Sedef from Zesty Moments let’s slip about Koyunbaba Restaurant, Koyunbaba Nr. Gümüşlük

By Sedef, Originally published on Zesty Moments, July 21st, 2011

My cousin Ozlem, for years has been telling me about a hole in the wall establishment with great mezes and an incomparable breeze.  We finally got a chance to find out if all her tales were true.

On one of the hottest days of the season, we traveled to Koyunbaba, an out of the way, modest restaurant and lodgings that is at the end of a long winding path off the Gumusluk – Yalikavak road.  If it wasn’t for Ozlem, I would never have found this place by myself.  But once we got down to sea level and felt the wonderful breeze, all the challenges were long forgotten. 

This place was so much more than I could hope for.  It was a clean, sparse, family-run establishment that was right on the water with good food.

Their mezes were very good and my son approved of their kofte.  I especially liked their zeytinyagli kabak cicegi dolma (stuffed zucchini flowers cooked with olive oil,) fava (broad bean paste) and kopoglu mancasi (fried eggplants mixed with peppers, tomatoes and garlic yogurt.)  Their fried calamari was worthy of a mention as well.

After a long leisurely lunch, we sat by the water and drank our turkish coffee.  It was so comfortable that we didn’t even feel a need to go into the water.

I plan to go back another time when I am not driving so I can drink raki with my mezes and really get the most zest out of the place.

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