We went to something called "The Best Turkish Restaurant" which appears to be a chain for our first meal here. I didn't realize how much I missed Turkish food. After years of restaurant work in Japan where I ate Turkish food at least once a week, I've gone cold turkey in Seoul. We got ekmek (bread) to eat with hummus, haydari (tangy yogurt), acili emze (spicy tomato) along with some cheese gozleme and a doner kebab. Yum, yum! It all reminded me of my first serious and longest restaurant gig at Simsir in Yokohama. Funnily enough I had a lovely new student come to the studio in Korea last week who saw me dance there twice. I had written one of the chefs last week and he gave me directions to the owner's shop here in Istanbul. It's actually only a 5 minute walk from my hotel. We stopped by but he wasn't in. Everyone in the shop was so kind. We're going to try and call him tomorrow. Tags: turkey
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