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Turkish 102

The fries at Barks are the crispiest I’ve had in Adana.

I was trying to learn how to ask for my fries to be fried crispy and crunchy, and accidentally learned a slang word.

Citar (Che-ter): Crispy as in how I like my fries. Apparently also slang for a hot young thang. But for fries, I was told to ask for “citar citar olsun” and it worked.

Fries are a normal part of any “khavalti” — Turkish breakfast. To the left is menemen, a shakshouka-like egg dish.

I also learned that “mashallah” which is used joyfully as “god willing” is also slang for “fat.”

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