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Tasting Notes
Kazan Dede Çorba is at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bulvarı 536/A in the Batı Sitesi quarter, on the Istanbul road side of Ankara.
Soups and cauldron dishes
The regional soup list includes kelle paça, atom, tripe, trotter, okra and a meat-based “şifa” soup, sold in full portions. Meat dishes cooked in the cauldron are sauté, beef kavurma, boiled lamb and a day's special, and pot dishes include kuru fasulye, stuffed peppers and a vegetable dish of the day.
Breakfast, pide and desserts
Breakfast is an unlimited regional spread, a spread for two, and single plates, with gözleme in several fillings. The menu also has wraps, pide and lahmacun, kebabs and grills, baklava and kadayıf, milk puddings and cakes.
“Order a kelle paça or atom soup and season it at the table with vinegar and lemon.”
LR Kitchen — field note