theGourmeTurk in Bishop's Stortford Menu

Cold Mezes Cold Mezes
  • Humus (V)(G) £4.50
    • A seasoned blend of pureed chickpeas with tahini, garlic & lemon drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.
  • Cacik (V)(G) £4.50
    • Finely chopped cucumber, fresh mint & hint of garlic in a yoghurt sauce served with confit slice cucumber drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.
  • Imam Bayildi (V)(G) £5.20
    • Delicately fried aubergine stuffed with mixed peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes cooked in olive oil, baked in oven.
  • Tarama (G) £4.50
    • Smoked cod's roe onion, lemon and Bottarga zest.
  • Beet Root Tarator (V)(G)(N) £4.50
    • Oven-roasted beetroot, hung yogurt, fresh garlic puree and olive oil topped with crushed walnuts.
  • Babaganus (V)(G) £4.50
    • Coal-roasted aubergine, yogurt, tahini, olive oil & lemon.
  • Ezme (V)(G) £5.50
    • Very fine diced tomatoes, onions, peppers, parsley with herbs.
  • Avocado Prawns Cocktails (G) £6.90
    • Avocado with iceberg lettuce, prawns served with brandy sauce.
  • Dolma (V) £4.90
    • Stuffed with rice, onion, cinnamon & sumac.
  • Cold Mezze Platter £11.90
    • Choice of for 2 persons or for 4 people. Hummus, cacik, tarama, beetroot tarator, baganus, dolma.
Hot Mezes Hot Mezes
  • Humus Kavurma £4.95
    • Finely diced pan-fried lamb, pine nuts and nuts.
  • Borek (V) £5.50
    • Filo pastry delicately rolled and stuffed with feta cheese and parsley.
  • Grilled Octopus (G) £7.90
    • Cooked in red wine and fresh tarragon & vinegar served with sumac & drizzled balsamic vinegar mix olive oil.
  • Marinated Prawns £7.90
    • Chargrilled 5 king prawns marinated in coriander, chilli and garlic served with a mix garlic served with a mix salad & sweet chilli sauce.
  • Grilled Spicy Sausage (G) £5.50
    • Spicy beef sausage cooked in charcoal grill.
  • Grilled Halloumi (V)(G) £5.50
    • Cyprus cheese on a bed of dried tomatoes.
  • Lamb Liver £5.50
    • Lamb's liver, lightly floured pan-fried with red onions, parsley and cumin.
  • Falafel (G) £4.90
    • Mashed chickpeas, broad beans served with hummus served with mix baby salad.
  • Calamari £5.50
    • Deep fried calamari with homemade tartare sauce.
  • Grilled Asparagus (G) £4.90
    • Grilled asparagus serve drizzled with hollandaise sauce.
  • Hot Meze Platter £12.90
    • Choice of for 2 persons or for 4 people. Hummus, grilled spicy sausage, falafel, calamari, borek.
Authentic Dishes Authentic Dishes
  • Meat Moussaka (GF) £10.90
    • Layers of aubergine, courgette, potato, carrots, red & green peppers and minced lamb topped with bechamel sauce and mature cheese served with rice.
  • Sac Kavurma £11.90
    • Diced lamb or chicken cooked in an iron plate with peppers, onions, tomatoes, butter, black pepper and garlic, served with rice.
  • Ali Nazik £12.30
    • Tender chunks of lamb or chicken grilled over charcoal on a layer of yogurt, smoked mixed peppers, aubergine and butter sauce.
  • Casserole (GF) £11.90
    • Tender lamb or chicken cubes with chopped aubergines, potatoes, onions, tomato, peppers, garlic and herbs cooked in clay dish, served with rice.
  • Chicken Asparagus (GF) £11.90
    • Tender grilled chicken fillet topped with grilled asparagus, blue cheese, mushroom sauce served with rice.
  • Tender Lamb Shank (GF) £14.90
    • Braised shank of lamb cooked for hours in an oven with onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf with a subtle taste of fresh herbs and topped with chef's special sauce. Serve with mashed potatoes.
Options for Main Options for Main
  • Lamb £0.00
  • Chicken £0.00
The Chargrilled Selection The Chargrilled Selection
  • Cop Shish (GF) £10.90
    • Prime cuts of lamb, marinated & charcoal grilled. Served with rice and salad.
  • Lamb Shish (GF) £10.95
    • Lean, tender cubes of neck of lamb skewered and grilled ever charcoal. Served with rice and salad.
  • Chicken Shish (GF) £10.90
