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Tasting Notes
Siirt Şeref Büryan is at Ömer Efendi Sokak 2 in the Zeyrek quarter of Fatih, Istanbul, and is closed on Mondays.
Büryan and Siirt dishes
Büryan, Siirt's pit-cooked lamb, is sold by weight, boneless from 100 g up to a kilo and on the bone from 200 g. Other Siirt dishes are Siirt kebab, mumbar, içli köfte plain or with sauce, and sour stuffed Arab dolma.
Kebabs, soups and sweets
Kebabs include Adana, Urfa, tomato, yogurt and aubergine kebab. Soups are lentil, spinach, ezogelin and ayran aşı, and sweets are sarı burma, house baklava, künefe, pistachio baklava and pumpkin dessert.
“Order the boneless büryan with perde pilavı, and add a Siirt kebab to share.”
LR Kitchen — field note