Sofra

i can't really distinguish all the middle eastern cuisines like turkish, lebanese...uh i have no idea! O.O haha. it all sounds really exotic.

sofra is really one of the first few middle eastern eateries i've ever visited. it's located in this super ulu shopping mall called shaw towers. i didn't even know this mall existed, even though it's pretty near school. don't confuse it with shaw centre which is along orchard road. shaw towers is at beach road. apparently it was not as ulu as i thought though, because there were some eating outlets such as this thai restaurant which seemed really popular! the queue was awfully long :O maybe i should try it someday. and there is tom's palette there!!!!!! :D finally i had the chance to try that out too, even though i was really full after my turkish meal. anyway, that is another post ;) okay, down to the real stuff! ;) photos are from christine again, one of my gourmet buddies (:

we started with a salad which i didn't really like :P it was too raw and full of capsicum which i wasn't really my taste. but it was a healthy start to the meal! (:

then we had red lentil soup which i really liked!!!! (: this was a somewhat controversial dish, which some people (like me) absolutely loved, but there were others who didn't agree. it was thick and slightly chunky - i loved the bean-y taste of it! even better, it came with turkish bread which everyone swooned over. it was really yummy! simple and tasty, this was such a homely dish.

we had two kinds of kebabs to share - the shish kebab and beyti kebab.

we had a mix of chicken and beef on skewers, marinated with turkish spices and grilled nicely. it came with a mountain of veggies and rice which i really liked! i never thought i would like chickpeas (somehow i just had the impression that it wasn't nice), but i was proven wrong! they're really yummy! they introduced a new dimension to the rice and its taste balanced out the flavours of the spiced rice nicely.

i would say that the beyti kebab was my favourite dish of the day (: it was lamb and chicken meat wrapped in turkist flat bread, and drenched in a lovely tomato-based sauce. i just loved the sauciness of the dish i guess! haha. and the bread. awesome. turkish bread is really awesome.

we also had turkish pizza! but i don't have a photo of that :( it was really yummy though! somehow that day all the breads were so tasty that i just ate all of it, even though it came with lamb which i really dislike. haha ;)

we ordered the Sofra Fish as well, but this was something i didn't really like cos the first bite i took, the fish tasted really fishy >.< and i didn't really like the spices of this dish either. so yup, not something i liked.

the dessert was gorgeous though. *squeals!!!!* a tiny little square piece of saccharine sweetness encased in a crispy flaky pastry. (:

the owner/manager was a really nice turkish guy with a super cute accent! haha! :D after our meal, he told us more about turkish food and obliged to taking a photo with all of us (:

Sofra Turkish Restaurant & Cafe

100 Beach Road

Shaw Towers #02-42

Tel.: +65 6291 1433

Daily 12pm-9.30pm