Jewish and Russian cuisine in the Russian restaurant Pasternak in Prenzlauer Berg

Menu Prazdnik
Chef's recommendation
Breakfast
Pasternak‘s Benedict
Starters
Soups
Main courses
Dumplings
Blini - warm starters
Desserts
Drinks menu

Menu Prazdnik

«PRAZDNIK»

FESTIVE FEAST AT PASTERNAK

We welcome groups of 7 people or more to our “Prazdnik”, our festive meal!
We will put together a menu for the whole table according to your wishes, which you can share “family style” and which invites you on a culinary journey through a variety of flavors and tastes.

APPETIZERS VORSPEISEN

MEZZE PLATTER & BLINI ASSORTI

Mixed starter platter in house style, choice of blini filled with vegetable ragout, salmon & avocado or meat according to your wishes

TRADITIONAL WARM APPETIZERS

Assortment of pelmeni with beef filling & vareniki with potato filling, or borscht

MAIN COURSE

SCHASCHLYK PLATTER
Choose from our Skewers from the lava stone grill, either chicken, pork or lamb. Served with side dishes of your choice: grilled vegetables, roast potatoes, potato gratin, hummus, salad

VEGETARIAN PLATTER

For vegetarian/vegan delights. With a selection of “Kapusta”: baked cauliflower with pesto, pine nuts, beluga lentils and truffled almond curd, and/or “Baklazhan”: eggplant baked with sheep's cheese cream and filled with, quinoa and vegetables, avocado and mint mousse

DESSERT

SWEET DREAMS
Desserts as you wish: choice of Napoleon, Sweet Sin, Blini Pasternak & seasonal dessert.

Chef's recommendation

Changing delicious monthly dishes & drinks

Asparagus cream soupFine cream soup made from white Beelitz asparagus, potatoes, leeks and onions, refined with herbs and roasted almonds: 12,00 €

Salad with green asparagus and beef filletTender strips of beef fillet, green asparagus, fresh salad mix, confit tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, served with a ginger-soy-garlic dressing: 22,00 €

beelitz asparagus with new potatoes, pashot eggs, Homemade Hollandaise Saucebeelitz asparagus with new potatoes, pashot eggs, Homemade Hollandaise Sauce: 19,00 €

Beelitz asparagus with chicken steak in an almond crust, new potatoes, Homemade Hollandaise SauceBeelitz asparagus with chicken steak in an almond crust, new potatoes, Homemade Hollandaise Sauce: 24,00 €

Beelitz asparagus with salmon steak, young potatoes, fresh salad mix and homemade hollandaise sauceBeelitz asparagus with salmon steak, young potatoes, fresh salad mix and homemade hollandaise sauce: 27,00 €

Whiskey SourHomemade Ukrainian fruit drink: 12,00 €

Espresso Martini: 12,00 €

Rosso di Montalcino2021 Italy, red wine, dry-goes best with a beef tartare 0.75l: 49,00 €

Ca dei FratiLugana DOC, Italy, dry goes with salmon and seafood salad: 45,00 €

MorsHandmade Cranberry mors: 6,00 €

Breakfast

Consciously and skilfully, the rural character of traditional Russian kitchens has been combined with modern trends. The changing menu is based on seasonal products and uses exclusively fresh ingredients. For breakfast gourmets daily 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m.!

"Boris Bruschetta"Home-pickled salmon, avocado, cream cheese & basil on toasted brown bread, honey-truffle dressing: 16,00 €

"Lara's Bruschetta"Avocado salsa, radishes, tomatoes, lettuce, fresh chilli, on toasted brown bread, vegan chilli mayonnaise: 13,00 €

Pancakes "Oladushki"Pancakes with forest-berries sauce, honey, sour cream: 11,00 €

"Blintschiki"Crêpes filled with apple curd with homemade wild berries, Grits, crème fraîche or Crêpes filled with apple curd with melted dark chocolate, crème fraîche, berries: 11,00 €

"Syrniki"Curd pancakes with homemade wild berries, Grits, creme fraiche: 11,00 €

ShakshukaIsraeli breakfast with organic eggs, tomatoes, paprika, oriental herbs, served with brioche: 15,00 €

Omelet with Spinach Tomato ParmesanOmelet with 3 Eggs, Spinach Tomato Parmesan: 13,00 €

№ 1 (vegan)bowl of avocado, hummus, wild broccoli, confit tomatoes, polenta, quinoa, barbecue paprika, baby spinach, beetroot carpaccio, beluga lentils, grilled vegatables: 15,00 €

№ 2 (vegetarian) rolls with arugula and cream cheese, organic scrambled eggs, avocado,  potato hash browns with eggplant ragout, hummus, curd pancakes, bread basket: 15,00 €

№ 3 (fish)Home marinated salmon, potato hash brown, organic scrambled eggs, avocado, prawns, crêpe rolls with salmon caviar, bread basket and butter: 19,00 €

