BelgianBoy Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 rusty said:Have you tried Turkish food?YUK! Rusty, I would guess you never had the real Turkish food because that is velly yummy indeed ! BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 Lived in both countries, can't say "yuk" ... both beat japanese food hands down. Isn't that a matter of everybody's individual taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 >Isn't that a matter of everybody's individual taste? Good that you came back, jp1. Yes, individual taste, in that regard I am in the wrong place. I have put on 7kg since coming to Japan - all KFC and Mac - I can't eat uncooked food (sushi, sea urchins...) and can't stand fried chicken feet, grilled chicken skin, grilled guts, bland ekonomiyaki...Good number of corporate dinners (that I ended up paying 60-100$ myself) with meals Japanese ordered for the group left me hungry and had to revert to Mac on my way home. There is a doner kebab van at Kabukicho, saved ne many times. Doner kebab (Turkish) is known as "Geeros" in Greece. Both Doner and Geeros mean the same - a wheel turning around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 Certainly Japanese food is not meant for everybody. I agree. I had no clue that there is Turkish food available in Tokyo. Is there any Turkish restaurant over here? I'd like to give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 "Doner kebab (Turkish) is known as "Geeros" in Greece. Both Doner and Geeros mean the same - a wheel turning around." In the States too. No doners there, but lots of gyros sandwiches. Come to think of it, not many Turks in the States either, but a lotta Greeks. Maybe that 'splains it? BTW, it is pronnounced YEER-oos with the G being pretty much silent (per a good Greek friend anyway). I always laugh when I am in a Greek place in the States and some goofball says that they want "one o'dem jai-rose things." Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 >I had no clue that there is Turkish food available in Tokyo. Is there any Turkish restaurant over here? I'd like to give it a try. There is one next to my office building that has Turkish flag inside but there were only 2-3 pre-prepared dishes. That doner kebab van floats from Takashimaya (Shinjuku) to Kabukicho. Always somewhere there. Will ask them about a restaurant, the van may well be owned by one. 2 suadum: yes, that "Yeeros" with silently pronouced "g" is the root of the "Gyro" word in English. Gyroscope, for example. The "Y" is actually letter "gama" from Greek alphabet - alfa, beta, gama, delta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusty Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 BelgianBoy said: rusty said:Have you tried Turkish food?YUK! Rusty, I would guess you never had the real Turkish food because that is velly yummy indeed ! BB I've always fancied eating out a belly dancer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink15 Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Speaking of which I just saw an ad in a local flyer for a Middle Eastern restaurant with belly dancers and the chick in the photo was actually very hot. For you 80's porn fans she was kind of like Vanessa Del Rio without the tan and with a prettier face. I wonder if she speaks Greek if you know what I mean, wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 rusty said:I've always fancied eating out a belly dancer! lusty rusty, A belly dancer is an arab thingie, not Turkish..... BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink15 Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 A belly dancer is an arab thingie Very popular at Greek restaurants in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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