http://istanbuleats.com/2009/07/altan-sekerleme-more-than-just-eye-candy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=altan-sekerleme-more-than-just-eye-candy A Serious Eater's Guide to the City Sun, 20 May 2012 13:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://istanbuleats.com/2009/07/altan-sekerleme-more-than-just-eye-candy/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 rl reeves jr Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:48:08 +0000 http://istanbuleats.com/?p=460#comment-5772 Trip is winding down. Made my ritual run to Altan Sekerleme to pick up a couple kilos of Lokum for the cupboard back in Texas. After the elaborate wrapping of the sweets I inquired as to where a good local lokanta or kebab house might be. Hakkam [sic?] led me down the block to his favorite, a neighborhood dive where he swore the meats were as good as you'll find in the whole of Istanbul. Score. Bol Kepci Koftecisi doesn't look like much. It's tiny and brightly lighted but the cop sis was splendid. The meat was of the highest grade so I asked around til an English speaking worker was found and he explained that they sourced all their meats from one of the top butchers in Istanbul. Kasap Osman! Yes. Indeed this is one fine butchery. I've never had any raw product from Osman but the cooked meats, served in the first floor restaurant, are delicious. More on Kasap Osman http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress/?p=296 Trip is winding down. Made my ritual run to Altan Sekerleme to pick up a couple kilos of Lokum for the cupboard back in Texas. After the elaborate wrapping of the sweets I inquired as to where a good local lokanta or kebab house might be. Hakkam [sic?] led me down the block to his favorite, a neighborhood dive where he swore the meats were as good as you’ll find in the whole of Istanbul.
Score.
Bol Kepci Koftecisi doesn’t look like much. It’s tiny and brightly lighted but the cop sis was splendid. The meat was of the highest grade so I asked around til an English speaking worker was found and he explained that they sourced all their meats from one of the top butchers in Istanbul.
Kasap Osman!
Yes.
Indeed this is one fine butchery. I’ve never had any raw product from Osman but the cooked meats, served in the first floor restaurant, are delicious.
More on Kasap Osman http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress/?p=296

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