Our domicile for the wedding celebrations is the Sahil Marti Hotel, right on the Mediterranean Sea. It also, it turns out, has a little restaurant often staffed by a very nice, very friendly waiter. For our first lunch in Mersin, we decided to grab a quick bite there before doing some sight-seeing further out.
I went for the adana kebap, a local specialty of the region. Adana is a bigger city not too far away from Mersin. The adana kebap is minced lamb meat mixed with red chillies, then made into a sausage shape and grilled. It is served with freshly baked flatbread, mint, parsley, lemon, marinated onions, grilled tomatoes, and a grilled pepper.
And it is stupendously good.
Especially this version. The meat was cooked perfectly, still juicy but definitely done with a nice amount of char. The juices, over the course of the meal, leaked into the flatbread, making it ever more delectable. The fresh mint was so fresh, as was the parsley, that both were great with or without the kebap. Onion, grilled veggies too, all hit the right note. This was one excellent plate of food.
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