You can't miss Faruk as you pass along the breakfast street called Şair Veysi. Their mob of greeters will eagerly corral you into this unassuming breakfast joint that's quickly becoming the hottest one on the block.
Breakfast is less art than science here. At 6TL, for students and malingerers like me who enjoy eating out on the cheap, the basic breakfast plate is a winner for a decent-sized weekend morning fuel up.
I've had other items here - but the results were a bit haphazard so it really pays to go simple.
(slovenly, frowsy = şapşal /'ʃæpʃæl/ my new favourite Turkish word)
For the uninitiated:
Traditional Turkish breakfasts have a few key components. Cheese, butter, jam and bread are arranged with differing degrees of creativity on your plate. Smears of tomato or olive paste are common; honey and clotted cream sometimes sneak on there too.
A cold boiled egg and a few chopped veggies make it a pretty hearty affair. I'm no big fan of Turkish tea - but it does do a good job of washing down all that cheesy, buttery brekkie.
Here was my offering from Faruk today.
The seating stretches around the corner and gets a lot of traffic. There is often a queue for the choice sunny booths.
Having just reno-ed the canopy from a dingy white and red strip to the current smart grey one, Faruk is already in slight danger of becoming trendy.
But the blase service once you're seated could push it either way.
Area cats.
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