Haute Savoie: hike at Roselette Lake, Gorges de la Diosaz and lunch at La Table d’Hôtes Savoie
French Alpes is a very rich region with endless corners to visit. Each of these corners hide a treasure waiting for us to discover. We decided to benefit from the region considering we are not travelling anywhere because of the pandemie, so we took of to our favorite camping in St Gervais-les-Bains called Nature and Lodge Camping Les Dômes de Miage. It's a quiet camping in a vallet with large plots, lots of stars and a bit of wind.
Tips for campers:
Bring your soap, electric adapter and ...
Haute Savoie: Roselette Gölü, Gorges de la Diosaz turu ve La Table d’Hôtes Savoie’da yemek
Fransız Alpleri o kadar zengin bir bölge ki, gezmekle bitmiyor. Her köşede keşfedilmeyi bekleyen bir hazine var. Salgın dönemi tatilimizi evden uzaklaşmadan geçirmeye karar verdiğimizden, 4 günlüğüne her sene birkaç gün gittiğimiz St Gervais-les-Bains'daki Nature and Lodge Camping Les Dômes de Miage'a gittik. Kamp yeri sessiz sakin, geniş kamp alanlı, bol yıldızlı, biraz da rüzgarlı bir yer.
Kamp yapmak isteyenler için pratik bilgiler:
Sabununuzu, elektrik ...
Acıkara, bir Antalya üzümü
Beni tanıyanlar memleketimi ne kadar sevdiğimi çok iyi bilirler. Antalya’ya “varoşların tatil yeri” dediği için misafirin önünden yemek tabağı almışlığım vardır. Tabii işin şakası bir yana ama “şüphesiz ki Antalya dünyanın en güzel yeridir”, siz Atamın söylediğine inansanız da, inanmasanız da…
Elmalı Antalya’nın ilçelerinden. Adı üstünde elması falan var ama Elmalı denince benim aklıma hep Pekmez Şenliği’nden sahneler gelir. Yalnızca ...
Acikara, an Antalya grape
Those of you who knows me know how much I love Antlaya. I even took the table away from a guest because he called Antalya the vacation place of the commoners. Jokes aside, "Antalya is the greatest place on earth", regardless whether you believe Atatürk or not...
Elmalı is one of the districts of Antalya. As the name suggests, it is famous for apples but I remember it for the grape molasses festival. I had the chance to go to this festival when I was little but I always thought that it ...
Kadinbudu Kofte Recipe
This is a classical Ottoman/Turkish dish. When you are hungry walking the famous Istiklal Street, you find yourself a small local restaurant usually serving the artisans working around, and among them you will find, for sure, Kadınbudu Köfte.
They say the custom is using plain rice from the day before for making this. I'm ok with that! Good that it does not go to waste!
Look how beautiful the Kadinbudu Kofte looks!
The name translates to, literally, woman's thigh. I couldn't find ...
Kadınbudu Köfte
İstiklal'de yürüyorsun. Karnın aç, giriyorsun bir esnaf lokantasına. Neye hayır diyemezsin?
Kadınbudu köfteye...
Dünden kalan pilav da olsa, içindeki pirincin yanında püre yiyor da olsan, esnaf lokantalarında vazgeçemediğim 3-5 yemekten biridir kadınbudu köfte.
Tarifi aşağı yukarı hep aynı. Yapması kolay ve çabuk. Şans verin!
Şu kadınbudu köftenin içinin güzelliğine bakar mısınız!
Bu arada, tarihine baktım ama pek bir şey bulamadım. Bir ...
Turkish Cuisine 101: Aşure
Let's start with the pronounciation: It's like ah-shoe-reh. The name in Turkish comes from food aş, but I read it may originate from the word 10th in Arabic, because it is traditionally made on the 10th day of Muharrem (a month in Islamic calendar).
In Turkey Aşure (Noah's pudding) is a very traditional dessert. Interestingly it's one of the few vegan Turkish desserts.
The dessert is a tribute to Noah's ark and the great flood. The story says that after the great flood when Noah's ...
Indian Cuisine: Masala Biryani Rice
Ready? I have a good one!
A few months back, Alp was taking care of the organisation of a two week hearing in a luxury hotel. One day they had a bad experience, when they were working at i-don't-know-how-long-into-the-night, they were miserable with no water, no coffee and lots of dirty dishes. So he sent a nice (!) mail to the responsible person. The next day the responsible person came to apologize and afterwards they always had someone to take care of them. But the apology apparently ...
