Shakarob
Szakarob
tomato, cucumber, onion, dill, parsley
Stop: Fergana Valley · Uzbekistan
Salads
We begin at home, in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan’s most fertile garden. Tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs and carrots straight from the bazaar — this is how every dastarkhan starts.
Tashkent salad
Sałatka Taszkent
beef, pickled cucumber, potato, quail egg, mayonnaise
Olivier with beef
Oliwie z mięsem
potato, carrot, peas, pickled cucumber, beef, egg, mayonnaise
Korean-style carrot
Marchewka po koreańsku
shredded carrot, garlic, coriander, oil
Stop: Bukhara · Uzbekistan
Soups
In the caravanserais of Bukhara, travellers were handed a bowl of hot shurpa on their first evening. Bones, meat and vegetables simmered for hours — a soup that restores you after the road.
Beef shurpa
Szurpa z wołowiną
beef broth with potatoes and vegetables
Lamb shurpa
Szurpa z baraniną
lamb broth with potatoes and vegetables
Mastava
Mastawa
beef, rice and vegetable soup
Dum shurpa
Dum szurpa
slow-stewed thick shurpa with beef and vegetables
Stop: Samarkand · Uzbekistan
Main dishes
Samarkand, the heart of the Silk Road and the capital of plov. Legend says it was here that Timur’s cooks invented a dish that could feed a whole army from one kazan.
Plov
rice, beef, carrot, spices
Lagman
hand-pulled noodles in broth with beef and vegetables
Fried lagman
Lagman smażony
hand-pulled noodles stir-fried with beef and vegetables
Lamb kazan kebab
Kazan kebab z baraniną
lamb slow-cooked in a kazan, served with potatoes
Mashkichiri
Maszkiciri
beef, lamb and horse meat with mung beans, rice and kazy sausage
Kofta
Kofte
beef patties, fries, salad, sauces
Fish
Ryba
fried fish, served with lemon and sauce
Dimlama
beef layered and stewed with potato, cabbage, peppers and tomato
Stop: Kashgar · Uyghur lands
Steamed dishes
From the east, from Kashgar, the caravans brought steamed dumplings. Manti travelled the Silk Road alongside silk and tea — and stayed with us for good.
Manti
Manty
steamed dumplings with beef and onion, served with yoghurt
Chuchvara
Czuczwara
small steamed beef dumplings, served with yoghurt
Spinach manti
Manty ze szpinakiem
steamed dumplings with spinach and onion
Stop: The Great Steppe · Kazakhstan
Kebabs & grill
On the Great Steppe there was no kitchen — only fire, a skewer and meat. Shashlik is the oldest dish of the nomads, grilled over charcoal, just as we do it.
Lamb kebab
Szaszłyk z baraniny
grilled lamb skewer, onion, tomato sauce
Beef kebab
Szaszłyk z wołowiny
grilled beef skewer, onion, tomato sauce
Lula kebab
grilled minced beef skewer, onion, tomato sauce
Napoleon kebab
Napoleon
beef skewer layered with lamb fat
Chicken fillet kebab
Filet z kurczaka
marinated grilled chicken fillet, onion, sauce
Grilled wings
Skrzydełka z grilla
grilled chicken wings, tomato sauce
Grilled vegetables
Warzywa z grilla
aubergine, courgette, peppers, tomato
Karavan mixed grill
Miks szaszłyków Karavan
lamb, beef, lula kebab, chicken, wings, grilled vegetables
Stop: Tashkent · Uzbekistan
Set meals
In a Tashkent chaikhana a set meal is a whole ritual: a main dish, shakarob salad, hot bread and a pot of tea. Nobody leaves the table hungry.
Plov set
Plov zestaw
plov, shakarob salad, bread, tea
Zigir plov set
Zigir plov zestaw
plov made with linseed oil, shakarob salad, bread, tea
Karavan set
plov, samsa, manti, shakarob salad, bread, tea
Kebab set
kebab skewer, plov, shakarob salad, bread
Stop: Khiva · Khorezm
From the oven
In Khiva bread was baked in a clay tandoor, slapped onto the hot wall of the oven. Samsa and kulcha come out golden-crusted and smelling of smoke.
Samsa
oven-baked pastry with beef and onion
Kulcha bread
Kulcza
Uzbek oven-baked flatbread
Cheburek
Czeburek
crispy fried turnover with minced meat
Stop: Isfahan · Persia
Sides & sauces
Persia gave the Road its rice, saffron and the art of sauces. Sides are small, but no dish is complete without them.
Fries
Frytki
Rice with vegetables
Ryż z warzywami
Sauces New
- Tomato sauce Sos pomidorowy 4 zł
- Garlic sauce Sos czosnkowy 4 zł
- Hot sauce (lazi) Sos ostry (lazi) 4 zł
- Yoghurt Jogurt 4 zł
Stop: Istanbul · Türkiye
Desserts
At the western end of the Road, in Istanbul, the caravans met Europe. That is why our menu has layered cakes — Napoleon and Medovik — next to the sweets of the East.
Chocolate cake
Ciasto czekoladowe
Napoleon cake
Napoleon
layered puff pastry with cream
Medovik
Medowik
layered honey cake
Stop: Xi’an · China
Drinks
Tea came from China, coffee from Yemen by way of Istanbul, ayran from the steppe. At one table, the whole Silk Road comes full circle.
Tea
- Green tea Zielona 5 zł
- Black tea Czarna 5 zł
- Tea with lemon Z cytryną 8 zł
- Tashkent tea TaszkenckaNewblack & green with lemon, mint and honey 14 zł
Cold drinks
- Coca-Cola 0.5 l Coca-Cola 0,5 l 7 zł
- Sprite 0.5 l Sprite 0,5 l 7 zł
- Water 0.5 l Woda 0,5 lsparkling / still 5 zł
- Ayran, small Ajran mały 5 zł
- Ayran, large Ajran duży 6 zł
- Tarragon lemonade Lemoniada Tarhun 10 zł
- Homemade lemonade Lemoniada domowaNewlemon-mint / mango-passion fruit 14 zł
Coffee New
- Espresso 8 zł
- Americano 9 zł
- Cappuccino 12 zł
- Latte 13 zł
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