A new Turkish restaurant opened in Morgantown recently.


Istanbul Restaurant is located along Patteson Drive and serves a large menu full of classic favorites.


As I was perusing the menu, the owner gave me a taste of baklava and another sweet treat that I didn't catch the name of.


Wow - both were sweet and delicious.


That made me want to sample more. So I went with a sampler appetizer and a sampler entree.


The sampler appetizer came with ezme, hummus, tabbouleh, shaksuka, dolma, babaganos, tzatziki and piyaz.

And then the combo dinner had chicken gyro and lamb gyro.

So I took these back, and my mom and I had a little feast.

Since the restaurant didn't have all the items in stock, we substituted a few items.

But the lamb and chicken were both delish. And I loved the rice and salad, too.

Each of the appetizers was tasty, too.

And, I particularly liked the eggplant dish.

Just wish we had pita for everything.