Out to Eat, Turkish Style

One day this week, a friend of mine (Jessica's) took me out to eat. She wanted to introduce me to a great, fairly inexpensive restaurant she knew about, and show me a kind of Turkish food that I hadn't yet tried.

It was very cutely decorated, compared to what an average Turkish restaurant looks like, and they had menus in both Turkish and English (again, unusual and appreciated).

Of course, sometimes, just like in China, the English gets mis-translated, and you end up with something like this:

You can imagine my amusement at finding that they serve "Slice Doug Soup" at this restaurant!

This is a picture of the women making gozleme, kind of like a Turkish quesadilla. Mine was filled with spinach and white cheese, and was utterly delicious! I took this picture through the front windows, so it's somewhat blurred, but what is in front of her is a big hot iron skillet/table, and behind her, in little bins, are the meat, cheese, spinach, and other toppings people might opt for on their gozleme.

Part of the "cute"ness of this particular restaurant is that these two women sit right up in the front windows of the restaurant, advertising what the specialty of the restaurant is, and giving an up-close look at how they make it!

It turned out to be a delicious lunch!