Food Fit for a King!

The restaurant is called Somine Kebap. Now hold on, it's not just a run-of-the-mill kebab house. I have also seen the review on here and I must concur the food at Somine Kebap is outstanding.

Their menu is diverse and offers both meat and fish dishes. The steaks are fantastic while the kebabs are like nothing we have ever tasted - full marks to the management as they have got everything right. We were told the restaurant is newly opened but the owner has been in the restaurant business for over 20 years, so he knows a thing or two about food!

Well, I started this article off as "food fit for a king" and this is what happened!

The Somine Kebab menu has three special dishes that require 24-hour advance notice. We were told the specials are very popular options with their Turkish customers so we had to try for ourselves. The problem was that the specials are designed for a larger group. ie. a whole lamb or turkey or full rib of beef.

From the menu and the pictures it sounded so tempting so we just HAD to give it a go. We teamed up with a couple we had met in our hotel and made the advance order for their whole stuffed Turkey. We realised that even for four people the whole Turkey was going to be too much for the four us, however, the chef promised to keep any left-overs for us and prepare for us alternative dishes for future visits at no extra cost. Not bad eh.

The cost is 100 lira for the Turkey. We arrived at the restaurant at 8'ish and the Turkey was almost cooked. The chef had very slowly cooked the Turkey in their clay oven.

When the Turkey was delivered to our table, the whole restaurant was looking at our food and some other English customers took photos too. It really was a sight to see! The Turkey was perfectly cooked and the meat just fell off the bone when carved.

The stuffing they had used was a perfect compliment and the side dishes of potatoes and fresh vegetables left us feeling like Lord of the Manor!

It was the best food we have ever tasted and leaves our traditional Christmas Turkey looking a tad sad in retrospect. These people REALLY know how to cook and we highly recommend this restaurant to everyone.

There was plenty left over and the next day we were treated to a Turkey Curry but declined their offer for any further dishes containing turkey and was happy to see the remaining meat going to the staff table.

A thoroughly enjoyable time we had at Somine Kebab and definitely engraved in our memories that made this holiday for us so special. Full marks to the other member who posted her review about Somine Kebab. It really was FOOD FIT FOR A KING!