This little family tavern is the one where we eat usually when we visit Keryneia. They are very kind, polite and unlike other restaurants in the harbor they are really local, serving fresh home made delicious Turkish food. It is just behind the main shopping street in Kyrenia. They serve only 3 different kinds of food as you could guess from their name :-) Cig börek, manti and gözleme.

You can go into the kitchen, have a look and tell them what you would like to try. Gözleme is traditional Turkish hand made and hand rolled pastry filled with cheese, meat or spinach. Fresh pastry is rolled out, filled and sealed, then “baked” on a special appliance. Manti is one of the most ancient dishes in Turkish cuisine. It is commonly served as a one-dish meal. Manti means “dumplings” – they are tiny little dumplings containing spiced meat mixture, usually lamb or ground beef, in a dough wrapper. It is either boiled or steamed and served with yoghurt and tomato sauce. Cig borek is a hot, crispy, and inevitably flavorful Turkish dish also known in by the eastern Tatars in Russia and in Kazakhstan. The only real difference is their shape. The dough and the filling is similar to Gozleme but instead of baking it, it is fried in oil. Here they look like half-moons and served just like the manti with yoghurt and tomato sauce.