Soups

• Red Lentil$6.50
  Lentils with tomato sauce and mint.

• Paca$7.00
  Lamb, yogurt and garlic. Very famous Turkish village soup.

Salads

• Kalkandere Salad$10.50
  Regular mixed greens. What makes it special are the spices and the sauce we mix with it, Just like in my village.

• Coban Salad$10.50
  Very famous Turkish salad made with tomatoes, pickled cucumbers, red onions, parsley, scallions mixed with olive oil and lemon juice, topped with Turkish beyaz peynir.

• Akdeniz Salad$11.50
  Mixed greens with sliced red onions, sautéed mushrooms, shredded feta cheese and Turkish bread crumbs.

• Piyaz Salat$10.50
  White beans marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, chopped red onions, tomatoes, red bell peppers, long hot Italian peppers, sumac and parsley. Garnished with broiled eggs and olives.

• Cacik Salad$9.00
  Very cooling salad made with plain yogurt, shredded cucumbers, garlic and dill.

Turkish Hot Tapas

• Spanak Borani (Spinach Lovers Pay Attention)$8.00
  Fresh spinach cooked with Turkish style Basamel sauce.Topped with garlic yogurt and tomato sauce.

• Leyla Ile Mecnun$10.50
  Almost everyone's favorite hummus. Turkish beef sausage cooked with butter. Served with warm pieces of pita bread.

• Imam Bayildi$9.00
  Baby eggplant stuffed with sautéed vegetables like green pepper, onion and tomatoes. Baked in the oven.

• Patates Kofte$8.50
  Steam cooked potatoes mixed with garlic, feta cheese and spices. Stuffed with sautéed ground meat and onions. Pan cooked. Topped with yogurt.

• Mucver$8.00
  Pan fried fresh zucchini, chopped and mixed with eggs, parsley, dill, feta cheese and carrots. Served with yogurt sauce.

• Sigara Borek$7.50
  Pan fried special dough filled with feta cheese, parsley and egg yolk mix.

• Mercimek Kofte$7.50
  Steamed red lentil mixed with tomatoes, pepper sauce, parsley and scallion. Topped with yogurt.

• Sak-Suka$8.00
  Eggplant tastes very good prepared this way. Cubed & fried eggplant and zucchini mixed with hot Italian peppers, spice and topped with tomato sauce. Served with garlic yogurt.

• Bebek Karni Yarik$9.50
  Baby eggplant stuffed with ground meat and sautéed onion. Served with yogurt.

Turkish Cold Tapas

• Dolma$7.50
  Stuffed grape leaves served with yogurt.

• Hummus$7.00
  Chick peas with Tahini, lemon juice and garlic.

• Peynir Plate$11.00
  Mix of Turkish cheeses, with cucumbers, tomatoes and Turkish olives. Topped with olive oil.

• Patlican Salad$8.00
  Roasted eggplant mixed with Tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, roasted red pepper and parsley.

• Haydari$7.50
  Special thick Turkish yogurt mixed with fresh mint, garlic and dill. Topped with garlic melted butter.

• Kozleme Biber$8.50
  Fresh red bell peppers baked in the oven, pealed and topped with garlic yogurt, melted butter and pull biber, oohh afiyet olsun.

• Pekmezli$11.00
  Black sea regions special black grape makes great tasting molasses (Pekmez). Oven baked red bell peppers with beyaz peynir, topped with pekmez and walnut.

Entrees

• Istim Kebab$22.00
  Served usually to very special guests in Turkish homes. Steamed lamb shank cooked with vegetables and wrapped with sliced eggplant. Topped with slice tomatoes and peppers. Baked in the oven. Served over rice and salad.

• Pirzola$22.50
  Turkish style marinated lean lamb chops, grilled and served with roasted vegetables and rice.

• Lamb Kebab$19.00
  cubed lean lamb meat marinated in our special regional sauce, grilled and served with rice and grilled vegetables like peppers and tomatoes.

• Tas Kebab$18.00
  lamb meat cooked Turkish style, stewed with onions and tomatoes. Served with rice and grilled vegetables.

• Askin Dorugu$20.00
  Thin cut sliced lamb marinated in Black Sea style sauce to get very soft and taste the best. Cooked on the grill. Served over pita bread w/ mixed green salad, rice and roasted vegetables.

• Sarma Beyti$19.00
  Spiced ground lamb and veal, mixed with onion and red bell peppers. Cooked on the grill.Wrapped with lavash bread. Served with garlic yogurt, tomato sauce and Coban salad.

• Adana Kebab$18.50
  Ground lamb mixed with onions, red bell pepper, garlic and Turkish spices. Served over rice with Coban salad.

• Yogurt Kebab$19.50
  Grilled thin sliced lamb over sautéed, cubes buttered Turkish bread. Topped with special tomato sauce and yogurt. Served with Coban salad.

• Patlican Kebab$20.00
  Ground meat cooked with chopped onions, peppers, spiced. Served over sliced eggplant, topped with tomatoes and peppers. Baked in the oven. With rice and garlic yogurt.

• Iskender Kofte$19.00
  Very famous Turkish Iskender dish. Small piece of Kofte cooked on the grill. Served over pieces of pita bread. Topped with garlic yogurt and Iskender tomato sauce&hot melted butter.

• Kofte Plate$18.50
  Kofte is a very famous dish in this region. Ground meat mixed with chopped onions, spices and bread crumbs. At Istanbul'lu we serve it with roasted veggies, rice, potatoes and yogurt.

• Izmir Kofte$18.00
  Kofte baked in the oven with tomato sauce, topped with green peppers. Served with rice and yogurt.

• Kuru Fasuyle$17.00
  Turkish white beans cooked with lamb and tomato sauce. It's very popular in Turkish households, rich and poor, everyone's favorite. Served with rice and yogurt.

• Sultan Delight$18.50
  Roasted eggplant made to be a Turkish Puree (Delight) and served with cubed lamb meat.

• Green Lentil Plate$18.00
  Very popular village cooking of eastern Turkey. Ground meat and green lentil, mixed and spiced. Cooked with onions topped with garlic yogurt and spread with hot butter, mixed pull biber. Served over pita bread with Coban salad very unique.

• Tavuk Sote$18.75
  Marinated chicken breast, sautéed with fresh vegetables. Served over rice.

• Mantar Sote$18.50
  Fresh mushrooms sautéed with onion and chicken breast spiced. Served with rice and yogurt.

• Tavuk Kebab$18.00
  Cubed marinated chicken breast, grilled to perfection. Served with rice and grilled vegetables.

• Tavuk Delight$18.00
  Marinated chicken breast mixed with red bell peppers over the delight.

• Veggie Delight$17.50
  Mixed sautéed vegetables over the delight.

• Firinda Sebzeli Guvec$17.00
  Traditional vegetarian home cooked dish. Fresh vegetables cooked in the oven. Served over rice.