Friday, April 18, 2008
Dinner @ Sofra
Today after camp, I met up with some really long-time friends for dinner @ SOFRA. A Turkish restaurant at Shaw towers.
Link to sofra
The starter was a promising sign of things to come as we were greeted with this attractively enticing sesame bread which was served with a Hommus dip, plus service was warm and unlike the regular business-line air of other restaurants in crowded malls, the ambiance at Sofra was calm and rather tranquil.
Of all the meats in the Chef's plate, the Donar Kebab was the most outstanding. They have a mix of beef and lamb in the Donar kebab and you can really taste the lamby flavour in the sliced meat.
The meat had that great "Middle Eastern" spice quality about it that made it really addictive. The rest of the platter was decent but my only grouse was that the whole plate was too dry, maybe it's a Turkish style but more sauces would have been welcome, I was expecting tough lamb-meat to chew, but the meat was pleasant and wasn't as tough as expected. The food wasn't too bad, and the cost rather reasonable. My Chef's Kebab Plate cost $17.90
Conclusion
Even though it isn't as good as the Middle Eastern food I have had before, the service and quality is sufficient. Not everything is great, and the menu is quite limited, but some items do stand out. When I go back, I would just order the Donar Kebab set, Sesame bread and Hommus dip.
You should try it if you have no other place to go.
3.5/5
Sofra Turkish Cafe and Restaurant
100 Beach Road
#02-42/44
Shaw Tower (Prince and Jade)
