Pide BKRY
Reddit's favourite lahmacun, stretched and blistered all day by the Oosterpark.
Ask r/Amsterdam where the real lahmacun lives and someone will type Pide BKRY before the thread loads. This Oosterparkbuurt bakery works like the pide salons of Anatolia: ovens on from seven in the morning, trays of kıymalı pide sliding out all day, lahmacun stretched wafer-thin, blistered and rolled around fresh salad at the counter while you point. TikTok's Daan van der Lecq calls the kalfsdöner 'niet normaal' and he is right; the meat comes off their own spit, not a frozen cone. There are a few stools, a fridge of ayran, baklava by the tray, and a lunchtime line of builders, students and Turkish grandmothers who all know exactly what they want. You spend a fiver, eat standing up, and start planning the next visit before the lemon wedge runs dry.
Lahmacun rolled with fresh salad and lemon; add kalfsdöner in it if you are hungry.
What to order
- Lahmacun€5.50
Hand-stretched and wood-thin, rolled with salad and lemon at the counter
- Kıymalı pide€9.50
Minced-beef pide from the stone oven, edges crisp as croissant
If you like this, also worth a table
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