Persian Garden Caf�

Appetizers

• Merza Farangee

  a medley of tastes come together with grilled eggplant folded over sautéed onion, garlic, fresh herbs, tomato and feta cheese; topped with our homemade cugurt sauce and served with toasted garlic pita bread.

• Humus

  it's delicious, healthy & good looking! a veggie dip made from chick peas, tahini, lemon juice, black pepper, parsley, garlic, soy sauce, and a hint of cayenne; served with julienne carrots, celery, and fresh whole wheat nan.

• Spinach Pourani

  an authentic persian dip made of homemade yogurt, parboiled spinach, grilled onion, garlic, persian spices and herbs; served with whole wheat nan.

• Baba Ganuj

  a classic among vegetarians! a delicious eggplant dip flavored with garlic, parsley, lemon juice, black pepper, and tahini; served with assorted fresh veggies and fresh whole wheat nan.

• Humus And Baba Ganuj

  two of our most popular appetizers served with fresh veggies and nan.

• Sabzi

  traditionally, persians begin their meals with this assortment of fresh herbs and greens, feta cheese, walnuts and whole wheat nan.

• Dolmeh Plate

  steamed, stuffed, wrapped grape leaves with tabouli on a bed of both brown and white basmati rice, topped with cugurt sauce and saffron raisin almond mix. served with homemade nan.

• Mast Va Mosear

  the creamiest yogurt dip ever! we take our homemade yogurt and add persian shallots; served with fresh whole wheat nan.

Soups

all soups are prepared daily with korean ginseng and persian spices in a homemade vegetable stock.

• Lentil

• Black Bean

• Minestrone

• Miso

Organic Salads

all salads are made fresh right when you order them, with only the freshest vegetables and best herbs. your body will thank you later.

• House Garden Salad

• Shirazi Salad

  a classic persian salad made of cucumnber, tomato, onion, dried herbs, lemon juice, and sea salt

• Mediterranean Salad

  take a trip to the mediterranean! we promise our tangy salad of romaine lettuce, fresh herbs, feta cheese, tomato, cucumbers, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, olives, and capers will satisfy the your discriminating taste- enough for two.

Vegetarian Entrees

all sandwiches are served with tabouli salad, kalamata olive, feta cheese, carrot, celery, pickles and an herb for garnishment.

• Mirza Faranghe Dinner

  treat yourself to this wonderful combination of grilled eggplant, tomato, onion, garlic, feta cheese, fresh herbs and our homemade cugurt sauce; served with cello and pollo (rice) sprinkled with saffron flavored onions, raisins and toasted almonds.

• Purpleshoots

  an excellent combination of braised asparagus and grilled eggplant, topped with sautéed onion, garlic, tomato, lemon juice, fresh herbs, feta cheese and cugurt; served with cello and pollo (rice) sprinkled with saffron flavored onions, raisins and toasted almonds.

• Tofu Delight

  silken soft tofu carefully grilled with onion, garlic, tomato, cilantro, fresh herbs, bean sprouts, ginger roots and light soy sauce; served with brown and white basmati rice, topped with saffron-almond raisin mix, and sesame seeds.

• Vegetarian Sampler

  a delightful dish for everyone. humus tabouli, falafel, and moist dolmeh served over both white and brown rice and cugurt sauce. falafel is topped with tahini and cugurt sauce. humus and tabouli served with fresh veggies and homemade nan.

• Spinach Herb Stew (ghor-meh Sabzi)

  a traditional dish of herb stew made with spinach, parsley, cilantro, dill weed, chives, fenugreek, walnuts, whole wheat flour, arrow roots, and persian spices, mixed with red kidney beans, tomato juice, lemon juice and dried lime; served with brown and white basmati rice, cugurt sauce, topped with saffron almond raisin mix.

• Vegetable Stew With Eggplant

  an excellent combination of vegetables and herbs in a balanced tomato based sauce, along with yellow split peas, eggplant, and dried limes, accented with persian spices, lemon juice, and lime. served with polo and cello (rice), cugurt sauce and nan.

• Spinach Herb Burger (kookoo Sabzi)

  deliciously prepared burger with spinach, parsley, cilantro, chives, dill weed, fenugreek, whole wheat flower, walnuts, arrowroot, and persian spices; served over brown and white basmati, topped with sautéed onion, garlic, fresh herbs, feta cheese, homemade cugurt and garden herb salad.

