ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 - LUNCH AT BAMBI CAFE

Entry di Istanbul diteruskan.

Lepas kami pusing2 di Taksim Square sambil took tons of photos just like typical tourists [hahaha.....], we planned nak naik the Big Bus Istanbul yang kebetulan [dan memangnya pun hari2] park di Taksim Square tu. Conceptnya macam Hop-On Hop-Off bus kat KL tu. Since my wife suggested masa kami di Malaysia lagi, saya memang dah excited. I suka naik bus macam ni duduk tingkat atas open air. Senang nak ambik gambar...hihi...

Tapi apa2 pun perut kena isi. So kami pun check out the restaurants yg berderet2 di situ. And finally we decided to try out Bambi Cafe. Selain dari sebab nama restoran tu cute [hihi...], harga juga tak mahal seperti Starbucks Coffee around the corner di situ. Plus tak ramai orang, so since dah lapar, criteria macam tu jadi penting, i.e short wait time for food to arrive....hihi.

Inilah Bambi Cafe. Cute and pink! Hihi...

And this is the menu. We asked for the English version. Instead of the young waiter yg ushered us to our table, another waiter came and took our order sebab dia boleh cakap English. Good English actually. So dia pun explained the menu. Ooooo.... menunya semua ader daging jeeeee, doner daging, sandwich daging, nasi dgn daging, semua daging. Beef and lamb. Ok, ada la jugak chicken actually. Tapi main2 dishnya look like daging mostly. 

Suasana dalam Bambi Cafe. Simple je. 

Chef tengah prepare what looks like beef/doner wraps. Sini portion makanan sgt besar so you can be sure that you will get a lot of the daging if you ordered something with meat in it.

Oooo... those juicy burgers with hot soft steamy buns sure looked super delicious. Those are Islak Hamburgers.

Dan ini yg kami ordered. Roti2 yg satu besen tu, comes complimentary with the orders. Waaa.... so much food!!!

Saya ordered Pide Et Döner or 'Meat Pie Revolving' according to translation from menu...hihi

Dalamnya ader daging [very tasty, nicely spiced], fresh salads and tomato slices [tomato kat Turki adalah sgt sedap, juicy dan manis!] and potato fries plus a bit of sauce. 

Verdict: Sedap but portion way too big for me, jenuh nak ngabihkan :)

My wife orderd this one - Pilav Üstü Et Döner or translated into English as per menu 'Above Rice Meat Doner' which is correct as the rice was buried under a lot of meat. And also with tomato slices and potato fries.

Verdict: Yes, sedap and tasty but also way way way too big a portion.

Kami terus decide that from then on, we will order only 1 order and then we will split the order. Jimat la :). Lagi pun kan tak elok membazir. Kalau teruskan jugak makan nak kasi habis, boleh kembang kempis hidung dibuatnya. 

Portokal Suyu ialah orange juice. So total 28.25 TL [Turkish Lira] is about RM41.00. So about RM20.00 per person for a simple lunch like that. Tapi ye la kan, tak boleh la kita dok compare2 cam tu. Kan dah gitu standardnya di Istanbul. Tapi to compare for the purpose of nak kawal perbelanjaan dan untuk mengagak belanja harian for food, for example, elok la buat.  

Bersambung....

Di bawah ni saya senaraikan kesemua entries Istanbul saya:

01) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 - FLIGHT TO ISTANBUL

02) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 - HILTON BOSPHORUS & TAKSIM SQUARE

03) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 - LUNCH AT BAMBI CAFÉ

04) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 - BIG BUS ISTANBUL

05) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 – PEOPLE

06) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 01 - CATS OF ISTANBUL

07) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 02 - BIG BUS ISTANBUL LAGI

08) ISTANBUL 2014 - DAY 02 – PEOPLE

09) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 03 - PART 01 - PHOTOGRAPHY & WALKING TOUR - LES ARTS TURCS & TOMB AND CEMETERY OF MAHMUD II

10) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 03 - PART 02 - PHOTOGRAPHY & WALKING TOUR - CEMBERLITAS HAMAMI-ERENLER-SAHAFLAR CARSISI

11) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 03 - PART 03 - PHOTOGRAPHY & WALKING TOUR - ISTANBUL UNIVERSITESI & RAGMEN SAHAF

12) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 03 - PART 04 - PHOTOGRAPHY & WALKING TOUR - VEFA BOZACISI, AQUEDUCT OF VALENS & ETHEM ZEYTINKAYA

13) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 03 - PART 05 - PHOTOGRAPHY & WALKING TOUR – FENER

14) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 04 - MEHTER [MILITARY]

15) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 05 - COMMAND OF MILITARY MUSEUM AND CULTURAL SITE

16) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 06 - HILTON BOSPHORUS HOTEL – GARDEN

17) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 07 - FULL ISTANBUL TOUR - HIPPODROME & HAGIA SOPHIA

18) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 07 - FULL ISTANBUL TOUR - GORDES CARPET & GRAND BAZAAR

19) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 07 - FULL ISTANBUL TOUR - BLUE MOSQUE & LITTLE HAGIA SOPHIA

20) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 07 - FULL ISTANBUL TOUR - TOPKAPI PALACE

21) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 07 - FULL ISTANBUL TOUR – PEOPLE

22) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 08 - ASIA TOUR & BOSPHORUS CRUISE TOUR - CAMLICA HILL AND BEYLERBEYI PALACE

23) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 08 - ASIA TOUR & BOSPHORUS CRUISE TOUR - BOSPHORUS CRUISE

24) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 08 - ASIA TOUR & BOSPHORUS CRUISE TOUR – PEOPLE

25) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 09 - TURKISH NIGHT ISTANBUL

26) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 10 - ISTIKLAL AVENUE

27) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 11 - GALATA MEVLEVI MUSEUM & GALATA BRIDGE

28) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 13 - DOLMABAHCE PALACE - PART 01 - IMPERIAL MABEYN CHAMBERS

29) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 13 - DOLMABAHCE PALACE - PART 02 - IMPERIAL HAREM

30) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 13 - DOLMABAHCE PALACE - PART 03 - ATATURK AND DOLMABACHE PALACE

31) SANLIURFA 2014 - Day 14 - PART 01 - ISTANBUL TO SANLIURFA & HARRAN

32) SANLIURFA 2014 - Day 14 - PART 02 - TEMPAT KEDIAMAN NABI AYUB a.s

33) SANLIURFA 2014 - Day 14 - PART 03 - BALIKLI GOL - KESAN SEJARAH NABI IBRAHIM A.S

34) SANLIURFA 2014 - Day 14 - PART 04 - BEDESTEN BAZAAR

35) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 15 - PART 01 - CIRCLE ISTANBUL TOUR - TURKISH COFFEE

36) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 15 - PART 02 - CIRCLE ISTANBUL TOUR - BOMONTI FLEA MARKET AND GOZLEME

37) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 15 - PART 03 - CIRCLE ISTANBUL TOUR - KOKOREC AND CRUISE

38) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 15 - PART 04 - CIRCLE ISTANBUL TOUR - ISTIKLAL AVENUE AND FATIH

39) ISTANBUL 2014 - Day 16 - ISTANBUL TO KL

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