Limey's new travel and food critique

limey · 08-31-2014, 08:36 AM

Lebanese breakfast and I'd not even left the UK. This very tasty dish, featuring spicy lamb sausage and delivered to my table in its own hot skillets, is what I started my day with at Gatwick airport.

limey · 08-31-2014, 09:13 AM

Mr Limey was recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic (ever the follower of fashion, he!) and, while we're not going all-out paleo in our diet, we've been advised to restrict intake of carbohydrates (and substitute brown for white wherever possible). At home this is easy, but travelling ... well ....
I have left Mr Limey at home to look after the cats, but nevertheless I have a heightened awareness of the carbohydrates on my plate now.
I quite like the food on Turkish Airlines (my carrier of choice for many, if not all, of the destinations I get to go to). But with a new, critical eye, I looked at my airline tray (no pics, sorry Sundae!). Green bean and tomato salad for starter (OK!), beef stew and ratatouille with a generous portion of (white, BOO!) rice ... so far not too bad. But also, a brown bread roll, a packet of savoury biscuits (in fact I got two!), and plum cake for dessert. I ate the brown bread roll (with butter, mustn't go too mad!), left half the rice and all the other carbs. But I did have a beer. The air hostess assumed I'd want European, and it took them a little while to find an Efes (Turkish beer) for me.
As I have another Turkish Airlines flight in a couple of hours (currently posting from Istanbul Ataturk airport), perhaps I'll remember to take a pic of the next meal ....

DanaC · 08-31-2014, 09:48 AM

ohmigod that pan of food looks fabulous!

Sorry to hear about Mr L's diagnosis. That must be a bit of a pain.

Sundae · 08-31-2014, 11:38 AM

That food makes even me want to eat.
Although I'd probably leave 2/3.

I don't worry about carbs as my body seems to thrive on them. Although I've had little
bread and no rice or pasta for a while now. Or potatoes. Oh actually I lie. I ate a lot of everything when I was at Mum's for the Bank Holiday. She'd gone out to buy things for me specially.

I think I would like Turkish food. Except for all the bits I had to pick out.

Keep them coming! You let us see parts of the world we never evere would otherwise.

Big Sarge · 08-31-2014, 02:58 PM

limey - you are truly a woman of international intrigue. please post more

Gravdigr · 08-31-2014, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

ohmigod that pan of food looks fabulous!

It looks awful!..

I bet it was delicious.

limey · 09-02-2014, 12:00 PM

Sorry I have been remiss. Here is a local beer - very hoppy and quite mild. I'll be happy to drink it again.
And rack of lamb, ribs really, roasted with a slightly spicy rub which I ate with the beer this evening in the hotel restaurant.
And the fruit bowl I had delivered by room service this afternoon.

I should add I am currently in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

limey · 09-02-2014, 12:02 PM

I think they gave me a straw for the beer because I'm a girlie. The Texan (man) who also ordered a beer didn't get a straw.

Sundae · 09-02-2014, 01:21 PM

They gave you a straw because you look so young.
Gorgeous fruit bowl btw (not a euphemism). Nice use of pen to establish scale too, clever girl.

Lola Bunny · 09-03-2014, 09:12 AM

The twisty straw in the beer made me literally LOL...

hahahahhahahahhhahah......

limey · 09-04-2014, 09:59 AM

Tonight's dinner was Kuurdak (mutton, tomatoes, potatoes,onion and bell pepper).
The beer isn't actually 11% by volume, that's what used to be referred to as original gravity, I think. In the small print it say 4% ....
Oh, and no straw tonight. Maybe the bar staff read teh Cellar

!

Gravdigr · 09-04-2014, 12:57 PM

Did the bendy straw's corrugations make the beer foam on the way up?

Hard to beat meat & spuds...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2014, 05:29 AM

That looks like very classy expense account chow.

I'd assume you've traveled in that part of the world enough to know what to avoid and what their secret treasures are.

limey · 09-05-2014, 06:11 AM

I like to try the local food. One of the perks and quirks of my travelling gig is that I get a per diem allowance and if I don't spend it all I get to keep the change (less a slice for the taxman). It can be hard finding the line between eating exotic and eating inedible when trying to reasonably economise.

limey · 09-06-2014, 09:51 AM

Good old home cooking at a former Soviet holiday camp on Lake Issyl Kul. Here's last night's dinner: chakhochbili (referred to on the internets as "Georgian chicken ragout"). With a side dish of beetroot salad (grated beetroot with crushed garlic and a slug, literally, of sour cream!). Bread, and a bun with a sweet tvorog filling (hey, Ortho, I'm looking at you here

).

