Tasting Notes
Tepeüstü Kervansaray İşkembe Salonu is at Alemdağ Caddesi 528 in the Tepeüstü quarter of Ümraniye, Istanbul.
Soups and offal
The soup list includes Kervan special soup, damar tuzlama, kelle paça with brain, Sivas trotter soup and beyran. Main dishes are the Kervan mixed plate, lamb head, İzmir-style kelle söğüş, lamb skewers and kokoreç, and there are bread sandwiches of kokoreç, liver, köfte and chicken.
Starters and dessert
Starters include fried brain, tongue söğüş, brain salad, çiğ köfte and salads, and desserts are kadayıf, pumpkin dessert, aşure, Kemalpaşa, hazelnut sütlaç and zerde.
“Order the kelle paça or beyran, and add a ring of kokoreç.”
LR Kitchen — field note