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Juelich days with my Brompton

Barbun (red mule) in oven and a sek raki

Turkish Risotto

Pizza Turkish: home made pizza with arla white cheese

fish on the table

During our time in Fethiye I bought few Rock Bass, a Gigantic fish, each about 1.5 kg with terrific taste once cooked properly. My mom hates to cook fish at home, she thinks the smell of fish would infuse on everything in her kitchen. As a result we were very disappointed the way the Rock Basses were treated (over cooked in very hot oven in shortest possible time). Once back at home I went to Marqt and bought wild sea bass (similar taste to rock bass). The fish was quite fresh; bright eyes and elastic skin, all good signs for fresh fish. My intention was to do charcoal grilling of it but laziness struck me: we ended up in simple oven baked fish on the table. "Fish must be eaten as a fish". Thus no other treatment than little squeeze of lemon. However I baked the excess potatoes, which  i had peeled more than necessary for Alp's puree, with the fish. My recipe is very simple. Use enough backing paper approximately 2.5 times longer then the fish's length a...

Under olive and tall pine trees We do not feel powerful sun of Fethiye.

Wonderful place, being native Fethiyean, I always like Kidrak. This place is only few kms away from crowded Belcegiz Beach, here is real gem. I used to walk there from Oludeniz, during my younger days. I have been living in GURBET for 13 years, away from my beautiful home but everytime I go Fethiye I always visit Kidrak. This time (20/07/2013) my 5 months old son tasted the waves of the mediterranean sea on Kidrak beach.

seen-unseen

Reflections from Fethiye, almost 15 months,  I have not been in my beautiful hometown. Streets are full of people. I saw two girls with headscarf, one of them posing in front of M.K.Ataturk statue giving her finger, other girl taking the picture of her friend...OMG.