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Lahmacun is a signature dish of Turkey; we have verified places to eat it in Istanbul. A wafer-thin disc of dough topped with spiced minced lamb, onion, parsley and tomato, baked seconds in a wood oven and eaten rolled around lemon and salad. Start with where to eat Lahmacun in Istanbul.
A wafer-thin disc of dough topped with spiced minced lamb, onion, parsley and tomato, baked seconds in a wood oven and eaten rolled around lemon and salad.
A southeastern Turkish-Armenian dish from Antep and Mardin, lahmacun reached Istanbul with mid-20th-century migration from the south. The city now has stone-oven specialists like Borsam Taşfırın in Kadıköy, running an unchanged 1968 recipe, alongside neighborhood Antep-rooted operators across Beyoğlu and Üsküdar. The wood-fired bake takes under a minute; the disc is meant to be rolled around lemon, sumac onions and fresh parsley and eaten immediately while the dough is still pliable.
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Where to eat Lahmacun in Istanbul: the editor picks
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