Worth a try - superb Italian meal

LancsLass


Joined: 15/01/2009
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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 14:20

We had a superb Italian meal last night at Yummies on the main road near Astro supermarket Kyrenia.



Food fresh and hot and fantastically presented. Service excellent and price unbelievably cheap 2 courses for two, 3 glasses wine and 2 beers 54tl



Yummies is certainly a good name I can highly recommend!!!

icona


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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 14:59

Thanks we love good italian food coming from Alsancak would that be on the left is parking a problem

Thanks

NatAless



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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 15:14

mmm Lilli won't like this! I have to say that every time I have passed 'Yummies' I always thought it looked like a fast food chain & not real authentic Italian food...

Although I have not been as I do not eat out for Italian food often as my parents are Italian and I can make a lot of it myself at home (having been taught by my mother), having looked at 'Guido's' menu online, it does seem to have authentic dishes from different regions of Italy and being Italian himself I would think he knows what he is talking & cooking about (!), but as I say have not eaten there before although I do fancy popping in one day for some panna cotta!

I had an amazing pizza at 'Mani Peni' pizzeria the other night with my fiance as you really have to go out for that to somewhere with a wood fire oven, the pizzas were delicious, fresh, thin & crispy although am not sure if it is Italian run & when I asked for a glass of 'Prosecco' I got a blank look! It's around the corner from Pia Bella hotel.

Natx

bogeyman


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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 16:02

thanks lancslass will give it a try nataless what has this got to do with lillie

chick


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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 16:16

Msg 4

My thoughts exactly!!!

NatAless



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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 16:21

competition! but was only joking! as she does lots of advertising on here for 'Guido's!

bogeyman


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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 17:44

nataless never judge a book by its cover and i think competion is good it keeps places on there toes which benefits everyone i am sure people will give guidos a go the amount of advertising on here. i for one think when someone advertisers that much they cant be doing much but like i say i will give both a go and judge myself for food atmosphere staff prices and service

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 18:02

Nataless

Don't think it will worry Lilli one bit you plugging another restuarant on here. For many of us that live here wreally not worth travelling from Lapta into Girne as so many good restuarants here including Guidos.

Chris

NatAless



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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 18:19

sure as I said it was just a joke!

& although I shouldn't judge a book by its' cover, as we don't go out to eat often I like to go somewhere in lovely surroundings & 'Yumies' is on a busy high street and doesn't appeal as I said looks like fast food, especially being Italian as I said I make a lot of it at home myself, however, if the food was great, wasn't Italian and did take away I might have got that & taken it home..!

LancsLass


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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 19:25

Hi Icona



Coming from Alsancak you can park on Astro's car park.



All I said was we enjoyed it and thought it was worth passing on

lovingcyprus


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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 19:44

In my opinion the pizzas at Pizza King Alsancak are better than those at Yummies and Yummies only sell small bottles of beer at 5TL (at least they did 4 weeks ago)

TheSaints



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Message Posted:
11/06/2009 19:52

Lancslass



We have eaten there once and must agree with you the pasta my wife had was very good as was the Lasagne I had.....

racoonchic



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Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
11/06/2009 20:19

try the molous inn for real italian freshly made nothin defrosted and most of the ingredients grown there its good

Hatty


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Posts: 260

Message Posted:
11/06/2009 23:44

What ingredients are grown there?

look2


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Message Posted:
17/07/2009 20:05

I Have Tasted The Best Bolognaise Ever in my life at YUMMIES last week .

adagirl


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 15:27

Yummies is on your right if you are coming from alsancak, and you can park in ASTRO supermarket - its right next door!! fantastic pizza and the white cheese salad we had "on the side" was enormous and the BEST I have had for a long time!!

look2


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 17:23

Yummies telephone number ??? please

look2


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 18:45

thanks adagirl

smithy


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 18:48

Don't Leave your car in Astro's Car Park after closing time, as they put a barrier across, which I found out last Saturday when I went over the road to the new Bar/Cafe and when I came back I couldn't get my car out and there was a big notice on the windscreen, but a kind security guard came out and took the barrier down and we were able to drive off.

So Beware move your car before closing time.

Sheila

look2


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 18:50

thats true, they close after 23:30

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 19:03

Msg 17



815 1304 / 0533 874 8888



Richard

look2


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Message Posted:
18/07/2009 19:07

just had one xl pizza , it was realy nice but to hot (Mexican).

Yellowbelly


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Message Posted:
19/07/2009 08:57

where is the Molous Inn?

icona


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Message Posted:
19/07/2009 11:57

Well done Yummies absolutley the best .

borodave


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Message Posted:
19/07/2009 13:27

yes fantastic food at yummies the name says it all

bogeyman


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Message Posted:
19/07/2009 18:02

finally got there and give it the thumbs up a true italian experience

look2


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Message Posted:
20/07/2009 19:45

What did you have?

look2


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Message Posted:
20/07/2009 20:13

bogeyman , Have you tried bolognese?

look2


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Message Posted:
20/07/2009 20:48

bogeyman , Have you tried bolognese?

Luca B


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Message Posted:
20/07/2009 21:30

Would you really know what good Italian food is?

