Marina Apart Otel
Marmaris, Turkey
Iyi Geceler,
This email is Türlü Türlü,
Ru
Formerly of DoraMac
I just learned a new Turkish word: tὕrlὕ tὕrlὕ which can mean ‘a little of this and a little of that.’ In the Philippines there was a wonderful dessert called Halo Halo which mean ‘a little of this and little of that.’ I don’t think tὕrlὕ tὕrlὕ is any kind of Turkish dessert but I’ll have to see if something similar exists.
We are revisiting the Yılmaz İskender so I can showcase the man who actually is responsible for the wonderful food they serve. He was moving so fast our first visit my photo of him was too fuzzy, a disappointment to both him and me. As we eat there at least 2 or 3 times each week it was easy enough to take another photo.
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The hand is quicker than the camera. No frozen anything slapped on the grill: here it’s all from scratch! Slices are shaved from the grilled chicken and lamb rotisseries for many of the dishes. Roanoke needs this! |
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The giant cheese, mushroom, tomato omelet with the basket of bread was for me! All of it!!! I ate the cucumber and tomato and 2/3 of the omelet. Ben çok doluydu. I was very full!!! |
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Jane hosted some of the ladies for dinner because Colin wanted to treat us. She and Coni were doing a strange dance trying not to block each other in the photo. Grace and Gwen watch the antics. You can see the blue stack of the huge Thompson cruise ship in the backside of A Dock.
Coni has the most amazing T-shirt collection. Popeye with bling! |
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In 2013, our first year in Netsel (second time in Marmaris) we sort of met Susie and Dave. Well Susie anyway. We were berthed quay-side just near the marina entrance and restaurant row I was out hanging laundry for everyone to see. Susie and a friend walked by. We made enough of a memorable contact that our next meeting reminded both of us of the laundry! That meeting was in Nisyros, Greece where Susie and David caught our lines when we pulled up to the town dock. We were very new to Med mooring so that was very helpful. Susie and David live near London so we exchanged cards thinking to meet up and lo and behold, they came to visit us at St Katherine’s Dock. They time-share ownership of a sailboat and were cruising near the Marmaris area when recent rough weather brought them into Netsel for the night. They were pulled up at the fuel dock when David noticed our boat and came to say hello. We were invited to their boat for drinks and meet their longtime friends Anne and Piero who had joined them for some sailing. We had a very lovely time during which I had my first Pimm’s # 1. Quite good I must say. I had 2 small glasses and could walk and talk afterwards so it’s not so strong….? Not totally unlike Sangria only better I think. “Pimm’s No. 1, a gin-based liqueur, is named after James Pimm, the bar owner who created it in the mid 1800s. By the 1860s, it was bottled. Why “No. 1”? Well, at one point, there were other “cups,” numbered 2 through 6, based on brandy, rum and other spirits. But the No. 1, a reddish tonic with citrusy and bitter notes, has always been the star, and it is not quite like anything else on the shelf. Over the years, it has developed a reputation as a quintessentially British refresher, consumed in ungodly amounts every year at Wimbledon.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/dining/the-pimms-cup-grows-in-popularity-as-a-summer-cocktail.html We made a plan to meet at 9:30 next morning at Kahve Dünyası before they left the next day to continue their sailing in what was to be better weather. |
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Randal Susie and Dave who was game enough to try a mug of Salep at my recommendation.
Piero and Ann ( I am hopefully spelling his name anywhere near what it really is ) |
