Yafa Cafe
1785 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3J 0E8, Canada
Opens at 11:00 AM
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Hot Appetizers
All dips are served with one fresh pita bread.
Foule Mudammas
Vegetarian and gluten-friendly. Egyptian seasoned smashed fava beans with cumin, garlic, lemon, and olive oil. Served with fresh bread.
$7.00
Kallayet Bandora
Vegan. Olive oil-based and made with saute tomato, hot pepper, and garlic. Served with fresh bread.
$7.00
Shakshouka
Vegetarian, gluten-friendly, and Yafa’s specialty. Tunisian dish of sweet smokey red peppers, garlic, onions, tomatoes, and poached eggs.
$12.00
Hummus Royal
Chickpeas puree with sesame paste, lemon juice, and olive oil. Topped with spiced beef and roasted almonds. Served with fresh bread.
$12.00
All Day Arabic Breakfast
Vegetarian. A plate of Hummus, foule, and falafel. Manakeesh Zaatar served with fresh bread and tea Dallah.
$20.00
Batata Shawarma
A party on a platter full of fresh and bold flavours. It’s big, packed full of ingredients, soaked in garlic sauce. Topped with chicken or beef...
$12.00
Qudsiyeh (Jerusalemite)
Vegan and gluten-friendly. Hummus mixed foule, lemon and topped with tahini sauce and olive oil.
$7.00
Kallayet Arabe
Chopped beef cooked with sauté tomato, garlic, hot chilly peppers and topped with mint and roasted almonds. Served with a fresh bread
$11.00
Soup of the day
Chef's Daily Selection
$5.00
Cold Appetizers
Hummus
Vegan and gluten-friendly. Chickpeas, lemon, garlic, tahini paste (sesame seed), and olive oil. Served with fresh bread.
$6.00
Labneh
Vegetarian and gluten-friendly. Creamy strained yogourt mixed with za'atar and ground red pepper paste topped with olive oil. Served with fresh bread.
$7.00
Mhammara
Vegetarian. Mixed spicy walnuts with tomatoes and grilled red peppers. Served with fresh bread.
$8.00
Pali Salad
Vegan, gluten-friendly, and Yafa’s specialty. Palestinian salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, and peppers.
$6.00
Fattouche
Vegan. Traditional Lebanese salad of mixed greens, seasoned with olive oil and pomegranate molasses. Topped with fried pita bread.
$8.00
Tabouleh
Vegan. Lebanese salad with parsley, cracked wheat, tomatoes, onions, mint, lemon, and olive oil.
$9.00
Yafa Keto Salad
Gluten-friendly. Pali Salad topped with your choice of chicken, beef shawarma, or falafel.
$13.00
Sampler
Vegetarian and Yafa’s specialty. Your choice of any three cold appetizers. Served with fresh bread.
$15.00
Sandwiches
Shish Taouq Sandwich
Grilled chicken breast marinated in garlic, lemon, yogurt, and wrapped with garlic paste and vegetables.
$11.00
Falafel Sandwich
Vegetarian. Hot falafel balls made of chickpeas, parsley wrapped with vegetables, hummus, pickles, and tahini.
$11.00
Shawarma Chicken Sandwich
Thinly shredded pieces of chicken marinated with an abundance of spices, and citrus sauce.
$11.00
Shawarma Beef Sandwich
Thinly shredded pieces of beef marinated with an abundance of spices, and citrus sauce.
$11.00
Kabab Sandwich
Gluten Free. Ground beef/lamb grilled to perfection with onions, parsley, tomato, pickles, and hummus.
$11.00
Main Plates
Falafel Delight
Vegetarian. Falafel balls garnished with tahini sauce, served with pickles, hummus, and fries.
$16.00
Sawani Kofta
Gluten-friendly. Spiced Kofta of (ground beef and lamb) baked in tomato sauce topped with potatoes, parsley and roasted almonds. Served with rice or...
$22.00
Koshary
Vegan. Delicious Egyptian dish. Suitable for vegans. rice, pasta, and black lentil with some tomato sauce, chickpeas, and crispy onion. This is...
