Bosphorus Mediterranean Cuisine Menu

Hummus

Mashed chickpeas, mixed with fresh lemon juice, minced garlic, olive oil, and tahini

Grape Leaves (Dolma)

Stuffed with rice, onion, salt, peppermint, and sunflower oil

Spicy Ezme Salad

Mixture of finely chopped tomatoes, onions, parsley, red and green bell peppers, and Turkish spices

Haydari

Thick homemade yogurt with chopped walnuts, garlic, and fresh dill

Eggplant Salad (Spread)

Char-grilled eggplant mixed with onions, peppers, and parsley, with a touch of olive oil and fresh lemon juice

Babaghanoush

Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, fresh dill, yogurt, and garlic

Piyaz

Made with navy beans, tomatoes, onions, red bell pepper, parsley, and Turkish spices

Mixed Eggplant-sauced Eggplant

Cubed and fried eggplant dipped in our special homemade tomato and garlic sauce

Tabuli Salad

Mixture of cracked wheat, green onions, tomato, red onions, parsley, olive oil, and fresh lemon

Small Mixed Appetizers

Humus, babaghanus, haydari, piyaz, and tabuli

Large Mixed Appetizer Platter

Humus, babaghanus, haydari, eggplant salad, dolma, piyaz, and tabuli

Lentil Soup

Spinach Borek

Phyllo dough stuffed with sauted spinach and onion and pan fried till golden brown

Cigarette Borek

Phyllo dough stuffed with feta cheese and dill and pan fried until golden brown

Falafel

Ground chick peas, chopped fresh vegetables, and flour formed into a pattie and fried until golden brown

Fried Zucchini

Deep fried patties of grated zucchini with dry mint, Turkish spices and flour

Mixed Hot Appetizer Platter

Mixture of cigarette borek, falafel, fried zucchini, and spinach borek

Shepherd Salad (Choban)

Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and parsley tossed with olive oil and red wine vinegar and fresh lemon juice. Add feta cheese for $2

Bosphorus Salad

Chopped lettuce, roasted red pepper, red and green bell peppers, lemon juice, olive oil, cube feta cheese garnish with carrots

Mediterranean Salad

Chopped lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley, onion and feta cheese tossed with fresh lemon juice, red wine vinegar and olive oil

Lamb Shish Kebab

Char-grilled lamb cubes, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad

Lamb Adana Kebap

Seasoned ground lamb, char-broiled on skewers. Served with our special yogurt sauce. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Izgara Kofte (Grilled meatballs)

Char-grilled ground lamb and beef patties delicately seasoned with special house specials. Served with homemde rice and garnish salad.

Lamb Doner (Gyro) Kebab

Seasoned and marinated lamb, cooked on rotating skewers, thinly sliced. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Iskender Kebab

Sliced Turkish lamb gyros served on pita bread, topped with tomato sauce and yogurt

Lamb Chops

Marinated lamb chops grilled to perfection. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Lamb Mixed Grill Platter

Lamb mixed grill includes shish kebab, adana kebab, lamb kofte (meatballs), lamb chops and gyro (doner). Served with garnish salad.

Bosphorus Mixed Grill Platter

Bosphorus mixed grill includes shish kebab, chicken adana kebab, lamb kofte (meatballs), lamb chops, chicken kebab, chicken kofte (meatball), and gyro. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Karniyarik

Karniyarik is eggplant stuffed with seasoned ground lamb-consisting of sauteed onion, garlic, tomatoes, parsley and Turkish herbs & peppers.

Chicken Doner (Gyro) Kebab

Seasoned and marinated chicken, cooked on rotating skewers, thinly sliced. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Chicken Adana

Seasoned ground chicken, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Chicken Kebab

Char-grilled chicken cubes, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Chicken Kofte

Seasoned ground chicken, cooked on grill and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Chicken Mixed Grill Platter

Mix platter includes chicken kebab, chicken adana, chicken kofte and chicken gyro. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Chicken Sautee

Sauteed chicken with onion, tomato, red bell peppers, and garlic. Served with rice and shepherd salad.

Veggie Platter

Grilled carrots, zucchinis, mushrooms, tomatoes, eggplants, red bell peppers, and green pepper. Served with rice and garnish salad.

Falafel Platter

Chickpeas and chopped vegetables. Served with tabuli salad and rice.

Imam Bayildi

Famous Ottoman cuisine dish consisting of whole eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic, and tomatoes, simmered in olive oil. It is one of the most notable olive oil-based dishes.

Grilled Salmon

Salmon seasoned with dill, garlic, and olive oil. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Shrimp Kebab

Seasoned and marinated in bay leaves and lemon juice, cooked on skewers. Served with homemade rice and garnish salad.

Branzino

Baklava

Walnuts nestled between light layers of fillo pastry and topped butter syrup. Homemade

Rice Pudding (Sutlac)

Made of rice, cooking with milk and sugar. Served with cinnamon powder

Kazandibi

Caramelized milk pudding

Revani

Revani is a soft, yellow sponge cake steeped in syrup, made with seminole. It's a common dessert in Turkish cuisine and found throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Homemade.

Kunefe

Shredded wheat filled with kunefe cheese baked to a golden color and served with special syrup and pistachio.