You’ll get a taste of Turkish hospitality and generosity at almost every restaurant you step into. Warm welcomes, generous portions, and tasty foods are the name of the food game.
From comforting lentil soups, grills, kebabs, pides to indulgent baklava and Turkish delight, there really is something for everyone to enjoy. Even the carts selling simit (Turkish bagels), chestnuts, and corn will have you drooling and they’re ideal snacks while you’re walking around exploring the city.
Here are some of the most mouthwatering foods I ate while there.
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- Orange and pomegranate juice during a hike through Ilhara Valley in Cappadocia.
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- After the hike through Ilhara Valley we stopped for lunch. This is grilled trout, bulgur wheat and salad we had as a main course.
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- After the hike through Ilhara Valley we stopped for lunch. Our starter was lentil soup.
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- Mushroom soup at Topdeck Cave Restaurant in Cappadocia.
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- Mezze at Topdeck Cave Restaurant in Cappadocia.
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- Boregi at Topdeck Cave Restaurant in Cappadocia.
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- Beef Pide in Cappadocia
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- Quinces for dessert at Topdeck Cave Restaurant in Cappadocia.
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- Mezze at the Turkish Cultural Night
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- First taste of Turkish coffee in Cappadocia
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- First taste of Turkish Tea
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- Grilled chicken and meat in a clay dish. On a bed of bulgur wheat.
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- Grilled corn in Istanbul
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- Turkish coffee in Taksim
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- Best baklava in Taksim
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- Cart selling Chestnuts on the streets of Sultanahmet
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- Enjoying a pistacchio gelato on the Asian side of Istanbul before heading back to Europe
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- A fish sandwich at the Galata Bridge is a mist
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- Cheese pide served with a chilli dressing
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- Iskender kebab
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- Grilled meats
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- Soup and grilled bread
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- Chocolate covered eclairs
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- Simit (served with either cream cheese or Nutella)
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- Grilled tuna and corn sandwich
Have you been to Turkey? Which food did you enjoy the most? Talk to me in the comments below.
Yummy. I definitely didn’t try such a wide range on my trip. Had some baklava and lokum as far as sweets go, couldn’t resist the freshly roasted chestnuts, food was a bit of hit and miss for me