Turkish

Feta and greens gözleme

Roll up your sleeves, then roll and fold your way to flatbread heaven.

Tulum

Refreshingly modern takes on traditional dishes, Turkish wine, pretty cocktails and well-versed staff shine through at Tulum. Clever delicious.

How to make ali nazik kebap (Turkish kebabs)

Just meat on a stick? Hardly. With a few pointers from Turkish chef Somer Sivrioglu, of Sydney's Efendy restaurant, the humble kebab becomes so much more.

Stanbuli

The bubblegum-pink shopfront of the former Marie-Louise salon is the unlikely façade of this smart two-storey Turkish eatery.

Turkish-style bread topped with lamb, spices and pine nuts

Turkish-style bread with lamb, spices and pine nuts

Inspired by lahmacun (Turkish-style pizzas), this spiced-lamb and flatbread number will fill your kitchen with the smells of just-baked bread.

REVIEW The setting for celebrations, dalliances and political manoeuvres, this Canberra stalwart has tradition woven into its fabric. The long space opening onto greenery and a water feature fosters serenity, no matter how busy the action on the floor, and the staff’s dignified, warm demeanour speaks of a justifiable pride. The noise is all in […]

Babajan’s lamb lahmacun

Serve Babajan’s lamb lahmacun - Turkish flatbread topped with spiced lamb - hot out of the oven with a crunchy salad, sumac, olive oil and hummus.

Efendy

REVIEW A fragrant half-shoulder of lamb is brought to your table by a smiling waiter, the interior hums with instrumental Levantine music and your bill arrives in a 1980s Turkish comic book. Efendy does Turkish well, and it gets the details right. The menu starts with hot and cold meze: pastirma and hummus speckled with […]