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Discover New Mediterranean Cuisine in Dallas
Embark on a culinary journey through the vibrant and diverse flavors of the Mediterranean Basin. Chef Gorji introduces his exquisite signature style: New Mediterranean Cuisine. By weaving together influences from Persian cooking with an array of techniques inspired by French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, Turkish, and North African kitchens, Chef Gorji redefines flavor dynamics without being constrained by nationality or traditional authenticity.
At Gorji restaurant each dish is a personal narrative. A celebration of natural tastes augmented in imaginative ways. His approach combines premier elements and locally sourced ingredients to craft a menu that is modern yet steeped in timeless elegance.
Gorji’s New Mediterranean Cuisine fine dining is where sophistication meets innovation—emphasizing flavor over convention.
Pomegranates & Big Flavors
…Gorji’s style is to seduce his customers with flavors of his native Iran — pomegranate seeds are a common garnish here — and then surprise them with a flawless aged steak. It’s a great double act.” — Brian Reinhart, Dallas Observer
Modern and Upscale. Gorji’s New Mediterranean Food emphasizes flavor, not tradition.
The ever-evolving menu at Gorji restaurant delights guests with tantalizing dishes such as escargot swathed in Pomodoro sauce or duck breast complemented by succulent red plums. Experience pan-seared quail legs enhanced with a white wine pomegranate reduction or savor the rich texture of lamb tongue pate. D Magazine extolled offerings like lamb brain paté accompanied by trout yogurt, venison tenderloin paired with baby eggplants draped in gorgonzola and Arrabiata sauce.
Rainbow Trout and Yogurt
Culinary Innovation Meets Unexpected Flavors
Driven by passion and precision honed from engineering principles combined with Old World ‘hot and cold’ theories, Chef Gorji crafts dishes that consistently surprise the palate. He defies conventional cooking norms with shorter cooking times preserving intrinsic flavors. He also employs minimal spices alongside scant sugar. His creations are boldly inventive yet refined. And his focus is always on fresh seasonal ingredients for simplicity.
Signature dishes like prime beef tenderloin kissed with pomegranate sauce; saffron-infused Mediterranean seafood; grilled lamb enriched by elephant garlic yogurt. Or poached trout nestled under fried elephant garlic demonstrate his adeptness at marrying tradition to cutting-edge artistry. All brought to life using pure olive oil and abundant limes.
Signature highlights include prime beef tenderloin adorned with pomegranate sauce. Also, saffron-infused Mediterranean seafood, grilled lamb enhanced by elephant garlic yogurt, and poached trout enveloped in yogurt crowned with fried elephant garlic—demonstrating marrying time-honored traditions with cutting-edge innovation.
Mediterranean Cuisine with Texas Twists
Gorji is the back-to-back Texas Steak Cook-Off Champion. His food is sometimes described as “Mediterranean with Texas Twists.” He often blends ingredients like Texas Ribeye with Pomegranates and his signature Mediterranean style gourmet catfish.” Other specialties include his best steaks including prime beef, wild boar, lamb T-Bone, and venison as well as duck breast, fish with puttanesca sauce, poached trout with yogurt, and elephant garlic to name a few. Every week he offers a special prix fixe menu that often features seasonal Mediterranean food treats like this spring’s green almonds with tabbouleh.
“Many of the old world dishes relied on heavy spices and long cooking times. I use the freshest ingredients, prime cuts of meats, minimal spices and have developed short cooking time techniques. That allow me to make these dishes with their old world essence, but per order for my guests,” says Gorji
What The Critics Are Saying …
Dallas Observer names Gorji Restaurant #15 in The top 100 Dallas Restaurants. The dining room is small, the atmosphere is intimate and each table is booked for only one party per night, which makes this one of the most romantic restaurants in Dallas.
Paper City Dallas: No-Tipping Restaurant Shakes Up the Dallas Food Scene Chef’s Crazy Idea Works Wonders at this Underrated Top Spot. Chef Gorji takes the best elements and essence from the Mediterranean cuisine and melds them into simple, but flavorful, exquisitely crafted dishes. Think, escargot in a Pomodoro, Gorgonzola mushroom sauce, and baby eggplant stuffed with Gorgonzola dolce in an arrabbiata style sauce. Followed by Texas wild boar tenderloin with sea scallops and Gorgonzola gnocchi with grilled Campari tomatoes. And for dessert, you ask? A provocative beer-float — vanilla bean ice cream drenched in aa dark Israeli stout beer. Delicious is an understatement — if I could swim in it, I would.
Eater 38 Essential Restaurants “… Gorji has been keeping it real in the northerly parts of Dallas for more than a decade. Start off with a plate of delicate baby eggplants stuffed with gorgonzola and topped with Pomodoro sauce, then treat yo’ self to Gorji’s epic paella made with rabbit, chorizo, mussels, and shrimp.”
Gorji—One of the most underrated in town
D magazine calls this small, Dallas restaurant “one of the most underrated in town”. Chef Gorji’s brand of mostly-Mediterranean-with-a-touch-of-Texas-style food is distinctively different from other global menus.” The review goes on to say that “.. Gorji’s food, is clean and naturally delicious.”
D Magazine 2019 “Gorji combines elegance and simplicity with a particular talent for lightness, a willingness to let herbs speak, and lushness complement without burdening. Around us, the consensus seemed clear…a meal is a treat, from the well-picked wine to the soft, house-made sheeps’s milk cheese served for dessert…”Read full article by Eve Hill-Agnus, D Magazine, Dining Critic
CultureMap, the Dallas lifestyle blog describes Canary By Gorji as having “gracious service and an exotic “new Mediterranean” menu that’s as impressive as it is unexpected. Dedicated chef-owner Mansour Gorji uses novel ingredients such as pomegranate on dishes that incorporate a swath of influences, including French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and North African. You’ll feel like this is your special discovery.”
