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London has its ways, and when it comes to displays, I think Fortnum & Mason says it all… Tweet
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St. John Restaurant – London
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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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Monmouth Coffee – London
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.
Abdo Döner – Antakya
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
Kaburgacı Selim Amca – Diyarbakır
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
Cafe Einstein – Berlin
On your way to the spectacular museums of Berlin, stop by Einstein Cafe for Hausgemachter Apfelstrudel mit Vanillesauce, homemade applestrudel with vanilla sauce. Coffee is good too!
Best served with its thin créme anglaise – custard- like vanilla sauce, and literally the big slice of apfelstrudel is resting in it. So you have the spoon!
My first bite took me to the my high school years where my mom used to bake my apple pies. Big bite size apples balanced with a little sugar, touch of cinnamon, touch of allspice, some walnuts, rolled in thicker a layer of hand stretched dough.
Spoon the sauce, a bite of strudel, you will realize it is over faster then you think. And you finished it all!
Address: Unter den Linden 42 D, 10117, Berlin, Germany
Phone: (30) 204 3632
Service Hours: Open everyday 07.00 am – 10.00 pm.
Curry 36 – Berlin
Order two. When you see the queue in front you will agree with me. Simple, delicious, tasty food. The wurst, pork sausage comes with or without skin, I had both and loved the one with skin better.
The currywurst is moist, scrumptious, sprinkled with curry and topped with a thick tomato sauce. The fries are so very crunchy, you love them at first bite! They will ask you mayo or ketchup, chose both. Believe me if a non-mayo-lover eats it with an appetite, so can you. It is good!
The potato salad is with a lot of salad mayonnaise, which is quite creamy, luscious, a little sweet, a little vinegary, quite the right texture you want in a salad added with a little amount of chives to chew on.
You do not have to be hungry, drunk, grumpy, happy or anything to get there. Just get there. Get in the queue, to the right one, it is much faster then the left. While waiting make up your mind, do not make the others suffer from your indecisiveness. Order them all, don’t forget the beer!
Address: Mehringdamm 36, 10961 Berlin
Service Hours: Open everyday, Mon-Fri 9.00 am- 4am, Sat 10.00am-04.00am, Sun 11.00am -03.00am
Chow Food Bar – San Francisco
Hop on the F cable car! We are going for breakfast.
To Chow at Church. A place to eat delicious, fresh, healthy food coming from the local farmers and producers.
You will thank me later!
Very polite and nice people greet you, immediately seated where you want.
Ordered coffee. Menu is eggs, pancakes, oatmeal, coffee, tea, fresh juices… hard to choose. But we had our eyes on the chicken apple sausage as side, a bacon scrambled eggs with mushrooms, spinach and a vegetable scramble with goat cheese, some OJ, we are good to go. Nice fresh filter coffee.
Our food arrived just as we started our second cup of coffee. Looking delicious, eggs taste great, yes the real egg taste -not he phony supermarket eggs- cooked just as I like, not dry, a little runny. Rye bread is lightly toasted, thin, you taste the grains and love it. Some brown mustard with the apple sausages. Done!
A morning treat, a great way to start a day.
A full tummy before you hit to Castro.
A sunny San Francisco morning.
Address: 215 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 552 2469
Service Hours: Open everyday. Sun-Thurs 8.00am-11.00pm, Fri-Sat 8.00-12.ooam
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