I believe this cookbook was purchased overseas by a family member who knew of my love of Turkish food. It took up room on the bookshelf, basically untouched for a number of years.
Turkish food can be wonderful, with a lovely play of flavours and interesting ingredients. I looked forward to using the book and finding new recipes which could become favourites.
This is a different Random Recipe as this time Lindsay and Alexi cooked one of the dishes (Karniyarki) but unfortunately the photos have vanished. However, the dish was cooked for the blog so it will be included, sans photos as it did help make the decision of the fate of this cook book. From reading this blog you will probably know we love Turkish food; hence the kebab challenge so this seemed like a good choice.
Irritation note: Some of the measurements in this cook book are given in glasses or tea cups e.g.1/2 glass oil. There is an explanation of the measurements but it means different things depending on the item being measured. For this recipe beef mince was used as we did not look for mutton mince.
Little Istanbul is a Turkish restaurant situated outside the Hyperdome in Tuggeranong. It has both inside and outdoor seating.
We decided to order the Sovereign Banquet which contains a number of courses, both meat and vegetable. ($25.50 pp at lunchtime.)
The final in the trilogy of Kebabs in the Canberra region. This time, we chose Queanbeyan as the venue.
Pashas Kebabs was the venue and we will go straight to the review with little preamble.
Warning: This is not a positive review.
We promised Kebab reviews and finally, after much hesitation and attempts to delay, here it is. The delay was due to some people wishing to return and try the food from this place again, just to make sure they remembered the kebabs correctly. Certain people may suspect these urrr, ‘pure’ motives.
Clean the Plate 