These past days in London have been rough. The cold has been relentless and summer seems so far away. To get through it, I have been thinking back on hot days past and today my mind wandered to August 22, 2009. I was in Antakya (Antioch) in southeastern Turkey where the temperature hit 40C in the late afternoon (that is 250F by my calculations). It was Ramadan and the bazaar’s shopkeepers were working sluggishly yet tirelessly to spin wires of kadayıf, a type of pastry used in the city’s most famous dessert, künefe. The heat was oppressive, yet not nearly as unbearable as extreme cold. August and Antakya are a good ways away. Fortunately a good künefe is not.
Categories: Daily Food Photo, Gastronomic Traditions, Sweets & Dessert, Turkish Cuisine
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June 18th, 2010 at 8:34 pm[...] all these mezes before a main, but I was too full, so I settled on dessert, fıstıklı özel kadayıf, a sweet and gooey pistacchio paste sandwiched between two layers of shredded phyllo [...]
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katie, have you been to the “bakla ezmesi” place in antioch? the small shop that produces the heavenly dried fava been puree with lots of tahin and garlic and olive oil? I keep dreaming about it.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:04 amlove,
semsa
I have never been there. I looked for it when I was in Antakya but didn’t find it. I have heard it is amazing. it is one of the many meals I had to save for my next trip!
February 1st, 2010 at 1:29 pm