Istanbul

 

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