Breakfast Expedition Extra Edition Part 5: We went to a Turkish morning buffet @Kervan Tugra

I love Turkish food. I even went to Turkey for my honeymoon.
As for places where you can eat Turkish food from the morning, there used to be Alohidin in Nihonbashi, but when I revisited it recently, they were no longer open early in the morning.
As for other places, as far as I know, there are about two. One is a shop in an area with a Kurdish community near Kawaguchi and Warabi in Saitama Prefecture. Because of the high turnover and the fact that it's too far to go before commuting in the morning, I've given up on it, but it seems some shops there do offer a morning buffet.
Another place is in Aichi Prefecture, in the city of Tsushima, west of Nagoya. There is also a Turkish community here, and there are several Turkish restaurants.
One of them is Beyzade Baklava, a specialty shop for Turkish sweets centered on baklava. This is a wonderful shop where you can eat in, so you can enjoy various Turkish sweets other than baklava. They also do regional shipping, and there are Turkish restaurants in the Kanto region that use their baklava.
And the shop that holds the morning buffet on Sundays, which we love, is also in this Tsushima.

I've been there several times, and I've already written about it twice.
This time, I would like to report in a little more detail.

As for the buffet area, dishes are neatly lined up in a wide L-shaped space.

First, various plates are lined up, and next to that is the cheese corner. Hard cheeses are lined up, but what is characteristic is that multiple types of white cheese are lined up. White cheese is made from goat's milk and is a cheese with a light, crumbly texture. I think the reason for the crumbly texture is that it has less fat. In Turkish cuisine, it seems that white cheese is preferred as it is the staple in the local area.

Next are the bread accompaniments, such as jams. There were butter, fruit jams, fruit yogurt, honey, balsamic vinegar, and tahina (equivalent to sesame paste). Except for the tahina, they are almost all sweet, but they are all definitely delicious, and if you combine them with bread, you will be full just from this. You can make the ultimate decadent menu here. It was on the morning menu that wasn't a buffet on days other than Sunday, but one of the bread accompaniments was honey-soaked butter. This is by far the best accompaniment for bread. Also, I think tahina is excellent as an accompaniment for things other than bread.
Moving further, there is the olive corner. This time there were only 3 types, but until now there were more varieties. In any case, they are rich in variety, such as green and black, sliced, whole, and combined with lemon. Actually, I wasn't that interested in olives, but when I ate them here before, I became completely fond of olives because they were so delicious. So, don't forget the olives.

Moving further, there are boiled eggs and fried shrimp, and the Lokanta starts from around the L-shaped corner.
A Lokanta is a diner in Turkey where ready-made side dishes are lined up, and you choose your favorites from them and eat them in a set meal style. So, pasta and stewed dishes are lined up. As expected, eggplant and green peppers, which are indispensable in Turkish cuisine, are recommended. For eggplant, I recommend both the plain stew and the stew combined with other ingredients.
The back of this area is a counter where you can ask the staff to choose hot dishes and soup.

For hot dishes, I always order Menemen, a standard Turkish-style scrambled egg for breakfast, but the one at this shop is delicious with exquisite heat control.
And you can choose from three types of soup: lentil, tripe, and chicken.

Lentil soup is often introduced as the miso soup of Turkey, and it has a gentle taste that you can have every day, but because it is beans, it has a solid umami, and the accent of mint makes it very delicious.

Tripe might seem to have a strong flavor, but the soup, which looks like a pure white tonkotsu soup, has a gentle taste, and there are chunks of finely chopped tripe at the bottom, making it a wonderful soup with a fun texture.
The chicken soup also has a gentle taste, so this might be better for Turkish food beginners.

There are also various fresh raw vegetables.

About 3 types of bread are lined up. Actually, Turkish bread also has a huge variety and is very delicious, but since bread fills you up quickly if you eat too much, I only had one.

And then, there are pastes lined up, which are called meze and serve as appetizers. Having a wide selection of these meze appetizers is one of the great things about Turkish cuisine. One of them, hummus, a chickpea paste, can be found all over the Middle East and has recently become popular in Japan as well. A spicy paste called acili ezme is also a popular meze. It is a paste made from chopped tomatoes, chili peppers, garlic, and onions.

There are also nuts and cereals.

Drinks include apple juice, grape juice, and depending on the season, apricot juice. There is also milk and coffee.
Chai is in a separate corner with two taps; one dispenses strong black tea and the other dispenses hot water, allowing you to adjust it to your preferred strength. This is because Turkish tea sets are originally two-tiered, with tea leaves in one and hot water in the other, and the brewing method involves blending the two, so this simulates that.

And at the very end, fresh fruits are lined up.

Another thing that cannot be forgotten is the sweets. There is a sweets corner where you order the sweets you want from the staff.
Generally, there are several types of baklava, rice pudding, chocolate pudding, etc. I think the baklava is likely sourced from the aforementioned Beyzade Baklava, as this shop is located very close by. Other sweets might also be sourced from that shop, as I have seen them all there before.
Baklava is a confection made by wrapping filling in phyllo dough and soaking it in syrup, and it seems to require delicate technique. And it is absolutely delicious.

No matter how much I try to pace myself, I end up taking too much, so I was definitely full.