Gozleme Turkish House - A specialty of Turkey in Sydney!

A 'Gozleme' is a traditional Turkish flat bread and can be somewhat equated to the Indian version of 'Chapathi' as it looks and is also made up in a similar fashion. This turkish bread is stuffed with ingredients in the center to meat it up and this fluffy bread ends up being pretty tasty holding the fillings inside.

Gozleme Turkish house is a part of the La Petite food court in the Birkenhead shopping center at Drummoyne, Sydney. It's quite a sight witnessing the making of the Gozleme live from the inception of squeezing the flour, dashing it in the pan, ornating the bread with veggies and cutting it across piece by piece and serving on the plates.

We were pretty hungry and when we barged in for a late lunch, we ordered all there was for vegetarian in the savoury section by saying one each of the cheese&tomato, veggie and potato gozleme. The combination of cheese and tomato was nailed perfectly and it was a delight crunching this one with the cheese oozing over. The latter two were pretty similar but for the strong essence of potato in the third one. Both had a doze of spinach and cheese and we relished eating them.

Each of the Gozleme's cost us 8$ and I would say it was worth it as the size was magnanimous and taste scrumptious. We also told for each of the sweets - baklava, semolina cake and the turkish delight and all of them were nice too giving a sweet touch to complement the savoury side of things. The sweets costed 2$ each but we got a deal of 5$ for the 3 of em.

Overall, a very pleasing meal. It was lovely having Turkish cuisine in the heart of Sydney. Personally, it was nice experiencing something new such as Gozleme and more so enjoying the same. Do give this place a shot when you get the chance.

Stitch - Good ol downtown yore!

The Stitch has an olden day flavor of yore associated with it. It seems to be more in the lines of how resto pubs used to be perhaps in the hey days.

There's lots of antique stuff in and around with specific focus on the vintage singer stitching machine. The model has it's presence throughout and no wonder the name also seems to be derived from the same in being called "The Stitch".

The place is all vintage and plays some dashing old school numbers and it has quite a kick ass retro based atmosphere to it. The staircase seems pretty daunting and you get to witness the action as you take your steps downward. It is engulfed with rustic woodwork based interiors and the inherent gloomy dark feel about it gives it quite the shiz.

On our way to the Winyard station, we wanted to finish our day with a final flourish and hence dropped in at 'The Stitch'. Just ordered for a couple of stuff viz:
- Cricketers Arms: This was a larger local Australian beer and turned out to be quite a good drink. It was a little thicker than normal with a tinge of sweetness touched upon.
- Mac n Cheese Balls: This usually comes with a bacon dip but we asked for a veg substitute and they gave us a ravioli dip. The balls as such were big in size, nicely breaded along and stuffed with cheese and you could literally feel the presence of thin macaroni pieces interspersed inside. The whole thing went along pretty well with the dip.

Overall, quite a reasonable fare. The service was well attended and we got the stuff fairly soon. The pricing seemed kinda par at $21 for both the items together.

The Stitch has a lovely buzz going for it and seems a pretty happening spot in this neck of the woods. If you're anywhere nearby, contemplate giving this place a shot.

Sachin's long awaited 100th Hundred!

Missed out at Mumbai, Oh so near yet so far at Oval, Stumble at Sydney and finally that much awaited ton at Dhaka.

Yes the 100th 100 should have been at a higher pedestal and definitely a more glorious, grandesque larger than life affair.

It did not happen but still a ton is a ton and a hundredth international hundred is something every Indian should be proud of and deserves a huge round of applause.

Lets celebrate and congratulate the Master Sachin Tendulkar for being the first cricketer ever to reach 100 International Hundreds. This feat may never again be surpassed in the history of cricket.

Fireworks please !!!