Sofra Turkish Cuisine

Great turkish food. Being Dutch and having traveled a lot it's nice to get the authentic mediteranean cuisine right here in Toowoomba.

The busy Sofra dining room is a riot of colour, patterns and textures. Every table is full, and there’s a festive buzz in the air – though be warned, Toowoomba locals do like to get their evening meal over and done with quite early by Sydney standards. We join the party by getting stuck straight into a Turkish red called Sevilen Kalecik Karasi Plato ($40/bottle). It’s deep red in colour, with lots of up-front berry sweetness that makes Pinot Noir a good reference point for this wine. Keen for some vegetables, we decided upon Mücver ($12.50) a dish that purported to offer zucchini, carrot and fresh herb fritters we would wrap up in cos lettuce leaves with a garlic yoghurt dip. It arrived without the lettuce wraps, and left us feeling a little bloated from eating too much deep-fried. Luckily our side of Turkish Chilli Pickles ($3) worked to aid digestion. Rosemary skewers of Haloumi Cheese ($12.50) with heirloom tomatoes and fresh herbs arrived as skewer-less salty wedges ...read more