Location

217 Carlisle Street
Balaclava, VIC 3183

Hours

Lunch: Saturday 12pm – 3pm
Dinner: Tuesday – Satruday 5pm until late
Sunday: Closed

SOULFUL COOKING

Every three months we will take you on a gastronomic tour of Turkey and its regions.

Tulum explores the different regional elements of the Ottoman Empire’s cuisine, and reinterprets its recipes, produce and ingredients and celebrates its rich food traditions in a modern context.

COLD MEZE

$ 8.50
ZEYTIN
  • Turkish Coffee, Roasted Mixed Olives
$ 9.50
EKMEK
  • House Made Katmer Bread, Smoked Date Butter & Pistachio Mousse
$ 12
PEYNIR
  • Tulum Cheese, Turkish Pide, Olive Oil, Tomato Jam & Dried Olives
$ 5
ISTIRIDYE
  • Oyster, Rosewater Granita & Sumac

HOT MEZE

$ 19
MANTI
  • Turkish Beef Dumplings, Maras Pepper, Minted Garlic Yoghurt & Burnt Butter
$ 18.50
ICLI KOFTE
  • Icli Kofte, Lamb & Bulgur kibbeh, Cumin, Parsley yoghurt & Salgam
$ 18
BOREK
  • Duck Borek, Cinnamon, Currants & Preserved Lemon, Grilled Pepper Labne
$ 16
CIG KOFTE
  • Raw Venison, Harissa, Bulgur, Isot pepper, Baby Cos Lettuce

VEGETARIAN MEZE

$ 16
CILBIR
  • Smoked Yoghurt, Poached Egg, Crispy Chicken Skin, Butter Crumble
$ 14
BORANI
  • Spiced Spinach, Cinnamon Labne, Lemon Jeli, Yoghurt Shards
$ 15
PIRASA
  • Olive Oil Braised Leeks, Prune, Puffed Rice, Molasses Carrots
$ 17
KEREVIZ
  • Braised Celeriac, Olive Oil & Orange Juice, Carrot Pure, Pear

FISH MEZE

$ 17
SARDALYA
  • Cured & Grilled Sardines, Bay Leaves Tarator, Raki Pickled Cucumber & Currants
$ 17
ERISTE
  • Calamari, Parsley, Feta Cheese, Lemon Bread Crumbs, Walnut
$ 20
AHTAPOT
  • Grilled Octopus, Tarhana, Fermented Tomato, Tulum Cheese & Olive Crumbled
$ 16
LAKERDA
  • Raki Cured King Fish, Almond Tarator, Pickled Grapes & Dil Granita

MAINS COURSES

$ 34
KUZU
  • Lamb Neck, Smoked Yoghurt, Pistachio, Zucchini Moussaka
$ 34
KABURGA
  • 12 Hours Beef Short Ribs, Cumin Tahini, Date & Preserved Lemon Jam, Smoke Eggplant
$ 32
BALIK
  • Grilled Barramundi, Turkish Yoghurt Soup, Chickpeas & Barley, Brown Butter
$ 29
PATLICAN
  • Bulgur Rice, Tulum Cheese, Eggplant Mousse

YANINDA – SIDES

$ 10
PANCAR
  • Beetroot, Mastic Labneh, Potato Crumble, Hazelnut Praline
$ 10
MEYHANE
  • Freekeh Rice, Pomegranate Molasses
$ 10
ISPANAK
  • Capsicum Spinach, Roasted Pepper Yoghurt

DESSERT

$ 15.50
SUTLAC
  • Thyme Rice Pudding, Cinnamon & Hazelnut Crumble
$ 16.50
HELVA
  • Sweet Spiced Semoline Helva & Walnut & Yoghurt Ice Cream
$ 15.50
MUHALLEBI
  • Yoghurt Muhallebi, Kadayif, Pomegrante Molasses Granita

PLEASE NOTE MENU ITMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Follow to full menu page for drinks, coffee, beers and wine list

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Who We Are

We like food. We like people. We like feeding people food. We promise to make simple, delicious (slightly cheffy) food for people to eat. We promise to be ready with the wine should the people want it. We don’t have room for a lot of people, so, people please, make your reservations early.

CATERING

For Corporate Catering inquiries contact info@tulumrestaurant.com.au