Hot Tapas
Ispanak Borani (Spinach Lovers Pay Attention)
$8.00
fresh spinach cooked with turkish style basamel sauce.topped with garlic yogurt and tomato sauce.
Leyla Ile Mecnun
$10.50
almost everyone's favorite hummus. turkish beef sausage cooked with butter. served with warm pieces of pita bread.
Imam Bayildi
$9.00
baby eggplant stuffed with sautéed vegetables like green pepper, onion and tomatoes. baked in the oven.
Patates Kofte
$8.50
steam cooked potatoes mixed with garlic, feta cheese and spices. stuffed with sautéed ground meat and onions. pan cooked. topped with yogurt.
Mucver
$8.00
pan fried fresh zucchini, chopped and mixed with eggs, parsley, dill, feta cheese and carrots.served with yogurt sauce
Sigara Borek
$7.50
pan fried special dough filled with feta cheese, parsley and egg yolk mix.
Kirmizi Beyaz
$7.50
roasted red pepper stuffed with suzme, mixed with garlic and spices. finish with garlic melted butter.
Mercimek Kofte
$7.50
steamed red lentil mixed with tomatoes, pepper sauce, parsley and scallion. topped with yogurt
Sak-Suka
$8.00
eggplant tastes very good prepared this way. cubed & fried eggplant and zucchini mixed with hot italian peppers, spice and topped with tomato sauce. served with garlic yogurt.
Bebek Karni Yarik
9.50
baby eggplant stuffed with ground meat and sautéed onion. served with yogurt.
$Cold Tapas
Dolma
$7.50
stuffed grape leaves served with yogurt
Hummus
$7.00
chick peas with tahini, lemon juice and garlic
Peynir Plate
$11.00
mix of turkish cheeses, with cucumbers, tomatoes and turkish olives. topped with olive oil.
Patlican Salad
$8.00
roasted eggplant mixed with tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, roasted red pepper and parsley.
Haydari
$7.50
special thick turkish yogurt mixed with fresh mint, garlic and dill. topped with garlic melted butter.
Enginar
7.50
artichokes cooked with green peas, carrots and potatoes.
$Soups
Red Lentil
$6.50
lentils with tomato sauce and mint
Paca
7.00
lamb, yogurt and garlic.. very famous turkish village soup
$Salads
Kalkandere Salad
$10.50
regular mixed greens. what makes it special are the spices and the sauce we mix with it..just like in my village.
Coban Salad
$10.50
very famous turkish salad made with tomatoes, pickled cucumbers, red onions, parsley, scallions mixed with olive oil and lemon juice, topped with turkish beyaz peynir
Akdeniz Salad
$11.50
mixed greens with sliced red onions, sautéed mushrooms, shredded feta cheese and turkish bread crumbs
Piyaz Salat
$10.50
white beans marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, chopped red onions, tomatoes, red bell peppers, long hot italian peppers, sumac and parsley. garnished with broiled eggs and olives
Cacik Salad
9.00
very cooling salad made with plain yogurt, shredded cucumbers, garlic and dill
$Entrees
Istim Kebab
$22.00
served usually to very special guests in turkish homes. steamed lamb shank cooked with vegetables and wrapped with sliced eggplant. topped with slice tomatoes and peppers. baked in the oven.served over rice and salad.
Askin Dorugu
$20.00
thin cut sliced lamb marinated in black sea style sauce to get very soft and taste the best.cooked on the grill. served over pita bread w/ mixed green salad, rice and roasted vegetables.
Sarma Beyti
$19.00
spiced ground lamb and veal, mixed with onion and red bell peppers. cooked on the grill.wrapped with lavash bread. served with garlic yogurt, tomato sauce and coban salad.
Adana Kebab
$18.00
ground lamb mixed with onions, red bell pepper, garlic and turkish spices. served over rice with coban salad.
Yogurt Kebab
$21.00
grilled thin sliced lamb over sautéed, cubes buttered turkish bread. topped with special tomato sauce and yogurt. served with coban salad.
Patlican Sarma (Burak's Favorite)
$18.50
eggplant is a top vegetable in turkish cuisine. this is another plate with small italian eggplant. thin sliced, wrapped around with our special kofte, topped with kasar cheese. baked in the oven with tomato sauce. served with rice and coban salad.
Iskender Kofte
$18.50
very famous turkish iskender dish. small piece of kofte cooked on the grill. served over pieces of pita bread. topped with garlic yogurt and iskender tomato sauce&hot melted butter.
