An anecdote on the prime minister's character

I am not fond of it but I will be a gossip columnist this week because this is an anecdote that confirms my presumptions about the prime minister.

I listened to it from firsthand witnesses. It was six years ago when then Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım and a group of 15 to 20 people accompanying him went to a small but famous restaurant known for its seafood on the Aegean coast. They made reservations in the morning. The restaurant staff made preparations anxiously for the entire day. Since it was already a small place, they reserved the entire venue for Yıldırım and his guests. The group came to the restaurant via a boat from the sea. 

However, Yıldırım and his friends did not know this detail: This restaurant had a delicious kitchen but it had only mastered shellfish such as mussels, oysters and langoustes. They don't even cook fish! 

I did not know this but a portion of the Islamic segment does not eat shellfish. Probably for this reason, most of the guests at the restaurant that evening did not order shellfish. 

Well, since they did not say, "We do not eat any of these," what happened? As I said, that restaurant in question did not do classic dishes, not even fish. 

Yıldırım did not suggest going to another restaurant or ask the chef to bring in fish from another place and cook it or etc. He said, "Why don't you make a nice menemen [a Turkish omelet done with tomatoes, green pepper and optionally onions] for us? We would love to eat that."

A giant menemen was prepared. Beside it, there was goat cheese, olives, tomatoes and several other foods brought from a nearby restaurant. Some kind of a breakfast table was set. 

They ate and were ready to go when Yıldırım shook the hand of the restaurant...