Hi Linda,
I'm sorry, but I don't know how to quote on this forum, so I've copied and pasted your last post......
Helpful Linda
Turkey
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Posted - 22 September 2009 : 09:12:47
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That is rather a sweeping statemwnt to make Strawberry!!!! I take you you've eaten out in all the restaurants in Hisaronu, of which their are many !!!
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Yes Linda, it probably is a sweeping statement to make, and in fact I have eaten in a couple of good restaurants in Hisaronu. Of course, I haven't eaten in each and every one, but I've seen most of the menus - and they're all the same. Same mezes, same T-bone steaks, same steak in pepper sauce.................all the same.
There's very little Turkish cuisine on the menus there. It caters for tourists - and everyone knows it. That isn't to say it's bad or wrong, but it ain't Turkish, and it's pot luck on wheteher or not you strike lucky and choose a better than average restaurant.
I've eaten in a few good ones - Oasis, Daphne's, Secret Garden, and a couple of others whose names escape me. But for every one good restaurant there's 20 very mediocre ones in my opinion.
I understand that the Turks cater for Brits tastes, and if that's what Brits want to eat on holiday all well and good! I enjoy a nice steak and pepper sauce occasionally, but I usually head down to Fethiye to eat real Turkish food.
The ironic thing is I get proper authentic Turkish food in Green Lanes, London than I do in Hisaronu. And it's better cooked too!
So which places would you recommend out there?