Menu Russ & Daughters

appetizing since 1923

Noshes

small dishes

Russ & Daughters Knishes

Potato, carmelized onion, mustard

Hot Smoke/Cold Smoke

Kippered baked Salmon & Scottish smoked salmon spread, waffle-cut potato chips

Potato latkes

Salmon roe and creme fraiche

Kasha Varnishkas

buckwheat, caramelized onion, bowtie egg noodles

Chopped liver

Matzo, pickled red onion

Super heebster

whitefish & baked salmon salad, wasabi-infused fish roe, horseradish dill cream cheese, bagel toast

Pastrami Russ

pastrami-cured salmon, muenster cheese, sauerkraut, mustard, pickle, pretzel roll

sours

pickled vegetables, pickles from the barrel

Boards

open-faced sandwiches

the classic

gaspe nova smoked salmon, cream cheese, bagel-bialy, tomato, onion, capers

mensch

sturgeon, butter, bagel/bialy, tomato, onion, capers

shtetl

smoked sable, goat cream cheese, bagel-bialy, tomato, onion, capers

yum kippered

kippered (baked) salmon, cream cheese, bagel/bialy, tomato, onion, capers

Platters

To be shared

smoked fish

Serves 3 - 4 people with cream cheese, onion, tomato, capers & new potato salad and Russ & daughters bread basket

the hattie

smoked whitefish, kippered (baked) salmon, gaspe nova smoked salmon, sable

the ida

scottish smoked salmon, gaspe nova smoked salmon, pastrami-cured salmon, gravlox

the anne

western nova smoked salmon, private stock sturgeon, sable, smoked brook trout, wild alaskan salmon roe

Eggs

served all the time

"Ess gezinter hayt."

Eat in good health.
— Yiddish idiom

Lox, eggs & onions

with toasted shissel rye

sturgeon, eggs & onion

with toasted pumpernickel

bella's matzo brei

matzo, egg, applesauce, sour cream

lower sunny side

sunny side up eggs, gaspe nova smoked salmon, potato latkes

eggs benny

poached eggs, scottish smoked salmon, sautéed spinach, hollandaise, challah

farm egg omelette

gaspe nova smoked salmon, cream cheese

soft scrambled eggs & caviar

custard-like egg, caviar with challah

180

Soup

Matzo Ball

chicken, vegetables, matzo ball

Mushroom Barley

mushrooms, barley with shissel rye bread

Borscht

served chilled: beets, sour cream, dill with pumpernickel

Smoked Whitefish Chowder

dill, esplette pepper, matzo

Salads

Mixed Green

greens, fennel, dill, capers, citrus dressing

Chopped Salad

smoked whitefish, avocado, beets, egg, apple, mixed greens, matzo, buttermilk dressing

Smoked Trout& Potato

smoked trout, watercress, caper mustard dressing

Sweet

"A moltsayt on a tsimes iz via a mayse on a moshl."

A meal without a sweet dish is like a story without a moral.
— Yiddish idiom

blintzes

fruit compote, sour cream

babka french toast

chocolate babka, sour cream, berries

noodle kugel

farmer cheese, raisins, egg noodles

challah bread pudding

dried apricots, caramel sauce

halvah ice cream

halvah, sesame, salted caramel

grandpa's grapefruit

grapefruit, white germ, maple syrup

baked farmer cheese

blueberry, walnut & honey with pumpernickel

cookie plate

Russ & daughters cookies & sweets