Sinopia Mantı Evi at Bağdat Caddesi, İstanbul

Have you ever tried manti (mantı in Turkish) in Turkey? Especially, the Sinop manti? Manti is usually named as Turkish ravioli or pasty. But I would define it as dumplings with meat, boiled and covered with yoghurt and tomato-garlic sauce with lots of spice on it. And you can taste it in a shop in Bağdat Caddesi (Bagdat Street) in İstanbul with a simple decoration that highlights the flavor only.

I had never considered to go to that particular restaurant, however one day my son said he was very hungry after his drums training. Even though it was empty at 12:10 on Saturday (I think a mid-day crowd is a good indicator of taste and quality of a restaurant), our visit was just a coincidence inspired by the confidence we felt looking at the faces of the people inside.

Here is the post in Turkish.

Rules

I apply the following rules in every meal post.

• The restaurant has been never informed about our presence or about the article. Standard service has been received like any other person. There is no preliminary preparation.
• The food eaten is always paid for a price-performance comparison.
• This article was written at least one month after going to the restaurant. Protection of the our identity is important to this series of articles.
• Any good and bad situation that appears will be reported.

Sinopia Mantı Evi’s Manti

Here is the front view of Sinopia Manti Evi. I couldn’t find its website and the link I provide here is for Instagram. Is it an ambitious place? No. Does it have a magnificent decoration? No, it’s extremely plain and simple. Is its lighting amazing? It’s a bit complicated but still plain. But something attracted us.

Eating Pleasure

And everything was usual until I got the first bite. Slightly roasted little tiny ravioli. There is a certain fine workmanship that is made by hand and requires a lot of effort. Their flavors were very good to my standards. You feel that you eat a fine manti, but you also have that crispy tastes like walnuts, hazelnuts. Butter leaves another wonderful taste in your mouth. The plain ravioli that my picked was really like a snack. I left my plate as it is and started eating from my son’s plate. This is why he started to look back at me angrily.

And they have that small sauces with pepper and tomatoes in the middle. They were realy tasty. They tasted slightly hot but all disappeared in 15 seconds after taking this photo. My wife started the meal with a determination in her ongoing diet and picked orange artichoke, but could not help herself tasting the manti. We had a very delicious meal. We went there by chance but had a very lucky and delicious meal. I hadn’t eaten Sinop manti before, I will from now on.

Transportation & Parking in Bağdat Street

There are also tables in front of the shop in the open air section, but we could not sit since it was cold. I would also like to draw your attention to the spices in the form of the test tubes in this photo. A good invention.

They also serve breakfast in the morning and they have desserts that I haven’t tried but are still on my mind.

The price for this meal was 105₺ for three people. I think it is worth paying under life and dining conditions in Istanbul.

I’ll go there again, eat again.