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With its wooden tables and yellow-painted walls, dotted with black-and-white photographs and posters for local jazz evenings, Bodrum Café has a cheerily laid-back, welcoming feel. The menu ranges from Turkish and English breakfasts through to traditional caff fare (liver and bacon, gammon and chips) and tempting Turkish meze and mains. With the exception of a bland grilled aubergine salad, starters were excellent: grilled hellim cheese; crunchy, feta-filled filo parcels called signari boregi; spicy, garlicky chunks of suculi tava sausage and, best of all, a plate of tiny broad beans with yoghurt, sprinkled with dill. Mains, served up on huge white plates, were simple but satisfying; fresh, chunky igzara kofte (grilled lamb meatballs) and melt-in-the-mouth imam bayıldı, the aubergine cooked to perfection and piled high with tomato, onion and peppers.

Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007