Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Bar and Restaurant Questions and Discussions => Topic started by: LindseyMitchell on October 13, 2019, 20:49:11 PM
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Visiting markets in Fethiye and Calis, there are huge displays of fantastic veg.
However, eating in restaurants, which we did for five weeks this year, when you do get veg, you’re likely to get small sprigs of cauliflower and broccoli and a small chunk of carrot.
Does anyone know why this is?
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Because you only eat in restaurants that serve small sprigs of cauliflower and broccoli and a small chunk of carrot ?
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We ate in many different restaurants!
The only ones we went to twice were Motif and Meeting Point.
Where do you suggest I eat?
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Yes it seems most restaurants here dont do much veg, mostly chips and rice
unless you have Sunday lunch,
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Last thing I want on holiday is Sunday lunch!!
I saw a restaurant advertising said meal on Facebook the other day. There was meat, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, mashed potato and gravy, and guess what, tiny amounts of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots - no more than a tablespoonful of veg. When I do Sunday roast, I do at least four veg and make enough for two tablespoonfuls per person for each one.
Think we may go vegetarian next trip!
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Well ho to the the market they have loads there , take it home and cook it, Essy.
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Could it be that it is because that is what they think the Brits want?
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Davybill: we always use hotels, as I do self catering at home.
1Calis: sadly I think you may be right.
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Could it be that it is because that is what they think the Brits want?
I can remember about twenty five years ago in Turunc asking for plain boiled potato's "oh came the reply we thought the British only ate chips"
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Let's be clear here. The majority of Calis restaurants cater for Brits,either holiday or expats. If we want chips with everything then everyone will get chips on their plate. Either go to more traditional restaurants or speak to the management about the menu.
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Even in restaurants that Turkish people frequent, apart from lokantas, salad and rice are served as accompaniments, and perhaps grilled long green pepper. Simple fact is, Turkish people don't generally eat plain boiled vegetables, not in their cuisine. Vegetables are usually cooked with onion, garlic and tomatoes, sometimes with small pieces of meat, which is more like 'house' or lokanta food. Or fried as they do with cauliflower, and courgettes made into patties, known as mucver, and served as meze.
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As a regular visitor to Calis, I have a good idea what Turkish people eat, but in resort areas, they do tend to anglicise meals, hence chips, burgers, pizzas and Sunday lunches. Even restaurants like Babzen, who serve lovely Turkish kebabs, serve chips as well. Gunisik serve chips with nearly everything.
What I was asking initially, is why are they so mean with veg, when it’s so cheap and plentiful. I’d love to eat veg the way Turkish people prepare it.
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The present Mrs H’s specific no chips request when ordering a meal in Babzen was met with the stony faced response “We don’t do chips”. :)
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As a regular visitor to Calis, I have a good idea what Turkish people eat, but in resort areas, they do tend to anglicise meals, hence chips, burgers, pizzas and Sunday lunches. Even restaurants like Babzen, who serve lovely Turkish kebabs, serve chips as well. Gunisik serve chips with nearly everything.
What I was asking initially, is why are they so mean with veg, when it’s so cheap and plentiful. I’d love to eat veg the way Turkish people prepare it.
We have never had chips in Babzen.
They're not on the menu as far as I have seen
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Well, they certainly served chips last year. One of our large party asked the waiter for some, and they were duly served.
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The point I was trying to make is that Turks do not eat plain boiled vegetables as an accompaniment to a meal. Vegetables are cooked in tomato etc sauce, sometimes with small pieces of meat, and eaten as the main meal. More vegetable than meat generally. You can eat this sort of food in a lokanta.
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Babzen Kebab do chips. I have one of their menus in front of me now in our apartment at Kayapark (our local! ;) )as they also do a takeaway service. They are not served as a rule with your meal but they will if you ask. We were down there a few nights ago and a party on the next table asked for s few portions and they were served.
They are under the starters on the menu.
Don't shoot the messenger!
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Babzen Kebab do chips. I have one of their menus in front of me now in our apartment at Kayapark (our local! ;) )as they also do a takeaway service. They are not served as a rule with your meal but they will if you ask. We were down there a few nights ago and a party on the next table asked for s few portions and they were served.
They are under the starters on the menu.
Don't shoot the messenger!
I stand corrected Marina but honestly have never noticed them on their menu.
Maybe because I'm too busy looking for my delicious, tasty Turkish cuisine 😍
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I think a meal without meat isn't a meal :o
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If I had to give up meat, I'd move back to Turkey - their skill with meals made from vegetables are sensational :)
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I agree, Scunner.
The first time we came to Calis, we went to the market in Fethiye. Examining something on a stall, I saw a family behind the stall having lunch. They invited me to join them, pulled up another oil drum for me, and gave me a bowl of green bean casserole, some lovely thick creamy yogurt, and fresh bread.
One of the best meals I’ve ever had in Turkey; I can still remember it now after fifteen years, that and the lovely, generous, hospitable family who gave it to me.
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Agreed Keith
I can happily eat veggie meals when we're visiting but automatically reach for the meat as soon as we're home
Green bean casserole is also one of my favourites Lyndsay and so easy to make too
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I think my favourite is either a cheese/tomato pide, the red chilli meze that I can never remember the name of, or the amazing mashy courgette dish you sometimes get on the boat trips. There was a time when even the thought of eating courgette was too much to bear.
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My number 2 son, a keen cook and kitchen destroyer, for reasons of conscience and health decided to attempt some veggie cooking.
After a few failed attempts with nuts etc (which even the birds rejected) he turned to the Jamie Oliver “meat free” recipes.
He reported that the cottage pie recipe (involving among other things celeriac, swedes, carrots and marmite) was quite a success and he would be trying it again – but maybe with a few tweeks.
Last night he told me he had cooked it again and it was even better this time as he had added a few extra ingredients.
“What did you add ? “ I asked.
“Some meat.” was his reply.
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the red chilli meze that I can never remember the name of,
Antep ezme ?
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I have a son, daughter and daughter in law, who are respectively vegan and vegetarian.
Over time, I’ve tried many vegan recipes for family get togethers, and found them all absolutely delicious; no fake meat, just veg, lentils, chickpeas, rice, nuts and pasta.