Last week I performed my civic obligation; yes it was time for jury duty yet again. And while there are a few places on my list to try downtown. I decided to revisit an old favorite, Sultan Baklava. It was indeed a sad day when Sultan decided to go back to just baklava in 2013. Though we were happy to see them reopen in the Gaslamp, it's not really an area I get to very often, thus it had been over two years since I last visited.
One good thing about jury duty....you often get two hour breaks for lunch. Which meant I could take my time getting to Sultan and take a look at Horton Plaza Park, which hadn't opened yet the last time I was on jury duty.
And some other stuffs.....
As you can tell; it was a beautiful day. This was before the recent hot spell....though it was definitely warm and sunny out.
It was pretty quiet at Sultan when I arrived; just one party outside and one in.
I was seated and ordered some Turkish Tea and water.....
That's when the owner saw me and came over to shake my hand and have a nice little chat. amazing....he still remembers me and made sure to ask about the Missus.
Since I had to go back to the Hall of Justice and was using public transportation, I decided to stick with just two items.
The Antipezme (acili ezme), and old favorite of mine; served with lavas.
I'm used to a slightly pungent-spicy-tangy -mildly sweet acili ezme and this was really mild. Nice and refreshing, but not quite the version we enjoyed so much years ago at Sultan. It was not bad; but the flavors just seemed muted.
Of course I had to get the lahmacun, which was every bit as good as before.
In fact, this might be even better than before. There's more meat, nice seasoning, the lavas nice, thin, and crisp. It was quite good. It came with a simple salad; a nice dusting of sumac on it.
This ended up being more food than I thought it would be....though the really nice Server told me the record for a single individual eating lahmacun was six! Yikes!
It was nice to see that Sultan was still in business and the place was filling up as I left. After all; it was Sultan that inspired us to visit Turkey (twice). I need to get back here more often.
Sultan Baklava Mediterranean Cuisine
770 4th Ave
San Diego, CA
glad it didn't disappoint, but jury duty again?!
Posted by: kat | Sunday, 09 July 2017 at 08:24 PM
Like clockwork Kat....like clockwork...
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 10 July 2017 at 06:46 AM
I'm scheduled for jury duty soon; I'll have to try Sultan. Like you said, the good thing about jury duty is the long lunch breaks.
Posted by: Sandy | Monday, 10 July 2017 at 07:32 AM
Definitely check them out Sandy. Though there are quite a few choices. Copa Vida for coffee if you get there early enough.
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 10 July 2017 at 07:43 AM
Funny. I had jury duty 2 weeks ago. Got called into a case but was dismissed on the 2nd day. For lunch I grabbed a wrap at The Kebob Shop and ate it at the waterfront park. Sultan sounds like a good place to check out next time.
Posted by: Junichi | Monday, 10 July 2017 at 09:58 AM
You got lucky Junichi! Check out Sultan next time - I've got to see if the Adana Kabob is still good.
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 10 July 2017 at 10:05 AM