Kofte Plate
$18.50
kofte is a very famous dish in this region. ground meat mixed with chopped onions, spices and bread crumbs. at istanbul'lu we serve it with roasted veggies, rice, potatoes and yogurt.
Tas Kebab
$17.50
traditional turkish lamb stew. cooked with tomatoes and onions. served over rice.
Izmir Kofte
$16.50
kofte baked in the oven with tomato sauce, topped with green peppers. served with rice and yogurt.
Kuru Fasuyle
$16.50
turkish white beans cooked with lamb and tomato sauce. it's very popular in turkish households, rich and poor, everyone's favorite. served with rice and yogurt.
Etli Bamya
$16.50
sautéed lean lamb meat, topped with specially prepared okra. baked in the oven.served with rice.
Firinda Patlican
$17.00
cubed baby eggplant cooked with ground beef and lamb and spiced. baked in the oven.served over rice, coban salad and scoop of thick yogurt.
Sultan Delight
$18.00
roasted eggplant made to be a turkish puree (delight) and served with cubed lamb meat.
Tavuk
$18.00
long strips of chicken breast marinated in milk. spiced with a special sauce, cooked with butter and mixed with home cooked potatoes. topped with yogurt and tomato sauce. served with mixed green salad.
Tavuk Sote
$17.00
marinated chicken breast, sautéed with fresh vegetables. served over rice.
Mantar Sote
$17.25
fresh mushrooms sautéed with onion and chicken breast spiced. served with rice and yogurt.
Tavuk Delight
$17.50
marinated chicken breast mixed with red bell peppers over the delight.
Veggie Delight
$17.00
mixed sautéed vegetables over the delight.
Firinda Sebzeli Guvec
16.00
traditional vegetarian home cooked dish. fresh vegetables cooked in the oven.served over rice.
$Breakfast & Brunch
Plate Of Turkish Mornings
$14.00
.most famous turkish breakfast items (arranged by chef): beyaz peynir, kasar peynir, turkish olives, sucuk, pastirma, boiled eggs, imported honey, recel, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers
Kiz Kulesi
$12.00
very popular turkish boreks (su borek, ispanak borek, pohca) served with a turkish tea.
Galata
$11.50
popular turkish bakery items like simit, pohca, peynir borek. served with a turkish tea
Su Borek
$9.00
mama mia borek. dough cooked in water layers in the pan, stuffed with beyaz peynir and spices. baked in the oven.
Ispanak Borek
$8.50
very tasty borek with spinach.
Laz Pancakes
$9.50
very old traditional black sea region style...milk and flour based pancakes.topped with turkish honey, recel and beyaz paynir.
Laz Pancakes
$10.75
with scrambled eggs
Laz Pancakes
$11.50
served with sucuk or pastirma
Laz Pancakes
12.00
served with scrambled eggs and meat (sucuk, pastirma)
$Style Eggs
Cilbir
$9.00
very old traditional turkish way. dropped eggs cooked in water. topped with garlic yogurt and pull biber
Ispanakli Cilbir
$10.50
cilbir served with sautéed onions and fresh spinach. topped with garlic, pull biber.
Menemen
$9.50
very popular turkish style omelet with tomatoes, onions, red bell peppers, green peppers, cooked with beyaz peynir and spices
Pelita
$9.50
this dish is very popular in chef's village which in in rize, kalkandere region. tomato sauce mixed with eggs and beyaz peynir.
Kaynana, Gelin
$9.00
turkish beyaz peynir and eggs cooked with fresh parsley and spiced with pull biber.
Saganda Yumurta
$8.50
eggs cooked with sucuk (turkish style dry beef pepperoni) or turkish style dry beef pastrami.
Sebze Yumurta
$9.50
fresh vegetables like tomatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms, red bell peppers,cooked with eggs.
Sebze Yumurta
$10.50
with sucuk, pastirma
Firinda Kahvaltilik
11.00
tomatoes, red bell peppers, green peppers. cooked with turkish bread andkasar peynir. baked in the oven.
$Hot Tapas
Ispanak Borani
$8.00
(spinach lovers pay attention). fresh spinach cooked with turkish style béchamel sauce, topped with garlic yogurt and tomato sauce.
Leyla Ile Mecnun
$10.50
almost everyone's favorite humus with cooked turkish sucuk & warm pita bread.
