Turhana's Fusion Cooking
Note: This restaurant is set in the Babylon 5 universe and is not meant to infringe on anyone's copyright.
The food ideas come from Dining on Babylon 5: The Ultimate Collection of Space Station Cuisine - Human Edition, by Emerson Briggs-Wallace and Steve Smith (copyright 1998).
Menu
Boxty
A stuffed pancake made of Earth potatoes, Centauri crimson ruti pods, Minbari hylax seeds, and spoo with a filling of Earth cabbage and Minbari yla leaves and your choice of (choose one):
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Jeweled Rice
Your choice of grain:
- Earth rice
- Drazi Kili grain
- Minbari Almara Meal
Served with Centauri junjoos fruit, Minbari Se n'kai fruit, Earth sour cherries, Earth star fruit, Orcha fruit, Centauri doola nuts, Minbari gal’sha nuts, and Minbari wysa nuts.
The jeweled grain can be served plain or with your choice of meat (choose one):
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Meat/Seafood/Vegetarian Pies
Earther meat pie filled with one meat and one vegetable listed below. For vegetarian pies omit the meat and choose two vegetables. Additional vegetables are available for an extra charge. The pie is served with an optional tawloo fat sauce or spoo topping:
Meats
- Centauri roopo balls/Narn Breen/Earther Swedish Meatballs
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Vegetables and Eggs
- Centauri foolash (a green, spinach-like vegetable)
- Centauri rikling weeds (like asparagus)
- Centauri ruti pods (like potatoes)
- Centauri yikkiti eggs
- Minbari hylax seeds (like potatoes)
- Minbari temshwee eggs
- Minbari yedor roots (like carrots)
- Minbari yla leaves (like lettuce)
- Narn wyqlat (a green, spinach-like vegetable)
Pasta
These Earther noodles can be made from your choice of:
- Earther wheat
- Drazi Kili grain
- Minbari Almara Meal
Types of noodles include:
- Angel hair/Capellini (thin)
- Cannelloni (big, filled pasta tubes)
- Fettucine (fat ribbons)
- Linguine (flattened spaghetti)
- Penne (medium sized tubes)
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- Rotini (corkscrew)
- Spaghetti (long and thin)
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Served with your choice of meat:
- Centauri roopo balls/Narn Breen/Earther Swedish Meatballs
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Served with your choice of sauce:
- Centauri watsul and tomato sauce
- Minbari beeba oil and olive oil sauce
- Minbari jenn bulb and garlic sauce
- Minbari Valeria Fruit and plum tomato sauce
- Minbari xenn and lemon sauce
- Narn swoz garlic sauce
- Spoo sauce
Pizza
A round, flatbread crust topped with Centauri tawloo cream (a soft cheese). The crust can be made from your choice of:
- Earther wheat
- Drazi Kili grain
- Minbari Almara Meal
- Minbari Premurr (a flatbread made from beeba oil)
Choose one meat and one topping. Extra meats and toppings are available for an additional charge. For a vegetarian pizza, omit the meats and choose two toppings:
Meats:
- Centauri roopo balls/Narn Breen/Earther Swedish Meatballs
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Toppings:
- Centauri foolash (like spinach)
- Centauri rikling weeds (like asparagus)
- Centauri watsuls (like tomatoes)
- Minbari valeria fruit (like plum tomatoes)
- Minbari zassa (like jalapeno chilies)
- Narn gollifs (like mushrooms)
- Narn wyqlat (a green, spinach-like vegetable)
Served with your choice of:
- Centauri watsul and tomato sauce
- Minbari beeba oil and olive oil sauce
- Minbari jenn bulb and garlic sauce
- Minbari Valen's herb and basil sauce
- Minbari Valeria Fruit and plum tomato sauce
- Minbari xenn and lemon sauce
- Narn swoz garlic sauce
- Spoo sauce
Satay
A meat served in an Earther satay peanut sauce. Choose from one of the following meats or fish:
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Sausages
Your choice of:
- Centauri treel fish sausage (like salmon)
- Centauri zoolow fish sausage (like ahi tuna)
- Centauri/Narn leeb sausage (a bovine)
- Narn grout head sausage (like ham)
- Narn tawloo liver sausage (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo sausage (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon sausage (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor sausage (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
Served with Minbari owala paste (like mustard) or Centauri spoo on a bed of Centauri foolash, Minbari yla leaves, and Narn wyqlat.
Sushi Combo
Choose a fish and a grain. Each combo includes 6 pieces. Individual sushi available on request.
