Dessert at Anatolia's Gate

Dropped in to Anatolia's Gate late in the evening, about an hour before closing. If it's a really quiet night, they may start closing up everything even while diners are still in the restaurant.

Baklava ($5.95) sweet Turkish pastry made of thin dough sheets and walnuts; four for $5.95 or 2 for $2.95

A full order is four. Each is about a cubic inch.
Thoroughly soaked in syrup which thankfully did not include much, or any, rose water; and which was strangely not too sweet.
At almost $1.50 per piece, this was not really worth it as it wasn't that tasty.

Kunefa ($8.50) sweet Turkish pastry made of shredded dough and our homemade cheese

Price for portion is OK. Definitely a sharing at the size of approximately five packs of cigarettes.
Tastiness is also OK. Not too sweet despite being soaked in syrup.
Fun to eat because of the cheese that stays stringy even when the item has cooled to room temperature.
TIP: Instead of trying to tear chunks or wrap it around your fork like spaghetti, the least-messy way is to use the edge of your fork to cut chunks. You won't get the stringy fun that way, though.

I actually liked that the desserts were not too sweet, as syrup-soaked items generally turned out that way.

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