[P126] The chef and waiter

The tripe soup is a traditional and still popular dish all over Turkey. There is at least one restaurant serving only tripe soup in every small town of the country. There are several of these restaurants in big cities like Istanbul and Ankara. It is a tradition to drink this soup late at night on special occasions and particularly after consumption of alcohol. In many places, it is also served as a breakfast. In my hometown (Eskişehir, Turkey) there are a couple of dozens of tripe restaurants. However, Onur Restaurant is the most popular one among them which was established about 40 years ago. For many years, I had been a regular to this restaurant. I took this portrait of the chef, who cooks delicious tripe soup, during my last visit to the restaurant last year, as a memory for my family, so that they can go to the restaurant even if I wouldn’t be able to. I consider we have to keep such traditional restaurants alive.

 

You can find the recipe of Turkish Tripe Soup here: www.turkishcookbook.com/2008/03/tripe-soup.php

 

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