Vegetables

[lissa]

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.

[LindseyMitchell]

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.

[Highlander]

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”.  

[Anne]

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

[LindseyMitchell]

Well, they certainly served chips last year.  One of our large party asked the waiter for some, and they were duly served.

[lissa]

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.

[marina]

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!

[scorcher]

Vegetable tip not only for Turkey.When preparing a kale and quinoa salad simply drizzle some extra virgin olive oil over it. Shouldn't spoil the overall taste but makes it so much easier to scrape it into the bin.You are most welcome...

[Anne]

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 😍

[Scunner]

I think a meal without meat isn't a meal

But

If I had to give up meat, I'd move back to Turkey - their skill with meals made from vegetables are sensational