What’s not to love about homemade fish cakes? They’ve always been a regular in our house, usually if we have leftover fish from another meal. Fish cakes are perfect for using up those leftovers and creating another satisfying dish. However, recently something has changed. No longer are our fish cakes merely a vessel for using …
True bastions of Turkish cuisine: there’s a few of those. And köfte is most certainly one of them. It’s also a bastion of our own personal diet. Whether we’re grabbing a quick street food snack, making a special effort to visit a specialist köfteci, dining in a restaurant or cooking at home,.. These Turkish meatballs …
Pure plated indulgence. That’s our description for this oh-so-tasty dish; ali nazik kebab. If you like ‘cooking light’ then look away now. A Gaziantep ali nazik kebab is spicy, rich and buttery. At the same time, the aubergine and yoghurt bed that the meat is laid on is smooth, smoky and creamy. From The City …
It’s easily done. A simple – yet rightly much-loved – salad, like shepherd’s salad, can easily fall off the radar. But do you know what the best bit about that is? It’s when you suddenly remember one day, for no reason, that you haven’t had shepherd salad in such a long time. So then you …
And so another month passes us by. Aside from it being a roasting hot and humid month, it’s also been a super busy one, too. Friends over from the UK, a couple of national holidays, new announcements for upcoming events, Fethiyespor pre-season prep. And so on. So let’s do a round up of our news …
In the sweltering summer heat, where would we be without the light, fresh flavours of a crisp and crunchy salad? A few days ago, on the Sunday market in Çalış, it was semizotu (purslane) that caught our eye. It was just asking to be made into a purslane and tomato salad (domatesli semizotu salatası). The …
Life in Turkey doesn’t happen without yoghurt. Even as a foreigner when you first move here, if you don’t like yoghurt, it’s not like you can just pretend it doesn’t exist. Rather, you’re more likely to be spending your time trying to avoid it – and that’s going to take up quite a lot of …
When friends are in Turkey to visit, one of the staple Fethiye days out is the boat trip. Whether it’s the Sunday boat trip to Göcek, a tour around the 12 Islands or a private Blue Bays boat trip, they’re all a perfect (and economical) way to spend a few hours on the Mediterranean. Many …
Question: When is tabbouleh not tabbouleh? Answer: When it is a Turkish dish made with slightly different ingredients and called kısır. What Is Kısır? Kısır is made from the fine bulgur wheat (cracked wheat). When we’ve written about other Turkish meze recipes, we’ve no doubt said a particular dish is a favourite – Antalya Usulü …