Serving dishes steeped in history and rich in flavour, Antepliler offers a taste of the cuisine of Gaziantep, with its incredible diversity and fresh ingredients. Ahmet Ustunsurmeli from Gaziantep, set up a bakery in 1993, making the first authentic baklava in London, before opening the restaurant Antepliler in Green Lanes (‘Little Turkey’), in 2003. Antepliler means ‘from Antep’, the…
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Diyarbakir Kitchen
Diyarbakir is a friendly, family run, Kurdish restaurant in the heart of Green Lanes, Harringay. We often travel to Green Lanes, for some of London’s best Turkish and Kurdish restaurants. There are quite a few restaurants along here which are very popular, and although many have doubled, or even tripled in size, in the evenings…
Liman
Round the corner from the busy Chapel Market, Islington, and 5 minutes walk from Angel tube, is this lovely Turkish restaurant. With a hint towards a nautical theme (a compass painted on one wall), “Liman’ means Port in Turkish. The restaurant is small and cheerful, with attractive dried flower arrangements and some zany wall decorations. The owners…
Band of Burgers
Camden’s new rock-themed restaurant, Band of Burgers (BOB), is just a few minutes walk from Mornington Crescent, and within sight of KOKO. Vinyl discs on the ceiling, and stringed instruments on the walls, the design is a tribute to Camden’s music scene. Amy Winehouse (a former Camden resident) is painted on one wall and the Beatles,…
Gokyuzu
Gokyuzu opened in 1999 and has tripled in size since then. Set in the heart of ‘little Turkey”, amongst dozens of other busy Turkish restaurants, you can normally get a table if you are prepared to wait. NicoleBrowse my site for traditional Indian & Italian recipes, read about great ingredients, and get handy tips for…
