Kebab | Far From The Sticks

The other day we went out to lunch with Bulent’s father. He is from the city of Adana where they make “Adana Kebab,” it is a specific style of kebab. The place we went is the only place he will eat Adana Kebab in Ankara. It is a small place where the owner and waiters boss you around. We ordered a small portion of çopşiş…

But they said “No.” You have to have kebab too. They brought out Adana Kebab with grilled garlic, tomatoes, and peppers. It was accompanied by Shepherd’s Salad, and Esme.

Also, with fresh arugula, parsley, yogurt, and onion salad.

All of this was served with fresh lavash bread, I mean FRESH. They would put it in the oven right before they served it. We love this place, but try not to come too often, because there is so much food. We usually end up waddling away. I might have waddled that day, but it was worth it.

Oh YUM!! Bülent wanted to go to a Kebab house for his birthday, he had heard about a local one that was tasty. The word of mouth was right!!

We had cop sis, and all the accouterment. In a Turkish restaurant, mezes usually come with the meal. In this case, bulgur pilaf, small lahmacuns, roasted onions, peppers and tomatoes, fresh lavash bread, a onion/sumac salad along with arugula and parsley.

Here is the main deal, cop sis, grilled lamb. It is super delicious, usually pulled off the skewer and eaten wrapped in the lavash with any of the aforementioned accouterments.

We also ordered eggplant salad, which was amazingly tasty. It was pretty simple, mashed eggplant, garlic, salt and pepper, and just delicious.

Here is my plate before the meat pops got to the table. As you can see, there is already a bite out of the lahmacun.

And for dessert, kunefe. Kunefe is a pie of shredded pastry, soaked in a sweet syrup with cheese in the middle. It is amazing, sweet and savory, served warm.