Istanbul'lu

Istanbul'lu Menu

(617) 440-7387
237 Holland St, Somerville, MA 02144
$$$$$

Soups and Salads


Coban Salad
$13.00
Very famous Turkish chopped salad. A delicious blend of tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, scallion, peppers with lemon juice, olive oil and spices.
Piyaz Salad
$13.00
White beans marinated in lemon juice; mixed with tomatoes, red bell peppers, green peppers, and red onion; topped with boiled eggs and olives.
Cacik
$10.00
Plain yogurt mixed with shredded cucumber, garlic, and olive oil.
Mercimek Soup
9.00
Red lentil cooked with tomato, pepper sauce and mint.

$Borek's


Cheese Borek
$9.00
Thin dough stuffed with cheese, baked in the oven.
Sigara Borek
$9.00
Pan fried special dough filled with Beyaz peynir cheese.
Yoldas Breakfast
$15.00
Popular Turkish “on the run” breakfast items: combination plate with pohca, borek, and simit.
Simit
$4.00
A beautiful bread shapes like a ring, crusty on the outside and soft on the inside
Pohca
$5.00
Traditional savory pastry, filled with cheese.
Spinach borek
$10.00
Savory pastry made of thin layer dough and filled with spinach
Su Borek
12.00
Special dough cooked in the water stuffed with beyaz peynir cheese. Baked in the oven .

$Turkish Appetizers

Cold and hot
Dolma
$9.00
Stuffed grape leaves, served with yogurt.
Humus
$9.00
Chickpeas with tahini, lemon juice, and olive oil.
Patlican Salad
$10.00
A thick sauce or spread made from ground eggplant, olive oil, lemon, and garlic. Typical of Turkish cuisine.
Haydari
$9.00
Kefir cheese topped with melted butter and garlic sauce.
Pekmezli
$12.00
Beyaz peynir cheese rolls into the roasted red bell peppers, topped with pekmez (black grape molasses), and walnut.
Taze Fasulye
$11.00
Very old traditional Black Sea region dish a stewed string beans with onions, garlic, tomatoes and Turkish spices.
Lahmacun
$13.00
A dish of Turkish origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with ground meat.
Leyla Ile Mecnun
$13.00
Everyone's favorite hummus served with cooked tomatoes, hot pita bread, and sucuk.
Imam Bayildi
$11.00
Baby eggplant stuffed with spices and sauteed vegetables (onion, peppers, tomatoes...), baked in the oven.
Mucver
$10.00
Pan fried fresh zucchini with chopped onion, scallion, and carrot mixed with eggs and flour, served with yogurt.
Sak Suka
$10.00
Cubed cut and deep-fried eggplant with hot peppers and zucchini; topped with garlic yogurt.
Bebek Karniyarik
$12.00
Small baby eggplant stuffed with sauteed onion and ground beef. Served with plain yogurt.
Mercimek Kofte
$10.00
Steam red lentil mixed with tomato and paper sauce, scallion, parsley, topped with yogurt.
Mixed Mezes
$22.00
A mix of Turkish Mezes (humus, haydari, dolma, mercimek kofte and feta cheese)
Kibbeh (Içli kofte)
11.00
Cracked wheat stuffed with ground meat and onion. Served with yogurt.

$Pilav Ustu

OH NO! NOT THAT SIMPLE. IN TURKISH COOKING SCHOOL MOST DIFFICULT TEST IS HOW YOU MAKE RICE. COMPARE TO THIS, YOU WILL BE GRADED: “GOOD OR BAD”. SO THIS SHOULD TELL YOU TURKISH RICE IS NOT TYPICAL, BUT IS THE BEST. AGREE? YES! SO LIKE IN TURKEY WE SERVE PILAV ÜSTÜ WITH:
Chicken Pilav
$15.00
Popular Turkish style rice served with grilled chicken breast.
Sak Suka Pilav
$14.00
Popular Turkish style rice served with fried eggplants, hot peppers and carrots.
Kuru Fasulye Pilav
$14.00
Popular Turkish style rice served with stew white beans.
Coban Pilav
$14.00
Popular Turkish style rice served with coban salad.
Taze Fasulye Pilav
14.00
Stew green beans

