A Turkish touch in London

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On Tuesday I found myself, once again, in London. I was actually there for an Edinburgh offer holder evening (yes, in London) which finished at around half 8, leaving me an hour and a half to trek around before my train. 

Well, I hardly trekked. I mostly stuck around the Kings Cross/Euston area, where my brother and I rediscovered this little Turkish restaurant pretty much opposite King's Cross, where we have been to before but totally forgot about.


Now, I absolutely love Turkish food (just ask Melissa), and this is definitely some of the best I have had.


We started with hummus (houmous? who knows how to spell it) and freshly baked pitta- I easily could've eaten an entire basket of the stuff. They ended up getting mixed up with whether our order had been taken so we got an extra portion of hummus, which we were not complaining about!

                                       

I then had the chicken sis kebabs, which was pretty standard Turkish food- meat and vegetables. So goooood


We were absolutely stuffed by the end, so we opted to skip dessert. But when we asked for the bill, we got given Turkish tea and Bakalva on the house- TWO OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS. The baklava was the best I've ever had, probably because it was so fresh. And the tea of course was lovely. We were pretty full but couldn't waste the opportunity- don't we have a separate stomach for dessert or something anyway?? 

I am so inspired to make baklava, but to be honest I don't think I would be able to do it justice- one day maybe,

So anyway, if you are in London looking for some top notch and affordable Turkish food, the Best Mangral is a good contender. 

Have a food- filled weekend ☺

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