Food and Farewell

Last but not least I would like to tell you a little bit about the great food that we had in wonderful Turkey.

We did not eat out a lot - we simply did not have the time. Our trips, the beach.... it all took too much time so we just could not afford to wander about Kemer or Antalya to try the beautiful food in all the restaurants there, even though we had very much wanted too. Most of the time we ate in one of the restaurants at the hotel - and what great meals we had! I really have to emphasize: Whatever we had - also the last zillion times we were in this country - it was of perfect quality, the freshest fruit and veggies possible, with lots of tasty spices and excellent ingredients. The Turkish take food very seriously - as one should - and they insist on freshness and good taste. And e.g. a Kebap, which is the typical Turkish to-go food in Europe, here is eaten on a plate, sitting down. When we told people that at home we just grab it as a bite and run off they just shook their heads. Well, fast food definately was no Turkish invention - and this is how it should be!

One night we went to the "barbeque" restaurant. So cool! You had your own little grill at your table, got what you wanted to put on it from the bar and you were all set! Oooh, it was a night with lots of red wine. I still get a headache thinking about it. But maybe it was because we teamed up with a German couple later on and ended at the disco at 3.00 a.m. in the morning...

Here you see our 5* chef at work. I really wonder if he does the barbequeuing because I expect him to do so, or if he really likes it. Hm?? Behind us there was this Russian couple, and she was bored all over, and he never had grilled a sausage in his life. She wanted to leave and he wanted to make a scientific experiment. During the time we had like lots of sausages and meat and grilled veggies they had one sausage. No wonder she was pissed off! lol

And lets not forget about the Asian Restaurant we went to another evening. the setting was beautiful, all right! The portions were tiny baby, but still nice tasting.

E.g. shrimp in sweet-sour sauce, my absolute favorite! Okay, the portions really were not that big, but there were lots of courses.

"Pide" is something you eat when you are out. They call it "the turkish pizza" and it comes with meat or with cheese or with a mixture of both.

The food in the main restaurants were perfect too. This is just a tiny bit of the breakfast selection. You got all kinds of American breakfast - potatoes, hot sausages, beans in tomato sauce -, all kinds of eggs and pancakes, everything you could ask for in Europa (dozens of jams, salads, cheese and sausages) - and don´t ask what you could get in the evening. It was hillarious!

Black cat from left to right, what the heck!! I do not believe in that kind of superstition, I love black cats! But still it was time to say good bye...

As you can see I was not too happy about it. I just loved my little place by the sea, the great food and all the places to go...

Bye-bye, lovely Turkiye, bye-bye, wonderful beaches and great sights! We had such a wonderful time, and we definately will be back! Güle güle - for now. We will treasure everything that we have seen and done in our hearts!