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tekirdag · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 505

Some folks want positive posts. It's a good idea and nothing is more positive, I think, than FOOD!

My k�y in Canada just has the WORST meals ever so I am in love with Turkish food(not my Turkish husband Wink

). It's drowned in oil but I DON'T GAIN WEIGHT!! Heaven!

At first I thought oily rice was nasty but now I lick my plate clean. My first bowl of ezo gelin soup-I'll never forget-was a religious experience. Mercimek soup is groovy and I make a mean pot, if I do say so myself.
Egg plant and minced meat- who knew?! Love the stuff! Yogurt on tomato sauce on meat on bread? Iskender is the ultimate!

Oh, me so hungry...

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

The way to anyone's stomach... I love iskender too, though I pass on the mercimek, as it does not agree with me. My favourites are the mezes, topik, haydari, those green sea vegetables, etc. Yum.

Favourite desserts? baklava, kadayif, seker pare. My friend's restauranton Nevizade Sok serves this wonderful fig dessert, dried figs that have been soaked and then cooked in carmelized suger, with carmelized sugar on top, and then a dab of kaymak on top of that. oh my god-- to die for.

I see ads for ayva ice cream. anyone tried it? i think it is such a useless fruit...

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

One of the best things about Turkey is the food. I guess living in abig city you don't notice the regional variations too much. But then you visit the smaller towns and villages and you can see the variety of Turkish cuisine. Am I alone in this strange habit. I go to bursa, I have Bursa kebab, Urfa I have the Urfa kebab, Adana- the Adana kebab, Ayvalik-the tost, you get the picture.
I can't begin what are my faves.
SO the things I don't like
liver
kokorec
Sheeps brain(Inc. soup)
koc yumartasi
Iskembe
I think thats it

I'm actually a really cheap date I just love the local lokantalar

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

DMB you fiend,
Kokırech is the mutt's nuts. As is beyin tavasi. But I agree with your regional point. I love the fact that good food is so darn cheap too.
I love Lahamcun
Yeşil Fasuliye
Pide
Mercimek Cobasi
Imam beyaldı
and just loads of other stufff, MEzi stuff you know.,

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

yaramaz · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:05 am Post subject:

I thought they were just sweaty from sitting in a steamy warming pan all day

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

--K�nefe, freshly warmed over the grill, with or without kaymak.
--Adana kebap
--�iğ k�fte
--Mangalbaşı restaurants, where you can have 4 kinds of meat in one sitting, especially the H�nkar k�fte and beyti at H�nkar (�alişlar Sok, Bah�elievler-- they also have fantastic mezes...)
--The Iskender at a Bursa İskender also on �alışlar, but there's like 3 of them. This one has an all green sign and a dark-stained wood lattice-y seating area outside. Best İskender I've ever had, including that in Bursa-- perfectly cooked and seasoned, the water from the yoghurt never runs into the pide (I hate when that happens! Stupid soggy pide...), pide perfectly toasted...
--İ�li k�fte in all its forms
--Homemade aşure is good for breakfast... or lunch... or whatever
--Kavurma, esp. my ma-in-law's...
--I agree ayva is useless
--The acılı kanat from Kanat�i Ağa or Revan (same owners) in beylikd�z� (I'm there every weekend even though the next morning the kanat is a little too uh... spicy. Great mezes
--Malatya/K�y peyniri
--Mandarin oranges (so cheap here!)

I should stop. I have food issues.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Yaramaz, if that is true it somehow works.
baba, I've only seen them around Taksim meydani and they are called wet burgers. not islak burgerleri but wet burgers.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

Are wet burgers the same as red burgers? Lovely, but only after midnight...

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I have to walk past about 8 places that sell them on the way home at the weekend. by the time i finish one I'm ready for another. They are quite small and go in about 4 bites.

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

I've eaten whatever you call it, the half a sheep's head on a plate many times while drunk and it was pretty good, especially the cheeks.

Dunno if I'm brave enough to try it sober. And as far as I'm concerned, işkembe and kellepa�a soups are revolting in any condition.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Have you actually eaten sheeps brain. It looks like cauliflower, boy, did the taste buds get a surprise.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411