Fish
- Centauri treel fish sushi (like salmon)
- Centauri zoolow fish sushi (like ahi tuna)
- Minbari ailecococ fish sushi (a small type of fish)
- Minbari weel fish sushi (like sea bass)
- Minbari ulabon sushi (like swordfish)
- Narn k’wan sushi (like crayfish)
- Orion 4’s yogtree sushi (like squid)
Grain:
- Earth rice
- Drazi Kili grain
- Minbari Almara Meal
Tamales
Centauri junjoo leaf wrapped tamales made with Earth corn, Drazi Kili grain or Minbari Almara Meal and filled with your choice of:
- Centauri roopo balls/Narn Breen/Earther Swedish Meatballs
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Narn tujula tubes (like Kielbasa sausage)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari taalor tubes (like Italian sausage)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Served with seasoned spoo and optional Minbari zassa (like jalapeno chilies).
Thai Curry
Meats and vegetables served with an Earther curry sauce with optional Earther rice, Drazi Kili grain, or Minbari Almara Meal.
Choose a curry sauce:
- Green curry (with green chilies)
- Massaman curry
- Red or spicy curry (with red chilies)
- Sour curry (traditionally served with fish)
- Yellow curry (creamier and less spicy, best with Centauri ruti pods or Minbari hylax seeds)
Choose a meat:
- Centauri treel (like salmon) fish
- Centauri zoolow (like ahi tuna) fish
- Centauri/Narn leeb (a bovine)
- Narn grout head (like ham)
- Narn k’wan (like crayfish)
- Narn tawloo liver (like veal)
- Minbari kloo (like chicken)
- Minbari raalon (like lamb)
- Minbari taalor (like beef)
- Minbari ulabon (like swordfish)
- Minbari weel fish (like sea bass)
- Orion 4’s yogtree (like squid)
- Spoo
Choose a vegetable (for vegetarian curries omit the meat and choose two vegetables):
- Centauri gilga peas
- Centauri rikling weeds (like asparagus)
- Centauri ruti pods (like potatoes)
- Minbari hylax seeds (like potatoes)
- Minbari rylla pods (like peas)
- Minbari yedor roots (like carrots)
Sides
Minbari Premurr a la Turhana
This is a flatbread made from beeba oil and olive oil.
Spoo
Our spoo can be served aged (Centauri style) or fresh (Narn style).
Turhana’s Fruit Salad
This fruit salad is made from Centauri junjoos fruit, Earth star fruit, Centauri doola nuts, Centauri flibies (nuts), Markab orcha fruit, and Minbari wysa nuts.
Turhana’s Mixed Vegetables
Mixed Vegetables include Earth peas, Centauri Gilga peas, Minbari rylla pods, carrots, Minbari yedor roots, asparagus, Centauri rikling weeds, zucchini, Minbari glomo fruit, squash, Minbari tyr, beans, Minbari chudomo seeds, mushrooms and Narn gollifs. Served in a lemon and Minbari xenn sauce.
Turhana’s Potato and Egg Salad
A savory salad made with Earth potatoes and eggs, Centauri crimson ruti pods and yikkiti eggs, Minbari hylax seeds, yla leaves, temshwee eggs with basil and Valen’s herb, parsley and Minbari pil’sha, mustard and Minbari owala paste and Narn polbi seed paste.
Turhana’s Salad
This is made from Centauri foolash, watsuls, rikling weeds, Minbari Valeria fruit, yedor roots, and yla leaves, Narn wyqlat and alba frond (like bay leaf) with your choice of Olive oil/Minbari beeba oil dressing, Sherry Vinegar/Minbari Sour Temple Oil dressing, or Red Wine Vinegar/Narn taree dressing.
Dessert
Churros
Fried sticks of pastry topped with Minbari yl'fost (a sweet crystalline substance like Earth sugar) and Narn klaga bark (like cinnamon). They can be served plain or filled with the following:
- Centauri junjoos fruit mash (a banana-like fruit)
- Centauri/Narn tyrpa cream filling (like vanilla)
- Markab orcha fruit mash
- Minbari se n'kai fruit mash
- Minbari xenn cream filling (like lemon)
- Narn klaga bark cream filling (like cinnamon)
Halva
A sweet, dense confection made from a grain or nut, butter, and sugar.