    • Prime cuts of chicken, marinated and charcoal grilled. Served with rice and salad.
  • Lamb Chops (GF) £14.90
    • Trimmed tender lamb chops charcoal grilled. Served with rice and salad.
  • Adana Kofte (GF) £10.90
    • A specialty from the South of Turkey, sweet chilies blended with minced lamb charcoal grilled. Served with rice & salad.
  • Sarma Lamb Beyti (GF) £11.90
    • Spicy minced lamb seasoned with garlic & parsley wrapped in lavas (tortilla) served with yogurt and butter sauce.
  • Sarma Chicken Beyti (GF) £11.90
    • Spicy minced chicken seasoned with garlic & parsley wrapped in lavas (tortilla) served with yogurt and butter sauce.
  • Combo Sis £12.90
    • Prime cuts of chicken and lamb marinated and charcoal grilled. Serve with rice and salad.
  • Gourmet Turk Special £16.90
    • Chef's selection of grilled meat; lamb cutlet, chicken & lamb skewered & adana. Served with rice and salad.
Vegetarian Section Vegetarian Section
  • Imam Bayildi (GF)(V) £8.95
    • Aubergine stuffed with onion and green peppers served with rice and salad.
  • Vegetarian Moussaka (V) £10.80
    • Layers of aubergine, courgette, potato, carrots, red and green peppers, topped with cheese and bechamel topped with home made tomato sauce baked in the oven. Served with rice.
  • Home Made Falafel (GF)(V) £9.30
    • Home made falafel served with rice, salad and hummus.
  • Stuffed Mushroom (GF)(V) £9.30
    • Porto Bello mushroom stuffed with pan-fried vegetables, halloumi, spinach, spices topped with mozzarella cheese cooked in the oven and served with a bed of drizzled tomato sauce.
The Burger Selection The Burger Selection
  • Chef's Special Burger £9.90
    • Grill beef burger with melted cheddar and tomatoes, lettuce, pickles served with chips.
  • Gourmeturk Burger £10.50
    • Grilled beef burger, grilled halloumi, avocado, mixed salad, serve with chips.
Spicy Pots Spicy Pots
  • Spicy Meatball Pot (GF) £11.95
    • Meatball cooked with coconut, onion, ginger, garlic and spicy pepper.
  • Spicy Lamb Pot (GF) £12.95
    • Tender lamb cubes with coconut cream, onion, ginger, garlic and spicy pepper.
  • Spicy Chicken Pot (GF) £11.95
    • Tender chicken cubes with coconut cream, onion, ginger, garlic and spicy pepper.
  • Spicy King Prawn (GF) £14.95
    • Spicy king prawns cooked with coconut cream, onion, ginger, garlic and spicy pepper.
Kebab with Yogurt Sauce Kebab with Yogurt Sauce
  • Adana Shish with Yoghurt £11.20
    • Grilled adana kofte with yoghurt, fresh tomato and butter sauce.
  • Chicken Shish with Yoghurt £11.20
    • Grilled chicken breast with yoghurt, fresh tomato and butter sauce.
  • Lamb Shish with Yoghurt £11.20
    • Grilled lamb cubes with yoghurt, fresh tomato and butter sauce.
  • Chicken Beyti with Yoghurt £11.90
    • Grilled chicken beyti (spicy minced chicken with garlic & parsley) with yoghurt, fresh tomato & butter sauce.
  • Lamb Beyti with Yoghurt £11.90
    • Grilled lamb beyti (spicy minced lamb with garlic & parsley) with yoghurt, fresh tomato & butter sauce.
Pasta Selection Pasta Selection
  • Spaghetti Napolitana (V) £7.25
    • Spaghetti with tomato sauce.
  • Spaghetti Bolognese £7.50
    • Spaghetti with bolognese sauce.
  • Linguine De Mare £10.50
    • With mix seafood, garlic, basil & tomato sauce.
  • Penne Arrabbiata £7.50
    • A spicy sauce for penne made from garlic, tomatoes and dried red chilli peppers cooked in olive oil.
  • Penne Al Pollo £8.00
    • Penne pasta with tender chicken, mushroom, garlic, chillies, baby spinach, cream & cherry tomatoes.
Salad Section Salad Section
  • Feta Cheese Salad (GF)(V) £4.80
    • Aged feta cheese, cherry tomato, Greek, black olives, sliced red onion, cucumber and few basil.
  • Chicken Caesar Salad £5.45
    • Grilled chicken breast with lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese with caesar sauce.
  • Halloumi and Avocado (GF)(V) £5.95
    • Grilled halloumi and avocado, lettuce, tomatoes and traditional dressing.
