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Lunch Menu
(Monday through
Friday 11 am - 4 pm)
HOMEMADE SOUPS 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
Mushroom Barley Soup
A hearty vegetarian soup of barley, mushrooms and vegetables Cup…4.00 Bowl…8.00
BEGINNINGS
Stuffed Mushroom Caps, Azerbaijani
Style
Four baked white mushrooms stuffed with spinach, onions, Feta and Swiss cheese....6.95
Eggplant Duet Combination of Sautéed Eggplant and Eggplant Orientale… 10.95 Chopped Liver Pate
Once you try Klara’s version of this timeless classic, you will not be able to enjoy any other liver anywhere - even in the most famous New York delicatessens! Accompanied with Lavoush crackers and chopped onions …8.95 Russian Herring-Seliedka
Chilled slices of vinegar-marinated herring, sliced onions, boiled potatoes with a touch of butter and fresh dill. A marvelous Russian delicacy!… 8.95 Sardines
Oil-cured sardines served with egg salad, carrot salad, toasted bread, tomato and onions… 8.95 Ukrainian Potato Dumplings - Vareniky
A traditional dish of 5 dumplings, filled with potatoes and shaped as half‑moon, boiled and then tossed in butter. Served with carrot salad, sour cream and yogurt sauce on the side…6.95 Asparagus Vareniky
5 dumplings filled with asparagus, red pepper and feta cheese. Drizzled with a lemon basil butter… 8.95 Pumpkin Vareniky
5 dumplings filled with pumpkin, farmer’s cheese, garlic and onion with cinnamon butter…7.95 Classic Potato Pancakes ‑ Latkes
This outstanding dish is enjoyed throughout the world, but in Ukraine and Byelorussia (White Russia), these potato pancakes are a national obsession and no meal is complete without a pile of hot fresh potato pancakes. Five latkes to an order with sour cream and apple sauce...8.95 Lamb Samsa
Puff pastry dish from Uzbekistan, stuffed with chopped lamb, onions, touch of cumin. Served with Tashkent carrot salad… 7.50 Russian Pirozhok (Knish) Baked knish, stuffed with chopped chicken, potatoes, onions and cilantro. Served with carrot salad… 6.95
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 SALADS
Mesclun-Field Green Salad
Succulent mix of Mesclun and field greens, goat cheese, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, and sugared walnuts, tossed with balsamic vinaigrette…8.95 Traditional Caesar Salad
A Chicago‑favorite! Romaine lettuce with Parmesan cheese, croutons, anchovies and house-made Caesar dressing...6.95 With grilled chicken breast 10.95 with smoked Norwegian salmon… 13.95 Summer Salad
Baby Spinach, asparagus, oranges and toasted almonds dressed with light white balsamic vinaigrette… 7.95
Traditional Salads Assortment Platter Eggplant Orientale, Beet Caviar, Cabbage Apple Salad, Vinaigrette Salad, Tashkent Carrot, our version of Babaganouj, Hummus, and Tabouhlie...15.95 SANDWICHES
Chicken Sandwich
Tender chicken breast on white bread with lettuce, tomato and adjica mayo. Served with Tashkent carrot and cabbage-apple salad… 12.95
Reuben Sandwich Home-cured corned beef topped onto grilled pumpernickel bread with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing. Served with potato-caper salad and Tashkent carrot salad…8.95 Smoked Salmon Club Toasted white bread with dill cream cheese, red onion, capers, tomato, lettuce and smoked salmon. Served with potato salad and carrot salad….11.95 Portobello Sandwich
Grilled Portobello mushroom and Swiss cheese, layered on ciabatta bread with Adzhika mayo. Served with our vinaigrette potato salad….9.95
MAIN COURSES
Uzbek Vegetarian "Layer" Stew ‑
Domlama
A vegetarian must: a delightful and succulent stew of potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets, tomatoes, garlic, red peppers and cabbage and a touch of cumin. The secret to this great dish is that we put all the vegetables in layers, and while they simmer for quite some time, each of the ingredients fully absorbs flavors of all the others…14.95 Stuffed Baked Eggplant
Whole baked baby eggplant stuffed with mixture of sautéed vegetables. Served with rice pilaf and topped with tomato sauce… 10.95 Mung Bean and Chick Pea Stews
