Halal food taster

Assalamualaikum :D I always craved for Malaysian food during my stays in Ankara but I knew it was impossible so any rice meals would be a better option. I found one at Bizim Lokanta, a small restaurant located near my new hostel in Kizilay. Interesting enough that it became m y most frequently visited restaurant in Turkey so I had a special memory with it! There was many other menu selection. All the meals were with reasonable prices. The alleyway in front of the restaurant. The grilled chickens which attracted me to come here! Grilled chicken with rice (7.50TL) The portion of the chicken and rice was very comparable! This is because it was uncommon for Turks to eat rice. Fyi the rice was not too sticky compared than that at Oktay Lokantasi . I knew that this meal was too plain so I requested some ketchup and the staffs there cooly bought one from the grocery shop next door. Haha! Salad which was included in the meal.  There was also...

Assalamualaikum :D Baklava is a traditional Middle East/Turkish sweet pastry consists of layers of phyllo filled with nuts and is sweetened with sugar or syrup. Even though it has a very sweet taste, it  is one of the Turks favourite desserts other than the lokum (delights) since the Ottoman Empire. Baklavas are usually been served for both formal occasions and non-formal occasions.  Baklavaci Hacibaba (pronounced as Hajibaba) is one of the legacy bakery that makes baklava for many years, to be exact since 1949. The bakery is well known by the locals and foreigners who also claimed that the baklava there is the best in town. Besides bakery, Hacibaba also has its own chains of restaurants. I went to the bakery which is situated near Kizilay. The bakery was simply decorated yet elegant.  Choose which type of baklava and how many kg you want. The worker will package them nicely in a box for you. Besides buying baklava for takeaways, there was also an eating ar...

Assalamualaikum :D During my stays in Turkey, there were few times that I went to Kizilay. Kizilay is one of the hectic town in Ankara where lots of restaurants available there. One of the restaurant that I went was Ala Doner which served turkish cuisines.  It was a double-storey and a corner lot restaurant. The ambience inside the restaurant. The open kitchen area. The menu.  Tavuk doner  It was a meal with pieces chicken, rotisserie, fries and rice. Unlike other Turkish restaurants, the saltiness of this doner just right for me. Sometimes I need a bit of salt. Hehe The side dishes which consisted of chilli paste, pickled japanese cucumber and diluted yogurt. Recommended :D Ala Doner No. 15/2 Necatibey Caddesi  06420 Kizilay  Ankara, Turkey. (+90)3122298383 www.aladoner.com.tr * Any wrong information was unintentional and my apology to the restaurant or to the right au...

Assalamualaikum :D I would like to blog about a cafeteria that I used to visit during my stays in Turkey. The cafe is Saglik Cafe, located inside the Hacettepe University Sihhiye campus which sells turkish cuisines. I had a lot of memories with this cafe that I had tried most of the food here. I also learnt about turkish cuisines from this cafe because I would googled about the food before ordering them. What makes this cafe differs than others that it will announce your order number once your order is prepared. The front door. Mantarli pide (8.50 TL) Pide is a traditional turkish pizza. Just as it looks,  it is long in shape. Mantarli means mushroom so yeah  this was a mushroom pizza. The taste was extremely delicious! Tavuklu kumpir (8.00 TL) Kumpir is a baked potato with various filling. This one was a kumpir with chicken filling, mixed vegetables, olives and a lot more! Tavuklu snitzel (7.50 TL) This was a chicken sch...

Assalamualaikum :D I would like to blog about Tempo Cafe which was situated at Asti, the main bus terminal in Ankara. Like other Turkey restaurants, Tempo Cafe served Turkish cuisines. How it was inside the cafe. Izgara tavuk (12.50 TL) The taste was a bit bland. Iskender (11.00 TL)      Not very special but you can try! Tempo Cafe Bestepeler Mahallesi No. 82, Yenimahalle 06560 Ankara Turkey. * Any wrong information was unintentional and my apology to the restaurant or to the right authorities.

Assalamualaikum :) During my stays in Turkey, there was Kofteci Ibo'nun Yeri, a mini stall which sold cheap food. I used to go there to buy ekmek tavuk. The list of menu. All of the menus are super cheap. From outside, I observed the man preparing my order. The ouside eating area. Ekmek tavuk (3.00 TL) It was kind of a chicken kebab. Kofteci Ibo'nun Yeri Haccetepe Mahallesi No. 41/A Hamamonu Altindag 06230 Ankara, Turkey. (+90)312-4365835 * Any wrong information was unintentional and my apology to the restaurant or to the right authorities.

Assalamualaikum :) It had been almost one month since I left Turkey :(( There were still few Turkish restaurants need to be blog about. For now, lets look around Kahve Soleni, a new cafe at Hamamonu. It was a cafe that modernly designed and served both Turkish and Western cuisines. The front of the cafe. This was how the inside looked like. Another picture. Cakes were sold here too. Barbeku soslu tavuk (14.50 TL) It consisted of chicken with barbecue sauce,  fried cucumber and carrot, and whipped potato. Tavuk mantarli krep (9.00 TL) It was a crepe filled with chicken and mushroom sauce. This one was a bit salty. Cheese burger (8.50 TL) I loved this big size burger and it's side dishes. Tavuk burger (8.00 TL) Yes, it was a chicken burger!! Spaghetti bolonese (9.00 TL) Ice chocolate coconut (8.00 TL) This one tasted new and was good. Cikolata milkshake (7.00 TL) Very recommended...

Assalamualikum :) I encountered with Mevlana Lokantasi as I walked around the old Ankara city which near to the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations.  Strangely the signboard of the restaurant was like this. The outside eating area. This was what looked inside. The cashier and the open cook. Tavuk and pilaf (7.00 TL) This was rice with chicken slices. Salata which came in set. The free ekmek which means bread. Very clean, very tasty, very nice place. Recommended!! Oz Konyali Mevlana Lokantasi Necatibey Mahallesi, Ulus 06240 Ankara Turkey (+90)312-3114493 6.00am-10.00pm * Any wrong information was unintentional and my apology to the restaurant or to the right authorities.