Feb 5th, 2009
Gypsy Music in Istanbul
Last night we went to a bar called Badehane to listen to a Gyspy band play. Hatice said it had a Balkan feel to it. The place was small and packed full of people. The music was loud and mostly catchy. Some hippie guy that could whistle really loud kept whistling and clapping. A drunk guy standing behind me was kissing his girl and didn’t realize that the leg he was groping was Hatice’s and not the leg of the girl he was kissing. Or maybe he did?
Here’s a short sound clip of three songs so you can hear what it sounded like (for the uninitiated, just click on the triangle to play the song):
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This is the band:
Before we went there, we went to my favorite cheap and delicious Turkish food buffet:
Yes – catchy music – very Turkish-gypsyish sounding. And wow – that is quite an array of cuisine opportunities. Fill up that tummy, boy! Love you!
The food looks amazing!! I ‘tagged’ you in a photo challenge this week…can’t wait to see what you come up with!