Cafe Istanbul
Inwood Village
5450 W. Lovers Lane
Dallas, Tx
214.902.0919
This is a cute little place with a nice atmosphere. Unfortunately it was still a little too windy to sit out on the patio which looked amazing.
Valentina ran into one of her clients before we could even get the order in...she's so famous. ;)
The place was covered in old fashioned evil eye charms!
David joined us for this outing.
David had
Manti - Grandma's homemade dumplings, filled with tender lamb and fresh mint, simmered to perfection and served with a drizzle of garlic yogurt sauce.
Manti
Valentina had
Istanbul Doner - Seasoned beef and lamb marinated overnight in a centuries old tradition accompanied with Turkish rice pilaf.
Istanbul Donner
I had the
Adana Kebab - Homemade blend of lamb and beef minced in-house to tenderize, charbroiled on a skewer and accompanied with traditional pilaf, red cabbage salad and onions.
Adana Kebab
And
Baklava for dessert...
Baklava
David had
Kayisi Tatlisi - Dry apricots filled with light cream and served with a drizzle of walnuts.
Kayisi Tatlisi
Can you tell I copied all this right off the menu? I wasn't going to be lax with the descriptions this time!
The weird things..Our waitress was a little disconnected and inattentive in an almost empty place. And we couldn't help laughing at the menu because there were gross misspellings.
If you go to the website, beware! The volume is at full blast and it has to be turned down on every page.
3 1/2 out of 5 stars.
Afterwards we walked around
Inwood Village.
Take another picture and die...
Redneck in the Village....
David thinks the dress looks like it's made of scabs...
And then back to Valentina's shop!
Where we discussed
The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste, containing among other things,
Zsa Zsa Gabor's bad behavior and horrid 1960’s feminine hygene products.
Which somehow led to a rousing conversation about
Vajazzling and
Clitter. lol
After we stopped laughing so hard, I realized I kept seeing movement out of the corner of my eye, in the hallway outside the blinds on the door.
Valentina thought it might be her son, but whoever it was, was too quiet.
I thought the lawyer next door might have accidentally let his dog out of his office.
David peeked through the blinds, and there was an ugly man bending a prostitute over right in front of the door, having sex with her.
We thought about doing something to scare them after we stopped wheezing with laughter, but it was a quickie and they were gone. lol
Valentina needs an office in a different location. LOL!!
