Comments on: Adana Özasmaalti: Club Kebab http://istanbuleats.com/2009/11/adana-ozasmaalti-club-kebab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adana-ozasmaalti-club-kebab 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 By: Froggie http://istanbuleats.com/2009/11/adana-ozasmaalti-club-kebab/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 Froggie Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:46:59 +0000 http://istanbuleats.com/?p=660#comment-2778 I went there 2 days ago. Simply superb Adana. Paper-thin, translucent pide bread : it takes a lot of restraint, of which I have none, to stop eating that pide and focus on the meat. Perfect dose of sumac in the onions. A very, very tasty meal. I found the price (15 TL for the Adana) reasonable in view of the quality. And I can vouch for the hygiene of the place : when I got there at 11:50 AM, they were using massive amounts of bleach on the floor. You may want to arrive just a few minutes later to let the fumes dissipate. The next day, I went to another place a few streets up, highly recommended though not by this website : Yusuf Usta’nın Yeri. Had an Adana there, too. The contrast was comical : disgusting taste of fat (I like fat, but this wasn't good fat), no meat taste, bread tougher than my shoes. And a very, very dirty tablecloth, which the waiter made a show of scraping, thus removing neither the cigarette ashes nor the grease stains. I should know better, but I ate the thing, and got sick to my stomach for the very first time in Istanbul. Adana Öz-Asmaalti is literally around the corner from the Bostanci train station, maybe 15 mn from Haydarpasa. Definitely worth the trip. Thank you, Istanbul Eats ! I went there 2 days ago.
Simply superb Adana. Paper-thin, translucent pide bread : it takes a lot of restraint, of which I have none, to stop eating that pide and focus on the meat. Perfect dose of sumac in the onions. A very, very tasty meal. I found the price (15 TL for the Adana) reasonable in view of the quality. And I can vouch for the hygiene of the place : when I got there at 11:50 AM, they were using massive amounts of bleach on the floor. You may want to arrive just a few minutes later to let the fumes dissipate.

The next day, I went to another place a few streets up, highly recommended though not by this website : Yusuf Usta’nın Yeri. Had an Adana there, too. The contrast was comical : disgusting taste of fat (I like fat, but this wasn’t good fat), no meat taste, bread tougher than my shoes. And a very, very dirty tablecloth, which the waiter made a show of scraping, thus removing neither the cigarette ashes nor the grease stains. I should know better, but I ate the thing, and got sick to my stomach for the very first time in Istanbul.

Adana Öz-Asmaalti is literally around the corner from the Bostanci train station, maybe 15 mn from Haydarpasa. Definitely worth the trip. Thank you, Istanbul Eats !

]]> By: Nathan http://istanbuleats.com/2009/11/adana-ozasmaalti-club-kebab/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Nathan Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:45:11 +0000 http://istanbuleats.com/?p=660#comment-351 sounds good, it is very hard to find a good (Adana) kebab in Istanbul. Of course any self respecting Adanali would never have one outside of Adana. sounds good, it is very hard to find a good (Adana) kebab in Istanbul. Of course any self respecting Adanali would never have one outside of Adana.

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