Aphrodisiac Menu Valentine's Day 2011, February 14th

Fish Soup (18. Century)
with ginger, mussels, and caviar

Pounded Cucumber Salad (1844)
With onions and pistachios

Ottoman Humus (1469, 1471)
chickpeas pureed with currants, pine nuts and cinnamon

Gerdaniye
Lamb chuck medallions stewed with aromatic vegetables, and herbs, blended with sheeps brain

Cabbage Rolls with Chestnuts (1844)

Hacı Osman Kebabı (18. Century)
Slowly cooked leg of lamb with cinnamon, cumin, coriander atop " Zerzevat"
Harems endurance giving vegetables; carrot and celeriac

Arragula Salad with "Tulum" cheese
Aphrodisiac fruits; figs, pineapple and pomegranate

Thinly sliced grilled tenderloin
topped with carob sauce and hazelnuts
aside a baked lentil "köfte" with mustard vinaigrette

"Palace aphrodisiac gummastic" pudding

"Sensual pomegranate" palude (1864)
Topped with almond and pistachios baked with honey

Turkish Coffee with almond helva "Levzine" (1539)