Istanbul

 

Turkish coffee
Kadikoy market
Lahmacun, flatbread with spicy minced meat.
Midye Dolma, mussels stuffed with seasoned rice. Sold as streetfood.
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
ıslak Burger, a steamed burger. With some ayran
Midye Tava, fried mussels
Salgam suyu, made with the juice of pickled red carrots
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.
Colorful mezze
Sahlep, whole milk and sahlep flour, which is a powder made from the dried roots (buds) of a wild Anatolian mountain orchid
Susurluk ayran, a popular drink made of yoghurt, water and salt
börek
Midye Dolma, mussels stuffed with seasoned rice. Sold as streetfood.
Turkish coffee
Kokoreç, prepared by wrapping lamb intestines over skewered sweetbreads and other innards and rotating the log of offal over screaming hot charcoal
Balik ekmek (fish sandwich), a very popular snack.
Lahmacun, flatbread with spicy minced meat.
Turkish pickles at a market
Kadikoy market
Susurluk ayran, a popular drink made of yoghurt, water and salt
Trying out some Turkish coffee
ıslak Burger, a steamed burger.
Balik ekmek (fish sandwich), a very popular snack.