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Snowed in and working on my lectures, classes, getting bored, I caught myself going through London photos…. Spending most of my time in my favorite restaurants, The River Cafe photos took me back to last summer. River Cafe is one of … Continue reading
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Walking down Bermondsey Street, hands full after hitting Borough Market, we were desperatelly hungry and a little bit beaten, just a little. I read a lot about chef Jose Pizarro, been following him from Brindisa days, happy that he got his own … Continue reading
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London chic, in the middle of Soho, on the corner of Wardour street, Paul A. young shop offers you more than a sweet tooth. It is pure pleasure, sinful and you want more! Truffles made from real champagne, caramel and … Continue reading
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London has its ways, and when it comes to displays, I think Fortnum & Mason says it all… share my table, share your table Tweet
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After we were greeted, taken to our table, introduced with our menus, we were ready! We, can eat, and we did. We had 4 starters, 2 main course, 1 salad, a bottle of cider, a beer. You may not find it much but if you consider the animal fat we had, it was huge.
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One sentence is enough for Monmouth. My coffee temple!
Every time I am in London, it is my first stop, then I am ready to hit London!
I have a black drip coffee, sit on the small bench in the front, watch people walk by, entering the shop, getting out with the liquid black gold in their hands. Pure joy to start the day, or any event.
Needless to say, I buy my coffee beans from here, before leaving London as well. This year I had couple of pounds with me, now reading the labels on the packages, I end up with some 1858 Ethiopia-Yirgacheffe from Sidamo District -being my favorite-, some Tinganga Estate-Kenya from Kiambu district, some Cafe Familia Montano-Bolivia, some from Finca La Fany-El Salvador, Apaneca district, Finca Las Nubes-Guatemala, Batak Toba-Indonesia, Finca Las Nupes-Guatemala, Cafe Juana Mamani-Bolivia. Feels like a worldtour! Since this morning my KitchenAid mill started burring, kettle boiling…
As they say, ‘Monmouth Coffee is doing sustainable, fair and equal trade. ‘ I do not know any other just way to spend my money to.
Long live Monmouth Coffee!
Address: Monmouth has many branches around London. My favorite one is on Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden.
At Abdo,the dürüm’s taste is zingy, meaty, peppery and the lavaş is crunchy… It is different then any other you had, making you addicted.
The dürüm – wrap – is prepared different then the other cities. First the lavaş is dipped in to the oil in the tray, under the döner. Then heated by holding against döner’s fire. Then the lavaş is spreaded with hot pepper paste, heated again holding it against the döner’s fire, which during this process turns the peppery lavaş into a crunchy yummy one, then it is topped with zerzevat, consisting of onion and parsley rubbed with pepper flakes, layered on top the slices of döner and finished with a tomato sauce, rolled and wrapped and voila! Ready to be devoured!
It is not animal fat, it is vegetable oil that is rubbed the lavaş with, the reason is they use leaner meat than normal döner supposed to be, so a they use vegetable oil to spread on the lavaş. The meat half mincemeat, half cutlets of meat all veal, topped layer by layer the meat slices holding the mincemeat intact.
Antakyalılar, locals of Antakya, is obsessed about their döner, that is why!
Address: Hürriyet Cad. No:19, Antakya, Turkey
Phone: (326) 212 7546
Service hours: Open everyday from 11:00am till the second döner finishes around 10.00-11.00pm
Quiet streets. Lunch time. Barely. Early lunch, late breakfast hour lets say. Avery modest, very local spot.
It all started with the pomegranate sprinkled ezme, then came haşlama içliköfte. Piping hot, one bite to tuck in, the taste of the meat, the spices, pistachio and of course cracked wheat, bulgur. I was about to order another round when I saw the tray approaching us. Our kaburga dolma came to the rescue.
The rib cage of the small animals especially kid or lamb, are filled with a very delicious rice pilav, iç pilav, and the meat is sewed together, then steamed and finished in the oven till it falls off the bone, literally. Served with pilav rimmed around the kaburga, the first look is amazing!
Watching the skillful waiter while he prepares the kaburga for you, you can not hold your saliva. He starts by cutting and removing the stitches then boning it and leaving you with a heaping portion of delicious meat and pilav in the middle of the table. A sight for sore eyes!
The meat is succulent, the fat is melting in your mouth, the pilav has the right spices and you just want to eat more and be merry!
A once in a lifetime experience for some, a delicious stop for others.
Address: Ali Emiri Caddesi No: 22/B, Diyarbakır
Phone: (412) 224 4447
