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May 26, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Let’s meet at Pinhan for teatime

6 July 2009 / DİLEK GÜRAY , İSTANBUL
For many people, eating food is more than just an activity to satisfy their hunger. Many restaurants provide services like multi-star hotels. It's not just about customer satisfaction but about making their guests happy. One such place is Pinhan, a restaurant located on the Anatolian side of İstanbul, along the pier in Küçükyalı.
The first thing you ask for when you go to a restaurant is a delicious dish. But your appetite increases if the ambiance is appealing and the meals are presented nicely. Places like that become more than just places to satisfy your hunger. Pinhan is just the kind of place that has a wonderful ambiance and great service. The restaurant's name means “the place of hidden tastes.” But unlike its meaning, Pinhan does not hide its tastes. Rather, it puts them on display, making it a place where people go not just to eat but to entertain their family and children, to talk with their friends and to take in the amazing view of the Princes' Islands.

Built on 800 square meters of land, the Pinhan restaurant comprises four floors, with each floor having its private service area. Its kitchen offers a wide variety of dishes, ranging from desserts to kebaps, from Ottoman dishes to seafood meals. The menu is designed according to the time of day. For example, the day starts with breakfast dishes and then moves on to an open buffet at 12 p.m. offering Ottoman dishes. “Teatime,” which housewives especially enjoy, starts at 3 p.m. Ladies who have get-togethers with their friends choose Pinhan over other spots because there are at least 30 different kinds of pastries and dishes, far more than the dish or two they'd make at home. Stuffed leaves, salads, stuffed meatballs, lahmacuns, pastries, rolls, desserts, stuffed phyllo dough, fruits and much more offered at the restaurant leave customers mesmerized.

“Teatime” ends at around 6 p.m., at which time the restaurant begins preparing kebaps and seafood dishes. Ahmet Çelik, the owner, says he was very surprised by the high level of interest women have shown in lunch and teatime dishes. More than 80 women come to the restaurant each day from various parts of İstanbul, including Bahçeşehir, Florya, Ataköy and Şişli.

Many alternatives for breakfast

The weekends are much busier at Pinhan because there are open buffets on Saturdays and brunch on Sundays. Specialty dishes belonging to various regions are served, including Central Anatolia's gözleme, the Black Sea region's mıhlama and Tokat's noodles, eggs and omelets. There are also several other breakfast dishes. Customers enjoy delicious meals while reading the daily news or chitchatting with friends. Pinhan also has rooms that are perfect for weddings, henna parties, seminars, meeting, birthday celebrations, special family dinners or other big events.

The restaurant is designed in a way to offer the most comfort to the customer. With its terrace and indoor area, the restaurant can accommodate up to 600 people. And it has already started preparing for Ramadan by preparing special menus, activities and fasıl bands. The terrace as well as the indoors look like they are going to be packed both during suhoor, the pre-dawn meal, and iftar, the fast-breaking dinner.

Selected items from the menu

Open buffet breakfast: TL 19

Sunday brunch: TL 30

Breakfast plate: TL 13.5

Open buffet lunch: TL 19

Teatime: TL 17

Kebaps: TL 13-17

Homemade meals: TL 4.50-12

Grilled dishes: TL 11-22

Seafood dishes: TL 12-18

Soups: TL 5

Dishes made in olive oil: TL 4.50

Traditional desserts: TL 4.50-6

Salads: TL 5.50-6

 
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