Our Menu

World Classic! Sweet and sour soup of beets, cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes and tomatoes. Served hot with sour cream.

Blinchiki

2 blintzes (crepes) filled with ground beef and caramelized onions. Sautéed in butter, served over greens and drizzled with an avocado-coriander cream…9.95

Latkes – Classic Potato Pancakes

Mesclun-Field Green Salad

Succulent mix of mesclun and field greens, goat cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes and sugared walnuts. Tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette…8.95

Summer Salad

Baby Spinach, asparagus, oranges and toasted almonds dressed with a light white balsamic vinaigrette… 7.95

Traditional Caesar Salad

A Chicago‑favorite! Crisp romaine lettuce with Parmesan cheese, croutons, anchovies andCaesar dressing…6.95 with smoked salmon…13.95

Stuffed Mushroom Caps, Azerbaijani Style

Baked white mushrooms (four) stuffed with spinach, onions, feta and Swiss cheese… 7.50

Russian Herring- Seliedka

Sardines

Oil cured sardines served with egg salad, carrot salad, toasted bread, tomato and chopped onions… 8.95

Chopped Liver Pate

Served in Martini glass, accompanied by Lavoush crackers and chopped onions…8.95

Smoked Duck Strudel

Flaky filo dough filled with smoked duck and chicken breast, walnuts, raisins and port wine. Served over baby greens with a port wine reduction….12.95

Lamb Samsa

Puff pastry dish from Uzbekistan, stuffed with chopped lamb, onions, touch of cumin.

Baked, stuffed with chopped chicken, potatoes, onions and cilantro. Served with carrot salad… 6.95

Asparagus Vareniky

Dumplings (five) 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 (five), filled with potatoes and shaped as a half‑moon, boiled and then tossed in butter. Entrée portion is sautéed to golden brown. Served with carrot salad, sour cream and yogurt sauce on the side.

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!

Dumpling Combination Platter

Enjoy the combination of four Vareniky (potato) and four Pelmeni (beef) dumplings with a touch of carrot salad, sour cream and yogurt service….9.95

PLATTERS

Seafood Platter for 2

An astounding platter of: smoked Norwegian salmon, smoked sea bass, smoked mussels, Russian marinated herring, 2 oz. Caspian salmon caviar, sardines and a garnish of chopped onions, cucumbers, tomato, carrot salad and egg salad

40.00

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...

40.00 for 3: 54.00

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

46.00 for 3: 62.00

Classic Dishes Of The Russian Czarist Court And Traditional Specialties Of The Former Soviet Republics

Salmon Crepe ‑ Blinchik s Lososinoi I s Ikroi

Thin crepe is served with Norwegian smoked salmon, salmon caviar, and sour cream.

Guriev Blini

Two Russian pancakes served with melted butter, raspberry sauce and sour cream on the side.

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 salad of beets and white beans…15.95

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, vinaigrette salad and carrot salad… 17.95

Mung Bean Mashkitchiri and Chick Pea Stew Combination

Combination of two vegetable dishes from Uzbekistan, served with Tashkent Carrot and Pink Vinaigrette Salads on the side… 14.95

Stuffed Potato Patty - Kartofelnik

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 vinaigrette salad…16.95

Sauteed Chicken Livers

Sautéed with caramelized onions and red wine. Served with kasha, carrot salad, sauerkraut and vinaigrette salad… 15.95

Chicken Croquettes Pozharski ‑ Pozharskie Kotlety

Two fluffy and delicate ground chicken patties rolled in bread cubes, baked and served with buckwheat kasha, beet salad, white bean salad and mushroom cream sauce… 18.95

Chicken Breast Roulette

Skin on chicken breast stuffed with spinach and ground chicken. Served with a savory mushroom sauce, sautéed baby spinach and rice pilaf… 18.95

Whole tender baby chicken, flattened, brushed with pepper, paprika and garlic, then sautéed to a golden crust; served with rice, spicy tomato sauce and Tashkent carrot salad… 18.95

Sergey's Chicken Kebob Shashlik

In Uzbekistan, there is a custom that only men can cook several dishes for they take special, ritual-like preparation of marinades and cooking. Among those dishes are rice pilaf and shashliks - kebobs. Although Sergey kindly consents to Klara's recipes dominating this menu, he was adamant on introducing his recipe for this mouthwatering kebob. Chicken breast thoroughly marinated and grilled to perfection. Served on a bed of rice, fresh onions and Uzbek tomato sauce… 18.95

Moldavian Meatballs

Meatballs of ground chicken and onions, simmered in a sweet and sour tomato sauce.

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 beets-and-beans salad on the side… 18.95

Classic Beef Stroganoff

Our most popular entrée! Lean sirloin beef pieces sautéed and simmered in sour cream, Madeira wine, mushrooms, onions and fresh dill. Served over noodles. Also available with kasha or in a crepe… 19.95

Russian Cutlets

Sautéed cutlets of mixed beef and pork, sautéed. Served with mashed potatoes and sautéed eggplant with salsa… 15.95

Wild Game Sausages

Broiled Venison, Buffalo and Kielbasa sausages over baby greens with sautéed eggplant and Russian style potatoes… 18.95

Cherry Quail

2 grilled boneless quail, served with warmed polenta, sautéed baby spinach and a sweet red wine cherry reduction… 22.95

Stuffed Quail

Quail stuffed with ground chicken meat, topped with pomegranate sauce, served with sautéed apples and rice… 22.95

Duck Breast

Airline Peking duck breast, roasted to medium rare, accompanied by peanut sauce and salad of beets and white beans … 23.95

Lamb Chops

3 lamb chops, cooked to your preference, served with currant-blueberry sauce, rice and a baked pear… 26.95

Lamb Shank

Braised lamb shank over garlic mashed potatoes in a rich stew of carrots, red peppers, celery, tomatoes, garlic and spices… 18.95

Grilled Salmon

Atlantic salmon in spinach sauce served with garlic mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus… 19.95

HOMEMADE SOUPS

Mushroom Barley Soup

Ukrainian Borscht