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Traditional Nuts and Dried Food
İstanbul is the junction point of world
and Turkish cuisine’s multi-coloured
traditional traits. Hence İstanbul provides
a wide range of food choices
originated from all around the world.
With the magical touch of many civilizations
and cultures, Turkish Cuisine
offers to its visitors a very rich fusion.
Foods, beverages and their consumption
rituals are Turkey’s one of the
most important cultural projections
and İstanbul is the junction point of
world and Turkish cuisine’s multi-coloured
traditional traits.
Offering Turkish tea is a proof of hospitality
and many restaurants serve it
after meal with no charge. Take Turkish
coffee: the old idiom says that one
cup of Turkish coffee is the answer of
40 years of friendship.
No need to say that “kebap”, “baklava”
and “delight” are among the most famous
tastes of Turkish cuisine. While
“döner kebap” is a roasted meat on a
revolving spit, Iskender Kebap is made
of grilled lamb meat and hot tomato
sauce served over pita bread with
melted butter and yoghurt. Adana
and Urfa Kebaps are cooked on a wide
skewer. Şiş Kebap is made of cubic cut
meat grilled on a barbecue.
Surrounded by seas, Turkey is the
place for seafood lovers. Bluefish, bonito,
mackerel, sole, octopus, trout,
picarel and specially cooked mussel
with rice definitely deserve to be tasted.
Börek is a layers of pastry filled with
either meat, potato, cheese or vegetables.
Lahmacun is a thin pastry with
minced meat and onion on the top.
Circle shaped and covered with sesame
seeds, Simit is the guest of a beautiful
breakfast with cheese and olives.
Dolma made from vine leaves and rice
came into life from Turkish people’s
emigrations.
Meal is eaten and its time to select
from the long dessert menu. Traditionally
the meal ends with a glass of
tea, helping you to digest.
Sütlaç (rice pudding), muhallebi (milk
pudding), kazandibi (white pudding
with burnt surface) and tavukgöğsü
(white pudding with peeled chicken
breast) are milkbased desserts.
Famous Baklava with pistachio or
walnut, Ekmek Kadayıfı with clotted
cream and Künefe with soft cheese
are among pastry-based desserts. As
for fruit-based desserts; quince, fig,
pumpkin and pear wait to be tasted.
A dinner table never lacks Turkish delight
that are cube shaped confections
flavored with flower or fruit essence, filled
with different nuts and powdered sugar.
Made from yoghurt, water and salt,
refreshing Ayran is generally served
with a meal.
Boza, that is a fermenter drink made
from corn or wheat, Salep made
of boiled milk flavored with orchis
plant and Şıra, made from slightly
fermented grape juice are other
traditional Turkish drinks.
In brief, if you experience
Turkey’s traditional
foods and beverages,
you will also experience
the Turkish
people’s hospitality,
fellowship
and joyfulness. Be
prepared!
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