Restaurant: Maçakizi
Location: Göltürkbükü, Narçiçeği Sokak, 48400 Göltürkbükü Bodrum/Bodrum/Muğla, Türkiye
Date: June 24, 2023
Cuisine: Modern Turkish
Rating: Hotel restaurant, but good
Macakizi is another top rated hotel resteraunt. We picked it because of the Turkish inspired modernist menu — I can have international anywhere.
Gorgeous view. The party below at the bar was really hoping, including the pounding EDM.
The menu. Unfortunately again I can’t do the tasting menu because it’s a whole table sort of thing.
Wine of the night.
Macakizi culinary garden salad. tomato, fennel, squash, fresh herbs.
Cheese pizza-like bread.
Sea bass Crudo. Compressed melon, buckwheat, yuzu vinaigrette, radish sprouts. very nice light acidic salty sea bass crudo. The cubed melon leant some nice texture and a hint of sweetness.
Calamarata Pasta Cacio e Peppe with Blue Crab Meat. Crushed black peppercorns, parmesan, butter. Interesting combo which was effective. I might have liked the emulsion of the sauce a touch thicker, but the pasta was perfectly al dente and the pepper butter paired perfectly with the crab.
Summer Tomato Risotto. Stracciatella, basil butter. Very nice “tomato sauce” flavored rissoto. Proper mancurata and starchy emulsion on the rice.
Fire roasted sea bass. Wild greens, miso & smoked aubergine broth.
Aged day boat Grouper. Morel mushroom, roasted chicken jus. The broth was a touch thin, so it didn’t cling to the firm meat like I might have liked. But overall pretty good.
The dessert menu.
Pavlova / Strawberry Compte / Buffalo Milk Yogurt Ice Cream / Yogurt Foam. The best of the 3 desserts and a quite lovely mix of sugary merignue and fruit.
Creme Brulee / White Chocolate & Walnut Cake. Sort of halfway between a pastry and creme brulee, but very tasty.
Pistachio & Dark Chocolate Bar / Bodrum Clementine Sorbet. The weakest of the 3 desserts, but still very nice. Good mix of soft and crunchy texture with the dark chocolate, pistachio, and orange tones very effective together.
Overall, a great place. Atmosphere was lovely and the food was in the top 3 or so meals we’ve had in Turkey so far. One of us rated it their favorite, the next their second favorite. I think the desserts were the best we’ve had for sure. Apps and pastas were a bit stronger than the fish mains.
