Restaurant Harem - Ottoman Cuisine

Kaz Kebabı ( Goose )

Oven roasted goose strips with Baldo rise, pine nuts, almond, pistachionuts, raisins, candied apricot and rich goose jus wrapped of pastry

Levrek Külbastı

Fillet of sea bass gratin with kashar cheese served on smoked eggplant, Aegean wild herbal, roasted tomato and pepper

Hünkar Begendi

Hünkar Begendi is beef or chicken stew served on a bed of creamy roasted eggplant puree

Yufkali Darüzziyafe Köftesi

The meatball prepared with veal, lamb and chicken flavoured by pistachios, spices and finally wrapped of pastry

Piliç Topkapı

Chicken Topkapı / Stuffed chicken breast with oriental rice, pistachionuts, sautéed chard, butter and creamy chicken juice

Kirde Kebab

Diced lamb, chicken, Adana kebab, garden vegetables on corn flour lavas croutons, served with yogurt and onion herb salad

Iskenderun Prawns

Large size prawns grilled on a shewer with tomatoes, green pepper, lemon, onion and arugula

Saç Kavurma

Braised beef meat cubes browned in its own fat with vegetables on iron plate

Ottoman Kalbuni Pilav

Veal stew, long grain rice, chickpeas, almonds, black raisins, pistachionuts and aromatic herbs

Kuzu Incik & Beğendi

Lamb shanks that have cooked very slowly over a period of hours served over oriental rice

Hummus

A dip made from cooked mashed chickpeas

Zeytinyagli dolma sarma

Grape vine leaves, stuffed with rice, raisin, lemon and olive oil

Patlıcan salatası

Eggplant mashed and mixed with seasonings and olive oil

Cacık

Dip made from yogurt, chopped cucumber and finely chopped garlic

Acılı ezme

Hot spicy freshly mashed tomato with onion and green herbs

Zeytin salatası

Green olives marinated in spicy sauce

Ioğurtlama

Eggplant mashed and mixed with yogurt, garlic and virgin oil

Tulum

Is a traditional goat's milk cheese ripened in a goatskin casing

Ezine Peynir & Kavun

White cheese made with cow, goat or sheep milk and served with fresh melon

Somon Pastırması

Dried salmon old recipes without salt

Pacanga boregi

Pastry rolls stuffed with dried meat and kasar cheese

Sigara boregi

Pastry rolls stuffed with feta cheese

Icli Kofte

Fried croquette stuffed with bulghur, minced onions and ground red meat

Helim peynir ( Hallloumi )

Grilled white cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk

Karides kavurma / Tava / Izgara

Steam baked prawns with onions, red and green pepper, tomatoes, garlic and pomegranate / roasted in butter with garlic and pomegranate / grilled

Kalamar dolma / Tava / Izgara

Kalmar stuffed with cheese and aromatic spicy / fried / grilled

Deniz urunlu platter ( 2 persons )

Shrimps, Octopus, Squid, Langoustines, Saint Jaques, Mussels

Bosfor balık Çorbası

Fish soup Bosfor style

Yesil domates Çorbası

Green tomato soup

Badem Çorbası

Almond soup

Mercimek Çorbası

Lentil soup

Gavurdagi salatasi

Tomatoes, red onion, parsley, pomegranate, olive oil, lemon juice and walnut

Kasik salatasi ( Çoban )

Tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, parsley, red pepper, olive oil, lemon juice, pomegranate

Marul salatasi

Iceberg salad, olive oil and lemon juice

Limonlu Levrek

Fillet of sea bass with lemon cream sauce

Şiş Levrek

Fillet of sea bass with vegetables on a skewer

Fener Kavurma

Monk fish stew with red pepper, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and cinnamon

Barbunya Tava

Red Mullet pan fried

Hamsi Tava

Anchovy frying pan

Kiremitte Çupra

Oven baked sea bream

Hürrem Kebab

Chicken on a bed of baked eggplants, tomatoes and green pepper and gratin with kashar cheese

Harem Kebab

Small skewer of beef, lamb chops, chicken wings and chicken breast serve over rice with tomatoes and hot pepper

Adana Kebab

Is a long, hand-minced meat kebab mounted on a wide iron skewer and grilled on an open mangal filled with burning charcoal

Patlican Kebabi - Aubergine Kebab

Special minced meat mounted on a wide iron shewer with aubergines

Beytii Kebab

Hand-minced meat kebab with garlic and parsley mounted on a wide iron shewer

Çop Şiş

Small skewer kebab of beef

Tavuk Kanat

Grilled chicken wings

Şiş Tavuk

Chicken marinated in oriental sauce grilled on a stick

Firinda / Izgara Kuzu Pirzola

Lamb chops in the oven / grilled with garlic and aromatic herbs

Domates Kebab

Special minced meat mounted on a wide iron skewer with tomatoes

Kuşbaşılı Pide

Flatbread with toppings of meat and vegetables

Peynirli Pide

Flatbread with topping of cheese, egg and parsley

Ispanaklı Peynirli Pide

Flatbread with topping of spinach and cheese

Lahmacun

Turkish pizza, consisting of a ground meat, vegetables, spice mixture, spread on a very thin bread, cracker-like crust

Lavaş

Traditional Turkish bread

Tırnak Pide

Bread by hand

Özel Harem Pidesi

Special bread with topping of yogurt, sesame seeds and poppy seeds

Künefe Peynirli

Sweet shredded pastry with cheese

Künefe Fistikli

Sweet shredded pastry with pistachionuts

Güllaç

Made with milk, pomegranate and a special kind of pastry

Kabab Tatlısı

Turkish pumpkin dessert

Kazandibi

Burned bottom milk pudding

Baklava

Phyllo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with honey

Irmik helvası

Halva - cake topped with pine nuts and pistachionuts