WEEKDAY DINNER AND ALL DAY WEEKEND MENU
BEGINININGS
American
Sturgeon Paddlefish Caviar Service
Served with blintzes, chopped red onion, boiled eggs,
sour cream, and drawn butter. Paddlefish, a smaller cousin of Caspian Sea
sturgeon, consistently produces fine roe. One ounce….75.00
Mushroom Barley Soup
Fully vegetarian and hearty enough to protect you from
fierce Chicago winds.
Cup…4.00
Big Hearty Bowl…8.00
Ukrainian Borscht
World Classic! Sweet and sour soup of beets,
cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes and tomatoes. Served hot with sour
cream.
Cup…4.00 Big Hearty Bowl…8.00
Blinchiki
2 blintzes (crepes) filled with ground beef and
caramelized onions. Sautéed in butter, served over greens and drizzled with an
avocado-coriander cream…12.95
Latkes – Classic Potato Pancakes
Five pieces with sour cream and warm applesauce… 8.95
Mesclun-Field Green Salad
Succulent mix of mesclun and field greens, goat
cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes and sugared walnuts. Tossed with a balsamic
vinaigrette…9.95
Eggplant / Zucchini Duet
Sautéed with delicious hints of garlic and coriander
… 9.95
Summer Salad
Baby Spinach, asparagus, oranges and toasted almonds
dressed with a light white balsamic vinaigrette… 9.95
Traditional Caesar Salad
A Chicago‑favorite! Crisp romaine lettuce
with Parmesan cheese, croutons, anchovies and Caesar dressing…8.95
with smoked salmon…16.95
Stuffed Mushroom Caps, Azerbaijani Style
Baked white mushrooms (four) stuffed with spinach,
onions, feta and Swiss cheese… 8.95
Russian Herring- Seliedka
Chilled slices of herring, sliced onions, potatoes with
touch of butter and fresh dill. A marvelous Russian delicacy!... 12.00
Sardines
Oil cured sardines served with egg salad, carrot
salad, toast, tomato and chopped onions… 12.95
Chopped Liver Pate
Served in Martini glass, accompanied by toasted bread
and chopped onions…11.95
Lamb Samsa
Puff pastry dish from Uzbekistan, stuffed with
chopped lamb, onions, touch of cumin.
Served with Tashkent carrot salad… 9.95
Eggplant Duet
Combination of Sautéed Eggplant and Eggplant
Orientale… 13.95
Pumpkin Vareniky
6 dumplings filled with pumpkin, farmer's cheese,
garlic, and onion with cinnamon butter... 8.95
Asparagus Vareniky
6 dumplings filled with asparagus, red pepper and
feta cheese. Drizzled with a lemon basil butter 8.95
Ukrainian Potato Dumplings ‑‑ Vareniky
A traditional dish of dumplings (six), filled with
potatoes and shaped as a half‑moon, boiled and then tossed in butter.
Served with carrot salad and sour
cream.6 pieces…8.95 14 pieces entrée… 17.95
Genuine Russian Dumplings ‑ Pelmeni
Making first‑class pelmeni takes a truly
special skill! The dough is rolled very thin and hand‑swaddled. We
offer our wonderful dumplings of seasoned ground beef and onions, boiled and
topped with melted butter. Served with touch of carrot salad, sour cream and
yogurt sauce. Enjoy!
6
pieces…8.95
14 pieces entrée portion… 18.95
Dumpling Combination Platter
Enjoy the combination of four Vareniky (potato) and four
Pelmeni (beef) dumplings with a touch of carrot salad and sour cream ….10.95
Pumpkin Piroshki
2 Baked puff
pastry Piroshki filled with pumpkin and onion, Seasoned with salt and
pepper … 9.95
Cold Vegetarian Assortment Platter
Eggplant Orientale, Beet Caviar, Tashkent Carrot,
Pink Vinaigrette Salad, Eggplant Caviar, Cabbage Apple Salad, Baba Ghannouj,
Hummus and Tabouhlie salads…16.95
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MAIN COURSES
CLASSIC DISHES OF THE RUSSIAN CZARIST COURT AND TRADITIONAL
SPECIALTIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
Short Rib Stew – Russkaya Podzharka
The newest addition to our delicious portfolio. Tender beef short rib stew served over mashed
potatoes with carrot salad, marinated beets and baby pickle….19.95
Tilapia Filet en Pappillote
Enveloped in foil with fresh basil and tomatoes,
grilled to order, this dish is very tantalizing. Served with red pepper coulis,
mashed potatoes and sautéed sauerkraut with fresh cabbage….22.95
Salmon Crepe ‑ Blinchik s Lososinoi I s Ikroi
4 Thin crepes served with Norwegian smoked salmon,
salmon caviar, and sour cream.
Garnished with lemon, cucumber, tomato and chopped
onions… 29.95
(add an additional crepe for …1.50)
Guriev Blini
Two Russian pancakes served with melted butter,
raspberry sauce and sour cream on the side.
(please allow 20 minutes)…13.95 With 2oz salmon caviar… 28.00
Uzbek Vegetarian "Layer" Stew ‑
Domlama
A vegetarian must! A delightful stew of
potatoes, carrots, beets, cabbage, tomatoes, garlic, red peppers and onions
with a touch of cumin. The secret to this dish is that we slowly cook the
layered vegetables, allowing the flavors to compliment each other. Accompanied
by carrot salad and marinated beets…18.95
Vegetarian Stuffed Eggplant
Two baby eggplants stuffed with sautéed onions,
carrots, red and green pepper, turnip and celery.
