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Cafe Orchid

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Middle Eastern Restaurant$$$$

Lakeview, Chicago

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Cafe Orchid

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Dinner Menu 9

Dinner Menu

Cold Appetizers

Jajik (Cacik)

4.95

Fresh homemade yogurt with chopped cucumber, garlic, mint, dill & olive oil

Best Hummus

4.95

Puree chickpeas with tahini, lemon juice, white pepper, garlic, cumin & olive oil

Babaganush (Herse)

5.95

Grilled eggplant puree with tahini, fresh lemon juice, garlic, olive oil

Eggplant Salad (Patlican Salata)

5.25

Char-grilled eggplant, green & red peppers, tomatoes, parsley, scallion, garlic, lemon juice, vine grate & olive oil

Baby Eggplant (Imam Bayildi)

5.95

Pan fried italian baby eggplant stuffed with onions, green & red peppers, tomatoes, dill, parsley, garlic & pine nuts

Spinach Sautee (Borani)

5.95

Fresh baby spinach sauteed with onion, pine nuts, dill, olive oil & fresh lemon juice served with homemade garlicky yogurt

Ezme

5.95

Chopped spicy roasted red bell peppers & green peppers, tomatoes, garlic walnuts & parsley

Feta Plate

5.95

Feta cheese, black olives, cucumber & tomatoes

Appetizer Sampler

11.95

Hummus, eggplant salad, lentil fingers, tabuli & spinach sautee

Ezme

5.95

Chopped spicy roasted red bell peppers & green peppers, tomatoes, garlic walnuts & parsley

Stuffed Grape Leaves (Yalanci Dolma)

5.95

Grape leaves stuffed with rice, currants, pine nuts, onion, dill, parsley & turkish spices cooked in olive oil

Lentil Fingers (Mercimek Koftesi)

5.95

Red lentil, onion, red pepper, cumin, parsley, scallion, white pepper, cracked wheat served over fresh romaine lettuce & lemon, mild spicy

Piyaz (White Bean Salad)

6.50

Hot Appetizers

Fried Meat Pie (Cig Borek)

5.95

Homemade dough filled with ground lamb, onion, turkish spices pan-fried served with yogurt sauce

Spinach Pie (Ispanakli Borek)

5.95

Homemade dough filled with chopped spinach, onion & turkish spices baked in oven

Kibbe (Icli Kofte)

6.25

Turkish cracked wheat stuffed with ground beef, onion, walnut & turkish spices served with hot & yogurt sauce

Fried Calamari (Kizarmis Kalamar)

6.95

Pan-fried calamari over lettuce served with turkish mild spicy marinara sauce

Fried Liver (Arnavut Cigeri)

7.50

Beef liver fried in butter & served with onion salad & lemon

Orchid Special (Balik Sarma)

6.95

Sardine filet wrapped in fresh grape leaves marinated with olive oil, garlic, grilled & served with lemon & cocktail sauce

Mujver (Zucchini Pancake)

7.95

Pan fried zucchini, carrot, dill, mint, parsley, oregano, egg, flour, feta cheese served with yogurt sauce, great with wine

Hot Appetizer Sampler

11.95

Falafil, calamari, mussels & sigara boregi

Fried Mussels (Midye Kizartmasi)

7.95

Fried mussels served with hot sauce & turkish tartor sauce over lettuce

Feta Wrap (Sigara Borek)

5.25

Pan fried phyllo dough stuffed with creamy turkish feta cheese & parsley

Portabella Mushroom (Soslu Mantar)

6.95

Grilled portabella mushroom with homemade chefs special tomato sauce made with garlic, olive oil, black pepper & basil

Falafil

5.95

Fried ground chickpeas, garlic, onion, celery, dill, parsley, black pepper, cumin, oregano, flour, baking powder

Soup

Lentil Soup

4.00

Pureed red lentil, potatoes, carrots, mint, onions, olive oil, & flour

Salads

Sheppard Salad (Coban Salata)

6.95

All fresh-diced tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley, green bell peppers, sumac & with our house dressing lemon juice

Green Salad (Yesil Salata)

5.95

Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley, sumac with our house dressing lemon juice & olive oil

Spinach Salad (Ispanak Salata)

