İzmir: Lunch @ Doyuran

Before leaving the museum, we called Aylin to give her a noon meet-up time for lunch.

Our destination was Doyuran in Kemeraltı’s Ali Paşa Square. The restaurant is housed in what the sign said was “Pamuk Dedenin Yeri” [Place of Grandpa Cotton]. The eatery is a Manisa kebapçısı with just two options on the menu … the type of kebap for which it is named and döner [think gyro] … both of which can be ordered in portions ranging from full, to 1½, to double. Trust me, the full size order is plenty big. In fact, a half-size portion would have been perfect for me and Mui would not have had to eat my leftover döner ☺️.

Manisa, by the way, is a neighboring province. The style of kebap here consists of long meat patties, served over pide, a type of Turkish flat bread … garnished with yogurt and tomato sauce … with a side of tomato slices and a green pepper (the hotter the better 🥵). Sorry, didn’t get a chance to take a photo before everyone dug into their food!Read more