Comments on: Şehzade Erzurum Cağ Kebabi: Gaucho Kebab Rides Again

By: RL Reeves Jr

RL Reeves Jr — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:58:15 +0000

http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress/?p=151

Getting a few more reviews up. Here’s a link to my take on Sehzade Erzurum Cag Kebabi . This is where I had the best bowl of soup of my 13 days in Istanbul. I tried to replicate it for my http://www.scrumptiouschef.com cooking site and never even came close. Can’t wait to get back to Istanbul for two weeks in December.

RL Reeves Jr.

By: Yoko

Yoko — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:24:28 +0000

Hehe, I also tried a Cag Kebap at Kadikoy! And I tried with my turkish boyfriend from Erzurum, which is fantasic !

By: KIBRIT

KIBRIT — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:50:36 +0000

Dear Marc,

I think it is fair to categorize doner to 3 main types (the content and the taste are slightly different in each category): One is doner for sandwiches, typically served in pita type of bread or thin wraps called durum,this type doner typically contains more fat. The best places for this type of doner in Istanbul are Donerci Sadik Usta (based at Aksaray just next to tram station) and Karadeniz Pide Doner Salonu at Besiktas Carsi. Second type is plain doner served on plate typically together with a simple salad and rice. The best places for this type of doner are Cevahiroglu Restaurant at Caglayan, Divan Hotel Restaurant (there is one at Mecidiyekoy next to Ali Sami Yen stadium), Gelik at Bakirkoy next to ferry station, Beyti at Florya and finally Kasap Osman at Sirkeci. For iskender type of doner, the best places I know are Kebapci Iskender that is at Kadikoy and on Bagdad Street and is a descendant of original iskender founder, Niyazibey Iskender that has branches at Kadikoy, Uskudar and Maltepe and Uludag Kebap at Florya.

http://turkiyevedunyadanlezzetler.blogspot.com/search/label/doner address covers some of the places mentioned.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:59:19 +0000

dear KIBRIT,

I am a huge fan of doner/iskender and often eat it at the Bursa Iskender Kebab in Beyoglu. i think it is on either sakiz agac street or sadri alisik, just a couple of streets from istiklal. i thought this was one of the better Iskender Kebabs in Istanbul but i tried it at Kasap Osman and was impressed. maybe not better but equal to me. I am very curious to hear your top ten for doner/iskender. please share!

-Marc in Istanbul

By: admin

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:54:11 +0000

Thanks for the information! We will definitely check them out.

By: KIBRIT

KIBRIT — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:16:07 +0000

Büyük Erzurum Sofrası at Kartal. Their website at http://www.buyukerzurumsofrasi.com.tr/ has the address and contact details.

Erzurum Cağ Kebabı at Mecidiyekoy. http://turkiyevedunyadanlezzetler.blogspot.com/2009/06/erzurum-cag-kebabi-mecidiyekoy.html has a review and address for the restaurant, it’s in Turkish though.

Erzurum Sofrası at Maltepe. Tel: 0216 442 89 17 Address: alı Rıhtım Cd. No:53 Maltepe

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:05:27 +0000

Thanks for the comment. Would you be able to supply us with some names or addresses for these other cag kebab places you mention? We would love to try them out.

By: KIBRIT

KIBRIT — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:05:23 +0000

I have eaten previously at that place, the place and its cağ kebap is not as recommendable as it is mentioned at the review in my opinion. Finding good cağ kebap in Istanbul is difficult but there are some good places at Kartal, Pendik and Avcılar and very few good ones in central areas. This comment is valid for several other recommended places as well. Kasap Osman is definetely not such a good iskender place in town, could not be even among top 10 in Istanbul.