Sofra (restaurant)

Sofra
Sofra
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Established	1981
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The Sofra (meaning dining table in Turkish) is a restaurant chain in London, United Kingdom, which serves Turkish cuisine. The chef patron is Hüseyin Özer. It was established in 1981 as a small restaurant, which turned later into a chain of restaurants, currently in Mayfair and St Christopher's Place, off Oxford Street.^[1]^[2] Sofra restaurants are regarded the best Turkish cuisine restaurants outside Turkey, ranking first in a list published by the newspaper Hürriyet.^[3]^[4]

The restaurants are simple decorated. Özer declares the reason why there are no paintings on the walls and no music with the words that "his guests are distinguished, who deserve good food, and they go to art galleries or music halls when they wish to enjoy the best of art or music".^[2]

Typical

cacık (cucumber with yogurt, dried mint and olive oil), hummus (cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, garlic in olive oil), baba ghanoush (eggplant mashed and mixed with paprika, garlic in olive oil), tabbouleh (bulgur, tomatoes, cucumbers, finely chopped parsley with onion, garlic in olive oil).^[1]

Hüseyin Özer owned an upscale restaurant, named "Özer" after himself, which was located in London's Oxford Circus. It was announced that this restaurant would be closed after its 14-year existence on 20 December 2013 because the lease contract was not extended.

References

^ ^a ^b "SOFRA Londra'da bir restoran zinciri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Londralı Sofra İstanbul'a geldi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 28 April 2000. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ "En çok satan yemek humus". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ adam.regan (7 August 2023). "The Ritz-Carlton, Naples expands culinary concepts with Mediterranean-style Sofra restaurant". WINK News. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

External links

Official website

[h3-1] "SOFRA Londra'da bir restoran zinciri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

[h4-2] "Londralı Sofra İstanbul'a geldi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 28 April 2000. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

[h2-3] "En çok satan yemek humus". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

[4] .regan (7 August 2023). "The Ritz-Carlton, Naples expands culinary concepts with Mediterranean-style Sofra restaurant". WINK News. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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