Dalyan – 23rd November

Captain Caveman had invited a couple of friends round for breakfast at our place on Saturday 23rd November at 10am. I was hungover and Captain Caveman had promised I would make them Pho Ga, chicken noodle soup. Christine, who is a friend from Fat Club too doesn’t even like it that much but she had agreed to come out of politeness and I was absolutely not with it. Usually I would use cooked chicken but it had all gone in to last night’s curry so I had to roast some chicken in the oven while I messed about doing the soup.
Luckily, Captain Caveman had got up and cleaned the house after last night’s drinks with Jamie, but we were only just ready when our guests, Christine and Jez, arrived. They very kindly brought us limes, kefir limes, fresh mint and coriander and we drank green tea or Vietnamese coffee with the breakfast. It was not as good as my usual efforts and I think the chillies might have been a bit lively. Regardless of my hangover and me having to polish off pink grapefruit pop to feel a bit better, it was really nice catching up with Jez & Christine. They even gave us a lift to the market after as it did look like rain and I definitely needed to go there this week. Here’s what we bought and the prices in lira;

Stall 1
Bananas 85 lira

Stall 2
Potatoes & onions 60 lira

Stall 3
Apples, peppers, tomatoes & garlic 200 lira

Total spent at the market this week was only 345.00 lira (£7.97) and I felt like it seemed more expensive than usual for what we bought at stall 3. It was still relatively cheap but I would keep my eye on it over the coming weeks. The new market roof was being built but not ready for the stall holders just yet.
We were back home by 1pm and the skies on the walk back were looking very dark – rain was certainly coming. By 2.45pm it was raining quite heavily again so I got on with some work stuff while Captain Caveman played Bridge on his phone. For dinner we had more of what we had last night and it tasted even better the day after, as curries often do.