Café Gulistan

The Menu

(subject to change)

* 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.
Antepli Yahnisi: Cubed chicken breast marinated, sautéed with onions, carrots, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, and potatoes served with Basmati rice and garnish.

Baklava
Mango Cheesecake
Double Chocolate Cheesecake: * Additional desserts served daily - ask your server