Anatolia Restaurant (Toronto, ON)

It was Friday night and I was wrapping up a gazzilion things at work before I headed to my so deserved vacation. After running some errands I found myself hungry and too lazy to drive much. That's when I stumbled upon Anatolia Restaurant. A Turkish restaurant at the far end of Dundas West.

We had fresh pide bread with homemade hummus as an appetizer.

I had a Beyti- which I don't know if it is the name of a Turkish dish or just a reference to one of the most famous restaurants in Istanbul. My dish consisted of kebab like spicy ground beef and lamb, wrapped in hand made “yufka” pastry, all topped with a savory, light tomato sauce and drizzled with warm butter and a sprinkled with ground pistachios. Heavenly!

I also tried the Gozleme, which is made of fresh “Yufka”, a Turkish style crepe filled with spinach, onions and feta cheese. Also fantastic!

For dessert we shared a kuneffe (a traditional turkish dessert), a very thin and shredded pastry with cheese and pistachios. I have to admit that it was a bit more sweet that I can handle but it was delicious.

I'm so in love with Turkish food that I could eat every day.

Oh, I cannot forget to mention that we had live Turkish music. I could not have had a better prelude for my trip to Turkey.