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| - Exquisite! If I could give this 20 stars, I would. I have eaten at many good restaurants, and this is the best in a while. We began with the fig salad, with pistachios and soft white cheese and greens. Our neighbors at the table on either side each asked, Wow, what is that? For the main course my mother had the fluke, which came in a creamy and buttery sauce; I am vegetarian and found many good choices on the menu and chose the Turkish manti dumplings with eggplant in a spicy sauce. Then how could we resist dessert? Mom chose an apricot ice cream, which arrived topped with a fluff of white cotton candy; and a Turkish coffee chocolate gelato, which was dark and wonderful. I had a Kanafi, a savory and sweet pastry of dense phyllo in cardamom syrup, topped with a licorice Arak ice cream and surrounded by flower petals. If I ever come back to this downtown again, I'm be back!
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