Soup $3
Lentil soup Soup of the day
Burma (Middle Eastern Chile)
Safeeha (Middle Eastern version of Pizza)
Safeeha (Middle Eastern version of Pizza
Safeehat Falafel: Garbanzo crust topped with pesto, eggplant, roasted red bell pepper, green and red onions, shitake mushrooms, tomato, feta, and goat cheese. 6.25
Organic Cracked Wheat Pizza: Topped with tomato sauce mozzarella cheese, Bastirma (Middle eastern sausage) mushroom, onion, roasted red bell pepper, and tomato. 6.50
Luham eb ageen: Thin crust topped with onion, mushroom ,bell pepper and tomato sauce with diced Chicken or Lamb. 5.00
Appetizers
Grilled Italian Eggplant: with pomegranate sauce and salata. 5.50
Barbequed Quail: with yaya style Hummus with fresh herbs) and salata. 6.75
Ravioli: stuffed with dates, cardamom, cinnamon, mixed with yogurt, and topped with chopped walnuts and parmesan cheese. 5.50
Barbequed Oysters: Topped with coat, feta, cheese, and fresh herbs 6.50
Salad
Mixed Greens: with rose water vinaigrette, topped with Greek salad: cucumber, red and green onions, tomato with a feta infused vinaigrette. 5.50
Fatoosh: Sumac-marinated red onions, cucumber, diced tomato, mint, parsley, cilantro and toasted pita bread with mustard vinaigrette. 5.50
Jannah: (Heaven) Cucumber, eggplant, red and green onion and roasted bell pepper with pomegranate molasses, surrounded with mixed greens in mint syrup vinaigrette 6.50
Mezza: Mama Ghanooge: Eggplant blended with garlic, Pomegranate and tahini. Baba Ghanooge: Eggplant with yogurt and tahini . Yayas Hummus: (garbanzo bean, tahini and fresh herbs). Tabouleh: bulgur, parsley, mint, diced tomatoes and green onions Served with pickled vegetables and pita bread (for two). 9.00
The Nomad Specialties
The Nomads: (Bedouin in Arabic) entries consisting of more than one dish accompanied with Salata. Salata: Diced cucumber, tomato, romaine lettuce, and radish, in (Sumac, and rose water vinaigrette)& Makhlama: A mash potato mixed with curry and vegetables.
YaYa The Nomad: Perdaplow Phyllo dough filled with shredded chicken, saffron rice, almonds, golden raisins, and cardamom. Served with raspberry-cinnamon sauce. Kuzi Phyllo dough filled with shredded lamb shank, rice, almonds, golden raisins, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger, served with pomegranate- rosemary sauce. Accompanied by Makhlama and salata 16.00
Stuffed Nomad: Sheikh Muhshee Eggplant stuffed with lamb, allspice,cumin,cinnamon,almond,and Italian parsley. Cooked in tomato sauce served with vermicelli rice, and fresh vegetables.
: Fesenjoon: Marinated and cooked with pomegranate molasses, and walnuts, served with vermicelli rice, and fresh vegetables.
(Vegetarian) Perdaplow: Phyllo dough filled with grilled vegetables, saffron rice, almonds, golden raisins and cardamom on a bed of raspberry-cinnamon sauce. Makhlama: Served with salata. Ashoria: Barley, rice, fava and garbanzo beans, caramelized ginger, almonds and walnuts wrapped in phyllo dough with apricot sauce 15.00
The Gypsy Nomad :(Vegetarian) Mutagen: (Swiss chard and egg white) rolled in phyllo, served with puree of turnip and beet sauce. Sambosak: spinach, sumac, shitake mushroom, pine nuts, and feta cheese rolled in phyllo. Served with Muhamara (puree of roasted red bell pepper, walnuts and cumin). Makhlama: served with salata 15.00
The Seafood Nomad. Tajeen: layer of marinated onion with sumac, Salmon ,eggplant, tomato and cooked cabbage in tahini and fresh herbs surrounded with Mujadara: Prawn, Scallop, bulgur, lentil, browned shallot, cumin, saffron and sumac topped with salata 17.00
The Nomad Specialty. Biriani: Beef, rice, almonds, golden raisin, potato, and baharat (cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg) topped with yogurt and garbanzo bean sauce. Munsef: Lamb cooked in jameed (dehydrated yogurt) mixed with rice, almonds and cardamon topped with Salata. 17.00
YaYa Specialty
Dolmas: (this is not your typical Dolma, it is Mom s dolma) Stuffed eggplant, zucchini and onion wrapped in Swiss chard stuffed with diced lamb, rice, tomato, clove, and ginger. Served with tamarind sauce. 15.00
Vegetarian Dolmas: Stuffed tomato, zucchini and eggplant wrapped in Swiss chard stuffed with rice, bell and jalapeno peppers, tomato, Italian parsley and cumin. Surrounded with yogurt and mint sauce. 14.00
Whole Lamb Shank fettuccini: Served with caramelized onion, potato and garbanzo beans in jameed (dehydrated yogurt), topped with radishes. 17.00
Fish of the day (Mazgoof): Traditional Iraqi whole fish. It is lightly smoked and coated with different spices and herbs, served with saffron bulgur and fresh vegetables. A.Q.
Tikka Kebab
Served with Yayas hummus, tabouleh, onions with sumac, pickles, tomato, salata, and lavash bread. Choose any combination of the following 16.00
Lamb Tikka Marinated with mint
Chicken Tikka Marinated with dill
Beef Tikka Marinated in ginger, tomato paste and allspice
Salmon Tikka Marinated in coriander