Side orders $3.5, (Extra rice, bulgur, french fries, pickles,grilled veggies, greens, and olives). Veggie version is also available w/ zuchini and mushrooms
Karisik Dolma
$14.95
Cabbage, zucchini and green pepper stuffed with ground beef and lamb, rice and herbs, served with tomato sauce and yogurt.
Manti
$14.95
Lamb dumplings with yogurt sauce on top.
Hunkar Begendi
$16.95
Sultan's Delight. A classic Ottoman dish made w/ sauteed chunks of beef over smoked eggplant puree and cashar cheese, drizzled w/ buttery tomato garlic glaze.
Beef Stroganoff
$16.95
Great classic, Eastern European dish, made of julliened beef tenderloin, button mushrooms, onions, sour cream & touch of cabernet, server on the bed of fries or rice.
Skewered grilled jumbo shrimp, marinated in chef's special sauce, served with arugula salad and homemade cocktail sauce.
Kuzu Incik
$18.95
Rustic dish of slow cooked baby Lamb Shank, served w/ seasonal chuncky veggitables and rice.
Tokat Kebab
$19.95
Old Tokat (Province in Central Anatolia) dish. Nice combination of lamb, tomato, garlic, potato, green pepper and aubergine, cooked in special clay oven.
Karniyarik (Moussaka)
$15.95
Tender minced beef and lamb, layered between slices of eggplant & topped w/ a bechamel sauce. Finished with cashar cheese, oven baked and served with rice.
Coban Kavurma
$15.95
Traditional pheasant sautee of beef, garlic, onions, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes w/ your choice of side.
Tabaka (GEO)
$15.95
Crispy whole cornish han, cooked in a heavy iron skillet, pressed with a heavy lid, served with a pungent walnut garlic sauce (satsivi).
Etli Bamya
$14.95
Pieces of lamb baked with baby okra in fresh tomato sauce.
Firindan (From the Oven)
Turkish stuffed pies with your choice of ingredients.
Peynirli Pide
$12.95
with Feta Cheese
Kiymali Pide
$14.95
with Ground Beef
Tavuklu Pide
$14.95
with chicken
Sucuklu Pide
$14.95
with Mediterranean Sausage and Mozzarella
Kapali Karadeniz Pide
$13.95
with three types of Cheese and Fresh Eggs
Sebzeli Pide
$14.95
with Mixed Vegetables
Kusbasi Pide
$15.95
with Beef Cubes, Onions and Tomatoes.
Ispanakli Pide
$13.95
with spinach and feta cheese.
Karisik Pide
$15.95
with Sucuk, Pastrami and cheese.
Lahmacun
$3.75
Turkish style pizza with ground meat. Green and red bell peppers. Onions and tomatoes served with sliced lemon. Lettuce, onions and tomatoes.
Tatlilar (Desserts)
Turkish stuffed pies with your choice of ingredients.
Baklava
$5.50
Kadayif
$5.50
Kazandibi
$5.50
Homemade Bread
$2.00
Cay (Turkish Tea)
$1.50
Fruit and Herb flavored Teas
Soda
$1.75
Turk kahvesi
$3.00
Turkish Coffee
Ayran
$2.50
Turkish Yogurt Drink
Cold Appetizers
Humus
pureed chickpea with tahini sauce
Babaganoush
pureed, mashed eggplant with tahini and lemon juice
Eggplants in tomato-garlic sauce
Grape leaves (dolma)
Shepherd or green salad
Cheese platter
Pickled vegetables
Assorted smoked fish platter
Beans with walnuts (lobio)
Stuffed eggplants with walnuts and pomegranates
Satsivi
Cornish chicken in walnut sauce
Hot Appetizers
Sigara boregi (Blinchiki with cheese)
Arnaout cigeri (Liver)
Stuffed mushroom with cheese
Karadenis pide (Adjarskie khachapuri)
Entrees
Fish of the day
salmon, trout, swordfish or sturgeon osetrina na vertele
Mixed grill platter
Lamb shish kebab
Chicken kebab
Adana (Lula) kebab
Doner kebab (Turkish shaurma)
Dessert
Assorted oriental sweets
Padishah custard
Assorted fruit platter
*18% gratuity will be added to total bill.
Cold Appetizers
Humus
Pureed chickpea with tahini sauce
Babaganoush
Pureed, mashed eggplant with tahini and lemon juice
Soslu Patlican
Small cubes of fried eggplant in fresh tomato and garlic sauce
More than 30 people showed up for the ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the Turkish Cuisine on Chicago's north side. Engin Cardak and Marina Cardak hosted a complimentary five-course meal for those in attendance. Turkish Cuisine, at the Corner of Bryn Mawr and Clark. Famous for its baked goods, Cardak would also like to do wholesale business out of his shop. Engin Cardak with his huge experience, 20 years in restaurant business, moved to the Chicago from New York in 2000. The huge basement serves as the bakery where six chefs produce fresh Turkish specialties including several kinds of borek, bread, pide, baklava, sekerpare, kazandibi and more.