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New Year's eve at Turkuaz

  
 
  
 

CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE AT TURKUAZ RESTAURANT

Ring in the New Year, with your family and friends, at Turkuaz Restaurant.

Prix-Fixe dinner menu...

Belly dance show...

Turkish dances all throughout the night starting from 9:00pm...

A glass of champagne at midnight...

Last days to make your reservation. Call 212-665-9541...

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Brunch on Sunday's

New addition to our Signature Sunday Brunches...

Pogaca - Farmers Bread

Try it next Sunday, between 11:00am - 3:30pm, during our open buffet brunch. Here are some more pictures...



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Herbs & Spices in the Turkish Cuisine

Herbs and spices have been used by mankind since ancient times for a variety of purposes. Sometimes a wild flower, the bark of a great tree or the fruit of a bush, spices show infinite variety in their form, characteristics and function.


It is generally believe that spices were first used in the Far ...<< MORE >>

Fruits in the Turkish Cuisine

Due to its rich natural vegetation, Turkey is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of fruit production. Its regional differences in climate and soil type provided a ready environment for the cultivation of fruit as well as vegetables. One may find hundreds of varieties of a single fruit, this is especially true in Turkey for fruits such as pears, apples and grapes.

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Dried Food & Grains in the Turkish Cuisine


Blackeyed Peas
Börülce


A member of the bean famıly (Fabaceae), in Turkey they are used in various ways: fresh like green beans and fresh shelled like green peas, but mostly in their dried form. See: Fabaceae.


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Ramadan Fasting and Feasts are starting


Ramadan, the month of fasting, is starting this year on August 21, 2009. During the course of this special month, families will be joined at the dinner table twice during a day. The first will start on the Arefe night, where they will eat before the sun goes up (sahur) and then they will be together again for the dinner following the sundown (iftar).

Some dishes like, borek, baklava, gullac will be even more popular during this period. In the evening hours, people will eat and gain back energy, and then in the night time, they will eat food that will ...<< MORE >>

Turkish Coffee

Since the Ottoman empire until now, the Turkish coffee has played an important role in the Turkish lifestyles and culture. Brought to Istanbul in 1555 by two Syrian traders, coffee became part of elaborate ceremonies in the Ottoman court.

Originating from the Arabica beans, Turkish coffee is a very fine, powder-like grind. It is cooked in a coffee pot named "cezve". Some like it without sugar and some with some sugar. Once the water and coffee is boiling, you need to wait until that moment where the foam will rise and then pour it into a special Turkish coffee cup ...<< MORE >>

Fish in the Turkish Cuisine

Bordered on three sides by seas, crossed by great rivers and creeks and lakes, Turkey is practically a great nation of water. The fish living in these bodies of salt and fresh water hold an important place in this culture’s cuisine. The fish in countries like Turkey, which has inland seas, are especially flavorful. This is because such fish have many bottom and active mid-water fish, and these are more flavorful than open-see and ocean fish. In addition to the flavor of these fish, Turkey is a wealthy country from ...<< MORE >>

Meats in the Turkish Cuisine

Lamb


Lamb is considered to be the meat of sheep under one year old. It is lightly fatty. Milk-fed or suckling lambs range from 4 - 9 kilos and are generally available from January to late March. Those from 10-15 kilos and available from ...<< MORE >>

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Turkuaz Restaurant

Turkuaz Restaurant is located on 2637 Broadway,New York, NY 10025. Phone number is 212-665-9541

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    Sunday, January 03, 2010
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