HAVING KEBAB FOR OUR EARLY DINNER IN KOBE

 

   19th JULY 2024    ~ After all the walking from the morning on my own, I finally got to meet my ex-student, Mr. Muhammad Iqbal, after he had finished his class in the evening. We decided to meet at Motomachi Station.

There was a Kebab shop at the station and that was our dinner of the day. There was no dining area though so we had to figure out where to sit to enjoy the Kebab while it was still hot.

We found a strategic spot to enjoy dinner - right outside Motomachi Station. While other Japanese were walking quickly to get home from work, we were busy munching our Kebab by the pedestrian walk.

This made me feel like a real tourist, and I had doubt this would ever happen again, definitely not in Kobe.

MY HUA HIN GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE - KEBAB FOR DINNER

17th DECEMBER 2018 ~ One of the stalls at the night market sold (halal) kebab. There was also a drinks stall just next to it and the tea was prepared like the Malaysian "teh tarik". Many people visited this very stall, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

kebab delivered to the table

... and the iced-tea.

And the stall operators were friendly too.

You need not worry if you want to find any halal food at the night market. There will be at least a few stalls for you.

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ARASTA BAZAAR IN ISTANBUL

We came across upon arrival was this row of shops near the hotel, to our delight, called "Arasta Bazaar". The place was not as big as the Grand Bazaar or the Spice Bazaar but I think the items on sale are almost the same. In fact, I bought some of the things from here before going home on the last day of my stay.

 

Let's just see what would were the items that people could take back home from Istanbul.

We also stopped at a stall for lunch here. The choice of food: kebab, apple tea and pomegranate juice. Later we found out that people here drank a lot of apple tea and pomegranate juice.

We stopped at one shop selling carpets as my friend, Mr. Razib, wanted to get one. We were welcomed into the shop and were served cups of apple tea, and then the carpet seller started his lengthy explanation of the various carpets available in the shop. Do not worry if you think that you would have difficulty carrying the carpet on the plane as the people at the shop will neatly fold your carpet and pack it in a special bag. Istanbul is a place where many people go to get their carpets (especially Malaysians, I guess) but I did not get any though, they were a bit too expensive for me.

 

There will more posts of other visits to other bazaars in Istanbul later.


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