Turkey

This post is a continuation of the celebration of the lactarius
deliciosus…the saffron milk cap mushroom…the çintar mushroom.

This is another new and mysterious Turkish seasonal food that has just hit our radar. Anyone ever seen it before? When we went to our friends’ house on Christmas Day to eat aşure, this was handed over to take with us. Neither of us had ever seen it before nor had a clue what it …

The first time we came across aşure was Christmas Day a few years ago. We were doing the rounds, bearing gifts and a few stops had been planned. Then we would return home for Christmas dinner. The visits to Turkish friends were supposed to be a quick, ‘Hello, Merry Christmas and here’s your Christmas gift. …

Turkish rice (şehriyeli pilav) – definitely one of the most famous dishes in Turkey! If you’re familiar with Turkish food, you’ll know that rice features quite heavily in the eating process. A lot of Turkish recipes end with, ‘serve with rice’. If you go to a lokanta (a type of Turkish restaurant), whichever dish you …

Arriving by ferry to the Dodecanese Greek island of Meis (or Kastellorizo as it’s known outside of Turkey) – just fills you with that complete happy satisfaction that not all in the world is racing along and over-developed. For the traveller craving tranquility, idylls are still very much in existence. And Meis (aka Meğisti) ticks …

Tost: You can’t come to Turkey – at least the west of Turkey – and leave without sampling tost. Tost is a big, tasty toastie and the Turks do a mighty fine tost! It’s not two tiny slices of bread with a delicate filling and a dainty side salad (unless you’re in an eatery trying …

I know there are horrendous storms that affect certain parts of the world on a regular basis and last night’s storm in Fethiye would probably look like a mere gust of wind in comparison to those, but for this area of the Southwest Turkish coast, the storm was pretty significant. Thunder, lightening, high winds and …

The photo you can see below is minced meat encased in a minced meat and bulgur wheat shell. In Turkey, this delightful little torpedo of tastiness is called İçli Köfte. If you’re familiar with Middle Eastern cuisine, you could well be looking at it and thinking it’s Kibbeh. Whichever name you choose to assign to …

If you’re familiar with the Fethiye region, you’ll no doubt have heard of Fethiye, Çalış Beach, Ovacık, Hisarönü and Ölüdeniz. However, there is one area that we have (until now) neglected to mention. That’s because, for some reason or other, we haven’t walked down to that area in a long time. After yesterday’s cloudy downpours, …

A couple of days ago, we went to Fethiye market to buy some yufka (filo pastry) so we could make kol böreği – a filo spiral. Over the years, we’ve developed a love of cooking and have stopped buying many of the ready prepared goodies that we used to buy from the shelves and deli …