ZavtrakTower of chicken fillet, bacon, potato-vegetable hash browns, homemade remoulade, onion, fried egg, romaine lettuce, tomato, pickled cucumber: 15,00 €

for twoHome marinated salmon, potato-zucchini hash browns, organic scrambled eggs, vegetable spread, bean puree, crêpe rolls with salmon caviar, crêpe rolls with beetroot tartar, avocado-quinoa-tower, curd pancakes with wild berries, bread basket: 33,00 €

Pasternak‘s Benedict

Poached eggs or scrambled eggs, brioche toast, basil hollandaise optional with:

plain: 13,00 €

Avocado: 14,00 €

with cherry tomatoes and parmesan cheese: 14,00 €

Avocado, Bacon: 16,00 €

salmon: 16,00 €

Salmon and avocado: 17,00 €

Starters

Baklazhan Tartar – vegantartare made from baked eggplant, coriander, sesame, garlic & marinated cherry tomatoes on a balsamic soy sauce: 18,00 €

"Herring under fur coat" layered salad of young salted herring, potatoes, carrots, beetroot, provençal-creme: 15,00 €

Salat "Olivier"Potato salad with roast beef, homemade remoulade, carrots, peas, pickled cucumbers, egg (also vegetarian on request): 15,00 €

Salad " Kaukasus"rostet eggplant ,goat cheese, salad mix, tomatoes, cucumber, radish, pine nuts, coriander dressing: 17,00 €

Draniki2 potato pancakes with home-pickled salmon, avocado-salmon tartare, beetroot horseradish: 19,00 €

Blini rolls with ragout – vegetarianVegetable ragout, fresh spinach, sheep cheese: 14,00 €

Blini-Röllchen mit Lachssalmon, cream cheese, diced avocado, horseradish and spinach: 16,00 €

Blini Baikalsalmon caviar, cream cheese, spinach, avocado: 19,00 €

"Glückliche Zarin"Premium salmon caviar 50g served with blini, quail egg and sour cream: 30,00 €

"Happy Zar" – caviar from sturgeon 50gServed with Blini and sour cream (for 2 persons): 95,00 €

Soups

If you have a good wife and a good borscht you can be happy with your life.

Ukrainian saying

Borscht grandmother style with garlic biscuitsVeal, beetroot, white cabbage, potatoes, carrots, paprika, onions, fresh herbs, sour cream, garlic biscuits: 11,00 €

Borshtsh (vegetarian)Beetroot soup with white beans and sour cream: 9,00 €

Main courses

Kapusta (vegan)Grilled cauliflower steak, pesto, pine nuts, beluga lentils, truffled vegan almond cream cheese: 21,00 €

Bakhlazhan vegetarianstuffed eggplant with quinoa, vegetables, dates, baked with sheep milk cheese, avocado-mint-mousse (vegan option possible): 21,00 €

Pargit - Jewish specialty grilled chicken, homemade hummus, spicy carrots, pomegranate coriander sauce: 23,00 €

Shashlik from pork neckPork neck grilled, pickled onions, adjika: 21,00 €

Lamm SchaschlickGrilled lamb skewer, plum-coriander sauce: 24,00 €

Kiewer KotelettBreaded chicken breast, dill butter stuffing,mashed potatoes, pickled cucumber: 23,00 €

"Beef Stroganoff"strips of beef fillet in porcini cream sauce served with potatoes puree or potato pancakes: 26,00 €

Young lamb shoulderBraised shoulder of young lamb marinated in ginger-garlic, cauliflower puree, wild broccoli, potato pate: 28,00 €

Dumplings

All dumplings are handmade with love, without additeves and served with melted butter and sour cream

Pelmenidumplings stuffed with beef, served with sour cream and adjika sauce: 19,00 €

Wareniki with porcini (vegetarian)Homemade potato dumplings with porcini, onions, baby spinach, sour cream: 19,00 €

Blini - warm starters

Russian pancakes

Crêpes-Roll with vegetable ragout – vegetarianvegetable ragout, fresh spinach, sheep cheese: 14,00

Crêpes-Roll with salmoncream cheese, diced avocado, horseradish and spinach: 16,00 €

Crêpes-Roll with premium salmon caviarcream cheese, spinach, avocado: 19,00 €

Desserts

PawlowaMeringue dessert with vanilla ice cream, raspberries and blueberries: 13,00 €

Blini "Pasternak"Pancakes with almond-curd and hot cherries: 10,00 €

Sweet singrilled cottage cheese pancakes, berry groats, milkmaid: 10,00 €

"Napoleon" cakeLayered puff pastry cake with custard: 10,00 €

Drinks menu

The drinks menu can be downloaded here as an image.

Restaurant Pasternak presents a selection from the menu highlighting traditional Russian and Jewish cuisine specialties.