Comments on: Konyali Restaurant, Istanbul

By: Marc and Anita

Marc and Anita — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:32:12 +0000

We just arrived home from Greece Istanbul. Our terrific tour guide, Aylin Kanat, took us to the Konyali and we had an excellent meal, besides one outstanding view. We had an assortment of kabob, lamb, chicken, rice, vegetables, and mashed potatoes. For dessert, we had delicious vanilla pudding. We also had very good vanilla pudding at the Doce restaurant, at the entrance to the Grand Bazaar. Go to our blogspot at: http://www.marcanita.blogspot.com and check it out.

By: caryn

caryn — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:46:23 +0000

gosh MM, i miss Istanbul, the food was amazing. although I didn’t dine anywhere as pricey as this, our student guides showed us the best places for cheap chow ;-)

hm, one of my profs had an alfresco lunch somewhere near topkapi and his stuff got stolen. sad.

By: dragon

dragon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:44:23 +0000

Sorry to be off topic again, here’s another site to help with the confusion of meat cuts:

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/meatcharts.html

By: dragon

dragon — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:28:01 +0000

Hi MM & Family–I have a lot of catch up reading to do. I’ve already reached the April archives..almost there. You’ll obviously have fun in Turkey & I look forward to reading all about it. Still getting to know the best places to shop (provedores) in Melbourne & understanding the nuances of Aussie language & colloquialism, being more at home with formal American & British English.

In the meantime, I came across this site which might help a lot of our compatriots abroad:

http://www.globalpinoy.com/recipes/recipe_article.php?articleid=1

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:53:26 +0000

MMMMMM, Turkish Meat Pie (MINA in Turkish). MM, please experiment with a Filipino version containing adobo as the filling and instead of sesame seeds sprinkled on top, I’d like to see fried minced garlic, adobo flakes, or a combination!!!!

I think the reason that a lot of Turkish restaurant food require a bit more preparation is that these are dishes originating during the Ottoman Empire, which had a great culinary tradition. When I was in Istanbul, I was taken to the Asitane Restaurant which specializes in Imperial Ottoman cuisine. It had completely escaped my mind to mention this establishment to you when you were soliciting suggestions about your trip to Turkey. BTW, here is their website:

http://www.asitanerestaurant.com/English/index.php

We were the only non-Turkish speaking table that night, so it’s not as touristy as KonyalÄ±, although the view at KonyalÄ± on a clear & sunny day is definitely impressive.

Afiyet olsun!