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Zakuski (Appetizers and Salads)
SALAD SAMPLER PLATTER
Allow our wait staff to orient you to the possibilities.
OLIVIER $8.00
Perhaps the most typical of Russian salads. One of Napoleon's few lasting conquests.
SALAT VESNA $8.00
Fresh cabbage, berries, herbs, and serious love.
LOBIO $8.50
Beans! We love it; and with walnuts, ah...It is eaten to awaken the appetite.
KAVKAZ BEET SALAD $8.00
Glorious beets, unexpected spices and herbs.
CARROT SALAD $7.00
Overwhelms the defenses of all your senses.
IKRA BADRIJANNAYA (”Poor man's caviar") $9.00
Eggplant with a delicate infusion of herbs, onions, olive oil, and garlic. A vegetarian's dream of heaven when in hell.
GEORGIAN EGGPLANT SALAD $9.00
Try this dish once and your wife will never see you again... grumbling.
GEORGIAN GREEN SALAD WITH CHEESE $9.50
A zesty introduction to your main course.
AJAP SANDALI $10.75
Traditional Georgian vegetable ragout. Expect eggplant, onions, red peppers, tomatoes, a bunch of herbs, and khmeli-suneli seasoning. Our Georgian improvement to Western Civilization.
Dumplings and pies
KHACHAPURI $7.50
Georgian cheese pie. "Life without Khachapuri is not worth living." Evokes passionate praise from the lips of any Georgian
CHEBUREKI $10.50
Recipe passed down to my babushka from the personal chef of Genghiz Khan.
PELMENI $10.00
Siberian meat dumplings, garnished with yogurt-dill-garlic sauce.
VARENIKI $9.50
Peasant-style potato-cheese dumplings topped with caramelized onions.
Soups
RUSSIAN BORSCHT $9.50
Deep reddish-purple beetroot soup with beef simmered for hours to produce culinary magic. Served hot with a dollop of sour cream at your pleasure. A meal in itself if ordered with Khachapuri.
VEGAN BORSCHT $9.00
Red hot soup with mushrooms and beetroot.
GEORGIAN KHARCHO $9.50
The most popular and hearty beef, rice , cherry plum purée , lemon, onion, and cilantro soup. It will warm your soul.
For a Few Rubles More
GOLUBTSI $16.50
Village-style cabbage rolls filled with a ground meat and herbs mixture.
CHAKHOKHBILI (Georgian Eagle) $16.50
This casserole will make your mouth water. Large pieces of chicken simmered with onions, tomatoes, lemons, basil - plus, of course, the chef's secret spices. Even Stalin melted at the prospect of this aromatic dish. Try a glass of young red wine with it and you will fly like an eagle. This casserole will make your mouth water. Large pieces of chicken simmered with onions, tomatoes, lemons, basil - plus, of course,
SLICED LEG OF LAMB $21.50
Pre-fried then baked with quince, honey, lemon, mint and herbs to achieve a sweet succulence. No headman's feast could begin, no bride be blessed, no babe baptized without this memorable dish from Georgia – a quintessence of lamb, a feast for lovers.
CHICKEN TABAKA $17.50
CHICKEN TABAKA: Pressed, fried Cornish Hen traditionally, fried under a flat river rock.
CHANAKHI $18.00
Lamb stew seasoned with the most aromatic Georgian spices. Whenever good friends gather for conversation, well-aged red wine, and true fellowship, this festive food is served. In Georgia it's "wine, women, song - and chanakhi!"
BEEF STROGANOFF $18.00
Try this indulgent, yet restrained marvel. Russia's claim to fame.
VEGETARIAN STROGANOFF $15.00
Stir-fried vegetables in cream sauce on a bed of pilaf-style rice
CHAKAPULI $18.00
A celebration of spring in your heart! Lamb, onions, tarragon, wine, plum sauce. Should any be left over, it is best on the second day, or on the seventh day - when God created Georgia!
SHASHLIK
Skewered meat roasted over charcoal. Served Thursday through Sunday. It is said that this dish saved the Yalta Accords between Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt in 1944.
Pork loin - $18.00Chicken - $17.00Lamb - $21.50
SMOKED FISH $18.00
Rainbow trout or salmon, slowly smoked over a hardwood fire. Traditionally served at room temperature
Desserts
BABUSHKA’S SURPRISE $7.00
Baked apple filled with sweet fruits, walnuts, and honey.
MEDOVIK TORTE $8.50
Russian traditional honey cake. Escape with this sinful retreat.
TOAD SWEAT ICE CREAM $6.00
Not for the faint of heart.
To Quench Your Thirst
RUSSIAN SAMOVAR TEA $3.50
Russian way of tea drinking – sugar cube behind your cheek!
TURKISH COFFEE $5.00
Black as night, hot as Love, sweet as sin and powerful as damnation
BEER $7.00
Finest Eastern European beers.
17 oz. bottle - $7.00
WINE
Georgian wines (bottle) - $26.00House wine (glass) - $7.00
SOFT DRINKS $5.00
Scary, extra strengths and drop dead ginger ales, cheerwine and lemonade.
( To the Health of Wives and Lovers - May they Never Meet!)