Kabab Barbeque at Ali Haydar Ocakbasi,
Antalya on the Turkish Riviera
video by Pat Keenan
I enjoyed this place, unassuming on the outside, but the moment you enter, there's the heady smell of smokey meat mixed with the sounds of Turkish music and the chatter of happy diners. Nice selection of hand chopped spicy meat, mostly lamb, Turkish kabābs grilled on skewers over charcoal. Locals pronounce it as 'kabobs. All served with salads and meze. And if things get a bit over spiced, be nt concerned, no Turkish meal is complete without Cacik, natural yogurt based meze, tastes good and also aids digestion... but, then, so does raki.
Ali Haydar Ocakbasi Barbecue restaurant, (beside the Antalya Atatürk Stadium) Denız Mah.Teomanpaşa Cad.Konuk Ap.No:3/1, 07100 Antalya, Turkey. Phone +90 232 237 7765
Pat Keenan flew Dublin- Antalya direct with Turkish Airlines and was a guest of RSD Travel Ireland Ltd. (fon:1800 936 007), a subsidiary of RSD-Reise Service Deutschland – the leading European tour operator for educational tours in the off-season based in Southern Germany.
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