This is a first for me: Turkish, which is similar to Greek or Mediterranean. The place had nice decor and authentic music .
Per the restaurant:
"Saray 2 Turkish Restaurant has been a home for authentic Turkish dishes for years. A place where can enjoy every food at your heart's content. Foods are well prepared and made from the clean and fresh ingredients. A Halal certified restaurant. A wide selection of our main entrées, with our most ordered Doner Kebobs, and if you want it spicy Adana Kebab is just perfectly made for you. Slowly cooked meat that are served with rice, grilled hot pepper and plum tomatoes. The must eat chicken kebabs and chicken kofte with our seafood entrées. Wraps and sandwiches, salads and vegetarian entrées for Vegans. What's with the long wait? Come and be with us as we give you the taste of Turkey in every dish."
First out is the complementary bread. This is a HUGE bowl! The bread is crunchy on the outside. Very good !
For my drink , I'm getting the Uludag (soda) Gazoz. This is a Turkish soda which is similar to Sprite. Skye is having a Uludag Portakal which is Turkish orange soda. Very good! I like it.
For my salad , I am having the Roka Salatsi made with fresh arugula, onions , carrots , red cabbage with pomegranate/olive oil dressing topped with walnuts and orange slices. Nice presentation! Both come with lemon to squeeze. These are big and they're just a small!
For Skye's salad, she's having the Saray Piyaz made with Fantastico white kidney beans, chopped onions , parsley , red & green peppers topped with olive oil dressing. It's heavy, but otherwise see the above comments.
For our soup , we each trying the lentil soup made with a blend of red lentil with Turkish seasoning and fresh herbs. This is good! The flavor is unique. As usual, it comes with a lemon . This place must go through s lot of lemons !
For our appetizer, we are having the Babaganush/Humus appetizer combo. Humus made with chickpeas blended with sesame paste sauce (tahini), garlic , olive oil and cumin. The Babagubush is roasted eggplant purée blended with olive oil, yogurt, lemon juice, tahini sauce and herbs.
For my entree, I'm having the Grilled Mixed Chicken with white rice, cracked Bulgur rice (tastes like light tomato ), grilled long hot pepper (this is as strong as a jalapeño) and a grilled plum tomato .
This entree is a combination of Chicken Adana Kabab (chicken breast and thighs chopped with red peppers, garlic and seasonings), Chicken Kofte Kebab (chunks of chicken breast and thigh seasoned and blended with garlic and parsley), Chicken Shish Kabab (chunks of chicken breast marinated in a special sauce then grilled on skewers) and Chicken Pirzola (chicken thighs marinated in a special sauce). This is a fantastically delicious dish!
For dessert , I'm having the Kadayif which is shredded filo dough wrapped in pistachio nuts and topped with syrup. This is very good! The syrup is in the dessert and there's no shortage of it! read more