Tasting Notes
Ciğerci Sıraç is at Valide Han, Büyük Postane Caddesi 24/F, in the Hobyar quarter of Fatih. Mezes come to the table at no charge.
Liver and skewers
The first list is liver and meat skewers: lamb liver, çöp şiş, lamb şiş and the house Sıraç Special. The main dishes add mixed kebab for one to four people, lamb lokum and lamb ribs, and wraps are made with liver, çöp şiş, Adana, Urfa, chicken or the Sıraç filling.
Breakfast, pide and dessert
Breakfast has menemen, kavurmalı yumurta, sucuklu yumurta, omelettes and a plate, served until 13:00. Pide comes with kavurma, diced meat, minced meat, chicken or as a vegetarian version, and lahmacun has a vegetarian version too. Desserts are künefe, Atom künefe, baklava, katmer and kadayıf.
“Order the lamb liver and a çöp şiş, share a mixed kebab if you are three or four, and finish with a künefe.”
LR Kitchen — field note