Apr 25
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Reviews (Eats)Özkonak: The Real Pudding Shop
(Editor’s Note: This review originally appeared on June 12, 2009.)
Regulars at Özkonak, a well-loved fixture in Cihangir’s ever-changing restaurant scene, must cluck in disapproval at the sight of a new generation of customers who walk right past the pudding display at the front and head for the steam table and its selection of prepared savory dishes in back. Though the lunch specials here are quite tasty, Özkonak is a pudding shop at heart and should be approached accordingly. To fill up on stuffed eggplant and beans before dessert is to deny yourself the milky sweet pleasures that have made this a neighborhood institution for almost 50 years.
(Full review here.)
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