Şalgam Suyu
Many drink sodas to beat down the thirst. I prefer something salty rather than sweet. Usually I end up drinking a glass of herb ayran or şalgam suyu. Şalgam suyu…
Köfte & Piyaz – Büyükada
In Büyükada, you supposed to eat fish, right? Wrong! The lining restaurants at the seaside, which apply different fees to different kinds of customers, you never know which one you…
Büyükada Pastanesi – Büyükada
On a nice sunny morning we hopped on a ferry and began our trip to Büyükada. The sea is calm, a little breeze, seagulls literally crying…and hungry stomachs. By the…
Food Photo – Gözleme
In Turkey, there are many kinds of food made from dough and gözleme is one of them. Gözleme is yufka, dough without yeast, hand rolled to thin and filled with…
Çınaraltı – Antakya
Künefe is made with kadayıf, butter, special unsalted cheese and syrup made from water and sugar. It is a very simple dessert, yet it is hard to maintain this simplicity.…
Dondurmacı Yaşar Usta – Istanbul
You bite into the half lemon, catch that thought, then add sip of lemonade, there, you have the perfect tangy slurp of the lemon ice cream of Yaşar Usta. It…
Sorry, but no: Kanaat Lokantası – Istanbul
I held myself so long for this entry. It makes me sad as I write because, Kanaat Lokantası is one of the oldest esnaf lokantası, tradesman restaurants in Istanbul. But…
Sultan Sofrası – Antakya
If you want to eat local food of Antakya, cooked delicately,deliciously and properly, a must stop is Sultan Sofrası. Metin Tansal is a very demanding boss checking if everything is…
Food Photo – Katıklı
In Antakya katıklı or katıklı ekmek is an open face bread, aka pide, spread with the home made mixture of cheese, spices, pepper paste, olive oil, zahter. The site https://x100casino.com…
Sorry, but no: Nihat Usta – Akçaabat, Trabzon
The köfte is very famous in Akçaabat, actually Akçaabat is known for its köfte-meatballs-. Nihat Usta was another bad experience on the road. We had to stop there thinking all…
Food Photo – Işkın
You know this as rhubarb, ışkın or uşkın. Nowadays is in season and I found it on my trips to Erzurum, Van, Bitlis being sold as a street food-snack. This…
Kristal Döner ve Yemek Salonu – Kars
If you go to Kars, there is unfortunately one place left making piti. Piti is a dish made from a chunk piece of lamb,chickpeas, saffron, a piece of tail fat,…