Mado

Fold yourself into a comfy booth at the rear of this Aladdin's cave and get ready to feast Ottoman style. Scoop up technicolour dips with warm Turkish bread,then tuck into maras kebab,a tasty mess of lamb with crunchy bread cubes soaking up the juices,or ali nazik,lamb mince with a yoghurty eggplant sauce. Ayran,the salty yoghurt beverage,makes an authentic accompaniment,but sweet-tooths can wash everything down with Turkish lemonade. Whatever you do,don't skip dessert:add a scoop of stretchy maras ice-cream to the kazandibi (charred pudding),dusted with cinnamon and pistachio nuts,and you might think you've died and gone to the big dining room in the sky.