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Zeytin Cafe and Eaterie

MENU

HOMEMADE BREADS

Bread, the food of friendship, is the traditional staple of the Turkish diet & treated with respect & rarely wasted. Our breads are traditionally baked daily during the trading hours...

Turkish pide bread $2.00
Garlic pide $4.00
Olive Tapenade, fresh herbs, parmesan $4.00
Red pesto, fresh herbs, parmesan $4.00

PIZZA
Spinach, feta cheese, mozzarella
Pepperoni salami, blue cheese, mozzarella
Chicken, avocado, red onions, mozzarella All $12.00
Feta cheese, sun dried tomato, capsicum, mozzarella Bacon, egg, tomato, mozzarella

Lahmajoon, $7.50
This ancient Middle Eastern version of pizza makes a tasty snack. It consists of thin bread dough, spread with a layer of piquant minced meat, sprinkled with fresh parsley & lemon juice

DIPS
Hummus, chickpea dip
Baba Ganoush, eggplant dip
Jajick, cucumber, double garlic yoghurt
Ezme, Turkish salsa
Panjar, beetroot dipper
Red pepper & sun dried tomato dip
All $1.50 per serving

Spicy walnut dip
Tuna <& gherkin dip

Selection of four dips with warm bread $7.50

MEZE

Most Turkish meals begin with meze, which literally translates as "a pleasant taste".
Designed to tickle the palate & soak up wine & spirits, to increase the appetite for ensuing courses,
often go hand in hand, perfect with a bottle of wine, beer or raki & in the company of good friends, enjoy...

Bowl of Kalamata olives $3.00

Bowl of marinated feta $3.00

Bowls of feta <& olives with warm bread $7.50

Hot hummus dip with pine nuts & warm $7.50
Turkish bread

Halloumi, grilled Cypriot cheese $7.00

Kabak Mujver, courgette fritter with $4.50
crumbled feta, spring onions, dill & mint served with salad greens

Potato & kumara fritter, served with $4.50
salad greens

Spanakopita, baked layered filo pastries $6.50
with spinach, feta & herbs, served with salad greens

Borek, layers of filo with feta cheese $7.00
tomato, spring onion, fresh herbs,
served with salad greens

Calamari, pan fried squid rings, aioli, lemon $9.50

Falafel, chickpea patties with hummus & $5.00 garlic sauce

Meze platter, Turkish tasting plate of $12.00
dips, salads A nibbles with Turkish bread

SALADS

Green salad with mesclun & vinaigrette $5.00

Feta salad, tomato, cucumber, Kalamata $8.50
olives, feta cheese, red onions, fresh herbs, virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar

Warm Chicken salad $10.00

DONER KEBAB
All wrapped in unleavened Turkish flat bread with salads & your choice of sauces

Lamb Kebab $9.50
Chicken Kebab $8.50
Mixed Kebab $9.50

Vegetarian

Falafel Kebab $7.50
Mujver (courgette fritter) Kebab $7.50
Mixed Vegetarian Kebab $8.50

In homemade Turkish bread with salads & your choice of sauce

Lamb Pita $8.50
Chicken Pita $7.50
Mixed Pita $8.50

Vegetarian

Falafel Pita $6.50
Mujver (courgette fritter) Pita $6.50
Mixed Vegetarian Pita $7.50

ISKEN&E & KEBAB
Served with rice, hummus, tabouleh, salad greens & your choice of sauces

Lamb iskender $ 12.50
Chicken iskender $ 12.50
Mixed iskender $12.50
Vegetarian iskender $ 12.50

Sauces

Yoghurt - Garlic Yoghurt - Chilli - Sweet Chilli Barbecue - Satay - Mayonnaise

MOUSSAKKA

Layers of potato, eggplant, mixed vegetables served with rice & salad greens
Beef $12.00
Vegetarian $ 12.00