Breakfast in Europe Continent (Istanbul, Turkiye @ Taksim Gonen Hotel) -1

cheese, cheese n more cheese

After about 10 hours of flight from Kuala Lumpur, arriving in Istanbul in the early hours and starts the tour to the Blue Mosque which is actually not blue, visiting the Aya Sophia Museum which was built as a Church turn into a Mosque turn into a museum the off to the lovely and mesmerising Topkapi Palace blooming with tulips of unthinkable colours, a good night sleep and waking up hungry like a wolf, I was astounded by the array of the breakfast buffet.

Cheese of various sizes and shapes; different taste and texture which really teased my cheesy appetite. Without much thought of the rest of the fares, I practically scooped each and every one of them into my serving plate without any hesitation or thought. The cheese were really finger licking good and out of the world.

bread n pastry

Next were the baskets of breads of all kinds, shape and texture. Some were extra ordinary hard, some were reasonably soft. Another rows of baskets right on top were baskets of sweets pastry, and I mean really sweet pastry. Next were the salad bar with thick cut tomatoes and cucumber along with other leafy salad with big bowls of sweet sauce and condiments, yogurt and honey adorned the long salad bar counter.

salad honey yogurt n more cheese

olive story
honeycomb rack far left

And of course various shape, size and colours of fresh crunchy olive, to my delight but not in the morning of course. And there was also honey comb (above picture on the left) where we can break a small piece and mixed it with yogurt, which was heavenly delicious!

And last but not least, when in Turkey, we must taste at least once their famous Apple Tea. Overall my first day breakfast in Istanbul is tipping a fine nine on Acepaizah's scale.

reddish Apple Tea
wt assorted cheese n friends

 Cheesy Istanbul
~Acepaizah~

fresh n crunchy whole fruits