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Dag Restaurant Sigacik

Ozan Devlen — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:05:16 +0000

Sea, Mountain, Nature; All in one

Dag (Dağ – Mountain) Restaurant is located in Sigacik (Sığacık) Seferihisar approximately 30 minutes by car from Izmir city center. Holding the Citta Slow label as Seferihisar, the yatch port of Sigacik is also supporting the Citta Slow movement and Dag restaurant is also a member of Slow Food.

You can try a great breakfast or you can wait for the night to come and try delicious and daily appetizers (meze) and fish for sure. Eatinizmir tried Dag Restaurant for the breakfast this time. Everything was fresh and tasty, they were preparing the mezes they also seemed so delicious and they are definitely fresh which is pretty important for the taste of appetizer.

You are served a regular breakfast with two types of cheese, tomato, cucumber, green olive, black olive, chemen(çemen, is a mixture of some herbs with tomato paste, garlic, wallnuts and red hot pepper could also be added) which was really good, clotted cream with honey, sesame paste and molasses, armola ( a local mixture of different cheeses and yogurt, can be find in Seferihisar downtown in Zeybekoglu Mandira) and of course some crusty hot bread and your choice of eggs (scrambled, omelette, fried etc.) and also black tea.

The place was clean and the staff was really polite and welcoming. There is a great view of Seferihisar bay and also yachts which are passing by. We really enjoyed having a breakfast in Dag Restaurant. You can also stay in the Dag Motel which is located just above the restaurant.

How to get there:

Dag Restaurant

Address: Dag Pansiyon Restaurant, Sigacik Seferihisar Izmir

Tel: 0232 745 72 35

Web: www.dagmotel.net

Sushico

Elena — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:34:44 +0000

Sushico: Decent sushi arrive in Izmir

Decent sushi has been an obvious omission among Izmir’s culinary offers. Then came late 2010, when an Asian fusion chain, Sushico, mercifully opened a branch in Alsancak. “Better late than never,” we said and started with a home delivery order of 60 pieces for 90 TL (currently 99 TL).

Sushico’s advantageous “paket servis”

Ordering your sushi home has an important advantage: it tends to cost less than eating at the restaurant. Of course, you will be forgoing the ambiance of eating out, but you will also be saving a trip to Alsancak: cab fares, traffic jams, the parking problem – you know. Sushico’s “paket servis” is definitely a great option for the homey types.

What is included in the 60-piece package?

Kani roll (surimi)

Sake roll (salmon)

Maguro roll (tuna)

Kappa roll (cucumber)

California roll (surimi & avocado)

Canadian roll (salmon outside)

Rainbow roll (assorted fish outside)

Crunchy roll (kani salad, tamago, cucumber, tempura flakes, tobikko)

Tokyo sandwich (maguro salad)

Spicy maguro avocado roll (avocado outside with spicy maguro salad inside)

Tamago nigiri (omelet)

Sake nigiri (salmon)

Mostly, basic types of sushi, but having craved for this since 2008, I am happy with the limited assortment there is. In Izmir, Sushico has no competition worth mentioning (at least, not yet).

Another good thing is home deliveries arrive within the time promised and are generally well packaged. One problem I did encounter was when a delivery boy forgot the drinks included in the offer – and we noticed it too late.

Sushico: Eating at the restaurant

The restaurant is conveniently located behind Swissotel (opposite the Republic Square in Alsancak). It is rather small and thoroughly packed on weekends. A visit on a Thursday night, on the other hand, proved our reservation was a mere formality.

The music is soft and the ambiance is pleasant. We rated this as a great place for a business lunch or a conversation-loaded dinner.

Although salmon-dominated, the sushi tasted great at the restaurant.

What I hated is my 160+-TL order of diverse rolls and sashimi all came on one (albeit big) plate.

First, a feast for the eyes is an important part of eating out. I like my orders kept separate, as they are in the menu, so that I can enjoy each one in isolation from the other items I selected.

Second, the sushi off the communal plate were – understandably – devoured within 30 minutes (“Hey, keep your chopsticks off my ikura!” – “No, I’m getting that!”), and this is not supposed to be fast food. Bring my orders one by one, give me time to savor them, and I will love you more.

Sashimi Mix at Sushico also tasted great. But the pieces were too thick for convenient single bites or to share.

Sushico in Turkey

Operating since 1997, Sushico boasts 17 branches across Turkey. The Alsancak branch was opened in November 2010. By the way, sushi is not the only option on the menu. Feel free to try any other Chinese, Japanese, or Thai dishes and let me know if any of them would be worth forgoing my rainbow + dragon + geisha roll assortment.

How to get there

Sushico

Address: Şehit Nevres Bulvarı No: 2/F (Swissotel), Alsancak, Izmir
Tel: (0232) 484 00 70

Aquarium Restaurant Swissotel

Ozan Devlen — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:29:27 +0000

Swissotel Grand Efes – Aquarium Restaurant

Swissotel is most probably the best 5 Star Hotel in Izmir along with Crowne Plaza and Hilton, however Hilton is a little bit out of date. Swissotel Grand Efes also host pretty good restaurants which you can enjoy even if you are not going to stay there. One of those restaurants is world infamous Aquarium Restaurant.

