We’ve been wanting to do a post on the sheer delight that is lamb tandır for a long time but I always forget to take a photo of it whenever we’re at Cin Bal in Kayaköy. As soon as the tandır arrives at the table, we all dive straight in there; testament to how good …
We’re eating seasonally again for this article, and, as the hot summer temperatures really begin to kick in and sap our energy, this simple but tasty nectarine recipe is just what is needed. We’ve followed the summer fruits through the season, starting with the delicate loquats back in early May. Now, just as the cherries …
Okra in olive oil – zeytinyaglı bamya – is the recipe that is going to convince you to love okra! If you’ve read our article about the health benefits of okra, you’ll know it was those health benefits, coupled with a Turkish dish served to us by our friend’s mum, that forced us to give …
In July and August in Fethiye, okra is in its prime! We love the Turkish word for okra: Bamya. It’s just got a nice sound to it…but that ‘nice sound’ was all it had until we conquered our okra fear. Despite a plethora of okra health benefits, poor old ladies’ fingers are not well loved …
Et sote is a really popular dish in Turkish cuisine. A Turkish beef stew in tomatoes, it’s proper comfort food. Because of this ‘cosy comfort’ feel, we usually eat Turkish sote dishes during the winter months. However, we do like to break with tradition on occasion. Recently, even in warmer months, we felt the urge …
Sometimes, with Turkish food, all is not what it seems. Self-catering vegetarians visiting Turkey will be delighted by the variety and vibrancy of the colours of seasonal fruit and vegetables on the local markets. And whether you are vegetarian are not, the meze fridges of Turkish restaurants tempt people of all persuasions with non-meaty goodies …
In the UK, we call them aubergines but a more common word for those plump, dark vegetables is eggplant. However, as translations of the Turkish dish “patlıcan salatası” tend to say aubergine salad on restaurant menus, we’ll go with the flow and stick with that, rather than eggplant salad. This is a roasted aubergine salad …
These days, Fethiye is considered to be ‘coming up in the world’ amongst a lot of our Turkish friends because three of the world’s major fast-food companies have set up shop in the town centre. The fact that not many people seem to have flocked to these places is completely unimportant. As far as our …
This is an updated post from the original so that the recipe is easier to follow and the photos are improved. It’s also an update because we’ve never seen geren in the meze fridges of restaurants since the experience we had in Dalyan. We can tell you, though, that that means a lot of people …
Meze: a savoury food eaten while drinking (esp. alcohol), appetiser, hors d’oeuvre.(1) Meze is an integral part of the Turkish dining experience, it’s our favourite part of the Turkish dining experience, and it’s also difficult to describe. There’s no equivalent in British cuisine. And therefore no literal translation in the English language. As a result, …