$15.00
Chicken Shawarma Plate
Gluten-friendly. Tiny layers of chicken marinated in Yafa Cafe's specialty citrus sauce. Served on a bed of rice with hummus or garlic dip side, and...
$19.00
Beef Shawarma Plate
Gluten-friendly. Tiny layers of beef marinated in Yafa Cafe's specialty citrus sauce. Served on a bed of rice with hummus or garlic dip side, and...
$19.00
Makloubeh
Gluten-friendly. A layered dish of beef or chicken basted with authentic Arabic spices with vegetables, eggplants, and rice with variations of...
$20.00
Kabab Plate
Gluten-friendly. Two skewers of ground beef and lamb mixed with parsley, onions, and seasoned with house-made spices, served on a bed of rice or...
$20.00
Shish Taouk Plate
Gluten-friendly. Two skewers of threaded boneless chicken, Lebanese-style and dipped in exotic spices, herbs, lemon, yogurt, and loads of garlic.
$20.00
Mini-Mix Grill Plate
Gluten-friendly. Two skewers of one shish taouk and one kabab with vegetables, hummus, and garlic sauce on a bed of rice.
$20.00
Sayadia (Fisherman Delight)
A sensational FISH dish from Gaza, fragrant spiced rice topped with a pan fired Fish fillet. Served with hot sauce and topped with caramelized onions...
$22.00
Fatteh Chicken Msakhan
Layers of contrasting texture and temperature of crunchy bread with Msakhan of onions, chicken and sumac topped with creamy yogurt, garlic and...
$15.00
Family Style
Serves five to seven people.
Mini Manakeesh Deal
Each order comes with 12 pieces. A variety of five-inch size, available from Zaatar, cheese, spinach or sfeiha manakeesh items. Perfect finger food...
$35.00
Msakhan Rolls Deal
Twelve rolls of thin dough rolled around shredded pieces of chicken with onions, sumac, and olive oil. Perfect finger food.
$35.00
Shawarma Feast
Platter with your choice of chicken or beef shawarma or both on a bed of rice. Sides of vegetables, hummus, garlic dip, salad, five pieces of bread,
$100.00
Deluxe Grills
Five skewers kabab and five skewers shish taouk over rice. Sides of hummus, garlic dip, salad, vegetables, five pieces of bread, five pops, and five...
$100.00
Royal Grills
Six skewers kabab, six skewers shish taouk, two pounds shawarma, and ten falafel balls over rice. Sides of hummus, garlic dip, salad, five fresh...
$150.00
Vegan Feast
A selection of vegan dishes feeds five to seven people. Includes rice, grilled vegetables, pickles, hummus, Mhammara, Pali Salad, Potatoes, dozen...
$100.00
All Day Arabic Breakfast
Vegetarian. A plate of Hummus, foule, and falafel. Manakeesh Zaatar served with fresh bread and tea Dallah.
$20.00
Manakeesh
Traditional Arabic freshly baked flatbread.
Zaatar-Shatta
Vegan. Zaatar with a snap of heat and the spread of tomato hot chilli. Very thrilling.
$5.00
Cheese Fusion
Vegetarian. A melted mixture of four kinds of cheese.
$6.00
Zaatar Manakeesh
Vegan. Oregano, thyme, and marjoram rounded out by nutty toasted sesame seeds and lemony sumac.
$4.00
Zaatar-Cheese
Vegetarian and Yafa’s specialty. Half the pie of melted cheese and the other half zaatar and taste each topping with every bite.
$5.00
Spinach
Vegan. Spinach mixed with onions, oregano, and marinated with lemon and sumac. Vibrant and tangy.
$7.00
Spinach-Cheese
Vegetarian. Spinach mixed with onions, oregano, and sumac spread and topped with cheese.
$7.00
Sfeiha
Yafa’s specialty. Deliciously seasoned ground beef and lamb mixed with Arabic spices, tomato, onions, and mint (Lahm-bi-aajin).
$6.00
Sfeiha-Cheese
Sfeiha ground beef or lamb mixture topped with a blend of melted cheese.
