Authentic Turkish Food

[june]

I totally agree with All your comments 'H' and yours as well Keith....Oasis in the middle of Fethiye is an extremely good description...the fact as you say of its location and it is quite hidden and difficult to find  'the first time anyway' as it looks as though you should not be walking through there...once been you are smitten though and hardly unlikely to forget where it is

[Jacqui Harvey]

Totally Agree Keith, The Mozaik is a hard place to find and it is not in the best location, but people seek it out because it has such a good reputation.  

I cannot see why people would think it impossible for a good Turkish Restaurant to open in Calis and be successful and no, I don't want the Mosaik to move, but think about it, we all travel to use it.  We, personally, always make a point of going into Fethiye to eat there and we always recommend it and take friends and family there.  My daughter was over in June and absolutely loved the place, she is a vegetarian, my  Son in law and Granddaughter meat eaters and yet they all enjoyed the food.  My daughter said it was the best place she had eaten and their favourite she could not understand why Calis didn;t have places like this, incidentally Bella Mamas was always her favourite when she visited in the past.
John, you are totally missing my point. I am not criticising anyones choice of restaurants in Calis, obviously, without some really Authentic Turkish places this narrows the choice of favourite places, so we pick what we can from what is available.  How different it would be if we did have some places like the Bahce in Calis, then we would see how many people thought Steak at an Italian would be the best meal they had eaten and there is no disrespect to anyones chosen food implied.  I like and eat in lots of restaurants in Calis but would love to have the chance for a greater diversty of food instead of the usual that most of the restaurants serve.

[marina]

quote:Originally posted by tamd

Where is Jimmy's soup kitchen please.

Teresa - Think these directions will get you there (hopefully anyway).
From the prom go over the bridge and straight up the main strip to the traffic lights.  Go straight through the lights and it's on the right hand side just a little bit further up the road.  Small place but it does have a sign up.

[PKHUGHES100]

Withhout doubt, Moziac Bahce, it is also a great adventure finding the place, just write down the name and show it to anyone in Fethyie, you will be amazed how spot on the directions can be.

Kevin

[ovacik2]

To Fiona. Fionab 1961.

To start my suggestion would be the Bogazici on the sea front in Fethiye good location good Turkish food and the Turkish food is not too expensive, just check the drinks prices though. We love the selection of meze they will bring for you to choose,and check out the hot meze list too. Sometimes the meze can be enough in its self. If not choose a couple or more mains, fish, always check the price if you have one by weight, meat or chicken kebab, guvec or the like, depending how many are eating,sharing is good no need to have a dish each. Raki tastes really good with that kind of meal. You did say Turkish!! Agree with calvin1961 for the Pasa, recommend the Iskender kebab, also agree with Diverbaz1 for the Mosaic Bache for a taste of Easten Turkey. Plus the Lokanta's especially the ones busy with Turkish people. We found this site very informative.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_cuisine. better still eat out with a Turk.

[suehugh]

Turkish food does feature on most menus on the calis front.Cooked by Turkish chefs. Must be authentic ? The only bad meals we had were in an Italian and steak & chips outside Calis    
We ate turkish breakfast, Toasted walnuts with yoghurt,kofte, menemen,aubergines,pan fries, stews, fasulia,borek, stuffed vine leaves, grilled bream, stuffed mussels, fried prawns,pide, kebabs and apple turnovers from the beach man,and lots of other stuff.
All these dishes are to be found in my Turkish cook books.
If you dont want token rice,chips or salad, you just have to let them know.
We did try for authentic italian one night-spag bolog. But the sauce was too turkish and the pasta overcooked.This was an "Italian restaurant"
We also tried peppered steak and chips in Uzumlu but were disappointed.

[Scunner]

Why do you think that food cooked by Turkish chefs must be authentic Turkish food - it's a ridiculous opinion!!!

[suehugh]

I said turkish food, cooked by turkish chefs. What is not authentic or indeed ridiculous about that.
hugh

[Scunner]

Well if you think Calis seafront is the place for "authentic" Turkish food (as it is cooked by Turkish chefs so must be), good for you! Just because the nationality of the person cooking something is correct it hardly follows that what they cook is authentic!!!

[Highlander]

Jacqui - we will have to agree to disagree. Perhaps we will have the opportunity to discuss this further in either Mozaik or Bella Mamas.

(PS I am right of course  )