Tasting Notes
İBB Gözdağı Sosyal Tesisi is on Gözdağı Caddesi in the Dumlupınar quarter of Pendik. The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) runs it.
Signature dishes
The signature list has the chef's börek, grilled chicken wings, lamb kavurma on beğendi, entrecôte külbastı and the house Gözdağı kebab.
Breakfast and the rest of the menu
Breakfast is served as a plate or as a serpme spread, with a full list of egg dishes. The main menu has soups, salads, olive-oil dishes, hot starters, grills, grilled and fried fish, and desserts such as sütlaç, trileçe and profiterol.
“Try the chef's börek first and the Gözdağı kebab as a main, and order the serpme breakfast if you are two or more.”
LR Kitchen — field note