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Turan Restoran

Turan Restoran is a local favourite: fresh produce, home-style flavour and hospitable service.

Turan Restoran is a local favourite: fresh produce, home-style flavour and hospitable service. The concept is simple: local produce, respect for tradition and an honest attitude to the table. Meals here are lived slowly, in the culture of the long feast.

The menu rests on the pillars of Azerbaijani cooking — saj-fired meat, kebab varieties, dolma and saffron plov — joined by fresh herbs, motal cheese and tandir bread. For dessert there is pakhlava and seasonal fruit; ayran, compote and brewed tea are the classic drinks. Vegetarians will find herb qutab and vegetable dishes.

Turan Restoran receives guests in Ganja at Centre, Ganja. Price level: ₼₼. Book ahead for evenings and weekends; larger parties should ask about private rooms.

Menu

From the menu

Starters

  • Mangal salad signature dish

    Charcoal-roasted aubergine, pepper and tomato with onion and herbs.

    12 ₼

  • Vine leaf dolma

    Vine leaves with minced lamb, rice and herbs, served with garlic yoghurt.

    14 ₼

  • Qutab (herb or meat)

    Thin saj-griddled flatbread with sumac and melted butter.

    6 ₼

Soups

  • Piti

    Lamb, chickpeas, potato and sour plum slow-cooked in a clay pot.

    15 ₼

  • Dushbara

    Tiny lamb dumplings in broth with vinegar and garlic.

    13 ₼

Plov

  • Shah plov

    Saffron rice baked in a lavash crust with lamb, chestnuts and dried fruit.

    30 ₼

From the grill

  • Lula kebab

    Minced lamb kebab with sumac onions and tandir bread.

    18 ₼

  • Lamb tike kebab

    Marinated lamb skewers grilled over charcoal.

    21 ₼

Desserts

  • Baku pakhlava

    Diamond-cut pastry with hazelnut, saffron and honey syrup.

    8 ₼

Drinks

  • Armudu tea set

    Strong brewed tea with a selection of preserves, lemon and sugar.

    6 ₼

  • Ayran

    Chilled drink of house-made yoghurt.

    4 ₼

Menu compiled by our editors; prices are indicative and may change. Check with the venue for current prices and seasonal dishes.