Food
One of the great pleasures of a stay at Huzur Vadisi is the wonderful food. Guests over the last nineteen years have so enjoyed the dishes served from our kitchen that we finally gave in to popular demand and published a cookbook!
Turkish cooking is recognised as one of the great cuisines of the world – created by a thousand palace chefs devoted to tempting the Ottoman Sultan’s palate. Our gifted cook, Sevgi, combines this tradition with local village recipes to turn out truly original and delicious Huzur Vadisi food – referred to in Harpers & Queen magazine as ‘legendary’.
Village recipes are mainly vegetarian, as meat would traditionally be served only for special occasions, so there are many unusual and varied vegetarian dishes from the local repertoire. A guest once ‘complained’ she hadn’t eaten the same dish twice in a two-week stay. Based on fresh, local, seasonal produce – fruit, vegetables, pulses, grains, nuts, cheeses, eggs and yoghurt – the diet is a nutritionist’s dream.
Although the menu is vegetarian by default, fish, chicken or meat can be provided once or twice a week if requested by the group. Special diets can also be accommodated, but please check with us first.
Huzur Vadisi Cookbook
The Huzur Vadisi Cookbook has 70 pages of simple, delicious and healthy Turkish recipes.
£15 including postage. Please email Jane at huzvad@gmail.com if you'd like to receive a copy.