6.95

Baby spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, fresh mozzarella cheese, walnut & orange mustard sauce

Homemade Special

Lamb Shank (Kuzu Incik)

13.95

Baby lamb shank baked with seasonal vegetables served with rice or bulgur

Uskudar (Highly Recommended)

13.95

Lamb cubes sauteed with onion, tomatoes, mushroom, red & green peppers, garlic wrapped with sliced eggplant served with rice

Ottoman Special (Sahanda Pirzola)

20.95

Sauteed baby lamb chops with fresh tomato, onion, garlic, green & red bell peppers, extra virgin olive oil, dill & parsley

Turkish Ravioli (Manti)

12.95

Homemade fresh ravioli stuffed with special ground lamb served with homemade garlic yogurt & choice of tomato sauce or butter sauce

Sultan Delight (Hunkar Begendi)

13.95

Char-grilled eggplant puree sauteed with mozzarella cheese & topped with lamb cubes cooked with onion, red & green bell peppers, olive served with rice or bulgur, highly recommended

Kulbasti (Highly Recommended)

19.50

Thin sliced filet mignion marinated in chefs secret recipe, grilled & served with mersin potato salad (potato, red pepper, mint)

Kebobs

Served With Grilled Tomato, Hot Green Pepper, Green Salad & The Choice Of Rice Or Bulgur

Adana Kebob

11.95

Hand chopped ground lamb with red bell peppers, parsley, mint, oregano, black pepper & garlic

Doner (Gyro) Kebob (Home Made)

11.95

Thinly sliced homemade turkish gyro (ground lamb & veal mixed)

Orchids Favorite

11.95

Chicken drum sticks marinated in olive oil, onion, garlic, paprika, black pepper, fresh lemon juice

Mix Combo

18.95

Combination of lamb shish, chicken shish, kofte & doner

Lamb Chops (Kuzu Pirzola)

19.95

Grilled baby lamb chops

Iskender (Highly Recommended)

12.95

Choice of lamb, beef, doner, chicken, adana served over pan-fried bread with butter, yogurt & choice of tomato sauce or mild spicy butter sauce

Lamb Shish Kebob

13.95

Lamb cubes marinated with veg oil, lemon juice, paprika, oregano, black pepper & onion

Beef Shish Kebob

12.95

Beef cubes marinated with veg oil, lemon juice, paprika, oregano, black pepper & onion

Chicken Shish Kebob

11.95

Chicken cubes marinated with veg oil, lemon juice, milk, paprika, garlic, oregano, black pepper

Kofte Kebob

10.95

Ground lamb with onion, parsley, bread crumb, eggs & turkish spices

Yogurt Kebob

12.95

Choice of lamb, beef, doner, chicken, adana served over pan-fried bread with butter & homemade yogurt

Veggie Entrees

Vegetable Stew (Turlu)

10.95

Baked eggplant, zucchini, carrot, potatoes, mushroom, green beans, okra, green & red bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, mint

Green Beans (Tazefasulye)

10.95

Fresh greens beans sauteed with onion, tomato, carrot, garlic, dill, olive oil & lemon juice served with bulgur

Baked Eggplant (Imam Firin)

11.95

Baby eggplant stuffed with tomatoes, onion, green & red bell peppers, parsley, dill, garlic, olive oil & pine nut baked with cheese

Veggie Combination

17.95

Hummus, ezme, stuffed grape leaves, tabuli, eggplant salad, lentil fingers, falafil & feta wrap

Falafil Special

10.95

Falafil, hummus, babagannush, green salad

Seafood Entrees

Grilled Jumbo Shrimp

19.95

Jumbo shrimp turkish style marinated grilled & served with green salad & served with cocktail sauce & choice of rice or bulgur

Grilled Salmon

14.95

Salmon filet chefs secret recipe grilled & served with green salad, vegetables & choice of rice or bulgur

Shrimp Casserole (Guvecte Karides)

19.50

Highly recommended, jumbo shrimp sauteed with sweet onion, mushroom, cherry tomatoes, red bell pepper, dill, garlic, olive oil

Side Orders

Rice

3.00

Bulgur

3.50

French Fries

3.00

Yogurt

3.50

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