Russian Tea Time Menu

Mushroom Barley Soup

Fully vegetarian, hearty enough to protect you from fierce chicago winds

Ukrainian Borscht

Sweet and sour soup of beets, cabbage, carrots, ns, potatoes and tomatoes, served hot with sour cream.

Baked Baby Sweet Peppers

Stuffed with sauteed vegetables

Traditional Caesar Salad

With grilled chicken 15.00 With smoked salmon

Mesclun-Field Green Salad

Succulent mesclun afield greens, feta cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, sugared walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette

Mini Potato Piroshkies

Five mini turnovers of mashed potatoes, sautéed onions, side of sour cream

Blinchiki with Cabbage

3 blintzes (crepes) filled with sautéed cabbage, carrots and onions and fried to crispy brown

Lamb Samsa

Puff pastry dish from uzbekistan, stuffed with chopped lamb, onions, touch of cumin.

Stuffed Mushroom Caps, Azerbaijani Style

Baked white mushrooms (four) stuffed with spinach, onions, feta and swiss cheese

Asparagus Vareniki

6 dumplings filled with asparagus, red pepper, and feta cheese. Drizzled with a lemon basil butter

Pumpkin Vareniki

6 dumplings filled with pumpkin, farmer’s cheese, garlic, and onion with cinnamon butter

Latkes

5 potato latkes served with apple sauce and sour cream

Pumpkin Piroshkies

2 Baked puff pastry piroshkies filled with pumpkin and onion, Seasoned with salt and pepper

Ukrainian Potato Dumplings Vareniki

Classic dish of potato dumplings, boiled, tossed in butter.

Sardines

Served with onions on pumpernickel toast

Chopped Beef Liver Pate

With crackers and chopped onions

Russian Herring

Marinated delicious filet chunks with sliced onions, Beet vinegrette salad tomatoes and cucumbers

Blinchiki with Beef

3 blintzes (crepes) filled with ground beef and caramelized onions. Sautéed in butter, served over greens and drizzled with an avocado-coriander cream

Cold Vegetarian Assortment Platter

Salad of Baked Beets

Oranges, white cabbage, feta cheese with flavorful vinegar dressing, olive oil

Daikon

Served with onions, feta, vinaigrette dressing

Garbanzo Beans

Spinach, fresh garlic, red onions, balsamic vinegar

Beet Caviar

Grated beets, prunes, and walnuts, with fresh garlic, mixed with touch of mayo

Delicate Marinated Baked Beets

Layered on pumpernickel toast and topped with slices of smoked salmon

Herring

Served with a scoop of russian beets vinegrette salad

Eggplant

Sauteed sprinkled with fresh tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, olive oil

Eggplant Duet

Combination of sauteed eggplant and eggplant orientale

Vegetarian Stuffed Eggplant

Baby eggplant stuffed with sauteed onions, carrots, red and green pepper, turnip and celery. Served on a bed of rice with tomato sauce, marinated beets and carrot salad

Stuffed Green Bell Pepper

Green bell pepper stuffed with a combination of sautéed vegetables celery, potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, paprika, and cilantro. Served with brown rice, carrot salad, marinated beets

Guriev Blini

Two pancakes served with melted butter, raspberry sauce and sour cream. With salmon caviar

Chicken Duran Schnitzel

Lightly sauteed and battered chicken breast, sauteed to golden brown, served with mashed potatoes and baked sweet pepper stuffed with carrot salad.

Uzbek Mung Bean Stew Mashkitchiri

An import from India has been a vegetarian darling in uzbekistan, now nourishes chicagoans

Uzbek Chick Pea Stew Nukhat

A traditional dish of chick peas slowly simmered with onions, tomatoes and a hint of cinnamon. Topped with chopped onions, served with tashkent carrot and vinaigrette salads

Chicken Liver Schnitzel

Lightly sauteed and served on the bed of buckwheat kasha with sauerkraut, horseradish and carrot salad.

Chicken Croquettes Pozharskie Kotleti

Fluffy and delicate ground chicken patties rolled in bread cubes, baked and served with buckwheat kasha, marinated beets, carrot salad and bechamel mushroom cream sauce

Classic Stuffed Cabbage Golubtsi

Cabbage roll stuffed with a filling of ground beef, chicken, carrots, and sautéed onions. Simmered in sweet and sour tomato sauce. Served with buckwheat kasha, sour cream, carrot salad

Chicken Kebob Shashlik

White meat kabobs marinated then grilled to perfection. Served on a bed of brown rice, fresh onions, carrot salad and uzbek tomato

Chicken Medley Entree

Combination of slice chicken roulade, chicken kotletka and chicken kebob served with brown rice and sauteed spinach

Moldavian Meatballs

Meatballs of ground chicken and onions, simmered in a sweet and sour tomato sauce. Served on a bed of buckwheat kasha with marinated beets and sauerkraut sauteed with fresh cabbage

Russkie Chicken Kotletkas Patties

Three sauteed Ground Chicken breast Kotletkas, served with shitake mushroom bechamel sauce, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, baby pickle.

Pork Loin Schnitzel

Pork loin schnitzel with hunter kielbasa and beef tongue served with mashed potatoes, garlic sauce, sauerkraut and horseradish.

Tilapia Filet en Pappillote

Enveloped in foil with fresh basil and tomatoes, steamed to order, tantalizing. Served with red pepper coulis, mashed sauerkraut sauteed with fresh cabbage

Salmon Crepe Blinchik

Thin crepes served with norwegian smoked salmon, salmon caviar, and sour cream. Garnished with lemon, cucumber, tomato and chopped onions

Chicken Breast Roulade

Skin-on chicken breast stuffed with spinach and ground chicken. Served with a savory mushroom sauce, sautéed baby spinach, carrot salad and mashed potatoes

Chicken Paprikash

Chicken breast, simmered in the rich sauce of sour cream and paprika, served over polenta

Classic Beef Stroganoff

Lean sirloin beef sauteed and simmered in whipping and sour cream, madeira wine, mushrooms, onions, dill. Served with buckwheat kasha mixed with noodles with carrot salad and beets

Beef Stew Russkaya Podzharka

The newest addition to our delicious portfolio. Beef stew served over mashed potatoes with carrot salad, sweet baby peppers and baby pickle

Lamb Shank

Braised lamb shank in a rich stew of carrots, red peppers, celery, tomatoes, garlic and spices. Served over mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach

Vegetarian Platter for 2

Begins with a tasting of potato dumplings, stuffed mushrooms, carrot salad, beet caviar, chickpea spread, and cracked wheat and vinaigrette salads.

Russian Tea Time Platter For 2

To tantalize your palate we start with a tasting of meat dumplings, chicken kebob, stuffed mushrooms, carrot salad, beet caviar, chick pea spread and cracked wheat and vinaigrette salads

Seafood Platter for 2

An astounding platter of: smoked norwegian and smoked pastrami salmon, smoked fish of the day, 2 oz. caspian salmon caviar, sardines, 4 fresh crepes and a garnish of chopped onions, cucumbers, tomato