A trip to Saklibahce

We did this trip a few months ago and I had it published on another blog.
After some consideration, I decided to do away with that blog and instead post travel things here.
So here it is!
Part 1/2.
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So to escape some of this intense heat, we decided to take a trip to Saklıbahçe.
Saklıbahçe is a quaint, but not so little restaurant near the city, Çıftehan, in the Niğde provence of Turkey.

The trip there was peaceful and despite the fact that I brought books to read and a doodling pad, I was content to just stare out the window at the scenery.

Mountains in the distance.

Cool bridge.

My husband, on the other hand, had some serious Pokemon battles to wage.

Slacker.

After a nice ride, we arrived at the restaurant. I hadn't seen any pictures of the establishment so I had no idea what to expect and for the longest while, thought Saklibahce was the name of the area. This restaurant does indeed look small at first, sitting on the side of a busy mountain road. When we first arrived, I thought maybe we were at a rest stop, but its meek outward appearance was nothing to judge it by. After walking down three flights of metal stairs on the side of the building, we were surrounded by its quaintness.

There was a varied style of seating.

These tables are set in a stream of sorts so you can have cool mountain water running over your feet while you dine.

A very cute enclosed and seat cushion style of seating.

A more open, but romantically secluded style of seating. Also note the chicken.

The biggest style of seating, which we chose. Check out that nice water piece!

If you haven't guessed it yet, water is a big feature of this restaurant. Next to where we sat was this boxed structure with water flowing into it.

Check out the fish!

Look, ducks!

So right away, we were pretty enthralled with the scenery. There were other seating areas and fountains and even a pretty nice playground in the middle of it all.

Environment aside, the food was also pretty spectacular. The menu is pretty simple, but that definitely doesn't take away from the quality of the food. To start, we were given plates of salad, a plate of spicy sauce, and a basket of bread.

No wonder the tables are huge!

After munching on that for awhile, another plate with rice and french fries came.

We couldn't wait.

It wasn't too long after that our main dishes arrived.

Balık Izgara - Grilled Fish.

Et Izgara - Grilled Meat (in this case, lamb)

I love how they cook food here. It's always so flavorful and you can really tell it was actually grilled. This restaurant's food was no exception. Both the fish and the lamb were great, and the whole meal was definitely more than enough to fill us up. We also got a plate of cherries and (I believe) apricots. Also tasty beverages!

This drink was sweet, but light and very fizzy!

This is definitely a place we want to visit again and I'm especially interested to see how it looks when the weather gets chilly!

All photos were taken with an iPhone  4s.