so funny. mummy got into an 'exotic food' excitement over the weekend. haha usually i'm the one suggesting all the new places to eat, but this time she was so excited about this place after reading it on yahoo news or something. lol! and turns out it was really popular! it's like this place on arab street or somewhere in that area (so close to haji lane omg!!!!! i can't believe i still have not shopped there before. yeah, sad right!). it's quite interesting, cos we kinda hardly go to that area, so it felt like we werent in singapore haha. and the restaurant was surprisingly popular! granted, it's a small restaurant, but we went there pretty early, and they told us that all the tables were reserved already! :O omg. but they suggested that we sit at their neighbours' table and order drinks from them haha. such a good way to give each other business :P
we started off our meal with the meze tabagi ($21), which was an assorted platter of their cold appetizers: hummus, babakanus, saksuka, patlican salata, ezme, potato salad and dolma. i really liked the hummus, which is a middle eastern mashed chickpea and sesame oil dip. the best way i can describe it would be that it tasted like mashed papadum! haha. it was nice! and i also liked the reddish thing at the top left of the plate, i think it should be the saksuka, which is deep fried diced eggplant in tomato based sauce. babakanus is roasted eggplant with yogurt and garlic dip which was rather yummy too with its creamy texture (: the dolma is rice with traditional spices wrapped in vine leaves - this one was really cute and unfortunately there were only two pieces so we each only had a little bit! hmm come to think of it, i wonder whether the vine leaves were meant to be eaten? i just popped the entire thing into my mouth! :P lol! i felt that the others were not as exciting in comparison.
the best part was that it came with this wonderfully ginormous lavash bread, which is kinda like a flat bread that is expanded to this side (inside is all air such that when you pluck of a bit, the whole thing just deflates) and it is piping hot inside!! :D ooh lovely. i really love all these turkish breads xD
the tavuk sis ($17) was grilled chicken chunks on a skewer (its completely obscured by the pilaf rice and veggies in the picture). it had a lovely smokey chargrilled flavour that was delicious. and i loved the rice for the exotic spices and the vegetables had an interesting sauce on it too (which i was unable to pinpoint).
the salmon steak ($18) was probably the least-turkish dish which we had. it was chargrilled and topped with a homemade sauce, but perhaps because there was very little sauce, it just tasted like salmon steak we could eat anywhere else.
i have to say this again. I LOVE TURKISH BREAD. really i do. i loved the sucuklu pide ($16) which was a turkish pizza stuffed with traditional turkish sundried salami and cheese. omgosh it was absolutely lovelyyyyy! the bread had a nice soft texture and i just loved the blend of cheese, egg and salami. :D
lastly, we had the tavuk sote ($16) which was a casserole style chicken dish with mushrooms and onions. and i can't believe this, but i forgot to take a photo of it!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHH OMG. unbelievable. i only realised this after the food was all gone!!! boohoo :( cos there was some sort of commotion because they served us the wrong dish and after that i kinda forgot about taking a photo. argh. it was quite a nice dish, with a lovely tomato-based sauce.
yupps. interesting cuisine! (: remember to make reservations for this restaurant!
Alaturka Turkish & Mediterranean Restaurant
16 Bussorah Street
Tel.: +65 6294 0304
Daily 11am-11pm
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