Black and red caviar, smoked butterfish, smoked salmon and 2 varieties of herring served with blini or potatoes. Serves 2.
$195.00
Russian Osetra Black Caviar
Serves 2. Served with sour cream, chopped red onion, egg and capers with blini.
$145.00
North American White Sturgeon Black Caviar
Serves 2. Served with sour cream, chopped red onion, egg and capers with blini.
$135.00
Sevruga Black Caviar
Served with sour cream, chopped red onion, egg and capers with blini.
$95.00
Atlantic Salmon Caviar
Served with sour cream, chopped red onion, egg and capers with blini.
$48.00
Cold Appetizers
Fish Platter
An assortment of smoked and cured fish including own house-cured salmon gravlax and smoked butterfish. Served with blini or potatoes.
$38.00
Salmon Blini
House-cured, thinly sliced salmon served on blini with chopped egg, red onion, capers and sour cream.
$29.00
Russian Meat Platter
House-made veal roulette, basturma, beef tongue and smoked meats.
$33.00
Salo
Thin slices of cured Berkshire fatback on toasted Russian black bread with spicy horseradish mustard. Served with garlic slices.
$23.00
Herring
Baltic herring served with hot boiled potatoes and onions.
$19.00
Satsivi
A Georgian speciality of tender chunks of chicken in a spicy coriander walnut sauce.
$22.00
Pickled Vegetables
An assortment of pickled fruit and vegetables including samovar's home-style pickles.
$18.00
Marinated Mushrooms
A mix of wild mushrooms in Samovar's special marinade.
$18.00
Beef Tongue
Cooked to perfection. Served sliced thin with a spicy horseradish sauce.
$28.00
Fresh Cabbage salad
Shredded cabbage with garlic, bell pepper, greens, apple and onion mixed in sunflower oil and lemon juice . perfect summer salad.
$12.00
Hot Appetizers
Siberian Pelmeni
Homemade veal and pork dumplings are served in a light chicken broth with sour cream on the side.
$19.00
Pelmeni Stroganoff
Siberian pelmeni topped with beef stroganoff.
$31.00
Vareniki
Traditional Russian dumplings served pan-fried with sour cream.
$20.00
Dolma
Grape leaves stuffed with lamb and rice. Served with a zesty yogurt sauce.
$22.00
Kulebyaka
Salmon filet, garden vegetables and herbs stuffed in a delectable puff pastry.
$36.00
Khachapuri
A traditional Georgian 3-cheese pastry.
$22.00
Foraged Mushrooms and Potatoes
Wild mushrooms pan-fried with home-style potatoes.
$25.00
Mushrooms Vol-au-Vent
Delectable pan-fried wild mushrooms in a delicate puff pastry.
$19.00
Deruny
Potato pancakes pan-fried golden brown and served with sour cream.
$16.00
Pirozhok
Russia's classic country pastry with choice of filling.
$8.00
Vegetable stew
Traditional vegetable stew.
$28.00
Soups
Gribnoi Soup
Wild mushrooms with barley in a hearty broth. Vegetarian.
$16.00
Borscht Soup
Homemade soup with beets and cabbage served with sour cream.
$15.00
Chicken Broth with Frikadelki Soup
A light broth served with delicate chicken meatballs.
$15.00
Summer Borscht Soup
Cold and refreshing beet soup. Vegetarian.
$15.00
Okroshka Soup
With choice of kvas or kefir.
$18.00
Solyanka Soup
Traditional "peasant" soup. Hearty soup with beef, smoked sausages, olives, pickles and onions.
$24.00
Traditional Russian Salads
Vinegret Salad
A traditional beet, potato and pickle salad in light sunflower oil. vegetarian.
$16.00
Olivier Salad
Tender bites of chicken with potato, carrots, onion and peas in a light homemade mayonnaise.
$16.00
Shuba Salad
In-house pickled herring diced and layered with a rich combination of egg, beet, potato, carrot and onions.
$18.00
Eggplant Caviar Salad
A luscious puree of roasted eggplant, tomato and peppers with artisan herbs and spices. Vegetarian.
$16.00
Russian Salad Trio
Olivier, vinegret and shuba salads.
$33.00
Signature Salads
Babushka Salad
Fresh cucumber, tomato and dill tossed in sour cream. Vegetarian.
$17.00
Garden Salad
Fresh vegetables tossed in vinegar and oil.
$16.00
Tomato and Bryndza Salad
Slices of feta cheese and fresh tomato.
$16.00
Duck Salad
Sliced duck breast with pickled pear on a bed of arugula.
$21.00
Prawn and Avocado Salad
A delicate mixture of chopped prawns in an avocado and mango chutney.
$23.00
Fish Entrees
Branzino
Served whole or filleted with a choice of grilled vegetables.
$34.00
Grilled Salmon
Atlantic salmon served with grilled zucchini and bell peppers.
$32.00
Seafood Blinchiki
Baby shrimp and scallop wrapped in blini and served with a light, creamy saffron sauce.
$33.00
Meat Entrees
Shashlik Karski
Grilled choice double cuts of lamb rack marinated in Georgian spices.
$62.00
Lamb Country Style
Savory lamb shanks simmered in red wine reduction with herbs and peppers. Served with kasha.
$39.00
Braised Short Ribs
Tender short rib braised in port wine and served with creamy mashed potatoes.
$38.00
Beef Stroganoff
Russia's classic dish of lean tenderloin and sauteed mushrooms tossed in a mushroom cream sauce. Served with choice of side.
$34.00
Golubtzi
A mix of ground chicken and veal wrapped in braised cabbage leaves.
$32.00
Poultry Entrees
Chicken Kiev
Russian samovar's famous dish. Succulent, tender chicken breast stuffed with herbed butter, lightly breaded and baked. Served with creamy mashed potatoes.
$34.00
Duck a La Russe
Pan-seared duck breast and leg in an exotic fruit compote.
$36.00
Pozharsky Cutlet
Home-style chicken and veal cutlet served with mashed potatoes.
$28.00
Tabaka
Cornish hen split and roasted, topped with garlic butter and served with home fries.
$34.00
Chicken Shaslik
Marinated chicken thighs on the bone. Skewered and grilled.
$29.00
Desserts
Napoleon
Homemade pate gonflee pastry cake with Bavarian vanilla cream filling.
$15.00
Apple Strudel
Sweet baked apple strudel.
$15.00
Le Smetannik
Sour cream cake.
$15.00
Medovik
Lightly sweet layered honey cake.
$15.00
Cherry vareniki
$19.00
SIDES
Kasha with mushrooms
$12.00
Plain blini
5 pieces of mouth watering blini
$8.00
Buckwheat kasha
$8.00
Kapusta
Fresh cabbage salad
$11.00
Mashed potato
$8.00
Home style potato
$9.00
French fries
$8.00
Grilled vegetables
$9.00
Russian Black Bread
4 slices of black rye bread (russian)
$3.00
Alcohol Free Beverage
Ginger Beer Non-Alcoholic
$6.00
Apple Juice 100%
$3.50
Cranberry Juice
$3.50
Orange Juice
$3.50
Coca Cola
$2.50
Diet Cola
$2.50
Ginger Ale
$2.50
Sprite
$2.50
Water Poland Spring
$1.75
Wine
Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon North Coast Reserve 2015