Turkish Food Festival at the Mynt August 7, 2009

Turkish Food Festival at the Mynt. Turkish cooking is one that is steeped in an ancient and rich heritage, where there is a high standard to freshness and quality of pr oduce. Its beauty lies in the simplicity of basic cooking techniques, im pr essive variety and the honesty of the final dish. Keeping all this in mind, the Taj West End is pr oud to pr esent the Turkish Food Festival at the 'Mynt' with Chef Mehmet Koyuncu from the acclaimed Restaurant Kefi - The rooftop Mediterranean restaurant at Taj Mount Road Chennai. Stylish, bright and interactive. The dining concept is eclectic to reflect Bangalore's evolving lifestyle and the world traveller who has grown used to the great variety of cuisines on the world map. The accent is always freshness, together with healthy styles of cooking a full-flavoured meal. Mynt offers refreshing ambience with a firm emphasis on authentic, dishes culled from Italian, Lebanese, Mediterranean , and Indian cuisines. To kick-start your appetite, you can choose from a combination of starters such as Hummus - pureed chickpea with tahini and lemon juice, Assorted variety of Dolmas - stuffed wine leaves & stuffed eggplant zucchini, Cerkez Tavugu - shredded chicken with bread milk and walnuts, Tarama salata -blendet bread with yoghurt & moyonaise and red caviar flavoured with lemon juice olive oil and garlic and Akdeniz Peynirleri - Regional mediterraenan cheeses corner. The main course has an extensive selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes like Prasa - sauteed leeks with carrot, rice, onion, and flavoured with olive oil Turlu - vegetables in aromatic tomato onion sauce, Moussaka- fried eggplant and zucchini in tomato sauce served with mash potato .Selections in non vegeterian dish includes Chicken tagine - chicken cooked in morrocan spices and potato carrot falvored with ginger and cinamon Kuzu incik - lamb shank over cooked with potato and carrotsl , Hunkar begendi - sauteed beef with vinager and oregano and add it tomato sauce ower cook and served with begendi sauce In addition there is also a special grill section for the discerning guests with Karides izgara- char grilled pr awns marinated in traditional Turkish spices,Shish tauk - marinated chicken cubes in garlic hung curd on skiwer char grilled ,Kuzu shish kebab-marinated lamb cubes in onion oil oregano and milk sauce on skiwer char grilled.

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