Istanbul

Fried Calamari $7.95 
I love fried calamari and this dish was great. I'm not sure what the sauce was; perhaps a variation of white sauce, or just plain white sauce topped with a seasoning.

Iskender
Thinnly grilled lamb slices topped with tomato sauce with a side of yogurt sauce
Price unknown

Iskender is a popular meat dish in Northwestern Turkey. It was worth a venture to give it a try. I'm not really a fan of lamb but the way they prepared it here made it tastier than expected. The lamb-y taste was close to absent. The downside about this dish was the yogurt sauce. It might have been overdone, to be honest. It took up half of the plate and I had no idea if I was supposed to eat it with the lamb or not so in the end I was just left with a blob of sauce. I think I would've preferred more meat and less yogurt sauce (like probably a quarter of the dish would be great)

Chicken Adana
chopped and grilled on skewer chicken flavored with red bell peppers, gently spiced with paprika and garlic with plain rice and side salad
$12.75

A satisfying dish. The chicken tasted great and went well with the rice. The salad gave a lighter side to the dish, which I loved. The portion size was just right. Usually I get a little panicky when they give too much food and I can't finish it. Overall, good meal. Kind of pricy for me, but I got to try it so yay.

Don't just take my word for this, if any of these dishes speak out to you, i implore you to try them yourselves and leave a comment below with your opinion. I'll be leaving the address below as well as a link to the menu. Enjoy :)

Menu: Istanbul

Address: 2202 86th St Brooklyn, NY 11214

Bistro 300

Organic Grilled Chicken Quesadilla 

 Avocado and pico de gallo quesadilla with roasted tomato salsa

$12.50

Very savory flavors and with generous amounts of cheese coating the grilled chicken. Very filling dish for an appetizer!

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Hummingbird Farm Tomato soup

$12.50

Your classic grilled cheese sandwich, with every bite that great cheesy goodness balanced with the crispy bread crust. There were also tomatoes inside, giving the sandwich a semblance to pizza. Who doesn't love pizza? Same with the tomato soup; heartwarming and full of tomato flavor.

Organic Chicken avocado sandwich 

Shaved organic chicken breast, avocado & spinach on nine-grain bread with honey mustard and spiced Bear Mountain apple chutney with Maryland Cream of Crab Soup with lump crab meat and Old Bay Seasoning

$12.50

Simple sandwich with a large amount of filling in between the bread slices. The chicken to avocado ratio was not really to my liking as I would have preferred more avocado, especially to make the sandwich less dry over-all. The flavor was good and I think I would have enjoyed it more had the quesadilla not filled me up already!

The cream of crab was a bit disappointing. The flavor varied from flat to bitter. Texture-wise it was nice, but the crab didn't seem to work so well with the cream consistency in my opinion. Additionally, the crackers were absolutely stale. 

Website: Bistro 300

Address: 300 Light St, Baltimore, MD 21201

Strawberry lemon lime sorbet

Grabbed this awesomely refreshing sorbet from a cart by the Anaheim Convention Center.