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The restaurant is open from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. Traditional and international foods are prepared daily in the true home-cooking style. Many of our vegetables are grown in our own vegetable-garden and green-house. Cage-free eggs, home-made yogurt, jam, pickles, and olives from the garden are served as frequently as possible. Although our menu contains meat and chicken grills, the restaurant also provides for those who have vegetarian preferences. Meals rotate daily, focusing on fresh fruits and vegetables along with local fish, chicken and meat. Fish is served on an availability basis from the local fishermen.
In a world of frozen food, canned food and steak-and-fries, the Turkish cuisine undoubtedly holds a place of its own. This cuisine still resists the encroachment of fast food. The broad spectrum foodways of the cosmopolitan Ottoman Empire stretching from the Balkans to North Africa, combined with the traditional cooking techniques of the Turks going back long centuries, gave rise to a fascinating and richly diverse synthesis.
The windows of the restaurant are removed in the early spring and the restaurant enjoys an open air atmosphere. In the winter, the windows are re-installed and the wood stove heats the restaurant in the traditional way. Enjoying chesnut grilled on the stove top is an old tradition.
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