• Spud Burger (kookoo Sib-zamini)

  potato patty burger deliciously made with mushrooms, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and persian spices; served over brown and white basmati rice, topped with sautéed onion, garlic, fresh herbs, tomato, feta cheese, cugurt sauce, almond saffron mix and house garden salad.

• Tofu Portabella Mushrooms

  a delightful mixture of soft tofu, spinach, chives, dill weed, parsley, cilantro, ginger roots, tomato, lemon juice, feta cheese, persian spices and soy sauce with portabella mushrooms; served with cugurt sauce and both brown and white basmati rice, topped with saffron almond raisin mix.

• Mirza And Kookoo

  spinach herb patty (spinach, parsley, cilantro, chives, dill weed, fenugreek and walnuts) topped with sautéed onion, garlic, tomato and feta cheese; served over both brown and white basmati rice, alongside stuffed grilled eggplant topped with cugurt sauce and saffron almond raisin mix.

• Mirza And Dolmeh

  grilled stuffed eggplant and steamed rolled grape leaves with tabouli grain; served over whit and brown basmati rice, topped with cugurt sauce and saffron-almond mix.

• Falafel And Dolmeh

  falafel croquettes topped with both cugurt and tahini sauce, served on abed of tomatoes, and pickle chips, along with steamed stuffed marinated grape leaves on a bed of both brown and white basmati rice; topped with cugurt saffron almond raisin mix.

• Veggie Stir Fry

  a concoction of fresh vegetables and herbs: snow peas, mushrooms, carrots, celery, onion, tomato, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, green and red cabbage, green beans and ginger roots, bean sprouts, fresh mixed herbs and exotic spices of persia, lightly stir-fried with soy-sauce; served with both brown and white basmati rice, topped with sesame seeds and saffron almond raisin mix. with tofu

• Tofu Briani

  silken tofu blended with cinnamon, ginger, onion, herbs and persian spices; served with cello and pollo (rice), topped with saffron flavored onions, raisins and toasted almonds.

• Tofu Angel Hair Pasta

  silken soft tofu, angel hair pasta, garlic, onion, mushrooms, tomato, herbs, artichoke hearts, feta and parmesan cheese sautéed with olive oil; served with toasted garlic pita bread.

Healthy Meat & Seafood Entrees - Salmon Dishes

why is it that everything good is bad? not these dishes. these entrees are great tasting and great for you. made with the healthiest meats and juiciest seafood.

• Wild Salmon Purple Shoots

  kodiak island wild salmon grilled with fresh dill, garlic, olive oil and persian spices, lemon juice and soy sauce; served with braised asparagus and grilled eggplant, topped with cugurt sauce and served with brown and white basmati rice, almond saffron mix.

• Salmon Angel Hair Pasta

  sockeye wild salmon prepared with lemon juice, olive oil, soy sauce and dill, mixed with eggless angel hair pasta, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, tomato, parmesan and feta cheese; served with toasted garlic pita bread.

• Salmon Portabella Mushroom

  grilled with wild sockeye salmon and portabella mushrooms, tomato and tofu, spinach, chives, parsley, and dill weed, lemon juice, soy sauce, feta cheese and persian spices; served with basmati rice, cugurt sauce and almond saffron mix.

• Wild Salmon Caesar Salad

  grilled salmon with lemon juice and soy sauce, mixed with fresh romaine and herbs, garlic toasted croutons and homemade caesar dressing; topped with parmesan cheese and fresh cracked pepper.

• Wild Salmon Grilled

  sockeye wild salmon grilled with persian spices, fresh herbs, lemon juice, soy sauce, olive oil and garlic; served with steamed veggies, feta cheese, brown and white basmati rice, topped with almond saffron, and cugurt sauce.

Healthy Meat & Seafood Entrees - Shrimp Dishes

• Shrimp Angel Hair

  jumbo shrimp sautéed with olive oil, lemon juice, and fresh garlic, mixed with angel hair pasta, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, tomato, feta cheese and parmesan cheese; served with garlic toasted pita.

• Shrimp Garden Salad

  jumbo shrimp sautéed with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and a light soy sauce, mixed with fresh herbs and garden salad, topped with house dressing and served with nan.

• Shrimp Scampi

  jumbo shrimp sautéed with onion, garlic, capers, lemon juice, fresh herbs and spices, served over brown and white basmati rice, topped with saffron mix and a serving of steamed veggies with feta cheese.

• Shrimp Mirza Faranghe

  sautéed jumbo shrimp with olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice, tucked in merza faranghe, topped with cugurt sauce and served with garlic toasted pita.

