A good friend introduced me to Jass Kitchen in Buena Vista, the newest of a growing group of Turkish restaurants in Miami. I was invited there for a birthday dinner. Just a week later I was back, which says it all. Jass Kitchen is an increasingly rare breed in a town where large restaurant groups have moved in ---an owner and chef operated restaurant. Jasmine Karadas created a place where you feel you’re in her living room, enjoying traditional Turkish food from recipes she has created and she learned from her mother. The dishes combine the influences of the Aegean Sea and the area of Turkey closest to the Middle East. Not surprisingly, Jass Kitchen is authentic, reasonably priced, comfortable, friendly, and the food is delicious.