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Cafe Gulistan features a full bar - beer, wine & liquor

Appetizers
*All Appetizers Served With Pita
Combo Platter
A selection of Middle Eastern vegetarian dishes (humus, babaghanoush, tabouleh, ezme and falafil) topped with garlic-dill yogurt sauce.
Falafil Appetizer
Crisp deep-fried patties of ground chickpeas served with sumak salad and garlic-dill yogurt sauce.
Gulistan House specialties
Your choice of favorite deep-house appetizer; Humus or Babaghanoush or Ezme (Spicy) or Tabouleh.
Izgara Shrimp
Grilled Tiger Shrimp marinated with house mixture of herb and spices, served with sesame seeds with dried Turkish apricot deep.
Calamari (Gulistan special)
Tender Squid sautéed with scallions & fresh garlic in a tomato-lemon sauce.
Gulistan Appetizer
Grilled vegetables topped with seasoned New Zealand ground lamb and garlic-dill yogurt sauce.
Shiitake Mushrooms
Farm fresh shiitakes and basil sautéed with a walnut-tomato chutney in a red wine and soy sauce.
 
Soups and Salads
Soup of the Day
Please, ask your server.
Cacik
Mix of yogurt, diced cucumbers, and red onions, spiced with dill and garlic.
House Salad
Crisp romaine lettuce tossed with fresh tomatoes, red onions, bell peppers, and cucumbers with lemon juice, olive oil & sumak dressing.
Fattoush Salad
Fresh romaine lettuce tossed with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, bell peppers, and zahter croutons, served with our exceptional honey garlic-dill yogurt dressing.
Feta Salad
Feta cheese layered with ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and bell peppers, served with homemade dressing.
Grilled Chicken & Salad
Marinated strips of chicken breast, grilled and served over a bed of romaine lettuce and mixed vegetables, tossed with a lemon-herb dressing.
 
Seafood Specialties
Stuffed Rainbow Trout
Fresh trout stuffed with our house special pesto, served with Basmati rice and sautéed spinach.
Shrimp Kabob
Jumbo shrimp marinated in a curry lemon sauce, grilled to perfection, served with apricot chutney, Basmati rice, and vegetable of the day and garnish.
Pasta Mediterranean
Shrimp, fresh vegetables, dried apricots, and feta cheese, sautéed with fettuccine in a white wine basil garlic sauce.
 
Vegetarian Specialties
Sultan’s Tava
Fresh spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, carrots, and chickpeas, sautéed in a curry garlic sauce, served with Basmati rice, and garnished.
Ispanak
Crispy chickpea patties topped with sautéed fresh spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers, in a garlic-mango-walnut cream sauce, served with Basmati rice.
Falafil Platter
Crisp deep fried chickpea patties, served with Basmati rice, sumac salad, garlic-dill yogurt sauce, and vegetable of the day.
Grilled Vegetables and Hummus
Grilled eggplant, zucchini, and roasted peppers topped with sautéed onions and a garlic-dill yogurt sauce, served with Basmati rice and hummus.
 
Lamb Specialties
Gulistani
New Zealand ground lamb sautéed with spices and spring onion, served over a bed of Basmati rice, and garnished with our house special sumac salad.
Izgara Lamb
Marinated strips of New Zealand top sirloin lamb char-broiled, served with tomato-basil chutney, Basmati rice, vegetable of the day and garnish.
Rack of Lamb
Frenched New Zealand baby lamb chops grilled to order, served with walnut-date chutney, Basmati rice, vegetable of the day and garnish.
Kavurma
This traditional Kurdish wedding dish with cubes of tender New Zealand top sirloin lamb, marinated and sautéed with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, served with Basmati rice and garnished with sumak salad.
 
Chicken Specialties
Chicken Kabob
Strips of chicken breast marinated in a curried-lemon juice then char-broiled, served with Basmati rice, vegetable of the day and garnish.
Chicken Dolma
Chicken breast stuffed with our own Mediterranean filling, slowly baked to perfection, served over pasta, and cooked in a roasted garlic cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes.
Garlic Chicken
Savory pieces of chicken breast sautéed with onions, mushrooms and carrots, in a walnut-garlic-lemon sauce, served with Basmati rice and garnish.
Antepli Yahnisi
Cubed chicken breast marinated, sautéed with onions, carrots, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, and potatoes served with Basmati rice and garnish.
 
Kid’s Menu
Lamb Kabob
Chicken Kabob
Shrimp Kabob
Rack of Lamb
Falafil
Kid’s Pasta
 

 

 

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