Cafe Istanbul

Cold Appetizers

• Patlican Salatasi-Eggplant Salad$4.00

  charcoal grilled eggplant flavored with garlic and herbs

• Humus - Hummus$4.00

  chick peas mashed into a paste with lemon juice and flavored with tahini

• Soslu Patlican - Sauced Eggplant$4.00

  small pieces of eggplant in moderately spicy sauce of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions and garlic

• Barbunya Plaki - Red Kidney Beans$4.00

  turkish red kidney beans tasted with olive oil and lemon

• Ispanak - Spinach Spread$4.00

  spinach prepared with onion, pine nuts and red peppers

• Cacik - Jajik$4.00

  chopped cucumbers, garlic, mint and blended generously with yogurt

• Babaganus - Babagannush$4.00

  charcoal grilled eggplant flavored with garlic and herbs

• Midye Dolmasi - Stuffed Mussels$6.00

  fresh mussels stuffed with pine nuts, rice and currants

• Karides Kokteyl - Shrimp Cocktail$8.50

  large size shrimp served with grated horseradish sauce

• Yaprak Sarmasi - Stuffed Grape Leaves$5.00

  grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts, currants, fresh parsley and mint

Seafood Salads

• Ahtapot Salatasi - Octopus Salad$9.50

  combination of grilled octopus, red onion, tomatoes, parsley, arugula, olive oil and dressing

• Kalamar Salatasi - Calamari Salad$7.95

  grilled calamari, julian red onion, tomatoes, arugula, parsley, olive oil and dressing

Hot Appetizers

• Sigara Boregi - Cheese Roll$5.00

  delicate fillo dough wrapped with feta cheese and parsley then pan-fried

• Amavut Cigerl - Fried Liver Cubes$6.00

  cubes of calf's liver pan-fried then served with onion and parsley salad

• Kalamar Tava - Fried Calamari$7.00

  calamari rings lightly pan-fried and served with chefs homemade sauce

• Hamsi Tava - Pan-Fried Anchovies$8.00

  seasonal black sea fish ask your server avallability

• Midye Tava - Fried Mussels$5.50

  fresh mussels removed from shells, delicately pan-fried and served with homemade garlic sauce

• Balik Koffesi - Fish Ball$6.75

  pan fried white meat fish marinated with herbs

• French Fries

  • Lg$4.00
  • Sm$2.00

• Findik Lahmacun - Mini Meat Pie$6.75

• Falafel$6.00

  chick peas mashed with onions, parsley and garlic deep fried

Seafood Entrees

Ask About Our Seasonal Seafood Specials

• Cupra - Royal Dorado$16.00

  (imported aegean sea fish) exquisite and delightful fish served either lightly pan-fried or char-grilled

• Akdeniz Levregi-Imported Mediterranean Sea Bass$16.50

  exotic, tender and delicious white meat served whole recommended char-grilled

• St. Peters Fish$16.50

  delicate, flaky white meat served whole or filet char-grilled or lightly pan-fried

• Levrek - Striped Bass$16.00

  char-grilled white meat fish. also served as filet

• Alabalik - Rainbow Trout$16.00

  fresh rainbow trout pan-fried or char-grilled to perfection the served with removed bone

• Kiremitte Alabalik - Casserole Rainbow Trout$16.50

  rainbow trout baked in casserole with vegetable

• Dil Baligi - Whole Flounderq$15.50

  mild and flaky white meat served whole or filet lightly pan-fried or filet baked

• Mercan Baligi - Red Snapper$16.75

  delicious while meat served either whole or filet lightly pan-fried recommended

• Barbun Tava - Red Mulled$16.95

  fascinating tender white meat, bony but tasty cooked lightly pan-fried

• Salmon Izgara - Grilled Fillet of North Atlantic Salmon$15.95

  north atlantic salmon filet char-grilled and served

• Salmon Guvec - Salmon Casserole$16.50

  chunks of salmons baked in casserole with mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, red bell peppers and garlic

• Hamsi Tava - Pan-Fried Fresh Anchovies$15.50

  seasonal exotic black sea fish. ask your server availability

• Karides Izgara - Grilled Shrimp Shish Kebab$17.00

  jumbo shrimp, lemon, onion and red bell peppers skewers on grill and served

• Karides Guvec - Shrimp Casserole$16.50

  large size shrimp baked in a casserole with mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, red bell peppers, garlic and shredded cheese on top

• Ahtopot Guvec - Octopus Casserole$16.50

  fresh octopus baked in a casserole with mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, red bell peppers, garlic and shredded cheese on top

Meat Entrees

All Meat Entrees Served with Rice Or French Fries

• Sis Kebap - Shish Kebab$12.00

  special marinated baby lamb grilled to delight on skewers

• Adana Kebab$11.95

  ground lamb flavored with red bell peppers slightly seasoned with paprika and grilled deliciously on skewers

• Kuzu Pirzola - Lamb Chops$16.95

  baby lamb chops marinated and grilled to order

• Tavuk Sote - Chicken Sautee$12.00

  diced pieces of chicken mixture of onion, tomatoes, green peppers and seasoned

• Et Sote - Lamb Sautee$12.00

  diced pieces of lamb mixture of onion, tomatoes, green peppers and seasoned

• Izgara Kotte - Char-Grilled Turkish Meat Ball$12.00

  ground meat spiced with turkish herbs then char-grilled to your taste

• Tavuk Sis Kebap - Chicken Shish Kebab$12.00

  tender chunk of chicken marinated with chef's own blend of herbs sand spices

• Tavuk Pirzola - Chicken Chops$14.00

  marinated chicken with piece of bone grilled to order

• Gyro$10.95

  freshly ground lamb wrapped around a large vertical split and grilled

• Karisik Izgara - Mix Grill$17.95

  combination of chicken kebab, shish kebab, meat ball and lamb chop

Over Specialties

• Kusbasili Pide$12.00

  (lamb meat pide) a delectable chopped lamb, tomatoes, onions and peppers prepared in the oven over the dough

• Tavuklu Pide (Chicken Pide)$12.00

  a second version to our famous pide prepared with cubs of chicken tomatoes, onions, peppers and served

• Kiymali Pide$10.50

  (with ground meat) this savory ground meat is mixed together with tomatoes, onions, peppers and parsley over turkish pide

• Sucuklu Pide$12.50

  (turkish sausage with kashar cheese) this fresh turkish cheese is prepared within the dough and topped with turkish sausage

• Pastirmali Pide$13.00

  (turkish pastrami with kashar cheese) this fresh turkish cheese is prepared within the dough is now topped with melted pastrami

• Kasarli Pide (Turkish Kashar Cheese)$10.00

  turkish kashar cheese

• Special: Mix Pide$14.50

  pastrami, sausage, kashar cheese, eggs, vegetable

Sandwiches

• Gyro Sandwich$5.00

• Shish Kebab Sandwich$6.00

• Chicken Kebab Sandwich$6.00

• Adana Kebab Sandwich$6.00

• Kotte Kebab Sandwich$6.00

• Falafel Sandwich$6.00

Soup

• Mercimek Corbasi - Red Lentil Soup$3.00

  mercimek corbasi - red lentil soup

• Balik Corbasi - Fish Soup$3.50

  fresh fish mixed with vegetables prepared and ready to serve