After 12 years of umming and ahhing about whether I could handle a visit to the hamam, I finally made it to one on Saturday. I entered a sauna in a gym many moons ago and had to leave straight away because I just hated the heat. So I always thought, ‘If I pay my …

Hisarönü – known to our Fethiye Turkish friends as ‘The Village.’ If it’s a summer weekend and the night out in Fethiye has gone so well that nobody wants it to end, there are usually two possible suggestions: ‘Let’s go to the village,’ or ‘Let’s go for soup.’ (by which they mean the traditional of …

We’ve got a new pet. A cicada! We love cicadas… Well, when I say new ‘pet,’ I mean more of a new ‘periodical visitor.’ This Turkish insect, part of the Cicadoidea superfamily of insects in the order Hemiptera (apparently), has been with us for the last few days. And I’d lay a good bet that …

Mozaik Bahçe – serving up tasty kebabs and other delicious dishes from the Hatay kitchen. And all of available in a little pedestrianised corner of Fethiye. Over the years, this restaurant has become hugely popular with tourists looking for some flavoursome regional cuisine – and Hatay cuisine is certainly a favourite; making it onto the …

We know sunflower seeds are a part of the diets of many nationalities of the world, but never before have we witnessed sunflower seeds eaten so much – and so quickly – than in Turkey. It’s not a rarity in Turkey (well, not in Fethiye anyway) to walk past any street or park bench first …

We just cannot go to Cin Bal barbecue restaurant in Kayköy near Fethiye and
not order tandır, slow cooked lamb

There is nothing better than seeing one of these Kar Şerbeti signs in the Fethiye hot, summer months of July, August and September. When the weather is like this and you are dragging your weary body around the Tuesday market in Fethiye, the Kar Şerbeti sign is very welcome – think sighting of an oasis …

In Turkish cuisine there is a group of dishes known as zeytinyağlı yemekler (olive oil dishes). And, of these dishes, Barbunya Pilaki is definitely one of our favourites. We do love our okra in olive oil on occasion (well, it is extremely healthy) and we occasionally enjoy green beans in olive oil, too. And celeriac …

Fethiye fish market; one of the town’s most famous tourist attractions. A popular night out, a lunch spot for lots of locals – and also one of our favourite places for doing our food shopping, too. Yes, Fethiye fish market and the surrounding shops and stalls have a special draw for us. So let us …

Somebody asked us recently whether we actually make / cook all the food that we put on this blog. Apart from the fact that we fell in love with Turkey and Turkish food when we first came on holiday here, the next main reason for choosing to move to a place like Fethiye was so …