While driving from Bodrum to Selçuk we came upon a line of Çöp şiş restaurants in Söke. It looked to be the popular thing so we pulled a U-turn and stopped in to Meshur Ali Baba Çöp şiş for lunch. We found out later that Çöp şiş are small skewer kebabs, a specialty of this part of Turkey (yes, we were uninformed tourists). Meshur Ali Baba has no written menu and no English from the servers. Luckily the guy manning the grill could speak decent English and it became clear that their menu consisted of meat, meat, and more meat. No fish or vegetarian dishes which was not good for the pescetarian g/f. After some discussion on dietary restrictions he said they could make a salad and some toast for her. I got a combo plate of lamb skewers and meatballs. First out was a big salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and onion with a sweet vinaigrette type of dressing (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/meshur-ali-baba-cop-sis-s%C3%B6ke?select=WleGMF40m-Y1k1SabUA-Pg#ydAWCcfJ03Cv7GF3fFPS-A). Toast turned out to be Turkish for toasted sandwich and this was also quite large (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/meshur-ali-baba-cop-sis-s%C3%B6ke?select=WleGMF40m-Y1k1SabUA-Pg#EQ3N-kfCCD7wy4GZ7_sZ0Q) and had some cheese, mayo and ketchup which doesn't sound the best, but the g/f really enjoyed the flavor combo (think grilled cheese with Russian dressing http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/meshur-ali-baba-cop-sis-s%C3%B6ke?select=WleGMF40m-Y1k1SabUA-Pg#k3nwkcOUFNnaTQLbZYWawg) My plate looked like a pile of bread and pita with not much else visible (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/meshur-ali-baba-cop-sis-s%C3%B6ke?select=WleGMF40m-Y1k1SabUA-Pg#tGLu0UZnfor6x0AiAeMjVg) Bread removal revealed grilled onion, tomato and peppers along with a generous pile of juicy and well marinated meats (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/meshur-ali-baba-cop-sis-s%C3%B6ke?select=WleGMF40m-Y1k1SabUA-Pg#KKvdOz62HH-QoHBxZvIg2w) We were stuffed and satisfied and all our food, 2 bottles of water, and 2 Turkish coffees were a little over 20TL ($10) Friendly, delicious and inexpensive. Definitely worth a stop if you're driving through Söke read more

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