Turkey

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