For any party of 4 people or over, we recommend that you pick the fixed menu. This allows the "newcomer" to savour various dishes of our vast selection on offer, and to have time to reflect and savour more. The fixed menu can also be served for two people.
We wish that you will have an enjoyable dining experience with us. If you have any special preferences or alleries, please let us know and we shall ensure that we serve you with an equally delicious suitable alternative dish.
Chick peas are boiled until very tender, then mixed with
tahina, olive oil, garlic, lemon, and cumin before being
lightly salted.
2
Fattush
£3.75
Salad with toasted flat bread
A combination of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, mint, basil,
pepper, red onion, seasoned with olive oil, vinegar,
pomegranate sauce and salt.
5
Tamar Waya Laban
£4.50
Dates with walnut, onion & yoghurt
Tamar (dates) and Laban (yoghurt) are a must in the Iraqi cuisine. This special Mesopotamia recipe
“sweet & savoury” is very unique. Onions and dates are finely sliced and fried then mixed with
plain yoghurt, turmeric and walnuts.
6
Chajjeek
£3.50
Thick Yoghurt, cucumber and fresh mint
Thick yoghurt, small pieces of cucumber, fresh mint and
garlic, are mixed together then topped with mint and olive
oil very refreshing and delicious.
7
Tappula
£4.95
Fine bhurgul, parsley, onion & tomato salad
A combination of finely chopped flat parsley mixed with fine
bhurgul, tomato and onions and seasoned with olive oil,
freshly squeezed lemon juice and salt.
8
Babah Ghanouge
£3.95
Roasted aubergine, which is skinned and mashed prior to
being mixed with tahena, yoghurt, garlic, olive oil and
seasoned.
9
Fuul Madames
£3.95
Pulped boiled broad beans with garlic, mixed spices and
cumin. A traditional favourite.
10
Basterma
£4.95
Sliced minced lamb mix with cumin and mild spices
12
Warak Enab
£4.50
Vine leaves filled with rice, dill, seasoned with lemon
juice and spices
14
Haloumi salad
£4.95
Haloumi cheese with olives, tomato, cucumber, and mint.
15
Bourak Bul Jeban
£4.95
Hand made filo pastry fingers filled with cheese and
shredded mint.
17
Meze Mix
£7.95
(for 2 persons to share)
Chef’s selection of four different dishes from our appetisers menu.
Please order rice or sauté potatoes to compliment these dishes
Fish dishes
24
Rubianne bi Tahina (prawn)
£10.95
Shallow fried king sized prawns served with salad, and a pot of red pepper, onion, cumin, tahina,
garlic sauce.
25
Tapsey Samak (fish steak)
£11.95
A generous steak of boneless moist fish, fried and cooked onion, parsley, coriander, garlic, chive
and tomato sauce seasoned in mixed spices.
26
Samak Meso (Scampi)
£8.95
Breaded scampi with fresh salad, and home made sauce
Lamb dishes
28
Malfuf Badihnjan
£10.95
Minced lamb mixed with parsley, and garlic, hand formed into 'finger' shapes then rolled with
aubergine in a tomato sauce.
29
As above but a smaller portion for the lighter appetite.
£8.95
30
Hamidh Hulu
£11.95
Shank of lamb on the bone cooked in a home made sauce of dried apricot, prunes and spices.
31
Lamb Shish
£8.45
Home made seasoned grilled minced lamb shish kebabs served with salad.
32
As last but one shish kebab.
£6.95
33
Meso Meatballs (Small or normal portion)
£6.95
Freshly rolled balls of minced lamb, in a curried tomato, garlic and potato sauce with herbs and
seasoning. or £9.95
Chicken dishes
34
Fesanjun
£9.95
Succulent pieces of chicken in a sauce of pomegranate, crushed walnuts, and finely diced onions.
35
As above but a smaller portion for the lighter appetite
£7.45
36
Chicken Guss
£9.95
Prime slices of grilled chicken marinated in tahina, lemon and special spices served with salad.
37
Chicken Tikka
£8.95
Cubed and seasoned grilled chicken tikka kebabs cooked on the skewer served with salad.
38
Babel Curry
£8.95
Even though curry is generally categorised as an Indian dish these days, the earliest known recipe
for meat in spicy sauce with bread was discovered near Babylon in Mesopotamia, on a tablet printed
in cuneiform text. This was way back in 1700 BC, and the dish was probably used as an offering to
the God, Marduk.
Our interpretation has all the traditional ingredients of the “modern day” curry, onion, parsley,
coriander, garlic, chilli and tomato sauce seasoned in mixed spices.
Beef dishes
39
Dhob
£12.95
Rib eye steak in a clove, all spice, black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, tomato and garlic
sauce. (Sauce contains flour)
40
Beef Guss
£12.95
Grilled prime slices of beef rump steak marinated in tahina, lemon and special spices and served
with salad.
Meat-free dishes
43
Mukluba
£11.95
Aubergines, onions, tomatoes, peppers and courgette, layered in a pot with rice and seasoned with
specially made spices and cooked very gently before being turned upside down and served.
44
Bhurgul & Vegetable
£10.95
Fine bhurgul (cracked wheat) mixed with sauté vegetables (mushrooms, courgette, peppers, onions).
Very thin layers of pastry filled with walnuts or pistachio
and drizzled with cardamom flavoured sugar syrup specially
ordered and prepared for Mesopotamia.
Mu Aasale
£3.50
Dates which are first de-stoned, then filled with walnuts
and lightly cooked in a date syrup mixed with fried sesame
seeds, ginger powder, and a sprinkling of aniseed seeds. An
all time Iraqi favourite. Even if you do not normally like
dates, you will love these!!
Ice Cream
£3.00
A generous helping of ice cream; full cream vanilla with
pods or chocolate chip.
Chocolate Pyramid new item
£3.50
A pyramid of white chocolate ice cream covered with cocoa
powder and decorated with white chocolate slabs.
Chocolate Bomb new item
£3.50
Chocolate ice cream bombe with a chocolate sauce centre,
enrobed in real Belgian chocolate.
Champagne Sorbet
£4.00
A generous helping of the ultimate in sorbets, a perfect end
to your meal
Melon in skin new item
£3.50
A natural half melon skin filled with melon ice cream.
Orange in skin new item
£3.50
A whole natural orange skin filled with orange sorbet.
Chocolate Fountain (The Babylon Tower!!)
£3.50
(Available on most Fridays and Saturdays only)
If you have never used one before then you must make an
effort today!! Dip your marshmallows and fruits into the
running chocolate fountain for the ultimate in lip-smacking,
finger licking, dessert treats!! Your plate awaits!!
If you would like to try a variety of different dishes why not try one of our
TASTER MENU OPTIONS
(For parties of 2 and over only)
FOR PARTIES OF 6 OR MORE THIS IS RECOMMENDED
Taster Menu 1 or 2: at £24.95 per head
(5 starters, 3 main dishes and sweet)
Taster Menu 3 (vegetarian): at £19.95 per/head
(4 starters, 2 main dishes and sweet)
Ask about our special PARTY menu options and additional dishes.
All prices are inclusive of VAT at the current rate
Service is not included and we do not automatically add it!!.
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