We love lamb, which is often a difficult meat to find on menus here at home. Moreover, it's difficult to find a good piece of lamb that retains its essential lambiness after the chefs intent on showing their prowess by balancing the lamb flavor right out of the dish. The quest for a good dinner brought us past the confusing signs at Anatolia/Cafe Adanus and in to try the varieties of our favorite meat.

The interior includes a pretty stripped-down, modern open kitchen, where you can watch your plate full of tastiness come together. The farther you get from the grill, the more little touches of Turkish heritage dress the house. Cafe Adanus is family owned & operated, and they put lots of love into every meal.

So far we've tried the leg of lamb Kebab, Adana Kebab,  Iskender Kebab, Imam Bayildi, Falafel, and Hummus. Every last bite of every dish has been mouth wateringly brilliant. The real standouts have been the Imam Byaldi, which defies explanation but haunts my dreams and has me waking up with cravings, and the leg of lamb kebab, which remains the most perfect pieces of lamb I have eaten to date. Raz leans toward the spicier Iskender and Adana, but one just cant go wrong with the lamb at Cafe Adanus.

O! And save at least a little room for after dinner sweets, the Bak-LOVE-ah is wonderful, especially if you're in on the weekend and the chefs are experimenting with flavor!