Cafe Orchid

Cold Appetizers

• Jajik (cacik)$4.95

  fresh homemade yogurt with chopped cucumber, garlic, mint, dill & olive oil

• Feta Plate$5.95

  feta cheese, black olives, cucumber & tomatoes

• Best Hummus$4.95

  puree chickpeas with tahini, lemon juice, white pepper, garlic, cumin & olive oil

• Appetizer Sampler$11.95

  hummus, eggplant salad, lentil fingers, tabuli & spinach sautee

• Babaganush (herse)$5.95

  grilled eggplant puree with tahini, fresh lemon juice, garlic, olive oil

• Ezme$5.95

  chopped spicy roasted red bell peppers & green peppers, tomatoes, garlic walnuts & parsley

• Eggplant Salad (patlican Salata)$5.25

  char-grilled eggplant, green & red peppers, tomatoes, parsley, scallion, garlic, lemon juice, vine grate & olive oil

• Stuffed Grape Leaves (yalanci Dolma)$5.95

  grape leaves stuffed with rice, currants, pine nuts, onion, dill, parsley & turkish spices cooked in olive oil

• Baby Eggplant (imam Bayildi)$5.95

  pan fried italian baby eggplant stuffed with onions, green & red peppers, tomatoes, dill, parsley, garlic & pine nuts

• Lentil Fingers (mercimek Koftesi)$5.95

  red lentil, onion, red pepper, cumin, parsley, scallion, white pepper, cracked wheat served over fresh romaine lettuce & lemon, mild spicy

• Spinach Sautee (borani)$5.95

  fresh baby spinach sauteed with onion, pine nuts, dill, olive oil & fresh lemon juice served with homemade garlicky yogurt

• Piyaz (white Bean Salad)$6.50

• Ezme$5.95

  chopped spicy roasted red bell peppers & green peppers, tomatoes, garlic walnuts & parsley

Hot Appetizers

• Fried Meat Pie (cig Borek)$5.95

  homemade dough filled with ground lamb, onion, turkish spices pan-fried served with yogurt sauce

• Mujver (zucchini Pancake)$7.95

  pan fried zucchini, carrot, dill, mint, parsley, oregano, egg, flour, feta cheese served with yogurt sauce, great with wine

• Spinach Pie (ispanakli Borek)$5.95

  homemade dough filled with chopped spinach, onion & turkish spices baked in oven

• Hot Appetizer Sampler$11.95

  falafil, calamari, mussels & sigara boregi

• Kibbe (icli Kofte)$6.25

  turkish cracked wheat stuffed with ground beef, onion, walnut & turkish spices served with hot & yogurt sauce

• Fried Mussels (midye Kizartmasi)$7.95

  fried mussels served with hot sauce & turkish tartor sauce over lettuce

• Fried Calamari (kizarmis Kalamar)$6.95

  pan-fried calamari over lettuce served with turkish mild spicy marinara sauce

• Feta Wrap (sigara Borek)$5.25

  pan fried phyllo dough stuffed with creamy turkish feta cheese & parsley

• Fried Liver (arnavut Cigeri)$7.50

  beef liver fried in butter & served with onion salad & lemon

• Portabella Mushroom (soslu Mantar)$6.95

  grilled portabella mushroom with homemade chefs special tomato sauce made with garlic, olive oil, black pepper & basil

• Orchid Special (balik Sarma)$6.95

  sardine filet wrapped in fresh grape leaves marinated with olive oil, garlic, grilled & served with lemon & cocktail sauce

• Falafil$5.95

  fried ground chickpeas, garlic, onion, celery, dill, parsley, black pepper, cumin, oregano, flour, baking powder

Soup

• Lentil Soup$4.00

  pureed red lentil, potatoes, carrots, mint, onions, olive oil, & flour

Salads

• Sheppard Salad (coban Salata)$6.95

  all fresh-diced tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley, green bell peppers, sumac & with our house dressing lemon juice

• Spinach Salad (ispanak Salata)$6.95

  baby spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, fresh mozzarella cheese, walnut & orange mustard sauce

• Green Salad (yesil Salata)$5.95

  romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley, sumac with our house dressing lemon juice & olive oil