08-31-2014, 08:36 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Limey's new travel and food critique Lebanese breakfast and I'd not even left the UK. This very tasty dish, featuring spicy lamb sausage and delivered to my table in its own hot skillets, is what I started my day with at Gatwick airport. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-31-2014, 09:13 AM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Mr Limey was recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic (ever the follower of fashion, he!) and, while we're not going all-out paleo in our diet, we've been advised to restrict intake of carbohydrates (and substitute brown for white wherever possible). At home this is easy, but travelling ... well .... I have left Mr Limey at home to look after the cats, but nevertheless I have a heightened awareness of the carbohydrates on my plate now. I quite like the food on Turkish Airlines (my carrier of choice for many, if not all, of the destinations I get to go to). But with a new, critical eye, I looked at my airline tray (no pics, sorry Sundae!). Green bean and tomato salad for starter (OK!), beef stew and ratatouille with a generous portion of (white, BOO!) rice ... so far not too bad. But also, a brown bread roll, a packet of savoury biscuits (in fact I got two!), and plum cake for dessert. I ate the brown bread roll (with butter, mustn't go too mad!), left half the rice and all the other carbs. But I did have a beer. The air hostess assumed I'd want European, and it took them a little while to find an Efes (Turkish beer) for me. As I have another Turkish Airlines flight in a couple of hours (currently posting from Istanbul Ataturk airport), perhaps I'll remember to take a pic of the next meal .... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-31-2014, 02:58 PM	#5
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09-02-2014, 12:00 PM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sorry I have been remiss. Here is a local beer - very hoppy and quite mild. I'll be happy to drink it again. And rack of lamb, ribs really, roasted with a slightly spicy rub which I ate with the beer this evening in the hotel restaurant. And the fruit bowl I had delivered by room service this afternoon. I should add I am currently in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-02-2014, 12:02 PM	#8
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I think they gave me a straw for the beer because I'm a girlie. The Texan (man) who also ordered a beer didn't get a straw. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-31-2014, 11:38 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That food makes even me want to eat. Although I'd probably leave 2/3. I don't worry about carbs as my body seems to thrive on them. Although I've had little bread and no rice or pasta for a while now. Or potatoes. Oh actually I lie. I ate a lot of everything when I was at Mum's for the Bank Holiday. She'd gone out to buy things for me specially. I think I would like Turkish food. Except for all the bits I had to pick out. Keep them coming! You let us see parts of the world we never evere would otherwise.

09-02-2014, 01:21 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	They gave you a straw because you look so young. Gorgeous fruit bowl btw (not a euphemism). Nice use of pen to establish scale too, clever girl.

09-03-2014, 09:12 AM	#10
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	The twisty straw in the beer made me literally LOL... hahahahhahahahhhahah......

09-04-2014, 09:59 AM	#11
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Tonight's dinner was Kuurdak (mutton, tomatoes, potatoes,onion and bell pepper). The beer isn't actually 11% by volume, that's what used to be referred to as original gravity, I think. In the small print it say 4% .... Oh, and no straw tonight. Maybe the bar staff read teh Cellar ! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-04-2014, 12:57 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Did the bendy straw's corrugations make the beer foam on the way up? Hard to beat meat & spuds... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-05-2014, 05:29 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That looks like very classy expense account chow. I'd assume you've traveled in that part of the world enough to know what to avoid and what their secret treasures are. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-05-2014, 06:11 AM	#14
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I like to try the local food. One of the perks and quirks of my travelling gig is that I get a per diem allowance and if I don't spend it all I get to keep the change (less a slice for the taxman). It can be hard finding the line between eating exotic and eating inedible when trying to reasonably economise. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-06-2014, 09:51 AM	#15
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Good old home cooking at a former Soviet holiday camp on Lake Issyl Kul. Here's last night's dinner: chakhochbili (referred to on the internets as "Georgian chicken ragout"). With a side dish of beetroot salad (grated beetroot with crushed garlic and a slug, literally, of sour cream!). Bread, and a bun with a sweet tvorog filling (hey, Ortho, I'm looking at you here ). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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