These two eagerly adopted dishes in Uzbekistan will provide a fantastic lunch and a good source of protein. Served with Tashkent carrot salad on the side…13.95 Stuffed Potato Patty - Kartofelnik
Fabulous vegetarian entrée. One baked potato patty, stuffed with sautéed onions, cabbage and mushrooms. Served with a green salad and carrot salad...12.95 Stuffed Bell Peppers Green bell pepper stuffed with a combination of sautéed vegetables ‑ celery, potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, paprika and cilantro. Served with rice pilaf, carrot salad and vinaigrette salad…10.95 Russian Peasant’s Lunch
Basic, but amazingly luscious entrée! Moscowskaya Kielbasa (similar to Polish sausage) freshly sautéed with sauerkraut, boiled potatoes, onion, with a touch of caraway seed…10.95 Chicken Duran
Lightly breaded chicken breast, sautéed to golden brown and served with small green salad, rice pilaf and garlic yogurt sauce on the side....12.95 Sauteed Chicken Livers
Sautéed with caramelized onions and red wine. Served with kasha, carrot salad, sauerkraut and vinaigrette salad… 15.95 Chicken Croquettes Pozharski
Two fluffy and delicate ground chicken patties rolled in bread cubes, baked and served with buckwheat kasha and creamy mushroom sauce…15.95 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… 15.95 Chicken Stew White meat chicken stew in a sauce of onions, carrots and tomatoes. Served with 2 mini potato piroshkis and beet salad… 15.95 Moldavian Meatballs Meatballs of ground chicken and onions, simmered in a sweet and sour tomato sauce. Served on a bed of kasha with beet salad and white bean salad….14.95 Genuine Russian Dumplings - Pelmeni
Making first‑class pelmeni takes a truly special skill! The dough is rolled very thin and hand‑swaddled. We offer 12 wonderful dumplings with seasoned ground beef and onions, boiled, tossed in melted butter. Served with carrot salad, sour cream and garlic yogurt sauce...12.95 Sergey's Chicken Kebob-Shashlik
In Uzbekistan, there is a custom in which 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, thoroughly marinated and grilled to perfection kebob. Served on a bed of rice with fresh onions and Uzbek tomato sauce. Boneless white meat…17.95 Classic Stuffed Cabbage Golubtsi
Two cabbage rolls stuffed with a traditional filling ‑ chopped beef and chicken, carrots, sautéed onions, touch of nutmeg and rice in tomato sauce. Served with sour cream on the side…14.95 Classic Beef Stroganoff
The most popular dish on the menu. Lean sirloin beef pieces sautéed and simmered in sour cream, whipping cream, wine, mushrooms, onions and a touch of dill. Served over noodles or with crepe...17.95 Russian Cutlets
Sautéed cutlets of mixed beef and pork, sautéed. Served with mashed potatoes and sautéed eggplant with salsa… 14.95 Lamb Shank
Tender lamb shank braised with carrots, onions, celery, red pepper, mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes, garlic and spices. Served over garlic mashed potatoes…18.95 Duck Breast
Airline Peking duck breast, roasted to medium rare, accompanied by peanut sauce and a salad of beets and white beans…..23.95 PANCAKES AND CREPES
Blinchiki With Meat
Blintzes (crepes) filled with ground meat, caramelized onions and sautéed in butter. Nestled on a bed of baby greens and drizzled with an avocado-coriander cream...12.95 Guriev Blini - Classic Russian Buttermilk Pancakes
Two thick, large blinis served with melted butter, sour cream, raspberry sauce or maple syrup in the American way (please allow 20 minutes)....10.95 with 2oz red salmon Caviar ...22.00 Salmon Crepe with Caviar
Served with slices of Norwegian salmon, salmon caviar, Russian egg salad, chopped onions, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, sour cream on the side. Dine like Czars and Czarinas! ...26.00 Copyright © 2001 Russian Tea Time. All rights reserved. 77 East Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312)360-0000 Questions, comments, suggestions: info@russianteatime.com |
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