Russian Samovar Restaurant and Piano Bar

Russian restaurant, 256 W 52nd St, New York, NY

VeganScore 40

Menu

Mains

• Karski — Grilled, marinated double cuts of lamb in Georgian spices.
• Braised Short Rib — Tender short rib braised in port wine served with creamy mashed potatoes.
• Beef Stroganoff — Strips of tenderloin in a mushroom cream sauce. Served with egg noodles.
• Lamb Country Style — Simmered in a red wine reduction with peppers and herbs, served over kasha.
• Golubtzi — Braised veal and pork wrapped in cabbage leaves.
• Chicken Kiev — Bone-in chicken breast filled with herbed butter, lightly breaded, and baked. Served with creamy mashed potatoes.
• Duck A la Russe — Crispy pan-seared duck in a plum reduction.
• Tabaka — Roasted cornish hen, split; topped with garlic butter, and home fries.
• Pozharsky — Breaded plump chicken cutlet, served with mashed potatoes and a mushroom gravy.
• Chicken Shashlik — Grilled chicken thighs marinated in Georgian spices.
• Seafood Blinchiki — Shrimp and scallops wrapped in blini with a light, creamy saffron sauce.
• Grilled Salmon — With seasonal vegetables.
• Branzino — Served whole or filleted with grilled vegetables.
• Kulebyaka — Salmon filet with vegetables and herbs wrapped in puff pastry.

Starters

• Eggplant Caviar — Puree Of Roasted Eggplant, Tomato, & Peppers. Vegan
• Pickled Vegetables — Pickles, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, and apples. Vegan
• Marinated Mushrooms — Wild mushrooms in a special house marinade. Vegan
• Mushroom and Potatoes — Wild mushrooms, onions, and homestyle potatoes. Vegan
• Vegetable Stew — Medley of vegetables stewed with Georgian spices | Add short rib +$5 Vegan
• Garden — Fresh vegetables tossed in vinegar and oil. Vegan
• Vinegret — Roasted beet, potato, & pickle salad in sunflower oil. Vegan
• Caviar Bumps
• Salmon Caviar Bumps — Salmon Caviar Severd By The Spoonful.
• Mini Blini Smoked Salmon Rolls — Salmon, Blini, Egg, Onion, Capers, & Sour Cream.
• Deviled Eggs
• Cucumber/Celery Plate — Cucumber & Celery Sticks With Dip.
• Angus Beef Sliders — Angus Beef, Lettuce, Onions, Pickles, & Cheddar.
• Chicken Kiev Bites — Breaded Chicken Bites Filled With Herbed Butter.
• Potato Vareniki — Fried Potato Dumplings, Mushroom & Onions.
• Mini Pirozhok — Choice Of Potato/Onion, Potato/Mushroom, Spinach, Cabbage.
• Dolma — Grape Leaves Stuffed With Lamb & Rice.
• Fruit & Cheese Plate — A Plate Of Fresh Seasonal Fruits & Cheeses.
• Fish Platter — Assortment of smoked fish and cured salmon, served with blini.
• Salmon Blini — Our house-cured, thin sliced salmon served on blini with chopped egg, red onion, capers, and sour cream.
• Russian Charcuterie Plate — Homemade roulettes, basturma, beef tongue, and smoked meats.
• Salo — Thin slices of cured Berkshire fatback on toasted Russian black bread with spicy Russian mustard.
• Herring — Fillet of Baltic herring, boiled potatoes and pickled red onions.
• Basturma — House dried beef with Georgian spices.
• Beef Tongue — Thinly sliced with a spicy horseradish sauce.
• Pelmeni — Choice of handmade veal or Siberian dumplings served in a light chicken broth.
• Vareniki — Potato dumplings pan fried with mushroom & onions.
• Khachapuri — A savory Georgian cheese pastry.
• Deruny — Pan fried potato pancakes.
• Pirozhok — Choice of potato & onion, potato & mushroom, spinach, or cabbage.
• Beef Pirozhok
• Mushroom Vol-Au-Vent — Creamy wild mushrooms in a pastry shell.
• Pelmeni Stroganoff — Siberian or veal dumplings topped with beef Stroganoff.
• Borscht — Traditional beet & cabbage soup. Add Short Rib +5
• Gribnoi — Wild mushrooms and barley in a hearty broth.
• Frikadelka — A light broth with delicate chicken meatballs.
• Duck — Arugula, sliced duck and poached pear.
• Babushka — Cucumber, tomato, and dill tossed in sour cream.
• Prawn & Avocado — Chopped prawns in an avocado and mango melange.
• Tomatoes & Bryndza — Slices of feta and tomato drizzled in balsamic.
• Olivier — Chicken, potato, carrot, onion and peas in a light mayonnaise.
• Shuba — House pickled herring diced, layered with egg, beet, potato, carrot, onions.
• Russian Trio — Olivier - vinegret - shuba.

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