and Creamy Custard on a layer of caramelised sugar
$8.50
Love Cake
A classic Sri Lankan Dessert best enjoyed with tea - a flourless fluffy, rich, squidgy cake packed with exotic flavours
$9.50
Chocolate Biscuit Pudding
Served with Vanilla Ice Cream
$9.50
Coconut Pana Cotta with Mango Couli
$8.50
Dessert Platter
No need to make a difficult choice
$19.50
Saturday Night International Buffet
Adults: $34.90 per head; Children: $19 per head (Head 4 to 12); If authentic Sri Lankan food is what you are after, Cinnamon’s provides a surprising blend of spices for you to enjoyRice & Curries
$
Hoppers
$
Stringhoppers
$
Rotis
$
Biryani
$
Dosa
$
Devilled Pork
$
Fish Curries
$
Roast Beef/Pork
$
Fish & Chips
$
Asian corner
$
Fried Rice
$
Stir Fries
$
Salads
$
Desserts
$
Everyday Menu
All Day Breakfast
Samosa (Vegie/Lamb)
$2.50
Beef Bun
$2.90
Fish/Vegie Bun
$2.50
Egg & Bacon Bun
$2.50
Caramelised Onion Bun
$2.50
Panrolls
Fsh/beef/lamb/chicken/vegie
$2.50
Egg & Bacon Pastry
$2.50
Roast Beef & Cheese Pastry
$2.50
Beef/Fish Roti Wrap
$3.20
Paratha Roti Bread
$2.00
Cutlets
$2.00
Lunch Menu
Rice & Curry
Rice, One Meat & Two Vegetable Curries
$9.90
Vegetarian Rice & Curry
Rice & Three Vegetable Curries
$9.90
Tandoori Chicken Meal
Rice, Tandoori Chicken & Two Vegetable Curries
$9.90
Paratha Meal
Three Roti breads, One Meat & Two Vegetable Curries
$10.90
Chicken Biryani Meal
Chicken Biryani Rice, One Meat & Two Vegetable Curries
$11.90
Additional
Meat Curry / Vegie Curry / Paratha Bread
$3 / 2 / 2
Combo Meal Deal
Rice & Curry, Roti Bread
And a 375ml can of drink or bottle of water
$12.90
Rice & Curry, Roti Bread
And a Mango Lassi or V Drink
$13.90
Rice & Curry, Roti Bread
And a 600ml Coke Variety, Juice, Vitamin Water/Lipton Ice Tea
$14.90
Chicken Biryani Meal, Roti Bread
And a 375ml can of drink or bottle of water
$14.90
On it's Own
Lamb, Beef or Chicken Curry
Large / Medium / Small
$14.9 / 9.9 / 6.9
Vegetable Curry
Large / Medium / Small
$8.9 / 6.9 / 4.9
Eggplant Curry
Large / Medium / Small
$13.9 / 8.9 / 5.9
Tandoori Chicken
Medium
$2.5 a piece
Chicken Biryani
Large / Medium / Small
$9.9 / 7.9 / 5.9
Yellow or Pilau Rice
Large / Medium / Small
$6.9 / 4.9 / 3.9
Steam Rice
Large / Medium / Small
$4.9 / 3.9 / 2.9
Any Salad Variety
Large / Medium / Small
$8.9 / 6.9 / 3.9
Soup of the Day
Large
$6.90