Happy happy! We’ve been to Fethiye Otogar (the bus station) today and booked our bus to Istanbul. Absolute bargain as well. We decided to choose Metro just because we’ve used them in the past and we like them and it’s only cost us 45 lira each (NB: this was in 2010). We paid more than …
Shopping in Fethiye – and other areas of the country for that matter – sometimes conjures up images of haggling the price down in an attempt to get the best deal on fake designer goods such as leather bags and sportswear. Yes, that’s an option for those of you looking for that type of souvenir …
Question: When is tabbouleh not tabbouleh? Answer: When it is a Turkish bulgur salad 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 – …
Turkish soups – çorbalar: Certainly one of the bastions of traditional Turkish cuisine. From famous classics to regional favourites, Turkish soups are enjoyed all over the country and throughout the Middle East. Turkish Soups For Any Time Of Day From the very first time we holidayed in Fethiye, soup was a feature. Whilst we wilted …
A country famous for its dried fruits and nuts. Homemade muesli with rolled oats and the aforementioned is a perfect, wholesome breakfast! Whenever we’re shopping at Fethiye market or at the Sunday market in Çalış, we’re usually shopping for good, fresh produce – whatever appeals to us on the day – as well as the …
We love this photo. I took it when we walked along the (old) first part of the Lycian Way last March. People who’ve done the paragliding from the top of Babadağ in Ölüdeniz will have seen higher views than this. But as you’re never gonna catch me with a parachute strapped to me (or a …
We’d decided not to write about food for a while. But then I remembered last night that I took a photo of some purple carrots at Çalış market last week. I was playing around on the internet last night. And, for once, I remembered about the purple carrots and googled them before I wrote about …
Strictly speaking, ceviz (walnuts) are not seasonal food in Turkey because you can buy them throughout the year but there are more of them about at this time of year. Maybe they’re in season in Turkey at the moment and then they come from abroad at other times of the year? We’re not sure. I …
Cafe Pazar is just down the main road from Çalış market. They
specialise in very cold drinks, great for thirst quenching in the mad summer
heat.
A story of how we came to love the famous Turkish white bean salad, piyaz. But this is not just the regular white bean salad you see all over Turkey. We have an obsession with a special regional version, you see. This is the story of the discovery of Antalya Usulü Piyaz (Antalya-Style White Bean …