Chef Faik

About Chef Faik

Chef Faik is a kebab and meze restaurant in Beker Plaza in Alacaatlı, on the Yaşamkent side of western Ankara. It calls itself an ethnic restaurant that blends the food culture of the Adana region with a modern approach, and says it carries on a culinary heritage dating back to 1979. Its kitchen philosophy, in its own words, is to serve traditional Adana flavours in their most authentic form using fresh, local and seasonal produce. The menu is long. Grills include Adana kebab, beyti sarma, lamb şiş, çöp şiş, liver şiş, lamb chops and ribs, küşleme, düve lokum and beef şaşlık, along with ali nazik, Adana güveç and kaburga kokoreç. Pan dishes for two, such as the Chef Faik tava, Kilis tava and eli böğründe, are cooked with vegetables, and the specials include a signature Chef Faik kebab and sarma, kartal başı and Maraş taraklı kebabs, and a house burger. A stone oven turns out lahmacun in Adana, Antep and vegetarian styles plus pide. Cold meze run to several dozen dishes, from muhammara, mutabbal and Girit ezme to cibes greens, kaya koruğu and stuffed dried aubergines, and hot starters include içli köfte, paçanga böreği and hummus with pastırma. Desserts include carrot-slice baklava, künefe and kesme dondurma. The drinks list covers rakı, wine, beer and cocktails, and breakfast is also on the menu. The restaurant also offers catering. Practical notes: reservations by phone or WhatsApp on 0532 309 32 45.