A Delicious Day

Today was absolutely de-li-ci-ous! I did a favor for dad today, I woke up at 9 a.m. His best friends from college were visiting Istanbul and he wanted me to meet them. He was really excited about seeing his friends after a long time. So we woke up at 9 a.m. and went to the Bosphorus for breakfast. We went to a restaurant called Happily Ever After. The meals were absolutely delicious and there was nothing that I couldn't eat of my no-eating-insulin-raising-product diet. I ate scrambled eggs in a croissant with sliced turkey. It was absolutely mouth-watering.

After our perfect breakfast we went to Contemporary Istanbul. Contemporary Istanbul is a modern and contemporary art event. Honestly, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to because after reading the whole brochure I had an headache that could have killed me. After I was done examining the whole exhibitions, I sat down somewhere, closed my eyes and waited for dad and his friends. Even though I did a quick tour and didn't have enough time to examine all of the works carefully, there were 3 artists' work that attracted my attention the most. These were: Zerrin Tekindor, Tuncay Takmaz and Christian Awe. Zerrin Tekindor's paintings were generally about women and I loved the way she drew the eye make-up. I liked how Tuncay Takmaz and Christian Awe used the colors. (apart from the paintings and photographs, my favorite thing about Contemporary Istanbul was the fortune cookies given at the exit). I wish I haven't had that god damn headache... Anyway after that we were supposed to go somewhere and drink some coffee but my headache had gotten worse so dad dropped me to the house. I took a pain killer and... boom! my headache was all gone.

I had gotten pretty hungry by that time so I decided to prepare myself a delicious meal. My grandma had sent tarhana(it's m favorite soup of all time). It was still uncooked so I called grandma and I got the recipe. First I put 3 spoonful or tarhana into a bowl and filled the empty parts with water. While the tarhana was getting softer, I put 1.5 spoonful of tomato paste in to a saucepan and added just a little olive oil (the original recipe says add corn oil but there was no of that left). I turned on the heater so that the olive oil and the tomato paste could mix. While they were mixing, I stirred and mixed the tarhana-water mixture until tarhana became liquid-ish, then added the mixture to the saucepan after sieving it. (I don't like the solid particles in the soup, so I sieve it before I add it to the saucepan.) I also made myself a tasty salad and added my all time favorite sauces while the soup was cooking. First I washed all of the lettuce and the greenery and dried it. I cut them into big pieces(when they are bigger they taste better;)) and put them in to a salad bowl. The other ingredients of my salad were black olives, some little cube shaped cheese and tiny tomatoes. Pomegranate molasses, olive oil and just a little bit of Caesar sauce were the final touches. After I prepared the whole table just for myself I enjoyed my scrumptious meal. It would've been perfect if I hadn't put so much tomato paste in the soup... All in all, this was the most efficient quality time that I had with myself for a long time...

Now I'm going to read a book, after that dad will drop me to mum's and that's how my day will finish. Arrivederci!

by the way, I discovered a super duo: Apple and Ben&Jerry's vanilla. Cut the apple in pieces and put the ice-cream on it. Together they taste heavenly delicious.

Zerrin Tekindor