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Hi

Can anyone recommend a good place to buy lamb cutlets/chops that are prepared properly on the bone?

Thanks

We've seen them being French trimmed at Kibet in Karakum.

Kinetic Shah suremaket

I would second Kibet in Karakum-He is a 1st class butcher.

Thank you that's helpful

We will try Kibet

We got some out of Sah and they wasn't cut right

ljarvo wrote:Hi

Can anyone recommend a good place to buy lamb cutlets/chops that are prepared properly on the bone?

Thanks

The butcher at Kibet does them while you wait - i.e. you need to give him time to do them - I've been in a queue waiting while he does the work meticulously so I would advise that you go in place your order and go for a coffee in the eatery side of the establishment while you wait... it's not quick doing them properly but well worth the wait.

The problem with most of the butchers here is that they have no butchery skills - they just hack the meat apart leaving splinters of bone and unrecognisable lumps of meat., It is impossible to buy a proper roasting joint. In the UK we lived in a small village which boasted a gold medal winning butcher who would produce any joint or cut of meat required, not to mention excellent and varied sausages and faggots. Out here we live on chicken because the meat is so poor in quality.

I think the butchers are in the main catering for what the local turkish cypriots want and are cutting the meat accordingly. Not sure roasting joints for a sunday roast is the norm for them. Of course this may not be what many are used to back in the UK.

We enjoy most of the local meat and have had good steaks of different types, aged or non aged. Stewing steak, liver, chops, sheftalia and of course chicken. Must admit we adjust our menus and what we eat when we come out here and try to make more turkish style dishes, plus we eat more pasta, rice, vegetables and salads.

muffin1 wrote:The problem with most of the butchers here is that they have no butchery skills - they just hack the meat apart leaving splinters of bone and unrecognisable lumps of meat., It is impossible to buy a proper roasting joint. In the UK we lived in a small village which boasted a gold medal winning butcher who would produce any joint or cut of meat required, not to mention excellent and varied sausages and faggots. Out here we live on chicken because the meat is so poor in quality.

So move back , or adapt , this is not England , adapt to the local way of life

absolutely...when in Rome etc

I have two very good friends who are butchers in the old town as was thier father before them.
They will prepare meat for the Turkish menu without any problem but when it comes to tying joints I had to do my own.
The UK butchers bone a leg of lamb by the tunnel method, but here they slice it off the bone.
They are all very good butchers but not for the joints we use in the UK.

Well I know all about when in Rome,however I do not understand why different cuts of chops are plonked on one tray! Also I have asked at numerous butchers for best end rack and boneless rump without success.

davedee wrote:Well I know all about when in Rome,however I do not understand why different cuts of chops are plonked on one tray! Also I have asked at numerous butchers for best end rack and boneless rump without success.

Which butchers have you tried, and which area do you live?
We may be able to suggest somewhere better...

Karsiyaka ,Keith not very good remembering Butchers names but, Alsacak village, Karsiyaka square,one opposite Golden lady, Ileli ,Starling , And thanks for reply.

davedee wrote:Karsiyaka ,Keith not very good remembering Butchers names but, Alsacak village, Karsiyaka square,one opposite Golden lady, Ileli ,Starling , And thanks for reply.

Right!

I don't know any in Karsiyaka, but in Alsancak, I find that the 'Fast Food' butcher (father of the guys who run the Fast Food restaurant) prepares lamb chops 'just so'.... He's a few hundred metres West of the FF restaurant, on the same side of the road.

If you haven't already done so, could you try him and let us know what you think?

It is a sad fact of life that you never seem to find any tradesman or business here that is 100% consistent however...

Don't forget the mint sauce - and let us know how you get on!

Thank you muchly Keith.

Is all the meat slaughtered here under 'halal' butchery? If it is, that may account for the dissatisfaction of some as to the 'cuts' of meat offered. Different cultures, different methods, different choices. I have not heard any complaints from Cypriots about the meat cutting here.