As we’re in the second day of Ramazan Bayramı, the three-day festival following Ramazan, it seems only fitting to acknowledge this with a post about one of Turkey’s most famous desserts, künefe. Künefe isn’t a dessert particular to Ramazan Bayramı; it’s just that we don’t get to do many sweetie posts on this blog – …
Our favourite food market is the Fethiye Friday village market (Cuma Köy Pazarı). We write a lot about the local food markets in Turkey but we’ve never written about our favourite one – until today that is. Fethiye Friday Market Cuma Köy Pazarı means the Friday Village Market and that’s why we like to go …
A much-loved place in Fethiye, and the subject of today’s post, is Hello Büfe. Exploring new places is fun. Embracing change is great. We love a lot of the recent changes that have been made – and are being made – to Fethiye at the moment (okay, there’s a couple of dubious topiary placements in …
“Ahhh, summer. My favourite day of the year…” This was stolen from our friend’s status update on Facebook a few years ago and it made us titter. He lives in the UK! However, the semi-arrival of summer in the UK (we know it’s intermittent, at best), and a few people subsequently asking us about our …
The Olive Garden, Kabak; these days, there aren’t many people who have never heard of this place. At least amongst those who know the Fethiye area, that is. So much so that the name, ‘Olive Garden’ has actually become synonymous with Kabak, despite the fact that there are oodles of other places to eat and …
Whenever we have friends over to visit, we always like to try to take them somewhere in the area that they’ve never seen before – somewhere that sends them home with vivid memories of their time in Turkey. The friends who are here at the moment have been to Fethiye many times before, and so, …
Dazzling white sands, sea gently lapping on the shore, lush green forest as a backdrop. No, we’re not in the Maldives. We’re at Aksazlar Beach in Fethiye. A few years ago, whenever people came to Fethiye for a summer holiday, the general assumption used to be that if a day at the beach was in …
In today’s post, we’re going to tell you about Günışık Restaurant in Çalış. Yesterday’s Fethiye photo was in support of that endangered species of Turkish restaurant food otherwise known as ‘real chips.’ At the end of the post, we said we would tell you which establishment was responsible for serving the golden hunks of loveliness …
Chips (kızarmış patates – fried potatoes), although not often associated with Turkish cuisine, definitely make an appearance from time to time on the Turkish table. While a Turkish dish might not traditionally be served with a mountain of chips on the side, deep-fried vegetables, including those of the potato variety, often appear on the trays …
It’s 8:30 pm and bus drivers, driver’s mates, crew, desk staff, travellers and those who have come to wave off the travellers are milling around the various buses, lined up in Fethiye otogar. Most buses to Istanbul set off at 9 pm so tickets are being checked, bags are being loaded, cigarettes are being smoked. …