Russian Tea Time Menu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With grilled chicken 15.00 With smoked salmon

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

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

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

5 potato latkes served with apple sauce and sour cream

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

Stuffed with sauteed vegetables

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

With crackers and chopped onions

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

Served with onions on pumpernickel toast

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

Served with onions, feta, vinaigrette dressing

Spinach, fresh garlic, red onions, balsamic vinegar

Layered on pumpernickel toast and topped with slices of smoked salmon

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

Served with a scoop of russian beets vinegrette salad

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

Combination of sauteed eggplant and eggplant orientale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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