Aquarium restaurant get it’s name from the circular shaped windows which gives you an interesting view of outdoor swimming pool of Swiss Otel. The blue color of the swimming pool is an interesting view that you can enjoy. Restaurant offers Turkish and Greek cuisine and mainly based on fish cuisine. When you consider Greco-Turkish kitchen eventually you come across with FISH! May be one of the best fish you will ever taste.

I personally liked the mezes (appetizers) they offered they were elegant and tasty. Especially the Fava they made is exceptional the Fava is pretty creamy and you couldn’t find anything wrong with it. Also crushed eggplant with yogurt is also include some sesame paste.

But there was one thing which definitely surpassed my expectations: FRIED CALAMARIS. They were absolutely fantastic! The best I have ever had, it is definitely worth visiting the restaurant just for eating the calamaris alone. They fried the calamaris with farina (maize flour) which gives a characteristic flavor and crunchy taste to the calamaris.

Overall, Aquarium is a classy restaurant with great service and quality food. Restaurant also offers live music (greek music) on Fridays and Saturdays. The music is also enjoyable for most of the people.

Aquarium features large “port-hole” windows into the waters of the swimming pool. A relaxed indoor, outdoor venue, the restaurant specializes in Greek style food and Rembetiko entertainment.

Open from lunch time until late evening, the Aquarium Restaurant operates throughout the year.

Operating Hours: 12:00PM – 10:00PM

How to get there

Swissotel Aquarium

Address: Swissôtel Grand Efes, ızmir

Gaziosmanpasa Bulvari No. 1 35210 Alsancak-Izmir/Turkey

Reservation Tel: (90) 232 414 52 12

Göz Göz Kokoreç Evi

Elena — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:43:47 +0000

Cheap, Tasty Food in Göztepe

Göz Göz Büfe & Kokoreç Evi

Although it doesn’t look like much, Göz Göz Büfe & Kokoreç Evi is one place in Izmir’s Göztepe area where you can eat cheap, delicious and local food. The biggest attraction is this eatery’s kokoreç, a toasted bread with fried lamb intestines, which offers generous amounts of meat with just the right amount of spices.

Göz Göz Büfe & Kokoreç Evi is located across from Adnan Saygun Culture Center. It is a small place with just three tables indoors and a couple of tables outdoors, if the weather permits. Open until 1 am, it is a perfect eatery to satisfy the traditional Turkish craving for a kokoreç after a night out. (After living in Izmir for almost two years, I’ve somewhat fallen into the same habit.)

The kokoreç that Göz Göz offers is easy on spices but generous with meat and is probably one of the most delicious examples of this Turkish delicacy that I’ve tried so far. The place has an official certificate stating that it meets the necessary sanitary standards, which is crucial with meals like kokoreç.

A fresh calamari stew

Apart from kokoreç, Göz Göz offers various types of Turkish and Cypriot foods, meatballs, and soups and stews of the day.

For example, if you come here on a Saturday around 1 pm, you may ask for a plate of calamari stew. One of Göz Göz owners, Ibrahim Capak, goes out on his fishing boat early in the morning each Saturday to get some fresh calamari. When he comes back, his wife, Behiye Capak, cooks them for 2.5 hours, adding carrots, potatoes and spices to offer Göz Göz Büfe patrons a fresh “kalamar yahni”.

The kokoreç here costs 4 TL and the daily stew is about 3.50 TL. You may have ayran, tea or a cup of Turkish coffee with your meal.

Two of Göz Göz Büfe & Kokoreç Evi owners, Behiye and Ibrahim Capak

The decorations in Göz Göz Büfe range from the traditional evil-eye beads and the portrait of Atatürk to Turkish watercolors, a bow with arrows and the flag of Göztepe football team. This may not be the place to bring your business partners to, but Göz Göz Büfe & Kokoreç Evi is a good choice to eat local and cheap.

How To Get Here

Göz Göz Büfe & Kokoreç Evi
1192/C Mithatpaşa Cad.
(Adnan Saygun Kultur Merkezi karsisi)
Tel. 0232-247-1323
Home delivery and take-out services available

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Port Restaurant Alaçatı

Ozan Devlen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:56:13 +0000

Port: Fish as It’s Best

Alaçatı is an exceptional place for wind surfing. It is said to be one of the best places in the world for wind surfing. Eventually yachts are frequently using the port of Alaçatı (Alachathi). This port is also hosting one of the best fish restaurants in Çeşme (Cheshme).

Along the side of the port of Alaçatı you will find this very neat fish restaurant called Port Restaurant (Port Balik). It has a really nice location and a great view, if you spend a tiring day while surfing this place would be a great and tasty end to your day. Port Restaurant is serving delicious and fresh fish four seasons so you can’t possibly miss the season at any circumstances.

