Dining
BY DUSTIN BUTLER
Makluba ($24) features rice topped with chicken or beef, eggplant, potato and peppers served with a side salad.
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Sultan’s special ($25) features stu ed eggplant infused and lled with spiced ground beef and onion served with rice.
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Sultan o ers Mediterranean options in McKinney Sultan o ers Mediterranean options that are not found anywhere else in McKinney, co-owner Chra Ismael said. “You can nd [kebabs] anywhere,” Ismael said. “But the avor and the marinade, it’s really special.” The background What’s on the menu? The restaurant serves a mix of Iraqi, Turkish and other Mediterranean cuisines, Ismael said. Sultan serves lunch and dinner daily and o ers breakfast on the weekend.
Chra Ismael owns the south McKinney restaurant with her husband Zandi Salih.
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One popular dish is the kebab sultani, which fea- tures beef tenderloins and is served with rice, grilled tomato and jalapeño. Other menu items include falafel, salads, soups and sandwiches. What’s special about it? Everything is made in house, Ismael said, adding that most of the recipes on the menu are her own. To ensure the avors are authentic, Ismael orders spices and herbs for the dishes from Iraq.
Ismael said both she and her husband have a background in software engineering but she has always wanted to open a restaurant. The couple moved to the United States from northern Iraq. “When we moved here, I told my husband that it was time to follow my dream,” she said. Ismael left her information technology job and went on to open the restaurant in August 2023.
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