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| - Oh Barbouyna, you could have been a 5.
Let's get down right to business:
Falafel, marinated vegetables, yogurt-tahini
Some sort of upgraded version of your lowly traditional falafel. Very good, served on a bed of greens, the yogurt-tahini was exquisite.
Hummus, beets, sudjuk
This plate was too simple to my liking; hummus and beets? The sudjuk slices were far too little and were overpowered by the hummus.
Small Gözleme, feta, ricotta, herb
Delicious! Loved their take on this, pan-fried both sides gives it a nice crunch.
Cauliflower, colourful carrot, coriander yogurt
Beautiful presentation, but lackluster items. Different coloured carrots on a plate? Deliciously grilled, but I don't go to the restaurant to eat 4 of that.
Grilled calamari, fennel-chilli oil
Over-cooked in my opinion, arrived at our table too chewy to comfortably swallow.
Spicy salmon, celeriac, fennel, dill
Very interesting spice mix for the salmon coating
Pig's neck, mograbiah, pomegranate
One of my favourite dish of the night; the mograbiah cannot be missed. I would compare this to comfort food, braised pork with a pasta bed.
Poached lamb Köfte, sun chokes
Sadly this came at the end - otherwise, I would have devoured it in a heartbeat. The lamb Köfte was amazing and the sun chockes, fried in a chip-like fashion, were deliciously crunchy. Highly dish.
Baklava
A twist on the traditional baklava, served with generous amounts of cocoa powder; I have to say that I must prefer the sweeter, stickier, cocoa-less version of it. Meh.
Chocolate mousse, topped with halva
I forgot the name of this dish; however it was the highlight desert. Not sure so it was very traditionally turkish, as it tasted very much like a decadent chocolate mousse cake. The texture and sweetness to cacao ratio was amazing. Would have gladly ate 3 more slices.
Revani
For the uninitiated (like I was), the texture comes close to a sweet couscous. While it wasn't unpleasant, it didn't hold itself together well and it didn't do much for me.
Bread
Served on a pizza peel-like contraption, it came in finger-width portions, hot still from the oven. It was very tasty, soft when hot and crunchy when cold, and could be dipped in the adjacent virgin olive oil dish.
Istanbul mon amour
Their in-house cocktail, made with rose water, cava and grenadine. Simply delicious, a sparkly delight.
The Good:
Presentation was amazing and I loved the feel and ambiance of the place. Much thought has been put into decorating and eating there really feels like an experience, not just a restaurant outing.
The Bad:
When the bill comes, it hurts..! Although we did try a lot of the dishes on the menu, a lot of them felt like very poor value once we got the plate (I'm looking at you, carrot/cauliflower dish). The set-up is also strange, as other users have pointed out; we were a group of 6 yet we shared the table with another group of 2, and another group of 3.
The service was very nice and attentive, waiters very knowledgeable about the menu ingredients and items. However at the time of paying, they refused to split the bill the way we wanted and it made things awkward to pay.
Barbouyna overally was an excellent experience; I will definitely come back for more for brunch!
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