Beautiful pubs we had in our neighborhood in London.
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THE TRUST
Posted in FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, PUBS, tagged Angel, drink, Essex Road, gece hayatı, içme, Islington, Kuzey Londra, la vida nocturna, London, Londra, Londres, night life, North London, pub, The Old Queen's Head on 29 December 2013| Leave a Comment »
BILL’S
Posted in FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, tagged Angel, Bill's, cafe, coffee, drink, drinking, eating, food, Islington, Kuzey Londra, London, Londra, Londres, North London, restaurant, restaurante, restoran, White Lion Street, yeme-içme on 14 December 2013| 2 Comments »
Bill’s is one of the charming cafes of our neighborhood. We like its grocery style decoration with shelves full of nice products. We have been once there for a latte and croissant and the coffee seemed very week to us like drinking pure milk.
Yesterday evening we met with two greek friends of us and went there for a dinner this time. It was full but we could find table without reservation with no problem. The photo is from the end of the evening. When a turkish and a greek couple go out to dinner, this happens. You eat and chat and enjoy “yavaş yavaş” or “siga siga” (slowly slowly).
As starter we tried hummus and tzatziki plate, green gordal olives plate, potato and rosemary bread and sweet potato fries. They were all good but the highlight was the potato and rosemary bread which was one of the best breads we ate in London. As main we tried rump steak, duck pie and pumpkin risotto with blue cheese and they were all good also. We are little bit picky in dessert that’s why no comment about them. And this time we ordered the coffee double shot and it was better. La Garenne Shiraz from Languedoc we tried was very smooth but tasty and we didn’t know where did they go two bottles in couple of hours.
And yes, we didn’t take the bus and walked to home after eating half of the menu…
HOMEMADE BREAD WITH FENNEL SEEDS
Posted in FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, tagged bread, ekmek, ev yapımı, fennel, hecho a casa, hinojo, homemade, London, Londra, Londres, pan, receta, recipe, rezene, tam buğday, tarif, whole wheat on 11 December 2013| 4 Comments »
In a foggy, dark and cold London day, one the best things you can do, is baking a bread and filling your home with the smell of the fresh baked bread. And prepare the smoked mackarel salad… And pour your Polish oak vodka… And enjoy!
If you want to give a try, here are the ingredients and the recipe of this bread we learned from our friend Ayşegül Ural:
1,5 cup yogurt
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon of fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Beat the other ingredients in another bowl until getting creamy and add them to the dry mix. Mix well all together with a wooden spoon and put in a bread pan. Level the top with a spatula. Bake at 170°C preheated owen for 45 minutes.
MEDITERRANEAN BREAKFAST
Posted in FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, tagged Akdeniz, Angel, cafe, drink, food, Food Lab, Islington, Italian, Italiano, kafe, London, Londra, Londres, Mediterranean, Mediterraneo, vino, wine, şarap, İtalyan on 28 October 2013| Leave a Comment »
JOB APPLICATION
Posted in FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, PUBS, tagged advertisement, alcohol, alkol, Angel, anuncio, bebida, booze, chalk board, drink, içki, Islington, karatahta, London, Londra, Londres, pub, reklâm on 24 October 2013| Leave a Comment »
CLASSIC CAR BOOT SALE
Posted in EVENTS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, MARKETS, tagged 2013, araba, car, car boot sale, carro, clasico, classic, classic car boot sale, etkinlik, event, evento, garaj satışı, ikinci el pazarı, klasik araba, London, Londra, Londres, mercado, pazar, segunda mano, Southbank on 12 October 2013| 2 Comments »
Today was a perfect, sunny day in our little kingdom. After a nice breakfast at home we walked to Southbank for a special car boot sale: Classic Car Boot Sale.
It was a very special car boot sale because all sellers came there with their vintage cars and motorcycles, even the food vans were vintage style. It was a real heaven for vintage lovers, classic car and motorcycle fans and there was also some little treats for foodies. We tried lobster rolls of Bob’s Lobster which they were serving from a vintage VW van and it was just “delicious”.
After the car boot sale we walked through Gerrard Street and filled our stomacs with chinese food. Then a little grocery shopping in our favorite Turkish supermarket and finally washing down the chinese food we ate, in our pub with few pints.
Now it’s time for some cups of good tea with homemade peanut butter cookies and enjoy British crime dramas!