Luca B


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Message Posted:
20/07/2009 21:37

You've only mentioned pasta and pizza. There is more to Italian food that that.

guidosp1


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Message Posted:
21/07/2009 02:15

luca you are so right, for us it's a way of life we love cook and eat good food and we have so many dishes to choose from, not only pizza or pasta!!. it's the chef @ yummie italian? i dont think so. to make a good pizza you need flour 00 and it's not available in trnc. that is way i dont make pizza.

guido

racoonchic



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Message Posted:
21/07/2009 08:10

the molous inn is in kucuk erenkoy between bachelli and tatlisu saturday night is authentic italian cooking booking is essential 05338688392

look2


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Posts: 107

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 15:22

Luca B - do you mean every italian food or every italian chef is good? ı only understand about good foods no mater the chef origin. have you tried the yummies pizza? Luca B

Luca B


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Message Posted:
21/07/2009 19:06

Guido maybe they can talk about AUTHENTIC Italian cooking when they have tried Osso Buco [cooked by an Italian of course!]

NatAless



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Message Posted:
21/07/2009 22:02

I am half Italian & have to say that the pizzas in 'Mani Peni' pizzeria are excellent! They are based on the new harbour roundabout, round the corner from Pia Bella hotel.

I would actually agree that pizza and many varieties of cooking pasta (different sauces, lasagne, pasta in brodo etc) are the base of Italian cooking, of course there are many other Italian dishes & desserts too...

Natx

racoonchic



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Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 22:16

the owner of the molous is italian and osso buco is one of the dishes on request most of the time she dosnt decide on the menu untill that morning never been dissapointed im sorry i like yummies and manipenni but these places are fast food joints and the service in mannipennies is awfull unless your a friend so many times my family has been left sitting for ages waiting to order while the owner chats to her friends

look2


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 13:52

where is molous

Luca B


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 18:58

I would like to point out that I am not saying Yummies doesn't serve good food. I am merely questioning the term "Authentic Italian food" As Guido pointed out it is more or less impossible to buy the original ingredients here to make anything closely resembling authetic pizza. People now are conditioned to think that what the supermarket chains and fast food outlets sell is authentic Italian and that is generally not the case. No offence was meant towards Yummies and it's owners who seem to have an increasing loyal and satisfied clientele. Now after what you have said about Moulos Racoonchic I am tempted to make the pilgimage to Kucukerenkoy!

Oilman


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 19:02

Italiano cibo cucinato da italiani è sempre meglio!!!!

look2


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 19:08

got you Luca B

look2


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 19:54

Larnaca Airport

look2


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 19:54

sorry wrong topic :(

Yellowbelly


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 19:59

Thanx racoonchick!

look2


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Message Posted:
07/08/2009 10:45

molous tel?

racoonchic



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Message Posted:
07/08/2009 10:55

molous janet 05338688392

smithy


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Message Posted:
07/08/2009 11:02

Well I recommended Yummies to my Neighbours, but when they went in to dine there they had the Air Con on so low that is was humid in there they asked the girl whats wrong was told they had to keep it on low, well hence they walked out

look2


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Message Posted:
18/08/2009 12:07

tree of idleness

look2


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Message Posted:
18/08/2009 12:08

Yummies is next to the ASTRO , and you can park in ASTRO supermarket - its right next door - by jasmine court hotel,



mani peny : by new harbor







Y ummies ; Best Bolognaise , Pepper steak, and pizzas



mani peny; nacos, bufalo wings

phylray



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Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
18/08/2009 12:29

I have a wonderful Italian cookery book (bought for me by American friend at the army base in Istanbul)

as I wanted a recipe for Tira mi Su. Some of the recipes in it I have used many times and they are most

delicious. i.e. chicken done in white wine, lemon & garlice, served with capers & strawberry. Easy to make

and Wild Mushroom tart (lot of calories but you can adjust) a real winner. Don't know how authentic they

are but they do give the regions. Soups are also great and even gives recipes for making pasta!

Herbert


Joined: 12/08/2009
Posts: 49

Message Posted:
18/08/2009 14:35

Interesting debate on Italian food.

Luca B and Guido are right. The reason people abroad think Italian food is mainly based on pizza and pasta is because that's relatively easier to export as a menu.



If you do go to Italy though, and pop in the legendary restaurants where Abramovich and George Clooney are at the moment, then you see to what dimension you can be taken. The way they conceive cooking is just the same way Michelangelo painted the S. Chapel. Each dish is a garden of colours, shapes and taste that once tried will stay in your mouth for eva. I highly recommend the Amalfi coast restaurants in Ravello, Positano, some other in Naples. For the best pizza on planet, I will never forget the "University of Pizza"" around those towns. Superior class ...



During my stay in Northern Italy I remember watching a daily morning tv programme where chefs were invited to compete live against other colleagues from all around the country. What came out was just beyond description ..

Lilli



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Message Posted:
18/08/2009 15:01

Herbert you have mentioned my favorite places. Had the best foood in Positano xx

look2


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Message Posted:
18/08/2009 15:28

I'm Hungry Now

joandjelly


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Message Posted:
18/08/2009 16:07

Me too. Just thinking about the wonderful lobster pasta we had on the Island of Ischia, the soft-shelled crab in Venice and frito misto in Sicily. Sublime

look2


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Message Posted:
21/08/2009 09:54

lobster pasta ; never had that before

Lilli



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Message Posted:
21/08/2009 10:58

look 2 its delicious as are the soft shell crabs. xx

mrsgee


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Message Posted:
21/08/2009 16:14

hi lilli we also had some of the best food ever in positano and around amalfi. did you ever try chez black in Positano - seafood linguine to die for - and just love the bibs!!!

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 16:23

Hi Mrsgee I certainly did and it was wonderful. Had a collection of the bibs. One of my very favourite places. Take care xxxx