Mari Vanna

Cold Starters & Salads

• Aubergine Caviar10,00 £GB

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

• Vinaigrette Salad11,00 £GB

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

• Beetroot Salad with Prunes10,00 £GB

  characteristic Soviet starter of grated beetroot and nuts

• Home Style Vegetable Salad10,00 £GB

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

• Herring in a "Shuba-Coat"15,00 £GB

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

• Kholodetz12,00 £GB

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

• Fish Platter20,00 £GB

  salted and smoked salmon, home smoked sturgeon

• Meat Platter23,00 £GB

  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 Tongue12,00 £GB

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

• Assortment of Cured Bacon15,00 £GB

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

• Sharing Platter "Russian Soul"25,00 £GB

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

Pickles and Preserves

• Pickles Selection9,00 £GB

  Marinated and salted cucumbers and marinated tomatoes

• Russian Sauerkraut9,00 £GB

  White cabbage pickled by Mari Vanna herself with herbs and cranberries

• Marinated Mushrooms10,00 £GB

  Home marinated girolles, button and porcini mushrooms

• Mixed Assortment of Pickles15,00 £GB

  with sauerkraut and marinated mushrooms

Hot Starters

• Pirogi

  traditional Russian small pastry with a choice of fillings

  • Beef4,00 £GB
  • Cabbage & Egg4,00 £GB
  • With Onion & Egg4,00 £GB
  • With Potatoes4,00 £GB
  • With Mushrooms4,00 £GB

• Megrelian Khachapuri16,00 £GB

  Traditional Georgian bread pie with Suluguni cheese

• Adjarian Khachapuri17,00 £GB

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

• Salted Herring14,00 £GB

  Served with new potatoes and red onions

• Blinis16,00 £GB

  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 Salmon20,00 £GB

• Salmon Roe28,00 £GB

Russian Blinis with Black Caviar

• Oscietra Caviar

  • 50g100,00 £GB
  • 100g150,00 £GB

• Beluga

  • 30g110,00 £GB
  • 60g200,00 £GB

Soup

• Porcini Mushroom Soup12,00 £GB

• Chicken Soup12,00 £GB

  Rich chicken bouillon with homemade pasta

• "Borsch" Classic Russian Beef and Beetroot Soup14,00 £GB

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

• Tsar's Ukha with Fish Rasstegai15,00 £GB

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

Main Dishes

• Dumplings with Potato and Mushroom Filling18,00 £GB

  Ukrainian culinary masterpiece served with sour cream

• Siberian Dumplings20,00 £GB

  with minced beef & pork filling served with sour cream

• Meat Dumplings with Wild Mushroom Broth22,00 £GB

• Beef Fillet Mignon35,00 £GB

• Beef Stroganoff30,00 £GB

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

• Golubtzi25,00 £GB

  cabbage leaves stuffed with minced pork and rice

• Half Chicken Baked with Herbs25,00 £GB

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

• Sturgeon27,00 £GB

  Cooked in champagne and caviar sauce, served with mashed potatoes

• Pan Fried Salmon Steak25,00 £GB

  served with potato and porcini mushroom pie

Home Made Fritters

• Fish Cakes20,00 £GB

  served with mashed potatoes and tartar sauce

• Homemade Duck Fritters21,00 £GB

  with braised sauerkraut

• Mushroom Chicken Kiev25,00 £GB

• Chicken Fritters20,00 £GB

  with mashed potatoes and salted cucumbers

• Pozharsky Cutlets23,00 £GB

  with mushroom sauce and baked potato

Side Dishes

• Buckwheat9,00 £GB

  with mushrooms and onions

• Grilled Vegetables10,00 £GB

  Aubergine, Courgette, Paprika, Tomato

• Mashed Potatoes8,00 £GB

• Fried Potatoes9,00 £GB

  with mushrooms

• Boiled Potatoes7,00 £GB

  with dill and aromatic oil

Desserts

• Honey Cake12,00 £GB

  Seven layers of tender pastry soaked in honey

• Napoleon12,00 £GB

  Layers of puff pastry and homemade custard garnished with strawberries

• Sweet Dumplings12,00 £GB

  with morello cherries

• "Gorka" or "Little Hill"12,00 £GB

  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 Milk10,00 £GB

  Cake, Delicate Souffle with Vanilla Sponge Covered with Chocolate

• Smetannik10,00 £GB

  Russian Sour Cream Cake served with strawberry sauce

• Cake "Prague"12,00 £GB

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

• Sweet Crêpes10,00 £GB

  with vanilla cottage cheese

• Crêpes9,00 £GB

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

• Syrniki10,00 £GB

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

• Home Made Ice-Cream8,00 £GB

• Home Made Sorbet8,00 £GB

  with fresh strawberries, raspberries or blackcurrant