{"id":32373,"date":"2011-04-18T23:44:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=32373"},"modified":"2014-01-06T01:19:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T23:19:06","slug":"saint-sophia-and-the-creme-caramel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/04\/18\/saint-sophia-and-the-creme-caramel\/","title":{"rendered":"saint sophia and the cr\u00e8me caramel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32376\" title=\"stsophia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stsophia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stsophia.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stsophia-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While in the Sultanahmet area, it is always a great temptation to run away from the people you are with and sketch the Ayasofya\u2014 which is naturally, what I did. The sun was warming the small stone wall opposite the former basilica, upon which I planted myself for a quick scribble and a listen to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on my beat up little iPod. The cerulean sky was nearly cloudless and mesmerising in its depth, and I found myself staring at the blue, kicking my feet like a happy child, unwilling to add much detail to my drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Lunchtime slowly rolled around and took us to the oddly named Pudding Shop, formerly known as Lale Restaurant, which was apparently a favourite haunt of hippie backpackers in the sixties. Traditional Turkish cuisine served cafeteria-style and a delightful selection of puddings are what an empty belly can look forward to at Pudding Shop. I selected a plump, rice and meat stuffed tomato called a dolma, topped with a dollop of pur\u00e9ed potatoes, and a plate of rice with semizotu, or purslane. It was insisted that I try the cr\u00e8me caramel for dessert, which was reportedly divine\u2014 and didn&#8217;t disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>via harika.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While in the Sultanahmet area, it is always a great temptation to run away from the people you are with and sketch the Ayasofya\u2014 which is naturally, what I did. The sun was warming the small stone wall opposite the former basilica, upon which I planted myself for a quick scribble and a listen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":32376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1094],"tags":[4360],"class_list":["post-32373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-hagia-sophia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}