Enjoying a foreign country also means exploring the local cuisine. In this case Turkey is one of your best choices, the variety of dishes is enormous and the quality excellent. The food is always fresh and the rich offer of vegetables and fruits display at local markets shows it the best and you can be sure that all the products from the field are without artificial fertilizers. With the added pleasure of dining outside on the aft deck of your gulet, the culinary experience can be a memorable part of your cruise. Your cook on board will serve dishes to have you lingering over meals, determined to discover the secret ingredients.A traditional cruise in a gulet yacht is nothing like taking a cruise on a large cruise ship. The blue cruise does not involve any open sea cruise. It is an outdoors event, which combines the sea, sun, nature, history, people, fun and great food.
Weekly Sample Menu for Private Gulet Charter :
Breakfast : Butter, olive oil, four sorts of jam, honey, cheese, feta cheese, black & green olives, tomatoes, cucumber, eggs/omelette, yoghurt, cereals, sausages, salami, assortment of fresh fruits, fresh orange juice, various sorts of tea, filter coffee, coffee, milk, bread & toast.
Afternoon snacks :
Lunch Menu :
Day 1- Baked Chicken with Seasonal Vegetables, Pilau Rice with Almonds, Green Beans Sautéed in Olive Oil, Fresh Fruits
Day 2 - Meatballs a la Smyrna, Bulgur Rice with Tomatoes, Shepherd's Salad, Ice Day 1- Cream
Day 3- Turkish Pastry with Mince & Feta Cheese, Mixed Sautéed Seasonal Vegetables, Zaziki, Turkish Coffee
Day 4 - Calamari Stuffed with Rice & Vegetables, Red & Green Peppers with Yoghurt Sauce, Potato Puree, Turkish Delight
Day 6- Aubergine with Mince in the Oven, Rice with Tomatoes, Mixed Seasonal Salad, Turkish Dessert
Day 7- Cream of Mushroom Soup, Macaroni with Cheese in the Oven, Tuna Salad, Creme Caramel
Dinner Menu :
Day 1- Traditional Turkish Meze Platter, Oven Roasted Leg of Lamb with Baby Potatoes, Shepherd's Salad, Honey Melon with IceDay 1-Cream
Day 2 - Vegetable Soup, Beef Steak Ratatouille with Baked Potatoes, Red Beans with Tomato Sauce, Carrot Salad, Turkish Dessert
Day 3- Aegean Fish Soup, Grilled Calamari and Shrimps, Turkish Dolma Platter, Rocket Salad, Turkish Coffee with Turkish Delight
Day 4- Baked Pastry with Spinach and Feta Cheese, Curry Chicken with Peas and Carrots, Pilau Rice, Chef's Salad, Creme Caramel
Day 5- Humous and Haydari, Barbecue ( lamb chops, sausages, chicken wings, shish kebab), Potato Puree, Mixed Salad, Fresh Fruits
Day 6- Grilled Calamari with Lemon Sauce, Casserole of Lagos, Seasonal Salad, Potato Salad, Baklava
Day 7- Shrimp Casserole, Grilled Sea Bass with Lemon and Dill Sauce, Zucchini Souffle, Rocket Salad, Chocolate Cake
Beverages : Efes beer (light & normal & dark), Doluca Antik wines (white & red), Kavaklidere wines (white & red), Raki, Absolut Wodka, Gordon & Tanqueray Gin, J&B Scotch, Jack Daniels, Bacardi, Campari, Dry Martini, Raynal Cognac, Mixers
Sample Menu On Board for Cabin Charter :
Breakfast :2 kind of jam, honey, butter, green olives, black olives, feta cheese, cheddar cheese, egg, tomato, cucumber, fruit, milk, unlimited tea & coffee.
Lunch :Chicken with vegetables, green beans, aubergine mussaki, pasta with oven, rice, couscous, different type of pastas, salads, aubergine grill with yogurt, cucumber with garlic and yogurt, fruits, compost with fruit.
Afternoon snacks : Unlimited tea & Coffee, biscuits, Cookies, cake and patty with cheese.
Dinner : Grilled fish, fried fish, grilled meatballs & chicken, meat saute, turkey, roasted chicken, mushroom, kinds of salads, rice, couscous, pasta, red beans, smashed potatoes, purslane with yoghurt, cacik (yogurt with cucumber), piyaz (butter beans), fried vegetables with yoghurt, garnish, dessert, fruit.
Beverages : Alcoholic & nonalcoholic beverages are extra and could be bought from the bar on board.
