Random Trips

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. Yep, we all know so far the breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In weekdays, we mostly skip it or just have a quick bite. Tell me about the weekends!   The breakfast tables are awesome during the weekends. Every country has their own style. However, my faves are American Brunch and Turkish Breakfast. I just can't stand the breakfasts only with cereals. OMG so boring! For Turkish people, breakfast is quite serious and no way to skip it. You will notice many restaurants/cafes serve breakfast. Nezih is the best. It is a kebab restaurant with a nice bosphorus view but they are even better in this breakfast business. You will be packed like sardines at Nezih  but it is worth the experience. I highly recommend to make a reservation.  Service and the dishes are extra ordinary. You will not regret it. They serve everything before y...

I am a big fan of profiteroles. In my home country (Turkey) we have adopted them as a national dessert. We even have dessert shops that only sell profiteroles and it is often delicious. I have been living in the UK for three years now, I ate the abomination that the restaurants and patisseries in the UK call profiteroles many times, in everywhere I go where it is available, from the posh French restaurants to the Sainsbury's and every freaking time I was disappointed and even frustrated. There are two types of profiteroles in the UK: (1) Filled with vanilla ice cream that you may find in decent restaurants and chains like the ASK Italian and; (2) Filled with fresh cream that you may find in patisseries and supermarkets. The chocolate sauce is usually good, but the inside, is just wrong. So this is a cry for help from a profiteroles enthusiast to the people who have grown a similar hatred to the abomination that the restaurants and shops in the UK call profiterol...