I just had my second experience at Turkish Kitchen (1/15/05) within the last month. The service and food quality were consistent.....and good. Meals are a good value. Entrees are between $14 - $27. Most selections are in the $16 - $21 range. There is a broad selection of cold and hot appetizers. These dishes often feature seafood and eggplant. The restaurant does a very good job preparing and presenting eggplant and lamb in a number of venues and cooking styles ( stuffed, baked, sauteed, pureed, etc.).Most recently, my party had appetizers consisting of a crispy, thin flatbreads topped with ground lamb, stuffed mussels ( large mussels), and stuffed eggplant. The mussel and eggplant dishes were cold appetizers.
Entrees for this occasion consisted of stuffed grapeleaves with a[n] healthy serving of yogurt and paprika, a rice- stuffed cornish hen, and a mini-lamb chop and okra (highlighted by the piquant tartness of green tomato sauce)...along with rice. All dishes were excellently prepared.
An earlier visit to Turkish Kitchen featured a meal of braised leg of lamb with a side of rice. It was a pleasure the consume.
Desserts may be standard to middle eastern cuisine, but unique to most American palates. There is something for eveyone. I particularly liked the cream/cheese and pistachio -stuffed apricots and what can be described as the shredded wheat pancakes, stuffed with (?) mozzerella cheese and drenched in butter and honey. This item was sauteed to a crispness on all sides. Since this dessert was about 3/8 thick, the chef must've used a form to hold the shredded wheat together while cooking.
Another way to describe this item is it was a shredded wheat baklava.
All dessert items were tempting and included a flan, an almond cream (ummmmm), baklava, and a few more sweet pastries.
Turkish coffee is always pleasant and an interesting experience.
