I love Berliner Supermarkt. It's a genuine Turkish bakkal - it's like a German Spati meets a mini…read moresupermarket, minus the booze. What this means: you can go in there for some of the best produce in Tegel, far better than at Rewe delivery or the sad salads at Edeka. Their meat counter is also amazing, and they also have fine Turkish meze appetizers. Spices and nuts are cheap and plentiful; olives are the real deal, same brands as you'd find in Istanbul. What you will not find is things like milk, western coffee, cereal, etc. - for that, you'd have to go to the Edeka to supplement. But this place is a gem and should form the basis of your shopping. The only thing I'd really avoid here are cashews (which are really hit or miss). The owners here are super-friendly, but the main guy is really shy, barely looking you in the eye and speaking softly, with an arabesque melancholy in his voice; his humility and awkwardness make him look sad or brusque, but he's actually super-friendly. (The first time I was there, I thought he was like the Grim Reaper, and I called getting produce there "reaping.") The other workers are super helpful, either recommending the best brands of tahini or sucuk, or helping you find the dried mint. Really: go.

I had seen that the Hasir restaurant in Mitte was popular and was planing on trying it out. But…read morewhile out in Spandau I saw they had another location and since it was lunch time I figured lets see if the other location is good! We tried one of the Turkish wines, which was a nice dry red, like most Turkish wines I've had. We also got the hot mezze plater, the humus, and the Adana Kebab, which was advertised as spicy. The plater of appetizers was fine but nothing special. Although the egg plant had a great grilled taste to it, but the rest of the items were serviceable but ho hum. The adana kebab was very good, and came with a salad. However it wasn't that spicy, but if you put some of the chili paper they grilled and put on the plate then the spice showed up. Well cooked, tender, tasty overall. The hummus was excellent. A big plus was the fresh flat bread they appear to make to order. That alone was worth a star in my good. Service was good, a little pricy for lunch but an enjoyable time.

From the owner: "Türkische Küche besteht nicht nur aus Döner Kebab! Diesen Beweis treten wir in unseren…read moreHasir-Restaurants jeden Tag aufs Neue an. Natürlich gibt es auch Döner Kebab, Iskender Döner usw. - doch bei uns gibt es nicht irgendeinen Fleischspieß, sondern den nach Familienrezept in der eigenen Metzgerei produzierten Hasir-Döner.Die türkische Küche ist eine vielfältige Mittelmeerküche, beinflußt von persischen, indischen und südeuropäischen Küchen. Wichtig ist uns Türken das gemeinsame Essen und dazu gehören viele kleine Meze, Suppen, Fleisch- und Fischgerichte, Reis und Gemüse und natürlich Desserts. Sie können sich natürlich von uns durch ein solches ""Rakimenü"" leiten lassen, aber auch einzelne Spezialiäten für sich genießen."