I’ve been eating at many of my local restaurants recently. One Thursday night not long ago, Blai and I headed to Kalinka, a Turkish grill restaurant in Acton. I’m glad to have a nice Turkish place nearby, especially after reading about all the great places in the east.
I wanted to share this mixed grill we split between us.
Scattered around that mound of garlicky rice were lamb ribs, lamb chops, a quail, chicken kebab, lamb kebab, minced lamb kebab, and chicken wings, and all those meats were charcoal grilled – mmm! And that big green chili was also grilled and provided a lovely heat. Boy did we gnaw away at all those chargrilled meats…the marinade on the chicken especially was gorgeous!
This mixed grill also came with a mixed salad plate and garlic and chili sauces. The bread that comes to your table is homemade and grilled and buttered and with the bill are a couple of pieces of Turkish Delight. It’s awful nice having a friendly local serving tasty food.
Kalinka Restaurant
136-138 Churchfield Road
Acton, London
W3 6BS
Sun, 14 Dec, 2008 at 23:08
looks delicious!
Mon, 15 Dec, 2008 at 01:55
Quite the assortment of meats! Looks so gnawable and finger-licking good.
Tue, 16 Dec, 2008 at 11:56
Acton seem far.. do you know any other in west end area??
turkish… maybe i should pop to haringay?
Tue, 16 Dec, 2008 at 13:05
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Tue, 16 Dec, 2008 at 23:07
kat: Oh, it was! Am thinking of going again this weekend…
Marie: All that charcoal grilledness on your fingers….mmmmmm….very finger-licking good!
Suzie:
It’s not thaaat far! And we have that great Sichuan restaurant too!
ray: Hi! Thanks for dropping by and thanks for your kind comments. I have the feeling you are spam though!
Fri, 19 Dec, 2008 at 01:55
Hmmm…this makes me homesick. It looks soooo good.
Sun, 21 Dec, 2008 at 23:35
mediterraneanturkishcook: We went back yesterday and the food, though good, wasn’t as amazing as the first time – we think it’s because they were rushed off their feet with a big Christmas party. But I’ll definitely return again when it’s a little quieter!
Sat, 30 Jun, 2012 at 12:17
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