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Angelina Feb 19, 2011 09:58 AM

Istanbul ~ North Brunswick

http://theistanbulrestaurant.com/menu...

Has anyone been here?

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    sleuthy Jun 17, 2011 01:58 PM

    I've been here a few times and have tried several items on the menu.

    Do not get the hummus. Theirs is the only hummus I've ever had that tasted like nothing. Nothing! Not lemon or garlic or tahini or even chickpeas. Just flavorless.

    Aside from that disappointment, everything else I tried was great. Most notable: the baba ghanoush (delicious - makes up for the hummus) and a lamb stew dish.

    1. c
      cranrob Jun 14, 2011 11:35 AM

      We were here over the weekend. This place is a find. The food was great and we felt extremely welcome there.

      We had:

      - Hummus (Served with Turkish Bread)
      - Chicken Combination, which consisted of:
      Chicken Adana - Ground spiced chicken
      Chicken Shish - Cubes of marinated breast meat
      Chicken Chops - Marinated thigh meat
      - Kusbasili Pide - Turkish "Pizza" topped with chopped meat
      - Gyro Sandwich
      - Baklava
      - Fistikli Kadayif (Shredded phyllo dough w/ pistachio)

      The standouts were the Chicken Adana and the Pide. The food really was wonderful and we can't wait to go back.

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        samlub Feb 20, 2011 12:04 PM

        I live right around the corner from there. I haven't eaten a meal there yet, but I did stop in for some desserts (back in November). The baklava was very tasty. Surprisingly, the place was packed when I went in to pick it up - suprising, because they just opened a month or 2 before I went there, and that location typically doesn't do so well. So maybe they are doing something right.

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