{"id":36139,"date":"2017-10-26T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T12:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/turkish-delicacies-entertainment-hit-kigali-at\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T16:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:12:45","slug":"turkish-delicacies-entertainment-hit-kigali-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/turkish-delicacies-entertainment-hit-kigali-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish delicacies, entertainment hit Kigali at Turkish Food Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The four-day festival starts today (Thursday) at the Kigali Marriott Hotel which organised the fair in partnership with Turkish Airlines and the Embassy of Turkey in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>IGIHE caught up with Ismail Keklikci and Samet Yildiz, two chefs from Istanbul Marriott Sisli, who have been in Kigali for two days preparing for delivering authentic Turkish dishes to festival goers.<\/p>\n<p>Keklikci, a Turkish national with 13 years of experience in food industry, said the Turkish cuisine touches on several other cuisines including Mediterranean, Arabic and Greek to produce ideal mouthwatering dishes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come to make Kigali residents and visitors taste delectable dishes from Turkey. We will serve mezze (hummus, eggplant salad, spicy tomato paste, feta cheese, green olive salad and \u2018coban\u2019salad). As hot starters, we have cheese \u2018borek\u2019 and manti with yoghurt sauce. Our main course features chicken skewers, beef kebabs, kofte, crushed wheat rice and grilled tomato, as well as many other dishes. We also have desserts such as rice pudding, the world-famous lokum (Turkish delight), and more. Coffee and tea lovers can even taste the flavoursome tea and coffee from the heart of Turkey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Keklikci invites festival goers to try kuru fasulye, one of the most loved Turkish dishes, that brings together cheese pastry, feta cheese, butter, tomato paste, dry beans and dry beef. <\/p>\n<p>Spiced up with Turkish music, Ottoman uniforms, and authentic Turkish decorations direct from Istanbul, the Turkish Food Festival is expected to be graced by envoy of Turkey to Rwanda, Mr Mehmet Karaca, among other dignitaries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to showcase, not just the food, but the exciting spectacle that goes into Turkish cooking. We want Rwanda to experience a taste of Turkey,\u201d Keklikci says.<\/p>\n<p>Participants can enjoy delicious all-you-can-eat Turkish dishes and entertainment from Thursday to Sunday (October 26th-29th) for Rwf 25,000. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22299 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fewfw.jpg\" alt=\"Turkish food Borek; filled pastries that are said to be &quot;matchless in savor&quot;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22302 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kekeee.jpg\" alt=\"The Turkish coffee cup; a drink of exquisite and refined taste\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22300 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dededede.jpg\" alt=\"The Candy coconut cube, a true relish!\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22301 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ssws222.jpg\" alt=\"Samet Yildiz (left) and Ismail Keklikci, Chefs from Istanbul Marriott Sisli, are in Kigali to deliver authentic Turkish dishes to festival goers\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22303 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-eeee.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22324 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_hosts_in_ottoman_garb._the_team_is_serving_turkish_food_to_kigali_residents_and_visitors_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott&#039;s hosts in Ottoman garb. The team is serving Turkish food to Kigali residents and visitors \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fun-filled Turkish Food Festival has brought the best of Turkish cuisine and special performances by Ankara-based artists to Kigali. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2813],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-jean-damour-mugabo-3"],"bylines":[{"id":2813,"name":"Jean d\u2019Amour Mugabo","slug":"jean-damour-mugabo-3","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2813,"name":"Jean d\u2019Amour Mugabo","slug":"jean-damour-mugabo-3","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36139"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36139"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}