Iskender shish Kebab

 

This Saturday 8th of May

 

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SATURDAY 8th May  

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STARTERS

TABBOULEH £4.00

(Lebanese fresh salad) Vegan – Gluten Free

Quinoa, extra virgin oil , lemon juice, fresh mint, parsley,

spring onion, green peppers , cucumber , tomatoes

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BABA GANOUSH £4.50

(with one home made pita bread) Vegan – Gluten Free (not the bread)

Smoky aubergine dip with lemony spice sumac, tahini,

extra virgin oil, garlic, lemon juice 

MAIN

BEEF STIFADO (served with pilaph) £8.00

Gluten Free 

For thousands of years Greece and the especially the Seven Islands in the Ionian Sea has been a crossroads for both people and cultures. The civilization, customs and food of this region developed by combining new ideas with existing ones – in culture, language and philosophy.
And so a thread links ancient Greek cooking (which used wine vinegar and lots of fruit and vegetables to create sweet and sour combinations), through the Romans, the Franks, the Catalans , the Venetians and the British to today’s modern Greek cooking. This creative process worked to create the Greek “stifado”. The name comes from the word “suffocate” or “suffusion” which came to us from the Venetians. This dish is “suffocated” by being cooked in a pot with the lid tightly shut. The shallots, which are characteristic of this dish, are slowly caramelized over a low heat without losing their shape or firmness. The beef cooks to a delicious tenderness without losing any of its flavour. “Stifado” must be eaten soon after cooking because the flavours are lost if the food is kept for any length of time. This whole cooking process means that our “stifado” is one of my most successful and popular dishes. Try it and see.

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KOLOKITHOPITA (Courgette tart) £5.60

 

Vegetarian (Gluten Free on request)

A traditional Greek tart with home-made filo as a base (made with olive oil and wine) courgettes, feta cheese, pecorino cheese, Greek yoghurt, eggs, onions, leek, mint, parsley, dill, extra virgin oil

DESSERTS

Greek BAKLAVA £5.00

A layered pastry dessert (made of filo pastry and butter), filled with chopped walnuts, almonds, pistachios, cinnamon, cloves, orange, sugar and sweetened with honey  syrup

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Two DIPLES from Mani £4.00

Greek honey dipped fried pastries (flour, eggs, vanilla, with a drop of ouzo)

sprinkled with walnuts and cinnamon

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Halva Vegan £3.80

Semolina, sugar, oil, cinnamon, pine nuts

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Galactoboureco (Milk Roll) £5.00

A milk based dessert (gala means milk in Greek and bourek means roll in Turkish)

made with  filo pastry, eggs, semolina, butter, vanilla, sugar.