Kokoreç Kaşarlı
Kokoreç with melted kaşar: grated cheese scattered over the hot offal chop and run through it, binding and gentling a street food that is otherwise all crisp edges and sharp spice.
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Kokoreç with melted kaşar: grated cheese scattered over the hot offal chop and run through it, binding and gentling a street food that is otherwise all crisp edges and sharp spice.
Kokoreç in quarter or half bread loaf; standard serving.
The real-offal kokoreç, minced fine and rolled in lavaş: genuine spit-roasted lamb intestine griddle-chopped with oregano and chili, not the meatless mushroom imitation.
The dry-spice kokoreç: grilled offal chopped to order and hit hard with cumin, oregano and pul biber while the chop is still hot enough to bloom them, aromatic warmth over chili-paste cling.
Grilled Turkish köfte in a crusted loaf pressed to the grill: hand-shaped minced lamb or beef charred over coals, dropped in hot with tomato, onion, and chili, eaten upright at stadium gates.
Köfte in bread with melted kaşar cheese.
A köfte patty pressed flat for a round bun: beef kneaded with onion, parsley, cumin and pul biber so the spice lives inside the meat, a burger frame that only works if it still tastes of köfte.
Kaygana ekmek is a thick set egg round, cooked firm and eaten cold, folded into plain ekmek as portable Black Sea fuel and judged almost entirely on whether the egg was cooked right.
'Butcher's köfte' in bread; freshly ground, high-quality meat.
The difference between a good karides ekmek and a rubber one is about thirty seconds. The Aegean coast loads fried or grilled shrimp into the same ekmek as its fish sandwich, with onion and lemon.
Kanat ekmek packs charcoal-grilled chicken wings into a split loaf, the skin rendered to lacquer over coals and the meat pulled clean off the bone, the toasted bread catching the drip the wing throws.
Calamari sandwich; fried squid rings in bread.
Generic toasted bread; for various toppings.
Swordfish sandwich; kılıç (swordfish) grilled, more upscale.
İzmir-style kokoreç; regional variations in spicing and preparation.
Grilled köfte in bread; emphasis on charcoal-grilled.
Horse mackerel sandwich; istavrit fried or grilled.
Istanbul-style kokoreç; often considered the standard.