A perfect food experience
It is evening and time to find a good place to enjoy dinner. Beforehand we had decided not to eat at one of the common tourist restaurants with all the fairy lights, the well-known dishes and the pushy “where-are-you-from-my-friend” waiters.
The place we chose is below the level of the pavement with a cosy terrace which is covered with a vine. Decorated Calabash lamps are hanging from the green roof of vine leaves and all around are fig and orange trees.
Nothing suggests that th.....
A perfect food experience
It is evening and time to find a good place to enjoy dinner. Beforehand we had decided not to eat at one of the common tourist restaurants with all the fairy lights, the well-known dishes and the pushy “where-are-you-from-my-friend” waiters....
Meze (Starters)
Grate the carrots and sauté in a pan with the sunflower oil and olive oil. (If only olive oil is used in cooking, the flavour of olives will dominate whatever you are cooking.)...
Why Turkish food is world class
When the best cuisines in the world are judged it comes as a surprise to most people that Turkish cuisine has been rated as one of the three great cuisines of the world, along with French and Chinese....
More kinds of kebab
The kebab that you may be familiar with is probably not the same as the traditional kebabs found in Turkey...
Recipe for Meat in the pan
Place cubed meat in a pan with the sunflower oil and olive oil and sauté till cooked through. Make sure that the oil is very hot, otherwise the meat will boil in its own juices and the cooking time will increase! If the meat does start to boil, remove the...