Post by angryumpire on Sept 1, 2005 13:33:05 GMT 2
We were invited, along with my daughter Sarah, who some of you have met, to my friends wedding in Marmaris. The official invitation arrived in Koycegiz by dolmus, 3 days before the wedding, typical Turkish.
We have attended 3 Turkish weddings before, and the normal format is, you go along to the celebration, have a few drinks and dance away the night.
Sarah suggested we go to the wedding celebration and slip out about 10.30pm and go to the Indian Restaurant in Marmaris, great food and reasonable prices. However, I thought we might be missed and so suggested we go earlier to the Indian Restaurant, and go on to the celebrations at 7.30pm as per the invitation.
So off we went to Marmaris at 5.00pm and had a full 3 course Indian with popadums, naans, in fact the full monty, we were stuffed.
We arrived at the 5 star hotel at 7.30pm, and were escorted to the table by the Head Waiter. Horror and shock greeted us,
the tables were laid out for a 3 course meal (3 knives, 3 forks).
The bride and groom were typically 1 hour late arriving and so we thought that we could choose small amounts off a buffet. No way, a dinner plate full of meze was put in front of each of us, we played around with eating some of it and waited the next course, a dinner plate full of peppers and cold mushrooms, we played around again, only 1 course to go. Next course was a small salad, good, no more cutlery, we had got through it. ;D
Oh no!! another course of 12 inch fat trout with all the trimmings arrived, only Sarah had this course. Around 10.30pm we made our excuses and went to leave. THe Head Waiter insisted we sit down for the dessert, a gooey slice of cake arrived, 'heaven', I ate mine and the other two forced it down, we then managed to slip away.
The moral of a Turkish Wedding is to find out if food is served.
Incidentaly, Sarah ate everything and finished up with an 8 course dinner between 6.15pm and 10.30pm.
We had a great night and if you ever get an invite to a Turkish Wedding, please go, it's thoroughly enjoyable.
Pete
We have attended 3 Turkish weddings before, and the normal format is, you go along to the celebration, have a few drinks and dance away the night.
Sarah suggested we go to the wedding celebration and slip out about 10.30pm and go to the Indian Restaurant in Marmaris, great food and reasonable prices. However, I thought we might be missed and so suggested we go earlier to the Indian Restaurant, and go on to the celebrations at 7.30pm as per the invitation.
So off we went to Marmaris at 5.00pm and had a full 3 course Indian with popadums, naans, in fact the full monty, we were stuffed.
We arrived at the 5 star hotel at 7.30pm, and were escorted to the table by the Head Waiter. Horror and shock greeted us,
the tables were laid out for a 3 course meal (3 knives, 3 forks).The bride and groom were typically 1 hour late arriving and so we thought that we could choose small amounts off a buffet. No way, a dinner plate full of meze was put in front of each of us, we played around with eating some of it and waited the next course, a dinner plate full of peppers and cold mushrooms, we played around again, only 1 course to go. Next course was a small salad, good, no more cutlery, we had got through it. ;D
Oh no!!
another course of 12 inch fat trout with all the trimmings arrived, only Sarah had this course. Around 10.30pm we made our excuses and went to leave. THe Head Waiter insisted we sit down for the dessert, a gooey slice of cake arrived, 'heaven', I ate mine and the other two forced it down, we then managed to slip away.The moral of a Turkish Wedding is to find out if food is served.
Incidentaly, Sarah ate everything and finished up with an 8 course dinner between 6.15pm and 10.30pm.
We had a great night and if you ever get an invite to a Turkish Wedding, please go, it's thoroughly enjoyable.
Pete