  • Tomato salad (GF)(V) £5.00
    • Tomato, onion, parsley, sumac, olive oil and pomegranate dressing.
  • Gourmet Turk Salad (GF)(V)(N) £5.30
    • Mix baby leafs dried figs, sultans, dates, cranberries and apple topped with Tulum cheese, crushed walnuts, olive oil, sumak pomegranate.
Side Dishes Side Dishes
  • Chips £2.90
  • Rice £2.50
  • Asparagus £3.00
  • Creamy Spinach £3.00
    • With Parmesan cheese.
  • Bread £2.00
Kids Menu Kids Menu
  • Lamb Shish (GF) £7.80
  • Chicken Shish (GF) £7.80
  • Adana Kofte (GF) £7.80
  • Gourmeturk Burger £7.00
    • Grilled beef burger, grilled halloumi, avocado, mixed salad served with chips.
  • Spaghetti Napolitana (V) £5.00
    • Spaghetti with tomato sauce.
  • Spaghetti Bolognese £5.00
    • Spaghetti with bolognese sauce.
Soft Drinks Soft Drinks
  • Fever Tree Soda Water (330ml) £2.95
  • Fever Tree Tonic Water (330ml) £2.95
  • Water £2.50
  • Coca Cola (330ml) £2.95
  • Diet Coke (330ml) £2.95
  • Coke Zero (330ml) £2.95
  • Fanta Orange (330ml) £2.60
  • Sprite (330ml) £2.60
  • Fever Tree Lemonade (330ml) £2.95
  • Fever Tree Ginger Ale (330ml) £2.95
  • Fever Tree Ginger Beer (330ml) £2.95
  • Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic (330ml) £2.95
  • Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic (330ml) £2.95
  • Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic (330ml) £2.95
Bottled Beers (330ml) Bottled Beers (330ml)
  • Peroni £3.45
  • Budweiser £3.45
  • Stella £3.45
  • Corona £3.45
  • Becks £3.45
  • Brewdog Punk IPA (Craft Beer) £3.95
White Wines White Wines
  • House Wine £17.95
  • Cankaya, Kavaklidere Turkey £18.45
  • Sauvignon Blanc, Tierra Del Rey Chile £19.95
    • A crisp, vibrant Sauvignon Blanc with refreshing grapefruit and citrus style fruit flavours.
  • Unoaked Chardonnay, Comte Paul Antonin France £22.95
    • From family estate, this unoaked Chardonnay has a lightness and elegance that is very appealing and easy drinking.
  • Pinot Grigio, Wolloomooloo Australia £20.95
    • Crisp, easy drinking Australian Pinot Grigio with notes of ripe apples and pear flavours.
  • Sauvignon Blanc, Weka, New Zealand £26.95
    • Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc bursting with vibrant and zesty passion fruit and citrus flavours.
  • Gavi Salluvii, Castellari Bergaflio Italy £28.95
    • Salluvii is benchmark Gav with crisp minerally flavours and hints of citrus and peach.
  • Albarino, Veiga Da Princesa, Spain £31.95
    • Albarino is one of Spain's most highly prized white grape varieties. Deliciously crisp with white peach style fruit flavours.
  • Sancerre, Le Chene, France £36.95
    • Intense gooseberry aromas with crisp flavours and notes of citrus fruits.
  • Puligny Montrachet, Domaine Pernot Belicard, France £74.95
    • The careful use of oak means that his wine is beautifully balanced. The village of Puligny Montrachet makes some of the worlds most sought after dry whites made from Chardonnay grape.
Red Wines Red Wines
  • House Wine £17.95
  • Yakut, Kavaklidere, Turkey £18.95
  • Merlot, Tierra Del Rey, Chile £19.95
    • This delightful rich, soft, oak, aged Merlot comes from the Central Valley in Chile. Well balanced with delicious juicy, plummy fruit flavours.
  • Montepluciono D'Abruzzo, Rimbaldi, Italy £21.95
    • A classic, smooth Italian wine with vibrant red cherry style fruit flavours.
  • Rioja, Cofrade, Spain £23.95
    • A beautiful soft, oak aged Rioja made from 100% Tempranillo. The wine is rich and velvety with noted of vanilla and spice.
  • Malbec, Raleo, Argentina £25.95
    • The Malbec grapes for Raleo are sourced from select, high altitude vineyards in Mendoza. The style of Raleo is rich yet smooth, brimming with dark, juicy brambly fruit flavours and very easy drinking in style.
  • Pinot Noir, Comtr Paul Antonin, France £26.95
    • A soft, supple Pinot Noir with raspberry style fruit flavours from a family estate in Beziers.
  • Cotes Du Rhone, Domain Le Guintrandy, France £29.95
