Tuesday, June 1, 2010

2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) - The Gida (Food)!!!

Moving back to 'tradition', well, at least an attempt to conjure up a menu reflective of the race location, the theme this time is basically middle-eastern/Turkish fare. Here's a reminder of what we had.

Essentially, we decided that naan would be close enough to what turkish people would eat... but there were some surprises ...





















Presenting the mousaka with turkish rice...... !!! (Compliments of Mr.C!)












































A close up of the mousaka...






























Here's our assumed middle-eastern fare.... the ever delicious tandoori chicken to go with the naan (we had both normal & garlic.... !)






























The excellent kurma....(by the ever resourceful Pat L)






























Another view of the spread with the naan, rotis ... plenty grub!






























This was an excellent compliment to the whole meal. Apparently turkish, it's some chilli oil with fried garlic & dried chillies..... I took this just with the naan.. simply tasty! (Compliments of DF)




































The ever necessary salad..






























Dessert was the ever popular suji cake


































Then a Turkish delight...the Baklava..... absolutely exquisite (with pinky out & all) (once again... from Pat L)






























If that's not enough, I'm not sure what is! Once again, we out-did ourselves & the meal simply brilliant!

The next race will be in Montreal, which means we will have a break from our little food adventure (& our yelling & shrieking!). The next time we might get together would be during the Valencia race on the 27th of June. Which also means, we're back to Spanish fare. However, we have some members who will be attempting a marathon (in some shape or form) on the same day. So, we'll plan as we get closer.

Anyway, well done to all who contributed.... simply first-rate! Cheerio.




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