Flour halvas:
- Drazi Kili grain halva with your choice of Centauri doola nuts, Centauri flibies, Earther pistachios, Minbari gal'sha nuts, or Minbari wysa nuts
- Earth Semolina (wheat) with your choice of Centauri doola nuts, Centauri flibies, Earther pistachios, Minbari gal'sha nuts, or Minbari wysa nuts
- Minbari Alamara Meal halva with your choice of Centauri doola nuts, Centauri flibies, Earther pistachios, Minbari gal'sha nuts, or Minbari wysa nuts
Nut butter halvas:
- Centauri flibies and pecan halva
- Minbari gal’sha nut and hazelnut halva
- Minbari wysa nut and almond
Ice creams
- Centauri doola nut and walnut ice cream
- Centauri flibies and pecan ice cream
- Centauri junjoos fruit ice cream
- Centauri/Narn tyrpa ice cream (like vanilla)
- Markab orcha fruit ice cream
- Minbari gal’sha nut and hazelnut ice cream
- Minbari xenn and lemon ice cream
- Minbari wysa nut and almond ice cream
- Narn gaiola root and ginger ice cream
- Narn klaga bark and cinnamon ice cream
Paletas
Cold, sweet treats on sticks.
- Centauri Paletas with Tawloo cream and your choice of Centauri junjoos fruit, Centauri flibies (like pecans), and Centauri doola nuts (like walnuts).
- Centauri/Narn Paletas with Tyrpa (like Vanilla ice cream) and Narn Klaga Bark flavoring.
- Minbari Paletas with a Temshwee Egg Custard and Yl’fost center, Minbari Se n'kai fruit, Minbari gal'sha nuts, and Minbari wysa nuts.
Shave Ice
Finely powdered ice drowned in your favorite sweet syrup and served with an optional scoop of ice cream. Some say shave ice originally came from a place called Japan in the Heian Period. You may pick up to two sweet syrups:
- Centauri junjoos fruit (like banana)
- Earther coconut
- Earther kawakawa berry (from New Zealand)
- Earther kiwi fruit
- Earther li hing mui/huamei (salty dried plum)
- Earther lychee
- Earther passion fruit
- Markab orcha fruit (a citrus fruit)
- Minbari se n'kai fruit
Ice creams
- Centauri doola nut and walnut ice cream
- Centauri flibies and pecan ice cream
- Centauri junjoos fruit ice cream
- Centauri/Narn tyrpa ice cream (like vanilla)
- Markab orcha fruit ice cream
- Minbari gal’sha nut and hazelnut ice cream
- Minbari wysa nut and almond ice cream
- Minbari xenn and lemon ice cream
- Narn gaiola root and ginger ice cream
- Narn klaga bark and cinnamon ice cream
Spoo and Fruit or Grain and Fruit
A lightly sweet dessert.
Choose from:
- Drazi Kili grain
- Earth rice
- Minbari Almara meal
- Spoo
And a fruit:
- Centauri junjoos fruit (a banana-like fruit)
- Markab orcha fruit (a citrus-like fruit)
- Minbari se n'kai fruit
Sweet Tamales
Centauri junjoo leaf wrapped tamales made with Earth corn, Drazi Kili grain or Minbari Almara Meal that is topped with Minbari yl'fost (a sweet crystalline substance like Earth sugar) and Narn Klaga Bark powder (like cinnamon) and filled with your choice of:
- Centauri junjoos (a banana-like fruit) and Flibies (like pecans)
- Markab orcha fruit (a citrus-like fruit)
- Minbari se n'kai fruit, gal'sha nuts and Earth hazelnuts and Minbari wysa nuts and Earth almonds
Drinks
- Almond and Minbari Wysa Nut Milk
- Banana and Centauri Junjoos Juice
- Hazelnut and Minbari Gal'sha Nut Milk
- Orange, Lime, Lemon, and Orcha Juice
- Pecan and Centauri Flibie Nut Milk
- Plum tomato and Minbari Valeria Fruit Juice
- Tomato and Centauri Watsul Juice
Sources
The above information is gathered from the excellent book, Dining on Babylon 5: The Ultimate Collection of Space Station Cuisine - The Human Edition, Emerson Briggs-Wallace with Steve Smith, London: Boxtree, 1998. The book includes recipes and pictures of the foods.
Additional sources:
Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica -
Drazi
Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica - Narn
Babylon5.wikia -
List_of_Food_and_Drinks.
The above menu was written for role-playing purposes for Panhistoria.
Images:
The spoo image comes from Science Fiction Cuisine the Spoo Elevating Moment
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