Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: JohnF on August 09, 2018, 08:03:07 AM
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Ok, maybe not right now, it's a bit early!
I haven't been to Istanbul for ages and one thing I really miss is the food, cheap street food especially. The Spanish (in my neck of the woods) don't really do "street food" as such, they have a much more relaxed culture and the concept of grabbing something to eat on the go is pretty alien. Kebab shops and cheap pizza joints here all have tables and it's unusual to see anyone eating in the street. That said, their kebabs are disgusting and out of seven or eight pizza places we've only found one worth using.
The larger cities are a bit different, but it's not easy to travel an hour up the road to Sevilla when you fancy a döner dürüm or pide at one o'clock in the morning!
(https://preview.ibb.co/dGth5p/icli.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bCQJd9)
Feast your eyes and enjoy...
More on HDN (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/photo-top-29-must-try-turkish-street-foods-135578)
JF
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I really, really miss Kokorec ! I'll be heading straight to a kokoreci when I get out there in September.
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John, this dish looks so appetising. Is it available in Calis/Fethiye? I'll be back in Calis in September for a couple of weeks and I would like to try it. :)
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It's called içli köfte and yes, it is available in Fethiye. Best I can remember is Paşa Kebab.
JF
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Definitely worth an evening out at Pasa Kebab !
You can also get these on the deli counter at supermarkets, and a slightly lower quality version in the freezer section.
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Icli kofte are available on the deli counter in the big Migros & pretty good they are too
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John
Swop you a crate of icli kofte for a crate of pork products ;D
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Think they do it at the Kebab place/soup kitchen at the dolphinless roundabout.
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John
Swop you a crate of icli kofte for a crate of pork products ;D
Ahhh Liz, you're such a temptress :) you couldn't put a couple of trays of borek in there as well could you?
JF
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John - we have now bought - 6 months ago - in a small and very pretty town called Pinoso ( 50 km inland from Alicante). Everything about the town is lovely but the lack of “fast food on the go” is the same.
We have some lovely restaurants that do homemade Pizzas but only 2 Pizza take aways and one kebab shop - and they only open Thurs / Fri and Sat evenings 😀 We do have a Michelin star rated restaurant- rated for its paella with snails - at €30 a plate - so I will be giving that a miss 😀.
You are so right about the “relaxed culture” - it takes a bit of getting used to!
On the plus side - the Menu del Dia at our local (150 yds away) is €9.50 for 3 courses inc a drink and a coffee and it is good food, well presented and the place has a real buzz every afternoon.
We are driving over to Spain again and have booked a week in Portugal in the middle of our 6 week trip - so we are staying a couple of nights in Osuna (supposedly where some of Game of Thrones was filmed) en route to Lagos so we will give you a wave as we pass you 👍
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On the plus side - the Menu del Dia at our local (150 yds away) is €9.50 for 3 courses inc a drink and a coffee and it is good food, well presented and the place has a real buzz every afternoon.
We're the same; less than a minute away we've got a small plaza with two bars which offer the same deal, little bit cheaper but not by much. Today has been one of the coolest for weeks, not much over 32c, so I'll be wandering round there in about 30mins for a couple of cold Estrellas and a big plate of chocos fritos :)
I've taken some lamb mince out of the freezer so its kofte for us later. Now where is that coughed on, spat on germ ridden kofte spice mix from Fethiye market...? (thats for you Nichola :) ) Only joking though, always mix my own fresh, so to speak.
We are driving over to Spain again and have booked a week in Portugal in the middle of our 6 week trip - so we are staying a couple of nights in Osuna (supposedly where some of Game of Thrones was filmed) en route to Lagos so we will give you a wave as we pass you
It certainly was filmed there Ian, in the bull ring. If you do a google video search you can see the CGI process they used to add the height to the arena. I haven't been up there but my Spanish teacher has and she thought it was fantastic (the exhibition that is). She is a bit nuts about GoT though.
https://www.gq.com/story/game-of-thrones-city-osuna-spain (https://www.gq.com/story/game-of-thrones-city-osuna-spain)
JF