All posts tagged: Ramadan

Best Way to Enjoy Ramadan in Istanbul

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Ramadan bayram (holiday after finishing the fast) has started and this year will be longer, which is good news. This post was written on Tuesday but I get to post it just now. I’m so busy right now and will be even more so for a few months. Ramadan means something different for people who have different beliefs and values. Nevertheless, the one thing that is shared by many is that it is an once-a-year event, which reflects a big part of the culture. Whether you fast or not, you try to get the most of this holy and festive period. Now the end of this madness of late night eating is less than a week away. People must be fed up with pide – I can’t wait to get my regular sourdough bread – and the genetic set menu, so called iftar menu by now. Iftar means ‘break fast’ and consists of simple food, most commonly dates, pide, or soup. But these days many restaurants seem to make an event out of it. I …

Ramadan, can’t go without mentioning it?

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Ramadan kicked off last Saturday here, and on Sunday, Mr.O and I went to his parents’ place for dinner, which I’d thought was a casual stop-by thing but turned out to be a feast of sumptuous food prepared by Mr.O’s dad. There were so many people at the supermarket stocking up for a big feast and packets of rice starch sheets, which are used to make the special Ramadan dessert, Güllaç, were piled up on the shelves, and above all, the roads were empty as people were either already home or heading home for a big feast, which I like about Ramadan! Also, you can see long queues outside bakeries with people waiting to get fresh loaves of Ramadan pide. When I arrived, I was surprised at the sight of his sister and her friends, and then at the table laid with delicious healthy food, a true Aegean feast! I’d always praised how great a cook Mr.O’s dad is but he is just amazing with food. All the girls at the table were enthusiastically throwing …