{"id":302402,"date":"2018-03-02T14:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T06:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/?p=302402"},"modified":"2018-03-02T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T06:33:01","slug":"5-turkish-restaurants-kuala-lumpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food\/hot-spots\/recommended-spots\/5-turkish-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-302402.html","title":{"rendered":"Kofte &amp; Kebabs: 5 Turkish restaurants to visit in KL when the craving hits"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Besides its insanely beautiful architecture, remarkable history and fascinating culture, one of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/travel\/destination-accomplished\/turkey-go-134182.html\"> best things about Turkey<\/a> has to be its food. Which is why we've made it somewhat of a culinary mission to find the best spots for Turkish food in the city.<\/p> <p>In doing our research, we found that there aren't as many <em>strictly Turkish<\/em> restaurants as there are ones serving broadly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food-my\/hot-spots-my\/recommended-spots-my\/middle-eastern-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-214173.html\">Middle Eastern cuisine.<\/a> This is somewhat understandable considering how classic Turkish dishes like <em>kofta<\/em> (meatballs),\u00a0<em>kebab, <\/em>and even<em> baklava\u00a0<\/em>cuts across various Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and even<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/travel-my\/destination-accomplished-my\/asia-my\/traditional-dishes-india-214113.html\"> South Asian cuisines<\/a>.<\/p> <p>While we're hoping for more authentic Turkish-style <em>lokanta<\/em> or <em>restoran<\/em> cropping up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/travel-my\/destination-accomplished-my\/asia-my\/best-places-panoramic-photos-kuala-lumpur-296269.html\">in Kuala Lumpur<\/a> in the near future, we daresay the <em>doner kebab, manti and kofte<\/em> offerings at these spots definitely still do the trick whenever we're massive craving a taste of Turkey.<\/p> <p>Turkish Cafe Istanbul might pop to mind whenever we're looking for a kebab fix in the city, but if you're looking for new places to check out in Kuala Lumpur for delicious Turkish food, head up above!<\/p> <p><em>Sarah Khan<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read More:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/galerie\/8-halal-chinese-restaurants-kl-270348.html\">The 8 Best Halal Chinese restaurants in Kuala Lumpur<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food\/hot-spots\/recommended-spots\/8-new-trendy-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-impress-partner-valentines-day-298323.html\">8 New trendy bars &amp; restaurants in Kuala Lumpur for a fuss-free Valentine\u2019s Day<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food-my\/hot-spots-my\/recommended-spots-my\/best-indian-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-204674.html\">Traditional Spices: 10 Best Indian restaurants in Kuala Lumpur<\/a><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookmark this for the next time you're craving a kebab fix in Kuala Lumpur!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":302572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9791,13069],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galerie","category-recommended-spots-my"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Turkish restaurants to visit in KL when the craving hits - Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Turkish restaurants to visit in KL when the craving hits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bookmark this for the next time you&#039;re craving a kebab fix in Kuala Lumpur!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food\/hot-spots\/recommended-spots\/5-turkish-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-302402.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marie France Asia, women&#039;s magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-02T06:30:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-02T06:33:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/03\/gettyimages-899789616.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2121\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarah Khan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Khan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food\/hot-spots\/recommended-spots\/5-turkish-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-302402.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/food\/hot-spots\/recommended-spots\/5-turkish-restaurants-kuala-lumpur-302402.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sarah Khan\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ecc99fdf218bd2994cda9cf6b6000284\"},\"headline\":\"Kofte &amp; 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