NEXT DDC: Turkish in Bristol on 11/18

[mattylip]

Everyone is invited to

THE DANGEROUS DINING CLUB'S

November Dinner at

TURKISH RESTAURANT

THE FAMILY PLACE

388 Bristol Pike (US-13N)

Bristol, PA 19007

(215) 781-9686

Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at 7:00 P.M.

Featuring Delicious Turkish Cuisine Served Family-Style

The Evening's Menu

--Coban Salata (Shepard's Salad)

Tomato, Cucumber, Green Pepper, Onion, Parsley

--Sigara Boregi

Pan Fried Pastry Dough Stuffed with Feta Cheese and Parsley or

Spinach

--Yaprak Sarma (Grape Leaves)

Stuffed with Rice, Pine Nuts, Currants, Onion and Spices

--Pathcan Salata (Eggplant Salad)

Char-grilled Pureed Eggplant with Garlic, Olive Oil, Lemon and Vinegar

--Mantar Salata (Mushroom Salad)

Mushrooms, Baby Pickles, Scallions and Green Olives

--Hummus

Ground Chickpeas, Tahini, Garlic, Olive Oil and Lemon

--Ezme (Spicy Salad)

Tomato, Onion, Parsley, Hot Pepper and Walnut

--Ispanak (Spinach)

Spinich, Rice, Onion, Garlic, Yogurt

--Lahmacun (Turkish Pizza)

Ground Meat, Onion Parsley, Peppers and Spices

--Adana Kebab (Spicy)

Ground Veal and Lamb, Red Pepper and Spices

--Kazu Sis (Lamb Shish Kebab)

Marinated Lamb Cubes

--Tavuk Sis (Chicken Shish Kebab)

Marinated Chicken Cubes

--Baklava

Sweet Pastry with Pistachio Nuts

--Kadayif

Shredded Wheat with Pistachio and Walnut

--Sutlac

Rice Pudding

PLUS OTHER SURPRISES!!!

$25 per person cash only!*

BYOB (be creative!)

Space is limited to the first 60 people to RSVP to:

mattylip@excite.com

Please RSVP by Friday, November 14.

When responding, please put "DDC" in the subject line.

Hosted by Matt and Lisa Lipman

*A small donation to a Philadelphia-area charity is requested. At the

conclusion of the meal, we will announce the amount of our donation

to Philabundance from donations collected at events over the past

year.

Directions to Turkish Restaurant

From I-95

Take Exit 40. At the light, make a right onto PA-413 (New Rodgers

Road). After 1 mile, make a left onto US-13 (Bristol Pike).

Restaurant is 1 mile up on the right.

From NJ or PA Turnpike

Take PA Turnpike (I-276) to Exit 358 (last exit in PA if coming from

west, first exit in PA if coming from NJ.)

From the exit, take US-13 South (Bristol Pike). The restaurant will

be approx 2 miles up on the left. You will need to go through the

next light and make a u-turn to reach the restaurant.

[Rich Pawlak]

Terrific menu, Matt! I can hardly wait. And we will be revealing , and presenting, our year-long collection for Philabundance that night, way cool. We have some very big hearts in the DDC.

[KatieLoeb]

Terrific menu, Matt!  I can hardly wait.  And we will be revealing , and presenting, our year-long collection for Philabundance that night, way cool. We have some very big hearts in the DDC.

Rich:

Cool! This is awesome and I can hardly wait to see the final total. It's the perfect time of year for a food based charitable donation, so I'll be very proud to be there and see this happen.

I hope you've contacted the appropriate local press folk to join us for this auspicious event!

[Rich Pawlak]

Cool!  This is awesome and I can hardly wait to see the final total.  It's the perfect time of year for a food based charitable donation, so I'll be very proud to be there and see this happen.

I hope you've contacted the appropriate local press folk to join us for this auspicious event!

Look for mentions in Michael Klein's Inquirer columns on Nov 13, as well as something next week in Stu Bykofsky's column in the Daily News. Might have some TV too, if we get lucky.

[Andrew Fenton]

Might have some TV too, if we get lucky.

I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Pawlak...

[mattylip]

The dinner is filling up fast. Please RSVP if you are planning to come and have not contacted me yet. If you want to see the menu, see above or email me for more info.

Matt

mattylip@excite.com

[Rich Pawlak]

Sweet Mother of God that was a good dinner.

The salads, assembled is Cobb Salad fashion on a single platter, were fabulous, worth the trip alone. The pita dense and substantial and a perfect foil.

The Shepherd Salad was also very good and tart.

The Lamauchun was a delightful razor thin lavash bread and tangy ground meat, incredible.

The entree meats, piled onto one plate and served per person, was an enormous serving, coulda served two. I'd kill for that Adan Kebab.

