Tasting Notes
Şazeli is at Florya Caddesi 10 in the Şenlikköy quarter of Bakırköy, close to Aqua Florya and the Istanbul Aquarium.
Steaks and butcher cuts
The butcher list has veal walnut cut, entrecôte, tenderloin and lamb chops, and a dry-aged group of New York, T-bone and Dallas steaks and Kobe beef. From the oven come veal short ribs (asado) and lamb ribs, and sucuk is on the menu as Şazeli kangal sucuk or veal sausage.
Starters, kebabs and breakfast
Kebabs are köfte, köfte with kaşar, Adana, pistachio kebab and beyti. Starters include carpaccio, a cured-meat plate, halloumi wrapped in pastırma and hummus in a casserole, and the burger list runs from 70 g minis to 200 g. A serpme breakfast is served, and desserts include oven-baked sütlaç, pumpkin dessert, kadayıf and Antep baklava.
“Order the veal short rib (asado) or the Şazeli kangal sucuk, and share a few starters.”
LR Kitchen — field note