User: flemmings Date: 2009-04-26 13:10 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

You're a long way from Tipperary, o world traveller. Enjoy.

User: feliciter Date: 2009-04-27 08:00 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

Thank you! Somehow this feels more relaxed than prevıous workıng conferences, probably because of the break from manual labour.

User: ambientlight Date: 2009-04-26 14:05 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

yay istanbul! (less-yay work.) i hope you are enjoying/have enjoyed it.

User: feliciter Date: 2009-04-27 08:01 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: don't worry be happy

Thanks! I have been workıng my way through the varıous sıghts and sounds (and smells and tastes!), wıth tıps from your photos.

User: ambientlight Date: 2009-04-27 20:30 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

i should probably have given you specific recs, sorry! make sure you eat lots of kazandibi!

User: feliciter Date: 2009-04-30 14:26 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: don't worry be happy

I tried to have a taste of as many desserts and drinks as I could, including ashure, kazandibi, revani, baklava, and ayran. Although was slightly disappointed not to find two desserts Paul Theroux mentioned in The Great Railway Bazaar - the intriguing-sounding Kadin Bobegi (Lady's Navel) and Kadin Badu (Lady's Thigh).

User: ambientlight Date: 2009-04-30 14:46 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

hurrah! any favourites? i confess that i have neither read theroux (though i keep meaning to remedy this) nor heard of the two desserts you mention.

User: feliciter Date: 2009-04-30 14:57 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: method in the mews of madness

I preferred the texture of baklava and revani, although kazandibi tasted the best :D

He mentioned that the thigh was meaty and the navel sweet, but both sound like pastries, idk.