Served on a bed of rice with tomato sauce, marinated
beets and carrot salad… 18.95
Uzbek Mung Bean Stew -- Mashkitchiri
A staple in India has become a vegetarian darling in
both Tashkent and Chicago alike. Served
with carrot salad and marinated beets… 18.95
Stuffed Green Bell Peppers
Two green bell peppers stuffed with a combination of
sautéed vegetables ‑ celery, potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, paprika
and cilantro. Served with rice pilaf, carrot salad and marinated beets…17.95
Uzbek Chick Pea Stew -- Nukhat
A traditional dish of chick peas slowly simmered with
onions, tomatoes and a hint of cinnamon.
Topped with chopped onion and served with Tashkent Carrot and
Vinaigrette salads… 18.95
Sauteed Chicken Livers
Sautéed with caramelized onions and red wine. Served
with kasha, carrot salad, sauerkraut and marinated beets… 17.95
Chicken Breast Ragu
Tender chicken
breast grilled with portabella mushrooms, mint, onions and tomatoes. Served
with a zesty tomato sauce, mashed potatoes, and sautéed sauerkraut with fresh
cabbage …18.95
Chicken Croquettes Pozharski ‑ Pozharskie
Kotlety
Two fluffy and delicate ground chicken patties rolled
in bread cubes, baked and served with buckwheat kasha, marinated beets, carrot
salad, and mushroom cream sauce… 22.95
Chicken Breast Roulette
Skin on chicken breast stuffed with spinach and
ground chicken. Served with a savory mushroom sauce, sautéed baby spinach,
carrot salad and mashed potatoes… 22.95
Whole tender baby chicken, flattened, brushed with
pepper, paprika and garlic, then sautéed to a golden crust; served with roasted
potatoes, spicy tomato sauce and carrot salad… 21.95
Chicken Kebob Shashlik
In Uzbekistan, there is a custom of special
ritual-like preparation of marinades and cooking particularly with shashliks
and rice pilaf. This tradition is continued with these white meat Kabobs. They
are marinated then grilled to perfection. Served on a bed of rice, fresh
onions, carrot salad and Uzbek tomato sauce… 21.95
Moldavian Meatballs
Meatballs of ground chicken and onions, simmered in a
sweet and sour tomato sauce.
Served on a bed of kasha, marinated beets and
sauerkraut sautéed with fresh cabbage.…. 20.95
Classic Stuffed Cabbage ‑ Golubtsi
Two cabbage rolls stuffed with a traditional
filling of ground beef, carrots, and sautéed onions. Simmered in sweet and sour
tomato sauce. Served with kasha and carrot salad… 21.95
Wild Quails
2 whole quails seasoned with cumin and pomegranate
marinade, served with polenta, sautéed baby spinach and Madera wine sauce…
26.95
Classic Beef Stroganoff
Our
most popular entrée! Lean sirloin beef pieces sautéed and simmered in
sour cream, Madeira wine, mushrooms and onions dill. Served over noodles, with
carrot salad and beets… 22.95
Home-Style Russian Cottlettas
Three delicious baked beef and pork patties, served with mashed
potatoes and sautéed sauerkraut with fresh cabbage 20.95
Wild Game Sausages
Kielbasa
along with Wild Venison and Wild Buffalo Sausages are broiled, served over
spinach-tossed noodles, sautéed shiitake mushrooms and carrot salad … 24.95
Lamb Shank
Braised lamb shank over garlic mashed potatoes in a
rich stew of carrots, red peppers, celery, tomatoes, garlic and spices. Served
over mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach… 23.95
Moulard Duck Leg
2 perfectly roasted wild Moulard duck legs Roasted
then served with a lovely fruity sauce. Served with mashed potatoes, sautéed
sauerkraut with fresh cabbaged, beets and shiitake mushrooms 24.95
Grilled Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic salmon under a delicate spinach cream
sauce served with garlic mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus… 23.95
PLATTERS
Seafood Platter for 2
An astounding platter of: smoked Norwegian salmon,
smoked and peppered mackerel, Russian
herring, 2 oz. Caspian salmon caviar, sardines, 4 fresh crepes and a
garnish of chopped onions, cucumbers, tomato, carrot salad and Russian Style
potatoes in garlic, fresh dill and butter
52.00
Vegetarian Platter for 2
Begins with a tasting of potato dumplings,
stuffed mushrooms, carrot salad, beet caviar, hummus, Tabouhlie and
vinaigrette salads. Followed by an assortment of our finest vegetarian fare;
stuffed eggplant, stuffed bell pepper, vegetable layered stew (Domlama), mung
bean stew, Chickpea and onion stew, rice pilaf and kasha...48.00
Russian Tea Time Platter For 2
To tantalize your palate we
start with a tasting of meat dumplings, stuffed mushrooms, carrot salad, beet
caviar, hummus, tabouhlie, and vinaigrette salads. Followed by a sampling of
our most timeless dishes; beef stroganoff, stuffed cabbage, Moldavian
meatballs, chicken pozharski, rice pilaf and kasha
52.00
Please join us
for a fantastic afternoon tea service, yes, with scones, homemade crème fresh,
jam, tea sandwiches, and homemade mini sweets.
Daily, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Escape
from the hustle and bustle of the busy office.
Take tea, enjoy life!