Way before we first ever came to Turkey on holiday back in 1998, our knowledge of Turkish cuisine started and ended with its most (in)famous export: The döner kebab! If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll be fully aware that, mercifully, this is no longer the case. We love to …
Yeni Dünya Kebab – The Best Way To Celebrate Loquat Season
This time of year is abundant with spring fruits and vegetables, making trips to Fethiye market and Çalış market all the more pleasurable. And now, it is the season for the delightful loquat fruit... If you read this blog regularly, you'll know we love to eat and cook seasonally. It's really not …
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Babzen Kebab – A Welcome Sight In Çalış
It was late winter and we were walking down the street into Çalış, one day. As we turned the corner and peered over the wall that was once Lokal, we saw a few guys in discussion. A shout of hello and a guy we've known for some time came running over. It was owner of King's Garden Restaurant, Salih. …
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Dining On Classic Turkish Cuisine At Boğaziçi Restaurant, Fethiye
We love Fethiye harbour's Boğaziçi Restaurant! Every town has them. Those places that make you feel safe and comfortable because it just feels like they've been around forever. Hello Büfe along Fethiye harbour is one such place - it'd be a travesty if it ever wasn't there. And another …
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Return To Paşa Kebap – It Had To Happen Sometime
You fancied a pide, you went to Paşa Kebap. You wanted lahmacun, you went to Paşa Kebap. You wanted a takeaway - or even delivery service - you went to Paşa Kebap. This was back in the late '90s. A time when eateries in Fethiye weren't nearly as abundant as they are now. What we had were just …
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Şehzade Cağ Kebabı – Happy Memories Of The East In Istanbul
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 …
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Çalış Kebabs & Dürüm – A Favourite Fethiye Kebab Haunt
"When we eat out, where would you say we go most?" "If we're in Fethiye, Popeye's boat or the kebab place if we're in Çalış." "Yeah, I think that, too...so why have we never written about the kebab place in Çalış?" This was a little conversation between me and Barry a short while back - and …
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Ankara: Yet Again In Turkey, Turkish Food Lifts The Spirits
Turkish food of almost all varieties is much loved by us - it's just that sometimes it tastes better because of the circumstances we find ourselves in (remember when we were rescued by köfte in Istanbul?). You see, we were in a bit of a predicament when we were in Ankara in May of this year. A …
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Turkish Food Focus: Tepsi Kebab
It's Friday again so it's time for another Turkish food photo. Actually, we've decided to change the name of this weekly series to Turkish Food Focus because our first two posts in this section, the Izmir gevrek vs. simit mystery and nohutlu pilav, contained more than one photo. Future posts are …
We’ve Discovered Izmir Söğüş
As we explored the area, we were continuously coming across an unfamiliar word 'söğüşçü.' He who is a maker of söğüş. Exploration of a new city on foot is our preferred mode of transport - if the city lends itself to it, that is. Izmir is perfect for wandering around as most of the areas we …