Healthy Meat & Seafood Entrees - Chicken Entrees

• Herb Stew With Chicken

  an excellent herb stew made of spinach, parsley, chives, dill weed, walnuts and fenugreek with sautéed breast of chicken, with garlic, onion, lemon juice, soy sauce, and persian spices, served with brown and white basmati rice, topped with saffron mix, cugurt sauce and nan.

• Chicken Stir Fry

  an assortment of fresh vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, red and green cabbage, turnips, snow peas, string beans and tomato, fresh herbs and spices are stir-fried with breast of chicken with light soy sauce, garlic and onion, served with both brown and white basmati rice, topped with sesame seeds and almond raisin saffron mix

• Tofu Delight With Chicken

  silken soft tofu lightly grilled with onion, garlic, ginger, boneless skinless breast of chicken, tomato, fresh herbs, soy sauce, and bean sprouts, served with brown and white basmati rice, topped with almond raisin saffron mix, sesame seeds and fresh herbs. enjoy!

• Spicy Chicken Garden Salad

  fresh garden herb salad is mixed with grilled breast of chicken with garlic, onion, lemon juice and tamari soy sauce, topped with house dressing; served with garlic toasted pita.

• Vegetable Stew With Chicken & Eggplant

  breast of chicken, eggplant and fresh veggies, along with persian spices, yellow split peas, and limo omani (dried lime) in a light veggie sauce, served with rice and bread.

• Chicken Mediterranean Salad

  mediterranean salad prepared with romaine lettuce, basil, chives, capers and dill weed, accented with feta cheese, kalamata olives, lemon juice, garlic and other herbs mixed with grilled chicken with olive oil, garlic, onion, persian spices and soy sauce.

• Chicken Caesar Salad

  breast of chicken grilled with onion, garlic, olive oil, persian spices and herbs, mixed with fresh romaine, fresh herbs and toasted garlic pita croutons with homemade caesar dressing.

• Spicy Chicken

  breast of chicken grilled with persian spices, garlic, onion, mushroom, celery, green bell pepper, fresh ginger roots, tomato, lemon juice and light soy sauce, feta cheese and herbs. served with brown and white basmati rice, steamed veggies, cugurt and nan, topped with saffron almond raison mix.

Healthy Meat & Seafood Entrees - Kebabs

• Lamb Koobide (chelo Kebab)

  ground lamb meat placed on skewers, broiled on an open fire; served with white basmati rice, broiled tomato, cucumber yogurt sauce, onion and nan.

• Koobide Mediterranean

  ground lamb meat placed on a skewer, broiled on an open fire, served with mediterranean salad and nan.

• Shish Kebab Filet Mignon

  filet of tenderloin marinated in lemon juice, saffron, and yogurt overnight, broiled over an open fire; served with basmati rice, broiled tomato, pepper, cugurt, onion and nan.

• Chicken Kebab

  juicy chunks of chicken breast marinated in lemon juice, onion, saffron, and yogurt mix, on a skewer broiled to your taste; served with white basmati rice, cugurt, onion, broiled tomato and nan. sultani (shish kebab & chicken kebab), sultnai (koobide & shish kebab), sultani (koobide & chicken kebab).

Healthy Meat & Seafood Entrees - Gyros Dishes

• Gyros Platter

  lamb strips grilled with persian spices served with tomato, onion, kalamata olives, feta cheese, pickles, and radishes with cugurt sauce and handmade pita bread.

• Mexigyros

  pieces of grilled lamb prepared south of the border style, mixed with onion, garlic, jalapeno bell pepper, mushrooms, tomato, mixed herbs and spices, served with both brown and white basmati rice, cugurt sauce and nan.

• Gyros Cello

  strips of lamb gyros filled with persian spices, served with white basmati rice, cucumber yogurt sauce, along with onion, tomato, pickles, radishes, olives, feta cheese, and handmade pita bread.

• Gyros Choice

  strips of lamb gyros, served with stuffed grilled eggplant; topped with cugurt and a serving of both brown and white basmati rice, garnished with saffron nut raisin mix.

Deserts

• Vegan Pumpkin Pie

• Vegan Carrot Cake

• Vegan Carob Chocolate Cheesecake

• Persian Baklava

• Non-dairy Persian Ice Cream

• Pistachio Ice Cream

• Mango Ice Cream

• Ginger Ice Cream

• Vegan Saffron Rice Pudding

• Regular Rice Pudding