    • A beautiful organic Cotes du Rhone made from old vines, supple with red berry fruit flavours and hints of spice.
  • Chateauneuf Du Pape, Olivier Ravoire, France £49.95
    • This Chateauneuf Du Pape is made with Grenache and Syrah with a small dose of the Movedre grape. The warm pebbly, rockysoils of the area reflect heat back onto the grapes helping to ripen the grapes. A full bodied red with lots of character.
  • Amarone. Villa Scriani, Italy £60.00
    • Made with hand harvested grapes which are dried naturally to concentrate the sugars and flavour. Following a long fermentation and aging in oak a rich, intense red wine full of flavours of plum and cherry with hints of vanilla and spice is produced.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • San Pellegrino £1.90
  • Casereccia £11.50
    • With mozzarella, tomato, spinach, mushrooms, onion, peppers and garlic.
  • Mixed Salad £6.50
  • Trecolori £12.50
    • Tomato & basil sauce, rocket, cherry tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, parma ham & parmesan flakes.
  • Trebbiano d’Abruzzo £16.20
  • Bottled Peroni £3.50
  • Bianchi Plus £11.00
    • Mozzarella, onion, chilli with pancetta.
  • Parmigiano £11.50
    • Grilled aubergine with parmesan cheese, mozzarella, with a fresh basil & tomato sauce.
  • Mushroom Pad Thai Noodles £5.20
    • Vegetarian. Spicy. Contains Eggs. Contains Nuts.
  • King Prawn With Ginger and Spring Onion £6.70
  • SA Meal for One £9.50
    • Curry samosa, fried mixed vegetables, bean sprouts chow mein and a can of soft drink. Vegetarian.
  • Crispy Shredded Beef in Spicy Sauce £5.20
    • Spicy.
  • Singapore Rice Noodles (Large) £5.90
    • Contains Eggs.
  • Spare Ribs (4) £5.50
    • Honey or barbeque sauce.
  • Beef with Ginger and Spring Onion £5.20
  • Special Chop Suey £5.60
  • King Prawn £8.95
  • Vegetable £4.30
  • Papadoms (Plain/Spicy) £0.50
  • Sheek Kebab Minced meat pungently spiced and barbecued in the Tandoori. £5.05
  • Cauliflower & Sag Bhajee £2.55
  • Korahi Vegetable £5.30
  • Chicken £4.25
  • Lamb Tikka £6.95
  • Appletiser (0.33L) £1.80
  • Vindaloo (Very Hot) £8.45
    • A superb South Indan treasure enjoyed all over the world, cooked with homemade hot red chilli puree, lime juice, potato & minced garlic in a thick onion & tomato sauce.
  • Tandoori Shashlik £8.95
    • Chicken or lamb pieces marinated with coriander & spices with onions, green pepper & tomato.
  • Prawn Balti (Medium) £9.95
  • Madhu Murgh (Mild) £8.95
    • Tender fillets of chicken breast marinated in delicate spices & yoghurt. Gently cooked with cashew nuts, sultanas, ground nuts, honey & fresh cream in sauce.
  • Shahi Prawn £4.75
    • Tiger prawns deep fried & served with salad.
  • Lamb Xacuti (Medium) £9.95
    • Very popular Goan dish, lamb cooked with roasted fennels seeds cloves of garlic & other spices.
  • Keema Naan £3.25
    • Spicy lamb filling.
  • Almond Croissant £2.95
  • Peach £2.75
  • Med Olives £4.75
    • Pitted green and black simply in olive oil and oregano.
  • Insalate Pollo £10.95
    • Milanese chicken on a bed of rocket, sun blushed tomatoes, pine nuts and parmesan served with toasted ciabatta and red pesto dressing.
  • Halloumi Salad £10.95
    • V, GF. Grilled slices of Halloumi on a bed of rocket, grilled peppers, cherry & sun blushed tomatoes with a pomegranate glaze.
  • Cranberry £2.25
  • Cyprus Chips £3.50
  • Middle Eastern Platter £10.95
    • V.
theGourmeTurk

theGourmeTurk

location

Address

30 High Street, Bishops Stortford CM23 2LX, England

phone

Phone

01279655555

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
price range

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service level

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cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , Mediterranean , Turkish , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly

Location
30 High Street, Bishops Stortford CM23 2LX, England