Never as good as the first time around, but I greatly enjoyed the Cobb salad leftovers after a vigorous workout. Added a bit more roti chicken on top for PROTEIN 
Kofte in Turkish means meatball
Vegan versions are normal named “etsiz cig kofte” to differentiate between the meat containing cig kofte - that’s why I was surprised that this Turkish restaurant is using the wrong/misleading description
You’d be hard pressed to find cig kofte that were made of raw meat and not bulgur at most Turkish restaurants in NYC.
In fact, as Turkey banned the public sale of cig kofte made of raw meat in 2008, you’d be hard pressed to find them made of meat not bulgur at a restaurant there as well.
Didn’t realize they banned it in Turkey as I had the raw meat version often in Turkish restaurants in Germany (but we add many different versions of raw meat in Germany)
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Last breakfasts in CDMX
First was some fruits and yogurt with a side of churro at the hotel.
Next one was at the United Club lounge at the airport, cheese omelet, hash browns and bacon, not too shabby considering I didn’t even know I had access to the lounge(Star Alliance), but there was no catsup to be had 
+ a cappuccino and tons of water. Not a bad little lounge tbh.
Turkish and Urdu have roots in Persian/Farsi and while kofte might mean meatball in Turkish, I’m pretty sure there is some flexibility in interpreting the meaning rather than the rigidity you are applying here. If you want to delve into the etymology, then the word derives more from the method of preparation rather than the ingredients or shape.
Both Turkey and Greece have meat kofte/keftedes and vegetarian ones.
If it’s just called kofte, it’s meat.
The veggie ones in the former Ottoman Empire have a word in front indicating they’re not meat ones.
