Spinach and potato in a puff pastry roll? Yes please! Ahh, yes. We have discovered the joy of puff pastry. Or, to give it its Turkish name, we have discovered the joy of experimenting with milföy böreği. We’re Brits. We know puff pastry well, of course. Pasties and sausage rolls were a staple, growing up. …

Let’s consider the humble gözleme. Why? Well, have you ever met anyone who isn’t instantly grateful for its entrance into their life? We love the stuff and lots of others agree with us! Turkish food is oft ranked by experts as one of the world’s top three cuisines – no arguments from these two biased …

It’s been a relatively short career, so far, our time at Sarge’s Place in Çalış. It’s not the sort of place we’d go to usually. Well, we don’t live in that area. And, if we are around there, it’s usually to go Sunday food shopping at the market, followed by a hello and a catch …

Guacamole – not Turkish food at all. Mexican, in fact. But in the winter months, on the fruit and veg stalls around Fethiye fish market, the big Tuesday market and the Sunday market in Çalış, avocados are more prevalent than usual and they are lovely and ripe! And soft, ripe avocados make for a perfect …

Çarıklı Et Restaurant in Fethiye is here to indulge all of your (and our) meat cravings… To all of our fellow carnivorous fans of Fethiye out there, this post is (mainly) for you! There are oodles of places to eat around Fethiye, serving all manner of international and Turkish dishes, whether they be meat, seafood …

Hmm, well we have to go the ‘autumn’ route with our Fethiye news title, don’t we? Monthly news seems to have gone by the by of late – and yes, we’re fully aware of that. And it’s only personal news, after all. Things we notice going on around town and bits and bobs of what …

This post is about cağ kebabı – our favourite kebab – and Şehzade Cağ Kebap in the Sirkeci neighbourhood of Istanbul. As usual, with us, we have a little background tale to tell around cağ kebabı. Food that’s memorable for all the right reasons; it’s a matter of opinion, of personal experience. For us, our …

Did you know Istanbul hosts a Commonwealth War Cemetery? Haydarpaşa Cemetery. It’s the joy of cities isn’t it? We’d never pretend to be experts on Istanbul. But we like to think we have a rough idea of the lay of the land following our numerous visits over the years. But, with cities the size of …

Each year, in October, the Fethiye events calendar features the International Ölüdeniz Air Games. We always try to get over there for at least one of the days. Just to soak up a bit of the atmosphere, take a few photos and enjoy the last throes of the summer season on the beach. If the …

Here’s a recipe title for you: Fırında Patatesli Kabak Mücveri. That’s what we’re making in this article. It’s a take on a classic dish of Turkish cuisine and translates to ‘oven baked potato and courgette fritters‘ recipe (or oven baked potato and zucchini fritters for our American readers). As far as we’re concerned, the reward …