Homemade Special

• Lamb Shank (kuzu Incik)$13.95

  baby lamb shank baked with seasonal vegetables served with rice or bulgur

• Turkish Ravioli (manti)$12.95

  homemade fresh ravioli stuffed with special ground lamb served with homemade garlic yogurt & choice of tomato sauce or butter sauce

• Uskudar (highly Recommended)$13.95

  lamb cubes sauteed with onion, tomatoes, mushroom, red & green peppers, garlic wrapped with sliced eggplant served with rice

• Sultan Delight (hunkar Begendi)$13.95

  char-grilled eggplant puree sauteed with mozzarella cheese & topped with lamb cubes cooked with onion, red & green bell peppers, olive served with rice or bulgur, highly recommended

• Ottoman Special (sahanda Pirzola)$20.95

  sauteed baby lamb chops with fresh tomato, onion, garlic, green & red bell peppers, extra virgin olive oil, dill & parsley

• Kulbasti (highly Recommended)$19.50

  thin sliced filet mignion marinated in chefs secret recipe, grilled & served with mersin potato salad (potato, red pepper, mint)

Kebobs

Served With Grilled Tomato, Hot Green Pepper, Green Salad & The Choice Of Rice Or Bulgur

• Adana Kebob$11.95

  hand chopped ground lamb with red bell peppers, parsley, mint, oregano, black pepper & garlic

• Lamb Shish Kebob$13.95

  lamb cubes marinated with veg oil, lemon juice, paprika, oregano, black pepper & onion

• Doner (gyro) Kebob (home Made)$11.95

  thinly sliced homemade turkish gyro (ground lamb & veal mixed)

• Beef Shish Kebob$12.95

  beef cubes marinated with veg oil, lemon juice, paprika, oregano, black pepper & onion

• Orchids Favorite$11.95

  chicken drum sticks marinated in olive oil, onion, garlic, paprika, black pepper, fresh lemon juice

• Chicken Shish Kebob$11.95

  chicken cubes marinated with veg oil, lemon juice, milk, paprika, garlic, oregano, black pepper

• Mix Combo$18.95

  combination of lamb shish, chicken shish, kofte & doner

• Kofte Kebob$10.95

  ground lamb with onion, parsley, bread crumb, eggs & turkish spices

• Lamb Chops (kuzu Pirzola)$19.95

  grilled baby lamb chops

• Yogurt Kebob$12.95

  choice of lamb, beef, doner, chicken, adana served over pan-fried bread with butter & homemade yogurt

• Iskender (highly Recommended)$12.95

  choice of lamb, beef, doner, chicken, adana served over pan-fried bread with butter, yogurt & choice of tomato sauce or mild spicy butter sauce

Veggie Entrees

• Vegetable Stew (turlu)$10.95

  baked eggplant, zucchini, carrot, potatoes, mushroom, green beans, okra, green & red bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, mint

• Veggie Combination$17.95

  hummus, ezme, stuffed grape leaves, tabuli, eggplant salad, lentil fingers, falafil & feta wrap

• Green Beans (tazefasulye)$10.95

  fresh greens beans sauteed with onion, tomato, carrot, garlic, dill, olive oil & lemon juice served with bulgur

• Falafil Special$10.95

  falafil, hummus, babagannush, green salad

• Baked Eggplant (imam Firin)$11.95

  baby eggplant stuffed with tomatoes, onion, green & red bell peppers, parsley, dill, garlic, olive oil & pine nut baked with cheese

Seafood Entrees

• Grilled Jumbo Shrimp$19.95

  jumbo shrimp turkish style marinated grilled & served with green salad & served with cocktail sauce & choice of rice or bulgur

• Shrimp Casserole (guvecte Karides)$19.50

  highly recommended, jumbo shrimp sauteed with sweet onion, mushroom, cherry tomatoes, red bell pepper, dill, garlic, olive oil

• Grilled Salmon$14.95

  salmon filet chefs secret recipe grilled & served with green salad, vegetables & choice of rice or bulgur

Side Orders

• Rice$3.00

• French Fries$3.00

• Bulgur$3.50

• Yogurt$3.50