Sahlep, whole milk and sahlep flour, which is a powder made from the dried roots (buds) of a wild Anatolian mountain orchid

Gözleme, paper-thin, yeast-free yufka dough stretched into a crepe and cooked on an iron burner called a sac, filled with cheese and spinach

Kadikoy market

Trying out some Turkish coffee

Kokoreç, prepared by wrapping lamb intestines over skewered sweetbreads and other innards and rotating the log of offal over screaming hot charcoal

Gözleme, paper-thin, yeast-free yufka dough stretched into a crepe and cooked on an iron burner called a sac, filled with cheese and spinach

Midye Dolma, mussels stuffed with seasoned rice. Sold as streetfood.

Susurluk ayran, a popular drink made of yoghurt, water and salt

ıslak Burger, a steamed burger. With some ayran

Kokoreç, prepared by wrapping lamb intestines over skewered sweetbreads and other innards and rotating the log of offal over screaming hot charcoal

Midye Dolma, mussels stuffed with seasoned rice. Sold as streetfood.

Colorful mezze

Salgam suyu, made with the juice of pickled red carrots