Mari Vanna

Cold Starters & Salads

• Aubergine Caviar£10.00

  Great Caucasian vegetarian starter of baked chopped aubergine with herbs and garlic served with warm black bread toasts

• Vinaigrette Salad£11.00

  Traditional Russian salad of diced baked beetroot and potatoes, peas, pickled cucumbers/sauerkraut dressed with aromatic sunflower oil

• Beetroot Salad with Prunes£10.00

  characteristic Soviet starter of grated beetroot and nuts

• Home Style Vegetable Salad£10.00

  Tomatoes, cucumbers, radish, spring onions with your choice of sour cream, olive or sunflower oil dressing

• Herring in a "Shuba-Coat"£15.00

  Traditional layered salad with salted herring, beetroot, carrots, eggs and potatoes

• Kholodetz£12.00

  Unique cold eastern European dish of jellied chiken or pork meat, perfect companion to Vodka served with horseradish and mustard

• Fish Platter£20.00

  salted and smoked salmon, home smoked sturgeon

• Meat Platter£23.00

  ox tongue, baked ham, roast beef and homemade chicken and prune roll served with horseradish and mustard

• Russian "Olivie" Salad with Veal, Doktorskaya Cooked Sausage or Ox Tongue£12.00

  Classic salad with baked carrots, marinated cucumbers, peas, baked potatoes and a light mayonnaise dressing

• Assortment of Cured Bacon£15.00

  Thinly sliced home cured bacon, smoked and salted pork loin served with garlic and spring onions

• Sharing Platter "Russian Soul"£25.00

  Thinly sliced cured bacon, salted herring, assorted pickled vegetables and home marinated mushrooms

Pickles and Preserves

• Pickles Selection£9.00

  Marinated and salted cucumbers and marinated tomatoes

• Russian Sauerkraut£9.00

  White cabbage pickled by Mari Vanna herself with herbs and cranberries

• Marinated Mushrooms£10.00

  Home marinated girolles, button and porcini mushrooms

• Mixed Assortment of Pickles£15.00

  with sauerkraut and marinated mushrooms

Hot Starters

• Pirogi

  traditional Russian small pastry with a choice of fillings

  • Beef£4.00
  • Cabbage & Egg£4.00
  • With Onion & Egg£4.00
  • With Potatoes£4.00
  • With Mushrooms£4.00

• Megrelian Khachapuri£16.00

  Traditional Georgian bread pie with Suluguni cheese

• Adjarian Khachapuri£17.00

  Georgian dish of cheese-filled bread and topped with an egg

• Salted Herring£14.00

  Served with new potatoes and red onions

• Blinis£16.00

  stuffed with beef mince and egg served with grated egg yolk and sour cream

Russian Blinis

served with sour cream, egg, red onion and with your choice of

• Lightly Salted Salmon£20.00

• Salmon Roe£28.00

Russian Blinis with Black Caviar

• Oscietra Caviar

  • 50g£100.00
  • 100g£150.00

• Beluga

  • 30g£110.00
  • 60g£200.00

Soup

• Porcini Mushroom Soup£12.00

• Chicken Soup£12.00

  Rich chicken bouillon with homemade pasta

• "Borsch" Classic Russian Beef and Beetroot Soup£14.00

  Served with pampushka drizzled with garlic and herb oil and sour cream

• Tsar's Ukha with Fish Rasstegai£15.00

  The fish soup of Tsars since 15th century served with puff pastry salmon and sturgeon rasstegai

Main Dishes

• Dumplings with Potato and Mushroom Filling£18.00

  Ukrainian culinary masterpiece served with sour cream

• Siberian Dumplings£20.00

  with minced beef & pork filling served with sour cream

• Meat Dumplings with Wild Mushroom Broth£22.00

• Beef Fillet Mignon£35.00

• Beef Stroganoff£30.00

  Fillet of beef cooked with sour cream served with buckwheat and wild mushrooms

• Golubtzi£25.00

  cabbage leaves stuffed with minced pork and rice

• Half Chicken Baked with Herbs£25.00

  Classic from Caucasus Mountains served with spicy homemade tomato and herb sauce

• Sturgeon£27.00

  Cooked in champagne and caviar sauce, served with mashed potatoes

• Pan Fried Salmon Steak£25.00

  served with potato and porcini mushroom pie

Home Made Fritters

• Fish Cakes£20.00

  served with mashed potatoes and tartar sauce

• Homemade Duck Fritters£21.00

  with braised sauerkraut

• Mushroom Chicken Kiev£25.00

• Chicken Fritters£20.00

  with mashed potatoes and salted cucumbers

• Pozharsky Cutlets£23.00

  with mushroom sauce and baked potato

Side Dishes

• Buckwheat£9.00

  with mushrooms and onions

• Grilled Vegetables£10.00

  Aubergine, Courgette, Paprika, Tomato

• Mashed Potatoes£8.00

• Fried Potatoes£9.00

  with mushrooms

• Boiled Potatoes£7.00

  with dill and aromatic oil

Desserts

• Honey Cake£12.00

  Seven layers of tender pastry soaked in honey

• Napoleon£12.00

  Layers of puff pastry and homemade custard garnished with strawberries

• Sweet Dumplings£12.00

  with morello cherries

• "Gorka" or "Little Hill"£12.00

  is a traditional Russian cake build as a pyramid of pastry tubes filled with Morello sour cherries and all covered in a sweetened filling and chocolate shavings

• Bird's Milk£10.00

  Cake, Delicate Souffle with Vanilla Sponge Covered with Chocolate

• Smetannik£10.00

  Russian Sour Cream Cake served with strawberry sauce

• Cake "Prague"£12.00

  one of the most popular Soviet Union desserts. The light and moist chocolate cake was invented in "Prague" restaurant in Moscow

• Sweet Crêpes£10.00

  with vanilla cottage cheese

• Crêpes£9.00

  served with a choice of condensed milk, homemade jam, sour cream or honey

• Syrniki£10.00

  Homemade cottage cheese pancakes served with condenced milk, sour cream, honey or jam

• Home Made Ice-Cream£8.00

• Home Made Sorbet£8.00

  with fresh strawberries, raspberries or blackcurrant