What is the all-inclusive food like at a Turkish resort hotel?

Fruit selection is basic — apples, pears, oranges, occasional bananas. Berries and cherries appear once a day at most. No melon or watermelon. The beach snack bar has even less variety than the main restaurant.

Breakfast includes two types of porridge (semolina and oatmeal), regular and grilled sausages, omelettes cooked at an open terrace station, soft-boiled eggs, vegetables and greens. Drinks include fresh-squeezed or packaged juice, tea and decent machine coffee. Standout sweets: one type of baklava and three to four varieties of Turkish delight.

From 11am a snack bar opens with pizza, burgers, shawarma and ice cream — all reasonably tasty. Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails are decent.

Lunch and dinner feature several meat dishes, two soups (lentil soup is always available, the second rotates daily), and hot mains. Thursday is fish day with tuna grilled on the open terrace. Occasional surprises like dumplings or Russian salad appear on the menu. Alcohol and soft drinks are served at the dining hall bar.