$Dinner plates


Pirzola
$26.00
Served usually for very special guests in Turkish homes. Grilled lamb chops, served with rice, grilled veggies and fries.
Doner Kebab
$25.00
A Turkish national dish made from vertical-spit roast meat and sliced. Served with rice, fries, grilled tomatoes and peppers.
Adana Kebab
$23.00
Ground meat mixed with onions, red bell pepper, garlic and Turkish spices. Served with rice, fries and grilled vegetables.
Kofte
$23.00
Kofte is very famous dish in Turkey. Ground meat mixed with spices. Served with piyaz salad, grilled vegetables and rice.
Iskender Kofte
$24.00
Kofte served over pieces of pita bread, yogurt, tomato sauce and grilled vegetables.
Grilled Tavuk
$22.00
Turkish style grilled chicken. Served with grilled veggies, rice and yogurt.
Firinda Patlican
$23.00
Ground meat sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, and parsley, spiced. Cooked with cube fried eggplants and tomato sauce in the oven. Served with rice and yogurt.
Kuru Fasulye with Meat
$23.00
Very popular dish in turkish household for rich and poor. Stewed bean dish cooked in a stone pot in the oven. Made with white beans, olive oil, onion and tomato sauce.
Iskender Doner
$24.00
Popular döner kebab. Served over pieces of pita bread, yogurt, tomato sauce and topped with melted butter.
Vegetarian Kuru Fasulye
$20.00
Very popular dish in turkish household for rich and poor. Stewed bean dish cooked in a stone pot in the oven. Made with white beans, olive oil, onion and tomato sauce.
Iskender Chicken
$24.00
Grilled chicken breast served over pieces of pita bread, yogurt, tomato sauce and grilled vegetables.
Iskender Adana
$24.00
Adana Kebab served over pieces of pita bread, yogurt, tomato sauce and grilled vegetables.
Veggie Sultan Delight
$20.00
Turkish style roasted eggplant, made to be puree with milk and cheese, topped with cooked veggies.
Chicken Sultan Delight
$22.00
Turkish style roasted eggplant, made to be puree with milk and cheese, topped with chicken.
Doner Sultan Delight
23.00
Turkish style roasted eggplant, made to be puree with milk and cheese, topped with doner meat.

$Turkish Style Eggs

Brunch.
Menemen
$10.00
Very popular Turkish style omelet with tomatoes, green peppers, onion, and beyaz peynir. Add dried beef sausage on the top for an additional charge.
Sucuku'Li Yumurta
$14.00
Turkish style eggs with sucuk.
Cilbir
13.00
Very old traditional Turkish way dropped eggs cooked in the tapped with garlic yogurt hot butter and pull biber

$Desserts

Dinner and brunch.
Baklava Pistachio
$6.00
Kunefe
$10.00
Shredded dough stuffed with unsalted special Turkish cheese. Baked in 6" pan. Topped with hot syrup.
Baklava Walnut
$5.50
Kadayif
$7.00
With Pistachio.
Mussel Baklava
$6.00
With Pistachio
MIXED OF BAKLAVAS
$15.00
6 pieces. Mixed of our baklavas.
Special Kunefe
12.00
Stuffed with cheese and pistachio

$Beverages


Ayran
$3.00
Cold savory yogurt-based beverage mixed with salt
Diet Coke
$3.50
20oz
Orange Juice
$3.00
Sparkling Water
$3.00
Coca Cola
Soda 12 Oz
3.00
Sprite or Fanta

$Sides


Fries
$6.00
Regular French Fries
White Rice
$4.00
Homemade bread
$3.00
Order only if you want extra.
Sucuk
$7.00
Dried beef sausage

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