A new flavor experience from chefs in Ankara: Swordfish döner kebab.

Faruk and Mehmet Gezen, brothers who own a seafood restaurant in Ankara, made cağ kebabı from a 75-kilogram swordfish.

Having served for 25 years in their profession, which they started as apprentices, chefs Faruk and Mehmet Gezen added a new dish to the menu of their restaurant, which they opened to provide their guests with a different experience using their own recipes. Previously, the chefs made künefe from fish, sea bass skewers, simit sea bass, tuna döner, and octopus döner, and this time they made cağ kebabı from a 75-kilogram swordfish. During the preparation of the dish, the chefs first cleaned the swordfish, cutting off its gills and tail. The chefs then placed the whole swordfish onto the cağ kebabı grill. The cağ kebabı made from the swordfish was later served to customers.

"A DIFFERENT MADNESS"

Chef Faruk Gezen stated that they offer different flavors by creating various innovations from seafood. Gezen said, "Recently, we made fish döner and octopus döner. Today, we will make cağ kebabı from swordfish with a different madness. We have offered our guests very different flavors before. We had made simit and künefe from fish," he said.

"WE ARE COMBINING THEM ALL"

Faruk Gezen emphasized that cağ kebabı is unique to Erzurum, stating, "We previously made döner from fish and thought, 'Why not cağ kebabı?' The reactions are very interesting. I think people want to be surprised, and we surprise them. What makes us who we are is our profession, our talent, and later social media. Without social media, we couldn't reach such a wide audience. We believe in the power of social media. We are from Bitlis. Therefore, we will soon make büryan kebabı from fish. We are making hamsili pilav from Trabzon and olive oil dishes from the Aegean. There are unique and beautiful flavors in every corner of Turkey. As the capital, we are in the middle, combining them all. We have done many firsts in the world. What is first is valuable, and we are doing different and firsts. When we made fish döner, it was also the first in the world," he said.

Faruk Gezen stated that they were inspired by something but did not imitate it, adding that their customers liked the cağ kebabı they made from swordfish for the first time.