We decided to go for kebabs with a Turkish bent tonight and so we ended up at Troy on City Road.
Compared to a lot of the other kebab restaurants on City Road Troy comes with a few advantages. Firstly it takes cards as well as cash and secondly they serve alcohol. Double bubble.
The first thing that is noticeable is the ginormous open hot-coal fire pit upon which the kebabs get cooked. We were led past this to a cosy little enclave where we sat amongst a few other couples and some students who were obvious regulars.
The background music sounded at first like Turkish rap (Kanye Middle East maybe?), then morphed into something that wouldn’t be out of place on Stuart Maconie‘s Freak Show but eventually settled into traditional Turkish folk.
We ordered a couple of beers and starters – but before they arrived we were given a huge bowl of fresh sesame-seeded bread, olives, a tzatziki-esque garlic yoghurt sauce and a spicy chili-tomato sauce – all complimentary.
Starters were a deliciously nutty tahini-flavored hummus, marvelously creamy herb-flecked feta, a kisir salad and the best falafals I’ve ever tried.
For the main course we ordered a rich cheesy vegetable moussaka, chicken kebabs and a Troy special which was a combination of minced lamb kebabs, lamb chops, grilled chicken, chicken wings and quail.
All were served with an excellent crisp crunchy salad and perfectly cooked rice.
The dishes were all delicious – moist, flavourful and char-grilled to perfection.
The meal (which was huge as well as delicious) came to sixty five pounds for three people including starters and drinks and loads of complimentary extras – great quality food and stunning value
Highly recommended
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