Tasting Notes
Şirincem is on Şehit Yüksel Özülkü Caddesi in Şirince, a village in Selçuk. It is open from 9 a.m. until midnight, and the name on the sign also includes Pansiyon, as it takes overnight guests.
Breakfast and village dishes
Breakfast is a single spread priced per person. The village dishes include sinkel bostan, green beans in olive oil in a clay pot, mantı, karnıyarık, a clay-pot dish and a sauté of mixed wild greens, ot kavurma. The cold section has stuffed courgette flowers, stuffed vine leaves and peppers, and yoghurt with purslane.
From the grill and the flaming pan
The flaming-pan section has hünkar beğendi, yufkalı kebap and çökertme kebabı, alongside chicken and vegetable sautés. The grill adds ali nazik, köfte, a house köfte, lamb skewers and chops, Adana and beyti, and the fish list has sea bass, sea bream, calamari and prawns. Desserts include home-made walnut baklava, keşkül and honeyed yoghurt.
“At weekends book a table ahead, start with the stuffed courgette flowers, and choose between the yufkalı kebap and hünkar beğendi.”
LR Kitchen — field note