Blog 12: Adana Park and Park Café.
29 November Blog, 2012
Well it’s been a few days since last blog and that’s mostly
because I haven’t done too much out of the normal routine. I have walked the
streets of Adana again, sampled another Adana Kebab which I will describe
shortly and visited a few uniquely Turkish venders.
We went to the wonderful Central Park, Adana again and
enjoyed the gardens, a picnic with family and small hobby train ride with
hundreds of other locals on a Sunday afternoon. On a Sunday afternoon it’s a
very popular place to be in Adana. Last time we went on a train ride there was
about 7 on the carriage. This time, our one little train carriage had 18 people
crammed into 8 spaces! Lol) There’s about 15 or more carriages and one little
small, built obviously very powerful engine to tow them. That’s over 200 people on this little train!!
Omg!
We have also taken a train trip to Mersin to see the ocean
and walk through the markets and a country drive to a village by the see to
visit more family. I my blog about that later but today I just wanted to blog
about a positive experience with The Park Café, Adana.
This restaurant is in the heart of Adana business and market
district (Explored a lot now in my blogs) It was my next choice to sample Adana
Kebab because last year in 2011 I sampled a pizza there and it was pretty good.
The first thing that is a positive about this restaurant is
it is totally upstairs off the main street but still very visable to find. The
Park Café is roomy and has a view of the park next door (hence the name).
It’s also has a view of the very busy main road but I ask
you, what restaurant in Adana doesn’t have a busy road next to it?? Traffic in
Adana is very noisy as people mostly use horns rather than indicators to move
about.
The impression is good first off. I chose to sit by the
window (or lack of a window it was open air) so I could have a view of the park.
But quickly retreated to a more shady table due to the heat of the sun. Even in
late November the sun has heat here.
From the outset the service was great. A nice gentleman
attended to us (my 2 year old son and I) straight away. When he discovered I
spoke English (isn’t hard to realise I’m not a local! Lol) he quickly
introduced another gentleman waiter that had a very good understanding of
English. He was very good to my son also, suggested a dish my son may like to
go with my order of Adana Kebab. He went on to engaged me in a nice
conversation to make me feel welcome.
When the food arrived I was very pleased and relieved
because of my last experience (last blog) Firstly, the kebab had the pleasing
appearance with salads that appeared both tasty and fresh.
The rice yogurt dish was great and they provided a smaller
spoon for my son. Little Michael-Emre still hasn’t developed the Turkish
obsession for yogurt but he certainly polished off (ate all) the rice which was
delicious!
As for the salads; Fresh, they obviously took some pride in
the appearance of the salad and the taste did not disappoint me.
Well-proportioned for a meal for one, I felt quite fill at after eating. The
tomato salad was tasty, moist but not sloppy like the last place I went. The
salad was crisp and fresh. You can’t ask for more.
But the real plus with The Park Café’s Restaurant was the
service. They went out of the way to make me welcome, see that I was enjoying
the food and also a real plus for me was the way they welcomed my son. They did
things to engage him like a tomato bottle trick and talking with him and giving
him a lolly pop as we left.
All three (2 waiters and the manager) wished me well as I
left and the waiter assisted my me with the pram down the stairs.
All-round a good experience.
1 x Adana Kebab and salads
1 x Yogurt / Rice dish
1 x Cola
1 x Water
Complimentary Coffee
= 20 lira
9/10 Congratulations and thank
you to The Park Café staff. J
Cheers
Andrew
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