Thick custardy rice pudding and delicate crunchy baklava, great versions both.

I dont know how the Lipmans do it, but they ALWAYS create incredible gustatory tours de force for the DDC.

Kudos, Matt and Lisa--huge kudos!

Edited November 19, 2003 by Rich Pawlak (log)

[KatieLoeb]

Sweet Mother of God that was a good dinner.

The salads, assembled is Cobb Salad fashion on a single platter, were fabulous, worth the trip alone. The pita dense and substantial and a perfect foil.

The Shepherd Salad was also very good and tart.

The Lamauchun was a delightful razor thin lavash bread and tangy ground meat, incredible.

The entree meats, piled onto one plate and served per person, was an enormous serving, coulda served two. I'd kill for that Adan Kebab.

Thick custardy rice pudding and delicate crunchy baklava, great versions both.

Amen to all that. Everything was delicious! I have a Turkish friend coming to town for THanksgiving I'm hoping to have lunch with there on the Saturday following Turkey feastings...

I dont know how the Lipmans do it, but they ALWAYS create incredible gustatory tours de force for the DDC.

This is also true. However, let's not forget the "DDC Lipman Curse" and hope that Turkish Family Place remains open for some time to come...

Kudos, Matt and Lisa--huge kudos!

Amen to this too. My stuffed self is going to bed now, hoping I don't wake up when I roll over in my sleep!

[Rich Pawlak]

You know I almost forgot about that curse thing (after every dinner the Lipmans have hosted, the restuarants have closed, shuttered, done an el foldo--strange but true).

I think this dinner should have broken "the curse".

[herbacidal]

You know I almost forgot about that curse thing (after every dinner the Lipmans have hosted, the restuarants have closed, shuttered, done an el foldo--strange but true).

I think this dinner should have broken "the curse".

really? i was getting ready to interrupt your speech and mention it, but decided not to.

[Rich Pawlak]

You know I almost forgot about that curse thing (after every dinner the Lipmans have hosted, the restuarants have closed, shuttered, done an el foldo--strange but true).

I think this dinner should have broken "the curse".

really? i was getting ready to interrupt your speech and mention it, but decided not to.

I think we would have found you a spot on the grill if you had done that. Regardless of a curse, the Lipmans obviously put a lot of effort into any dinner they plan, and it shows.

[mattylip]

This "Lipman curse" thing has gone on wayyyyyyyyyyy too long!

Let's recap:

Ramona's: Closed

Yonny's: STILL OPEN

Lee How Fook: STILL OPEN

As Meat Loaf sang, "Two out of three AIN'T BAD."

Now, Meat Loaf did collapse on a London stage last week. . .

[herbacidal]

You know I almost forgot about that curse thing (after every dinner the Lipmans have hosted, the restuarants have closed, shuttered, done an el foldo--strange but true).

I think this dinner should have broken "the curse".

really? i was getting ready to interrupt your speech and mention it, but decided not to.

I think we would have found you a spot on the grill if you had done that.

don't think so. wasn't room on the grill.

[Rich Pawlak]

This "Lipman curse" thing has gone on wayyyyyyyyyyy too long!

Let's recap:

Ramona's: Closed

Yonny's: STILL OPEN

Lee How Fook: STILL OPEN

As Meat Loaf sang, "Two out of three AIN'T BAD."

Now, Meat Loaf did collapse on a London stage last week. . .

Waitaminute.

I thought Yonny's did the El Foldo a year and a half ago! Emptied out, cleared out, gone (several reports said that, including the papers! ) when did it come back to life, Matt?

[herbacidal]

it is re-opened as a luncheonette, but i don't know if it's serving georgian food.

[mattylip]

I think it's the same guys.

[Holly Moore]

Being pissed at myself for forgetting the DDC meal at Bristol, and even more pissed after seeing the meal you guys got, I dragged a couple of friends there this evening. Them menu had changesd some, but the food was every bit as great as I remember it.

And the place was mostly empty.

It's tough running a Turkish restaurant so far from Center City. Sales are generally slow, more so for some strange reason since the invasion of Iraq and, more recently the bombings in Turkey.

I raise this issue in the hopes that more people, in those inevitable discussions of "where to eat tonight," will settle on the Turkish Restaurant. It's well worth the drive.

[Mummer]

Yes, indeed, that DDC dinner was extraordinary.

Since the Uptown Stringband meets near Bristol, I'm planning to go back regularly.

Also noteworthy is that they've extended their dinner time and have stopped serving breakfast to the truckers on Route 13. (Holly's site says 6am to 7pm.) There is a lot of breakfast competition (diners, fast food) along that that strip and the Turkish Restaurant haa a superior product for lunch and dinner.

Please give them your business. We all want to end that Lipman curse talk.