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Our opening times:

Monday-Sunday 09:00 - 01:00

Kitchen opening hours:

Monday – Sunday: till 23:00

Restaurant Pasternak:

Named after Nobel literature prize-winning writer Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, "Pasternak" Restaurant is located in the heart of Berlin, in the district Prenzlauer Berg.

Menu Highlights

Starters

"Uncle David" - Jewish specialty (vegetarian)Hummus, israeli salad with smoked eggplant and paprika, tahini, coriander, brioche: 12,00

ProletariatOlivier – potato salad, pastrami, pickled cucumber, onion rings, dark bread: 12,00

Gemischte Vorspeisenplatte „Doktor Schiwago“mixed starter plate „Dr. Zhivago“: 27,00

Blini - warm starters

russian crepes

"Taiga" (vegetarian)With sauerkraut, cranberries and sour cream: 8,00

"Newa" (vegetarian)With fresh babyspinach, eggplantragout, feta cheese and sour cream: 9,00

"Wolga"With beef and sour cream: 11,00

Soups

Suppen

Borshtsh (vegetarian)Beetroot soup with white beans and sour cream: 6,00

SoljankaSour-spicy soup with dried smoked meat, sausages, olives and sour cream: 7,00

Salads and Bowls

Riga Bowl (vegetarian)baby spinach on sugar snaps, grilled zucchini, wild broccoli, roasted paprika, eggplant roll, beetroot carpaccio, kidney beans paste, caramelised walnuts, radish: 14,00

Georgia Bowl (vegetarian) baked goat cheese, tomatoes, avocado, rocket salad, beluga lentils, mint, cucumber filet, red radish, spicy carrots, Eggplant rolls: 15,00

Odessa BowlBaby spinach, grilled shrimp, flambéed salmon fillet, avocado, radish, cucumber filets, sugar snaps, grilled zucchini, quinoa, wild broccoli: 16,00

Jewish specialities

Gefillte Fisch starter - Jewish specialtyMinced carp fillet, beetroot-carpaccio, horseradish sauce: 12,00

Pulka main course - Jewish specialtyfilled chicken thighs, potato puree, spicy carrots, porcini sauce (jewish specialty): 19,00

Dumplings

Russian dumplings

Wareniki "Marburg" (vegan)Homemade dumplings with red beans, walnuts, coriander, vegan cream chease: 13,00

Wareniki "Leningrad" (vegetarian)Homemade dumplings with potato stuffing: 13,00

Pelmeni "Siberia"Homemade dumplings with beef stuffing: 14,00

Main courses

Stuffed eggplant stuffed eggplant with vegetables, pine nuts, hummus, toasted pita bread, homemade tomato-paprika sauce: 16,00

"Beef Stroganoff"Beef strips in porcini cream sauce served with Draniki (homemade hashbrowns): 23,00

Desserts

"Plombir"Ice cream with raisins and Siberian orange berry sauce: 6,00

PancakesPancakes fried, blueberry in a hot fruit sauce: 7,00

Blini "Pasternak"Pancakes with almond-curd and hot cherries: 7,00