TRAVELLIVE MAGAZINE Travellive 04-2016

Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) DONER KEbAb Nªm ÆËi di÷n vÌi ß“n thÍ Xanh lµ th∏nh Æ≠Íng Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) vÌi b“ dµy lﬁch sˆ ngµn n®m tuÊi vµ Æ≠Óc bao phÒ bÎi nh˜ng truy“n thuy’t huy“n b›. Trong t∏c ph»m v®n h‰c Æ≠Óc ph∏t hµnh vÌi 28 tri÷u b∂n - Truy t◊m Dracula (The Historian), nhµ v®n Elizabeth Kostova Æ∑ mi™u t∂ Istanbul vµ Æ∆c bi÷t lµ th∏nh Æ≠Íng Hagia Sophia thÀt sËng ÆÈng vµ Æ«y mµu sæc th«n thoπi. N¨i Æ©y, ng≠Óc dﬂng lﬁch sˆ, C¨ ÆËc gi∏o vµ HÂi gi∏o Æ∑ tıng c„ nh˜ng mËi li™n quan Æ∆c bi÷t. Bπn sœ b†t ngÍ khi bi’t rªng tr≠Ìc khi trÎ thµnh Æ“n thÍ HÂi gi∏o vµo n®m 1453, Hagia Sophia Æ∑ tıng lµ th∏nh Æﬁa thi™ng li™ng cÒa C¨ ÆËc gi∏o trong suËt mÈt ngh◊n n®m. TÌi Istanbul, du kh∏ch Æıng qu™n ghä qua Karadeniz Doner Büfesi, 1 trong 5 qu∏n Kebab nÊi ti’ng nh†t thµnh cÊ nµy. MÎ cˆa tı n®m 1973 vµ nªm ngay cπnh khu chÓ Besiktas, du kh∏ch d‘ dµng nhÀn ra Karadeniz Doner Büfesi bÎi hµng dµi th˘c kh∏ch Æang x’p hµng tr≠Ìc qu∏n. Ng≠Íi d©n Æa ph≠¨ng hay n„i ÆÔa rªng Æ∏m Æ´ng tr≠Ìc cˆa qu∏n giËng h÷t nh≠ Æang chÍ ÆÓi Æ” mua Æ≠Óc t†m vä toµn mÔa cÒa Besiktas FC - c©u lπc bÈ b„ng Æ∏ lÌn nh†t ThÊ Nh‹ K˙. Trong ti’ng ThÊ, tı “kebab” kebab c„ ngh‹a lµ tht n≠Ìng, “doner” c„ ngh‹a lµ xoay. Doner Kebab hi”u Æ¨n gi∂n lµ m„n tht Æ≠Óc n≠Ìng l™n bªng c∏ch xoay trn tr™n mÈt chi’c xi™n thºng, sau Æ„ th∏i nh·, ®n kÃm vÌi b∏nh m◊ c∏c loπi xËt kh∏c nhau. M„n ®n sœ khi’n th˘c kh∏ch th›ch thÛ tı vi÷c ngæm nh◊n nh˜ng xi™n tht lÌn, xoay trn tr™n lˆa vÌi ti’ng ch∏y “xÃo xÃo”” vui tai, Æ’n vi÷c th≠Îng th¯c mi’ng tht th¨m ngon, n„ng hÊi. When you travel to Istanbul, don’t forget to visit Karadeniz Doner Büfesi, one of the five most famous Kebab restaurants in this ancient city. Established in 1973 near the Besiktas market, you can’t miss Karadeniz Doner B¸fesi because of the crowds of people lining up in front. Locals often joke that the crowd looks like the line for season tickets to Besiktas FC games - the biggest Turkish football club. For those who don’t already know, Doner kebabs are meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie. In Turkish, “doner” means spinning and “kebab” means grilled meat. “doner The sliced meat is served with bread and a selection of sauces. Every moment brings excitement, from watching the big inverted cone of meat turning slowly upon a vertical rotisserie and hearing the sound of meat roasting on the fire to savoring some pieces of the mouthwatering hot meat in a salad. TRAVELLIVE 6

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