The place is owned by a family with four generations of experience in restaurant business. Niyazi Yuvanç himself has more than 30 years of experience in the business. So you are in safe hands. You just have to enjoy yourself while they are spoiling you with the service and great food.

Once you stepped inside the premises you will be welcomed by a professional staff whom will escort you to your table. We strongly recommend you to go and pick your appetizers from the glass cabinet.

While it depends on your taste we can recommend; white cheese, melon, season salad, salicornia, grilled eggplant, fava (mashed broad beans), octopus salad as cold appetizers and calamary, schrimp in oven and pazı sarma (chard rolles filled with variety of sea food) as warm appetizers.

Then it is time to select the fish of your choice. You can go and pick it from another glass cabinet also there is a wide variety of choices including but not limited to Lagos(Lahos), Goldbrasse(Chipura), Bass(Levrek), Pagrus Pagrus(Mercan) and so on. They are all fresh and tasty. We strongly recommend you to ask them to grill the fish. The cook is particularly successful in grilling big fishes without making them scarious.

While you can enjoy Rakı (Turkish national drink, raki) there is also a lot of wine options that you can choose from. Kavaklıdere, Sevilen and Doluca are some of them (all Turkish brands) and also you have the option to ask for a specific brand of wine, you just have the call the place a day inadvance while making your reservation notice the restaurant the wine of your choice. As you heard from the last sentence it is recommended to make reservations in advance if you don’t want to miss that taste.

Overall, eatinizmir is recommending you to try Port Restaurant among all others in Çeşme. There you can find tasty fish, delicious appetizers, a top class service along with an acceptable bill at the end of the day. Don’t forget to end the night with a Turkish Coffe (Türk Kahvesi) which will balance your digestion after all this delicous food of your choice.

How to Get There:

Port Restaurant

Address: Alacati Yat Limani, Cesme – Izmir

Tel: 0 (232) 716 64 89

Website: www.portbalik.com

Deniz Restaurant

Ozan Devlen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:22:50 +0000

Deniz Restaurant: The Flavour from Sea

Entrance of Deniz Restaurant

Deniz Restaurant offers a big hall with a seat capacity of 150 and a NON-SMOKING HALL with 50 seats for winter season and a garden with 200 seats, offering the pleasure of eating seafood outdoor with a sea view for the summer season.

Deniz Restaurant is definitely Izmir’s most favorite fish Restaurant. Providing service seven days a week, Deniz Restaurant is famous not only in Izmir but in whole country and frequented by businessmen and tourists of out of city as well.

Restaurant offers its customers unique tastes of Fish, Turkish mezes, sea foods, and deserts. In the summer time, you can eat outside and enjoy the great view of Izmir Bay .

Your table is ready!

Deniz Restaurant is placed in a brilliant point to provide you one of the best locations in “Kordon” and to feel the gentle touch of Izmir’s soft wind.

As a place convenient for business and group dinners, Deniz Restaurant attracts many esteemed businessmen of the business life and many celebrities, besides offering an ambiance that allows you to eat fish with your family quietly.

Besides all the tastes you can select individually you can also rely on Deniz Restaurant’s choices for you as they recommend some menu selections as well.

Eatinizmir, recommends you to try “Menu 3″ ofcourse you can eat whatever you want, just go there hungry because you would like to taste them all night.

Menu -3-

Couvert
Seasonal Salad
White Cheese Plate
2 Kinds of Seasonal Olive Oil Dishes
Fried Squid and Shrimp
Sea Pastry
Fish ( Laos, Red Bullet, Sea Gilt Head Bream or Sea Bass)
Dessert or Fruit

Shrimps in Deniz

There is a lot of options regarding sea foods. You can find a recipe just for one of them which is served in Deniz Restaurant.

Recommended Recipe

Ingredients:

150 gr. Lagos Fillet
2 Tomatos – Peeled and sliced into six parts
2 Green Pepper – Charliston or Paprika
1 Dessert Spoon full of butter
100 ml extra virgin olive oil
50 gr. Mushroom
1 Tea spoon full of Thyme
1 Tea spoon full of Basil
1 Tea spoon full of Red Pepper
3 Gloves of garlic – minched
1 Dessert spoon full of cremê
A pinch of salt
Flour and Sunflower oil

Directions

Cut the Fish Fillet in small parts, add salt and then sip the fish in the flour and dredge sunflower oil.
Heat up the olive oil on another frying pan and add green pepper and tomato as listed. Mix them until they soften, add the fish and other materials. Let them cook for 7-8 minutes. At last, add creme and spices and serve hot.

How to Get There:

Deniz Restaurant

Contact Information:

Address: Atatürk Cad. 188/B Alsancak Izmir

Tel: 0090 232 464 44 99

Web: www.denizrestaurant.com.tr

Welcome

Ozan Devlen — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:51:26 +0000

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