Saturday, November 25. 2006

Turkish Delight

Ever since I read the Narnian Chronicles, I've always wondered what honest-to-goodness Turkish Delight actually tastes like. I mean, they had to be rather fantastic and out-of-this-world to get naughty Edmund Pevensie to betray his siblings and friends the way that he did.

My longtime childhood question was answered not too long ago, when Ben brought a box of Turkish Delight to the office. A friend of his who actually went to Turkey got it for him. I had the honour of posing with the box before unwrapping it and sinking my teeth into the hopefully delicious contents.

This is the box. Notice the dubiously 'enticing' tagline:

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/turkeydelightbox.jpg[/IMG]


This is me officially endorsing the food as being safe to eat. :

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/b4turkey.jpg[/IMG]


This is me looking ripped off because the content of the box did NOT match it's cover image:

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/afterturkey.jpg[/IMG]


And to my utter disappointment, the Turkish Delight tasted sickeningly sweet - so sweet that it caused my molars to ache. It was also sticky and not at all appetising. Bleh. How Edmund Pevensie sold his soul for these I shall never know.

I am not alone.
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*Aiseeeeeyyy, turkish delight for me is the coffee (where u can stand ur teaspoon innit!) or the hammam! :-D
#1 twinnie on 2006-11-25 05:04 (Reply)
*Apa benda tu hammam? Never ate that, I think! :-D

Yuh, the Turkish Delight Coffee in Klang is absolutely wonderful. With ice-cream, too!
#2 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-11-25 05:13 (Reply)
*errrrmmmm, hammam itu spa la! :-P
#3 twinnie on 2006-11-25 05:33 (Reply)
*Ooooh, I get it. Turkish baths!
#4 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-11-25 05:38 (Reply)
*Turkish Delights shouldn't be in packaging like that... they were pink and coated in icing sugar right?

Tried it years ago. It's ok in small doses. :-)
#5 Anonymous on 2006-11-25 06:32 (Reply)
*ooo... turkish delight niceleh. i think that one plain wan. here in aussie got pistachio nuts in them! *glee*. i like the mint flavoured one. the pink one's rose water and its true - super sweet! but sedap. include that in rocky road slices, like heaven oooo....
#6 lisa on 2006-11-25 07:18 (Reply)
*I've had the modernised chocolate covered turkish delight and those were good. But yeah, very sweet.
#7 Fooman (Homepage) on 2006-11-25 07:28 (Reply)
*I've always wondered what it tastes like too!!! :-D
#8 irene (Homepage) on 2006-11-25 08:06 (Reply)
*Hi Hope you are ok.I like it, I mean the real thing.
Wish you well
#9 Anonymous on 2006-11-25 08:27 (Reply)
*The tagline just broke my brain hahaha. I understandeth it not.
#10 Anonymous on 2006-11-25 14:11 (Reply)
*haha~~ how r u gurls
Well well~~ the turkish delight~~ arab delight even persian Delight ~~ for chinese their food seems to be "masuk angin" ventileted!!
hahaha~~ is their cultural food!!
hmm the taste.. SWEET come 1st!
Even TEA they need to ADD min 3 tea spoons of SUGAR >.<
i wondered... WHY DONT JUST SIMPLY have a bite on the Sugar!??!
#11 Anonymous on 2006-11-26 00:00 (Reply)
*Haha, Maggie summed it up pretty well. It IS kinda like eating sugar :-P
#12 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-11-26 09:30 (Reply)
*Turkish Delight is meant to be a complement to Turkish Coffee. The bitterness of the coffee cancels out the sugar. Not recommended for diabetics.

Or small children. Unless you want to be peeling them off the ceiling.
#13 Anonymous on 2006-11-26 11:58 (Reply)
*They look like job security for the dental profession!!
#14 Anonymous on 2006-11-27 10:33 (Reply)
*LOL!!! Those dentists sure have these nastily sweet desserts to thank for :-P
#15 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-11-28 03:53 (Reply)

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