Tasting Notes
Ciğerci Bahattin Levent is at Büyükdere Caddesi 140/1 in Levent and follows the liver-kebab tradition of Mersin. The mezes that come to the table are free and unlimited.
Liver, skewers and half portions
The main list has liver şiş, yaprak ciğer, heart şiş, meat şiş, aubergine kebab and lamb chops, and many of them are also listed as half portions, together with half Adana and half Urfa. Wraps are made with liver, meat şiş, heart, Adana, Urfa or chicken.
Soups, mezes and dessert
Soups include kelle paça, tripe, chicken stock, lentil and ezogelin, each in full or half portions. The mezes are acılı ezme, sumac onion, charred tomato and pepper, patlıcan söğürme, hummus and çiğ köfte. Dessert is künefe, burma kadayıf, milky kadayıf, bohça kadayıf, magnolia or cold baklava.
“Order the liver şiş and a half Adana to compare them, and finish with a künefe.”
LR Kitchen — field note