Casual Acquaintance, Culinary Adventures!
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This is a break from dinner with strangers. Strangers welcome! Strangers the better haha! Leave as friends! This event is to try special cuisine!
This is Turkish Cusine! I want Turkish Coffee.
Born and raised in Turkey, siblings Engin and Zeynep Kilic took ownership of Turkish Delight in December 2022. The entrepreneurial pair reimagined Anchorage’s only Turkish-inspired restaurant to embrace a welcoming cultural atmosphere and fresh, made-to-order Turkish dishes.
Zeynep Kilic is an accredited scholar and award-winning documentarian turned restaurateur. Her film Tables of Istanbul (2016) captures food, culture, and identity through the eyes of an immigrant returning to her homeland. After receiving 10 awards and recognitions for her film, Zeynep (thanks to some helpful nudging from her ever-persistent brother) has segued from researching delicious Turkish meals, to heartfully creating them here in Alaska.
Engin Kilic’s adventurous spirit led him to emigrate to the U.S. some years after Zeynep. The culture shock of moving to a different climate with new foods and ingredients prompted Engin’s own longing for the now-exotic meals from back home. The siblings, typically polar-opposite, soon found that food became a central theme and opportunity for connection in their daily discussions. The pair’s differences worked to their advantage as the focused and detail-oriented Zeynep complimented Engin’s laid-back entrepreneurial approach, and thus their culinary dream was realized.
Turkish Delight is thrilled to bring a fresh cultural footprint to the tables of Anchorage.
This is casual, and fun!
RSVP are required to attend.
No-Show policy:
One No-Show = Life happens!
Two No-Show= Warning
Three No-Show=Removal from group