Durak Tantuni
Turkish restaurant · West Green ·
Late-night Turkish spot serving spiced beef wraps until 2am
Late-night Turkish spot serving spiced beef wraps until 2am
"You can find this brightly lit, pared-back canteen of a restaurant up towards Turnpike Lane, slightly apart from the Grand Parade’s array of Turkish and Kurdish. Your choice is simple: a chopped and fried beef mixture laden with sumac and parsley; wrapped in dürüm or bread; big portion or small; single or multiple. Don’t skimp on the piquant green pickled peppers that arrive at your table either." - jake missing, sinead cranna
"This Harringay canteen is in its element come nighttime. Cash-only and with the atmospheric lighting of a dentist’s waiting room, you come to Durak Tantuni for one thing: tantuni. Wafts of frying beef and lamb, sizzling in meaty chunks with a sumac and parsley mixture, is what fills the room and the little dürüm wraps you’ll eat. A squeeze of lemon is all these wraps need and the pickled peppers are an excellent accompaniment." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, jake missing
"As Jonathan Nunn wrote in his guide to north London’s best-value restaurants, “Durak, a tantuni salonu run by Dogan Yesil on West Green Road, is the superior late night snack template.” Only the tantuni, a speciality which originates in the city of Mersin on the southern coast of Turkey, is served here. Beef is boiled, seasoned with the likes of tomato, pul biber, sumac, and cumin and subsequently fried in cotton oil before being loaded, meat juices aplenty, inside a thin lavash with chopped parsley, tomato, and onion. It is then given a pleasing bend before being eaten; a selection of high-acid accompaniments — pickled chiles, lemon — provide the necessary cut-through. Best for: A snack on the way home after a long day." - Adam Coghlan
"You’ll find Durak Tantuni up towards Turnpike Lane. It’s a short walk from some of the best Turkish and Kurdish options on Green Lanes’ Grand Parade, but it’s well worth the extra steps. Your choice in the brightly lit restaurant is simple: a chopped and fried beef mixture laden with sumac and parsley, wrapped in dürüm or bread. Two regular wraps will do the job, and it’s open until 2am. Don’t skimp on the piquant green pickled peppers that arrive at your table either. Check out more of north London's best-value restaurants" - jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"Although you’ll find Durak Tantuni up towards Turnpike Lane, standing apart from the Grand Parade’s array of Turkish and Kurdish options, it’s essential to seek out. Your choice in the brightly lit Turkish restaurant is simple: a chopped and fried beef mixture laden with sumac and parsley; wrapped in dürüm or bread; big portion or small, single or multiple. Two regular wraps will do the job of pre or post-dinner snack, and it’s open until 2am. Don’t skimp on the piquant green pickled peppers that arrive at your table either." - jake missing
