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

I liked it but I was veeery drunk. Of the stuff that comes on the plate, though, the brain is the hardest to eat. But after, after Hanibal, it's cool too.

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

For best food in Turkey you have to get out of Istanbul. For good fresh fish cooked in a simple fashion you have to go to either Izmir, or Ayvalik.
for the best in meat you have to go to Gaziantep. If you go to urfa you have to try Bostan salata and real urfa coffee. If you end up on the black sea then its corn bread with hot mealted kaşer peynir. If you end up in the north east, then Erzurum kadeif dolma is the best sweet in turkey.

The great thing about food in this place is that you really do have a wide range of choice.

Could use a few more curry shops and chippies Wink

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

For best food in Turkey you have to get out of Istanbul. For good fresh fish cooked in a simple fashion you have to go to either Izmir, or Ayvalik.
for the best in meat you have to go to Gaziantep. If you go to urfa you have to try Bostan salata and real urfa coffee. If you end up on the black sea then its corn bread with hot mealted kaşer peynir. If you end up in the north east, then Erzurum kadeif dolma is the best sweet in turkey.

The great thing about food in this place is that you really do have a wide range of choice.

Could use a few more curry shops and chippies Wink

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

Calsimsek, you're killing me....

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

He does have a point though. Is chips with curry sauce a British invention?

ImanH · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul

I guess today wasn't the best time to be starting a diet Confused

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

it's taken me a while but I have a gripe about Turkish foods. Salads. Olive oil and lemon isn't really a great dressing, is it? I prefer a nice full fat thousand island dressing- not always available. Twisted Evil

(revenge for the stalking)

ImanH · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul

dribble

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Don't be sad ImanH. Rather than dribble, just drizzle. Can't do that much harm.

ImanH · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul

It's just not bloody fair that's all - first you have to go through the hell of giving up cigs, then you have to go through the hell of losing all the weight you pile on, not to mention the humiliation of trying to find clothes to buy that fit, which in any case were impossible to find Evil or Very Mad

Actually, sorry this is supposed to be a happy thread - so carry on.
At least I can enjoy your enjoyment. Smile

howmucharefags · Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 299 Location: Eskisehir

All the sakatat dishes are fabulous. I brought a MacSween's haggis back from Scotland and my Turkish companions thought it was the best yaban�i yemek they had ever tasted. Guaranteed smiles all round. I made sure that they were drunk on good whisky, though. Maybe that had something to do with it.......

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

ImanH · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

ImanH · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul

There's a drug that they've developed which is supposed to work on the psychological aspect of addiction leaving you with more will-power to cope with the physical side (or something) and is supposed to have a pretty high success rate.
They wouldn't prescribe it in the UK unless they could monitor you as it's got pretty nasty side effects but you can buy it over the counter here. It's called Zyban (I think - I'll check and let you know if that's not right).
Seriously though dmb, it really messed with my head. Having said that the effects differ between people, and I am a bit of a nutcase anyway Laughing

I would get some medical advice first though.