Mucver
$8.00
pan fried fresh zucchini chopped & mixed with eggs, chopped onions, carrots, parsley,scallions and beyaz peynir.
Sigara Borek
$7.50
pan fried special filled with beyaz peynir, eggs garlic and parsley.
Kirmizi Beyaz
$7.50
roasted red bell peppers stuffed with suzme, garlic and spiced. topped with butter sauce and pull biber.
Mercimek
$7.50
steamed red lentil mixed with scallions, parsley , tomatoes and pepper sauce. topped with yogurt.
Sak-Suka
$8.00
eggplant tastes very good this way. cubed and fried eggplant with zucchini, mixed with long hot peppers. topped with tomato sauce and yogurt garlic mix.
Bebek Karni Yarik
9.50
small baby italian eggplant stuffed with sautéed onions, and ground beef. baked in the oven.
$Cold Tapas
Dolma
$7.50
stuffed grape leaves. topped with yogurt.
Humus
$7.00
chick peas mixed with tahini, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil.
Haydari
$7.50
special turkish suzme mixed with garlic, dill and olive oil. topped with garlic butter sauce,pull biber.
Enginar
$7.50
artichoke heart, cooked peas, carrots and potatoes, spiced.
Patlican Salad
$8.00
roasted eggplant mixed with roasted bell peppers, tahini, garlic, olive oil and spiced.
Peynir Plate
11.00
turkish cheese like beyaz peynir, kasar, suzme with fresh tomatoes and cucumber.topped with olive oil and spiced.
$Soups
Mercimek
$6.50
red lentil cooked with tomato, pepper sauce and mint.
Paca
7.00
very famous turkish village soup with lamb, yogurt, garlic. lemon, mixed and spiced soup.
$Salads
Kalkandere Salad
$10.50
regular mixed green. what makes it special, is the way it's spiced and sauced; just like in my village.
Coban Salad
$10.50
very famous turkish salad made with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, scallions, green peppers, chopped, spiced and sauced with olive oil, lemon juice. topped with beyaz penir.
Akdeniz Salad
$11.50
mixed green with sauteed mushrooms, bread crumbs mixed with red onions, shredded feta cheese and spiced.
Piyaz Salad
$10.50
white beans marinated in lemon juice, olive oil mixed with cubed tomatoes,red bell peppers, chopped red onion, spice and topped with boiled eggs.
Cacik Salad
9.00
very cooling salad made with plain yogurt, shredded cucumbers, garlic and dill.
$Meat Sandwiches
Kofte
$8.25
very famous turkish lamb and veal meatball patty served with tomatoes and sumac mixedwith sliced red onions.
Adana
$8.25
ground lamb spiced and mixed with shredded onions and peppers made to famous adana kebab, served in sandwiches topped with tomatoes and mixed greens.
Lamb Burger
$9.50
ground lamb made into a burger with feta cheese, topped with tomatoes and mixed greens.
Tavuk
8.00
marinated chicken breast, cooked and served with sliced tomatoes & mixed greens.
$Veggie Sandwiches
Dolma
$7.50
stuffed grape leaves with yogurt, sliced tomatoes and mixed greens
Mercimek Kofte
$8.00
red lentil kofte served with tomatoes, mixed greens & yogurt sauce.
Kimizi Beyaz
$7.50
turkish beyaz peynir, sliced tomatoes, scallions & cucumbers, spiced and toppedwith olive oil and pull biber.
Humus
$7.50
regular humus served with sliced tomatoes and mixed greens.
Hummus
$8.00
patlican salad...roasted eggplant served with tomatoes and mixed greens.
Kasarli
8.50
turkish kasar cheese with tomatoes, mixed greens, scallions and cucumber.topped with olive oil.
$Hot Lunch Plates
Izmir Kofte
$10.50
kofte baked in the oven with peppers, onions, mushrooms, eggplant, potatoes and carrots in tomato sauce. served with rice and yogurt.
Kuru Fasulye
$10.50
turkish white beans cooked with lamb meat in a tomato sauce. it's very popular in turkish households for rich and poor people. served with rice and yogurt.
Karni Yarik
$11.50
eggplant stuffed with sautéed ground beef, onions and spices. baked in the oven.served with rice and yogurt.
Kofte Grill For Lunch
$11.00
our delicious kofte served with rice and cooked peppers, tomatoes and potatoes.
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