Satisfy Your Craving at Xinyuanli's Turkish Feast

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The Shang complex on Xinyuanli is already home to a pretty globetrotting array of restaurants, from Italian to Mexican to Peruvian and now, it has gotten that little bit more international with the addition of Turkish steak house and bar, Turkish Feast. 

The interior of Turkish Feast is warm and inviting

If the name Turkish Feast seems somewhat familiar, it's likely that you're thinking of nearby restaurant Georgia's Feast, which is owned by the same team. Although the restaurants serve different cuisines, they share a similarly hearty menu and adherence to traditional recipes.

Joint ownership also means that Turkish Feast serves a selection of Georgian wines, which have long been one of the main attractions at Georgia's Feast. We tried a Tsinandali white wine (RMB 78 per glass) made from Mtsvane and Rkatsiteli grapes (one of the oldest grapes in the world), which was light and refreshing with some surprisingly appley notes. If wine isn't your thing, then they also serve a couple of varieties of Turkish beer brand Efes (RMB 30-38) and raki, a sweet aniseed-flavored Turkish spirit (RMB 58 per glass, RMB 688 per bottle).

Turkish Feast specializes in grilled meats, including traditional Turkish kebabs

Turkish Feast bills itself as a "steak house" and meat is certainly a mainstay of the menu. They offer a range of predominantly lamb and beef-based dishes, such as the Feast Fillet (RMB 218/200g, RMB 398/400g) which is cooked in butter and herbs, as well as a selection of dry-aged steaks (RMB 318 for a 250g Angus grain-fed striploin, RMB 438 for a 350g Australian bone-in prime rib), which you can see dry aging in a cabinet near the front of the restaurant.

Big portions make Turkish Feast's mezze a good value option

Since we were dining in a small group, we eschewed the bigger meat dishes in favor of the Turkish kebabs. Our Adana kebab (RMB 98), a blend of minced beef and lamb, was smooth and tender, with none of the toughness that sometimes plagues minced meat. The portion is easily big enough for one person or could be shared by a couple of people as part of a bigger meal.

A cheesy spinach and feta pide

The menu isn't all about meat, however. We sampled a selection of Turkish mezze (three for RMB 98), including a punchy muhammara packed with walnuts and bright red pepper paste and a garlicky yogurt-eggplant salad (pro tip: use that yogurt-eggplant mezze as a dip for lamb kebabs). Also of note is the stone oven-baked bread, such as pide, a type of oval flatbread, and lahmacun, a rounder, thinner flatbread topped with minced beef. Our spinach and feta pide (RMB 78) was satisfyingly cheesy, even if most of that cheese was mozzarella rather than feta.

Finish your meal with kunefe, a dessert of thin pastry layered with stretchy cheese soaked in syrup

With a concise menu of some of the city's best Turkish cuisine served by a friendly, helpful team, Turkish Feast is a welcome addition to an area that is already becoming one of Beijing's most attractive dining destinations. 

Turkish Feast

Daily 11am-10pm. 115, 1/F, Shang, 20 Xinyuan Xili, Chaoyang District (6468 8321)

朝阳区新源西里20号金尚一层115号

Images: Robynne Tindall, Aidan Teare, Dazhong Dianping

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