A VERY BRITISH SUMMER
Posted in FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, PHOTO, tagged çay, British summer, lluvia, London, Londra, Londres, rain, summer, té, tea, verano, yaz, yağmur, İngiliz yazı on 24 August 2013| Leave a Comment »
After talking about the sun and the last days of summer in our little kingdom, today we woke up to a rainy morning.
Perfect day to pour a good tea and enjoy the rainy morning at home.
END OF THE SUMMER
Posted in FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, tagged afternoon tea, çay, beş çayı, Catedral de San Pablo, Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, english, Fortnum & Mason, geleneksel, Ingles, London, Londra, Londres, Queen's Walk, Rio Thames, Southbank, St. Paul Katedrali, St. Paul's Cathedral, té, tea, Thames Nehri, Thames River, tradicional, traditional, İngiliz on 23 August 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today was another sunny “end of summer day” in our little kingdom and was a perfect reason to have a walk through Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Westminister, then to the Borough Market by the riverside.
There was the Real Food Market in Southbank. Queen’s Walk was surprisingly uncrowded. Even the Founders Arms in Blackfriars was half empty and we enjoyed our cidres there on the riverside under the sun. Then we headed to the Borough Market for a yummy duck sandwich.
Afternoon, we went to our first “afternoon tea” in London. In Turkey we call the afternoon tea “five o’clock tea”, that’s why we reserved our table for five o’clock in Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum&Mason.
We tried two of the three afternoon tea options, the traditional and the savoury ones. We were happy to combine both and to have the chance of trying different tastes. Because of not writing a afternoon tea “quality” critic here, as a couple who has a good tea and patisserie culture, we can just say that it was nice to live the traditional English afternoon tea experience in a place like Fortnum&Mason but that’s it.
HOMEMADE POTTED SHRIMPS
Posted in FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, tagged Britanya mutfağı, British, British kitchen, brown shrimp, cocina britanica, comida, food, gambas, gourmet, gurme, gıda, how to, karides, London, Londra, Londres, Polish Oak Vodka, Polonya meşe votkası, potted shrimps, receta, recipe, shrimp, tarif, The Guardian, yemek, yiyecek, İngiliz mutfağı on 31 July 2013| 2 Comments »
After being away two weeks and not eaten home cooked food, today was a kitchen day at home. First we cooked purslane stew with bulgur which we eat a lot during summer with yogurt. Then made two small jars of peach marmelade to eat with cottage cheese for summer breakfasts.
After the potted shrimp tasting we had in Morecambe two weeks ago, we decided to try it at home and we bought brown shrimps from our local fish shop and prepared our first homemade potted shrimps.
Following a short research in internet, we made The Guardian’s recipe. With this recipe, we had one ramekin potted shrimps to consume today and one little jar to eat later. Recipe is easy because the brown shrimps are sold cleaned and precooked. And the taste of homemade one is much much better then the shop bought one.
The Guardian’s recipe, was suggesting to serve potted shrimps with hot brown bread, so we baked also a brown bread with fennel which we learned from our friend Ayşegül. When the bread came out from the owen, our evening treat at the terrace was ready. Homemade brown bread with fennel, homemade potted shrimps, English goat cheese and Stilton cheese, Turkish black olives, Iranian mini dry figs and ice cold Polish oak vodka. Heaven!
Here is The Guardian’s recipe if you want to try:
200g unsalted butter
Juice of ¼ lemon
¼ tsp ground mace
¼ tsp white pepper
½ tsp anchovy paste or Gentleman’s Relish
200g cooked and peeled brown shrimps
Cayenne pepper, to serve
1. Melt the butter in a pan over a gentle heat, and then allow to simmer until you spot the first dark flecks – watch it carefully, or it will burn. Strain through some butter muslin, or two sheets of kitchen roll, into a jug.
2. Wipe out the pan, and pour in two-thirds of the butter. Add the lemon juice, mace, pepper, anchovy essence and a pinch of salt and simmer very gently for five minutes, then take off the heat and allow to cool but not set. Divide the shrimps between 4 ramekins, pressing them in tightly.
3. When just warm, but still liquid, divide the spiced butter between the ramekins and put in the fridge to set. Once solid, pour over the remainder of the clarified butter and return to the fridge to set.
4. Serve with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a lot of hot toast.
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