$6.00
Bayd (Eggs)
Vegetarian. A savory mixture of beaten eggs, cheeses, parsley, zaatar, and black pepper.
$6.00
Spicy Chicken (9" pizza dough)
Yafa’s specialty. This means plenty of chillies, Gaza-style, and shawarma chicken on hot tomato sauce topped with cheese.
$10.00
Msakhan
Item consists of caramelized onions, sumac, olive oil, and crunchy almonds, all enveloped around perfectly roasted chicken over fresh baked bread,
$10.00
Additions and Sides
Fresh Bread (1 pc)
One order comes with one bread.
$2.00
Extra Sauces
Vegetarian.
$1.00
Rice
$5.00
Fries
$5.00
Falafel (Half Dozen)
Vegetarian and gluten-friendly. One order comes with half a dozen falafel.
$8.00
Mixed Vegeables
Gluten Free. Mixed vegetables and pickles
$7.00
Sweets - Helou Corner
Regardless of how you approach Yafa's menu, it is essential to save room for Yafa's hand made sweets!
Basbousa
Vegan. Classical Arabic cake sold in every corner. Served with Egyptian variation, made of semolina, and soaked in honey syrup.
$4.00
Baklava (one piece for $4.00)
Vegan. Ground mixture of nuts centered in a crunchy, velvety layer upon layer of dough drenched in rosewater syrup and topped with pistachio.
$4.00
Knafeh Nabulsi
Melting cheese on top of shredded wheat and drizzled with syrup leaving a food experience never to be forgotten.
$10.00
Imperial Cookies
Buttery shortbread cookies filled with apricot jam
$5.00
Hot Drinks
Brewed Coffee and Locally Roasted
large, 20 oz cup
$3.00
Espresso
$3.00
Cappuccino
$5.00
Honey Cardamom Latte
Yafa’s specialty. Espresso based latte with fresh cardamom and honey.
$6.00
Latte Caramella
Yafa’s specialty. Espresso based latte with caramel.
$6.00
Spanish Latte
Yafa’s specialty. Espresso based latte with vanilla and condensed milk.
$6.00
Chai Latte
Espresso based latte with vanilla and condensed milk.
$6.00
Black Tea Dallah
With Sage, Mint, Earl Grey, Cardamom. Extra $2 for large.
$5.00
Herbal Tea Dallah
Chamomile, Green Tea. Extra $2 for large
$5.00
London Fog Tea
Earl Grey tea latte with vanilla.
$6.00
Chai Karak Dallah Small
Yafa's specialty. Tea, cardamom, and saffron cooked with milk.
$7.00
Coffee Beans Bag (1 lb)
One order comes with one pound of coffee beans bag.
$20.00
Vanilla Bean Latte
Espresso based latte with vanilla and steam milk
$6.00
Arabic Coffee Dallah
Yafa blend with cardamom and various spices. 100% local. Add $2 for large
$7.00
Arabic Coffee Ground Bag (1 lb)
Fresh Finely ground with ARabic aromatic spices
$25.00
Hot Chocolate
$6.00
Cold Drinks
Arabic Lemonade
Yafa’s specialty. Lemon, lime, and mint.
$6.00
Canned Pop
$2.00
Brewed Iced Coffee
$3.00
Barkbikan Malt
Non-alcoholic beer.
$4.00
Manitoba Summer Soda
Yafa’s specialty. Blueberry, peppermint, and raspberry.
$5.00
Latte Caramella Blended
Yafa’s specialty. Espressor combined with milk, vanilla syrup and caramel sauce
$6.00
Spanish Latte
Espresso with steamed milk and condensed milk and vanilla flavor.
$6.00
Karkade iced
Hibiscus Tea - Egyptian Karkade (hibiscus flower). Sweetened with sugar syrup, in a large cup
$6.00
Vanilla Bean Latte
Espresso with steamed milk and vanilla flavoring
$6.00
Matcha Iced Tea
$6.00
Frozen Hot Chocolate
Served hot or cold.
$6.00