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, …
Tuesday; Fethiye market day and one of our favourite pastimes. How can food shopping ever be a chore when you’ve got a weekly carnival of seemingly endless rows of market stalls? All packed with the current produce of the season intermingled with the regular staples? The colours, the aromas – citrus in winter, the sweet …
Picture the scene. You’re lazing on a sun lounger along Belcekiz Beach in Ölüdeniz. It’s the height of summer with temperatures heading towards 100 degrees and the sun’s intense heat reflects off the pebbles on the beach. Perspiration and spray from the crashing waves leaves your lips dry and salty. There’s only one thing for …
The Çalış water taxi is an institution and its running signals the start of the summer season each year. We make every effort not to take too much for granted living in Fethiye – but sometimes, much as we try not to, we overlook things of beauty that are right under our noses. Daily life …
Have you ever been somewhere where you have felt like the only people on the planet? Somewhere where you’ve almost felt like an intruder, disturbing all that is natural life? Somewhere that feels like paradise? I’m not exaggerating when I say we were in that somewhere yesterday. We picked some friends up from Dalaman airport …
The Turkish yoghurt drink, ayran, has caused much confusion – dare we even say distress – over the years. By that, we mean confusion for the foreign visitor; especially British holidaymakers looking to buy ingredients for their essential morning cup of tea! Here’s a little tale to explain what we mean… Ayran – Drinking Yoghurt, …
In fond memory of Durmuş amca who passed away in March 2022. RIP. ‘EL-WAJ-EE, EL-WAJ-EE.’ Stick around in any of the Fethiye bars and cafes for only a short amount of time and eventually, you will hear a male voice shouting something resembling that sound. This guy is a Fethiye institution; trundling up and down …
Today is a Turkish National Holiday: Commemoration of Atatürk and National Youth & Sport Day or Atatürk’ü Anma ve Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı. The people of Turkey are no strangers to a national holiday and proud display of the Turkish flag (Türk Bayrağı) and today is no different. What Is ‘Commemoration Of Atatürk And Youth …
There are many reasons why we never get bored of being in Turkey and one of them is, you can’t get bored of being in Turkey. Towns and cities are constantly growing and changing at a rapid rate; new apartments, improved public services…new harbour. Obviously, when change on such a grand scale is announced, it …
A few days ago, we were chatting to a family at Cafe Pazar and we asked them where they were staying while on holiday. ‘Oh, we have a villa in a secret valley.’ Well, that was what we thought they said – and it made me curious… ‘Can you tell us where your secret valley …