Alanya 2 October 2013

Wine:

Claire Valley one Tree Hill Riesling 2010

Moorilla Estate Pinot noir 1989

Jim, Karen, Ron, Andrew, Megan, Kim. 

Alanya, stalwart of Turkish food, has been in Manuka for ages and ages.  Not sure why we chose this, but it seemed like a good idea to branch away from the asian for a while.

We decided against the banquet and thought we would do just as well by chosing our own dishes. We had a selection of entrees, dips, zucchini balls, mushrooms, lady’s fingers, mussels.  The mussels were the stand out best, followed closely by the mushrooms, but all of them were good. 

For the mains we  tried the stuffed zucchinis, fish in sauce, “Sultans Favourite” ie spiced lamb wrapped in slices of eggplant, Tas Kebap (Pot Kebap) or lamb cooked in special sauce; with a salad and some rice.

All tasty, interesting and some spicy, which we liked.

For dessert we had the mixed plate, a selection of baklava, halva, chocolate slice and Turkish delight, absolutely yum!

We were the only table there for the night, which is a bit of shame because the food, while not outstanding is always reliable and consistent and deserves more.  Maybe Canberrans are a bit over Turkish food, or maybe dependable, standard Turkish food which you get at Alanya?