Turkey's For Life
Fethiye, Turkish Food, Slow Travel Turkey
"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 …
Continue Reading about Çalış Kebabs & Dürüm – A Favourite Fethiye Kebab Haunt
We had a post planned for today but it's going to have to wait for another time as we just have to share this story with you. A lovely (for us) random act of kindness, generosity, thoughtfulness, whatever you want to call it. It's made our Monday anyway and has confirmed why we love blogging and …
Recently, we've been trying to familiarise ourselves with and sample a few different Turkish cheeses. In the past, we've been content with the white cheeses (beyaz peynir) and local Fethiye tulum (cheese that's stored in goat's skin) so we decided it was time for a bit of variety in our cheese …
Continue Reading about Turkish Food: Kars Gravyer Peynir – Photo Story
Today has been a 'getting organised for Christmas' day. We've done the Christmas shopping and the Christmas making. Pickled red cabbage is part of the 'making' bit. We like to feel we're putting the thought and the feeling back into Christmas (well, that's our excuse anyway) by not spending too …
You may remember, way back last winter, we did a few posts about Turkish pickles and we even discovered that they're good for you. Well, that's always going to be a bonus for us seeing as we struggle to get through a meal without having a side dish of pickles. Our visit to Istanbul last weekend …
Continue Reading about Turkish Food – Discovering Istanbul Pickles
We were walking around the fruit and vegetables of the Tuesday market in Fethiye this week and these little cucumbers caught my eye. Fortunately, they were displayed next to your average cucumber so you can get an idea of the size. Sometimes, these small cucumbers are labelled as 'turşuluk' which …
Continue Reading about Seasonal Food in Turkey – Titchy Cucumbers
