Iskender Kebaps

Last night we went to dinner at Iskender Kebaps restaurant.  There is only one thing on the menu -- or, actually, there is no menu, as there is only one thing they serve: Iskender Kebaps.  This is a special recipe that was developed in Bursa and they now have a few restaurants in Istanbul as well which are run by the grandchildren of Iskender, who developed this recipe. 

Basically, it is a plate with cut up pita bread, thinly sliced basted lamb meat piled on top, covered with a tomato sauce with yogurt to the side.  Then, at the table, the waiter comes through and pours hot butter over the whole plate!!!!  I think we all know that everything is better with butter!  And this was no exception.  It was served with an unstrained, slightly fermented grape juice to help with the digestion. 



Here's Mete after finishing one and a half servings of this: