Get your shopping bags! Yalıkavak Pazarı

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It is that time of the year. When the sun softly touches your back, a lovely wind carrying all the earthly and flowery smells. It is time to hit the road, to Aegean Coast, where all the hills are covered … Continue reading

Tables on the streets of Şanlıurfa

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Şanlıurfa is a city that never sleeps, not for the partying though, for eating!  The liver stalls goes on 24-7. The famous ciğerciler -the liver grillers- yelling out or sitting in front of the mangal -the mini bbq-, chatting with their … Continue reading

Meat and more meat at Çankaya Lokantası

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Ankara, my hometown makes me wonder around the tastes I am familiar with. One being döner, I can easily say that I had the best döner sandwiches topped with onions and parsley through my school years. Have to mention the … Continue reading

Hometown! Take one, Flamingo Pastanesi…

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I was born and raised in Ankara… Walking down Tunalı Hilmi today, brought back many memories. All is good, but seeing most of the establishments closing their doors, selling their business makes me sad. Ankara being a patisserie town, had a … Continue reading

Food Photo – Artvin Döneri

This is what we had for breakfast, back in Artvin. They like their döner to have thicker layers then in Istanbul, Ankara and elsewhere I know. The meat has a unique taste, because of all the delicious wild herbs and grass the herd feeds on…

One of the best döner I ever tasted!

    Food Photo – Nohut Dürüm

    All you need is in a single bite; comforting taste of the bread -tırnaklı ekmek-  just baked at a local wood-burning oven, the velvety texture of the chickpeas, the crunchiness of onion, the hot Urfa pepper flakes and the fresh taste of parsley.

    A bite of perfection…

      Fauna at Bozcaada!

      Sorry to say Fauna at Bozcaada is now closed! We will be waiting for Ibrahim Tuna and his magical pasta, till the next opening! Fingers crossed!

      Our long missed Fauna, the pasta temple, opened its door to its devoted customers at Bozcaada, where it will be serving during summer said İbrahim Tuna.

      You may read about Fauna, here.

       

      The new coordinates are:

      Address: Kaikias Otel, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Kaleearkası mevkii, Bozcaada.

      Phone: (0286) 697 8857

       

      Bon appétit!