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İri kıyım kokoreç

  • Cooked overCharcoal

Kokoreç, lamb intestine, spiced and stuffed into bread at the counter, İzmir-style. The one the regulars choose.

Also on our table

  • İri kıyım, the coarse cut, in bread
  • And ayran, the yogurt drink

Reks Kokoreç

Turkish · kokoreç · charcoal offal · Kadıköy, Istanbul

Caferağa Mah., Kadife Sk. No:1, 34710 Kadıköy/İstanbul

Süleyman Özyürek founded this kokoreç counter on Kadife Sokak, and the next generation runs it now. Kokoreç is spiced lamb intestine from the fire.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the kokoreç

Strong evidence
  • Technique

    Chopped coarse, the İzmir way, and cooked over the fire.

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  • Tradition

    Father to son at the same Kadıköy counter.

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  • Local choice

    The cut the regulars order most, the house says.

    Menu ↗

We'd add

Our runner-up

Güveç kokoreç

Spiced lamb intestine served in a clay dish

Kokoreç served hot in a güveç, the clay pot. For when there's time to sit down with a fork.

  • Served in the clay pot
  • Father to son since 1978

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