Turkish Cuisine - All Comments

re: Turkey's answer to 'fast food'

Jolie Lives — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:54:28 GMT

Question? What is the yogurt dish (the water is drained from the yogurt the night before so it's thick) and it has little pieces of cucumber and some garlic in it. It's usually eaten with pita bread. What is it called please?

re: Couple of Points to Note when Eating Out

Jolie Lives — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:50:43 GMT

I ate my first shark on a beach restaurant where the tables were on the sand. It was a perfect night with a mild breeze coming in off the ocean while the sun was setting in the west. The sky was pink, lavender & gray blue with a full moon rising up from the east.

The shark was quite good. But it worried me a bit because I wondered if I was eating shark on the beach, was it my karma for a shark to eat me in it's ocean?

In 1979 there were quite a few inexpensive places to stay right on the beach. The night life was perfect, no flashy discos & loud music. It was just people, of all ages, from all over the world, hanging out having drinks & mostly speaking different variations of English.

The place I stayed had little bungalows that were quite private. The WC'S and douches (That's toilets & showers for you people with no Passports) were shared but everyone respected each other's privacy. It was lovely then.

re: Turkish Cuisine has Rich Selection of Food

Jolie Lives — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:23:15 GMT

I went to Istanbul around 1979 with a German friend. We were in Marmaris waiting for the morning ferry to Greece (Sorry). While we were eating diner and a large table of men sent over a bottle of wine. I'm American, but the gentlemen thought I was Danish or German. When I walked over to their table to thank them in Turkish (I can't spell it but, Teshekuadearum), they asked me where I was from. I told them & then than my friend spoke & they knew from his accent he was German. They said they wanted to welcome us to their country, especially my friend Kai as some of the German's were treating their Turkish visitors horridly.

The oldest man took us to a casino that floated on the water in a bay. We first walked to his sailboat which he said it had taken 2 men, 2 years to build in Bodrum. The boat was magnificent. The men who worked for him prepared melons, yogurt with cucumber & garlic & pita bread (which I loved), cheese & other fruts & offered us anything we wanted to drink. They then settled down to play serious backgammon. After about an hour, the man who owned the boat took us into the casino & gave us each a huge bowl of chips to gamble with. I was taught that even if you don't want or like something, it is rude to refuse hospitality. So, I gambled & won money which I returned to my host. He was surprised, but he smiled & accepted my bowl of metallic chips from me.

At this point, he offered both my friend & i a lovely sail on his boat the next day. Unfortunately, the ferry company had taken our passports for our ride at 7AM (About 3 hours from this time). Additionally, it had taken us at least an hour to travel the mountainous cliff side roads to get to this beautiful place. So with great regret, I asked our host to take us back to Marmaris so I could get at least a 1/2 hour of sleep.

Just as I fell asleep, it was time to get up, shower & head to Rhodis. We'd spent 3 weeks in Turkey & the mountains leading up from the rocky ocean shore, the wild sage around every bend, the old women weaving their carpets on their outdoor looms, who allowed me to weave with them. The goats running on & off the 3 meter high solid rock walls on either side of the dirt road into a town I never learned the name of. The pomegranate trees, Turkish tobacco and the student boarding houses in Istanbul, by the University, so much more that I will never forget. Ayah Sophia, Topkape, The Blue Mosque & the men selling fried fish on boats on the Isthmus, where ship's wakes made the boats rock so violently, I thought the hot oil was going to fly out of the pans & it never did. Their fish was great too.

You have a magnificent, diverse & beautiful country filled with extraordinary people. Thank you.

re: Turkish Restaurants

SELCUK — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:31:51 GMT

AYDER RESTAURANT PHONE NUMBER IS WRONG!

THE CORRECT PHONE NUMBER: 718-448-6835

re: Turkish Restaurants

Hanzade Basaran — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:36:02 GMT

I am the founder of TURKISH AMERICAN CHAMBER OF RESTAURANTEURS and I was wondering where did you get this list of turkish restaurants in USA on your site?

Thank you for your time in advance.

Hanzade Basaran

LALEZAR TURKISH RESTAURANT

720 BLOOMFIELD AVE

MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042

www.lalezarcuisine.com

973-233-1984