Istanbul

 

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