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Heart and Head

Andrew Finkel goes in search of something new. He hits the bullseye with a cheap and cheerful joint serving scrumptious Syrian food, and an Oriental fantasy with modern meze.

Deep in the annals of this magazine is a review of the Sevgi Ciğer Salonu (The Love Liver Parlour), a dive in the city of Şanlıurfa, where they serve offal from breakfast until late at night, all on heart-shaped metal plates. You can order actual heart as well, not to mention kidney and, for those with an appetite for the classical humours, a helping of spleen.Heart, though probably no more artery-clogging than bacon and eggs, is not my preferred way of starting the day. Even so, I have begun to wonder whether heart is not the missing ingredient in Istanbul’s dining scene. I refer to the abstract, non-thumping kind – a belief by restaurants in the food they serve, a sense of enjoyment, a rejection of the formulaic and a commitment now and then to try something new.

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