Samir Asdi, founder and director of Tukiz Restaurant, moved from photography to restaurants.
Following his father’s work, Samir Asdi took up photography. For years, Samir worked days and nights at events and parties. Samir had a childhood dream to enter the kitchen and he felt respect, love, and curiosity for food. Over the years, the passion for food and the smells of the kitchen attracted Samir, so much so that he left the photography empire and built a new empire for himself. With a deep breath and planning for a year, the Turkiz Restaurant was established together with his wife, Nahala.
One can find in the kitchen of Turkiz Continue Reading
Samir Asdi, founder and director of Tukiz Restaurant, moved from photography to restaurants.
Following his father’s work, Samir Asdi took up photography. For years, Samir worked days and nights at events and parties. Samir had a childhood dream to enter the kitchen and he felt respect, love, and curiosity for food. Over the years, the passion for food and the smells of the kitchen attracted Samir, so much so that he left the photography empire and built a new empire for himself. With a deep breath and planning for a year, the Turkiz Restaurant was established together with his wife, Nahala.
One can find in the kitchen of Turkiz salads, dishes, and special and fine desserts with a taste of home and love.
Turkiz is a Mediterranean-style market cafe and restaurant. The restaurant is located between the market and the marina of Old Akko, in a small and picturesque alley, decorated by the owner with flowers, plants, and night lights.
You are invited to enjoy the wonderful atmosphere of Turkiz during the morning with breakfast, coffee, and tea in Samir’s beautiful collection of dishes from all over the world as well as handmade desserts. During lunch and dinner, you can enjoy a variety of meat dishes; Entrecote steak, tomahawk, and lamb chops, chunks of meat, and vegetables on the taboon. In the corner of the sea, fresh fish from the shore ― seabass, salmon on the taboon, and fried or cooked seafood.
You can enrich the dining experience with a variety of Arab-style salads alongside a pampering plate of chickpeas and tahini, chopped and dipped salad. It will be wrapped in Samir’s timeless smile, his love of hospitality, and his fine hand in the kitchen.
Western Galilee Now is a registered non-profit grassroots organization (NGO) promoting awareness and appreciation for the region’s boutique wines, beers, food and produce, along with its cultural diversity, its historic traditions and the area’s scenic routes nestled between the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea acting as a Chamber of Commerce to boutique tourism operators in the region.
We expose the visitors to the unique heritage and hospitality through workshops, culinary events, art, music, guides tours, festivals and also through our Tourist Information Center in Akko, owned by JNF USA which we were chosen to operate since Jan. 2016.
Our vision is to develop local and foreign tourism based on close cooperation between all the interested parties in the region.
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