Sweet, Sweet Instanbul

Yes, this is the menu and it consists of ONLY sweets!

When you want to go out for a sweet treat at any time of the day and you find an entire book menu filled with tempting treats, you must be in Istanbul! 

Just for fun, I took pictures of some of the choices one has to make: be prepared to have eyes bugging and mouth watering!

 

Baklava (with all sorts of variations, even chocolate)!

Flan!

Cakes!

Puddings!

Ice cream!

 Profiteroles!

Pastries! 

Fruit tarts!

Cheesecakes!

The hardest part is choosing only one and which one.

The easiest part is being with friends who like to eat sweets as much as you do.

 

L to R:  Brenda, Chris, Rhiannon, Wes, Leonardo

 

Wes and I also managed to find time to go for Turkish "Fika" a time or two on our own.

At this place we shared the best dessert EVER...a profiterole (puff pastry with cream inside)

submerged in a bowl of chocolate pudding with chocolate morsels suspended in the chocolate mix.

With shaved chocolate curls on the top.  Chopped pistaschios, too.

Heaven!

In the background you see Turkish tea to be enjoyed with the treat.  We brought back a set of these

glasses and base plates as a way to remember our time in Istanbul.

And, I have to figure out a way to replicate this pudding treat!!!!