THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO TURKISH FOOD AND DRINK Enjoy the best of Turkish cuisine and beverages By Spot Blue International Property ( www.spotblue.com ) 1 2 3 APPETIZERS (MEZES) SOUPS (ÇORBALAR) MEAT (ET YEMEKLERI) Consisting of many vegetable Turks often eat soup for breakfast There are over 40 types of kebabs ingredients, popular mezes or as a hang-over cure. Try including doner, Urfa, Iskender include Haydari, Acili ezme, Fava Mercimek (lentil,) Ezogelin (bride's and testi but most Turks eat bean puree, & Deniz borulcesi. soup) or Iskembe (tripe) chicken. They also love BBQs! 4 5 6 FRUIT & VEGETABLES FISH & SEAFOOD STREET FOOD Salads are often drizzled with Turks especially like hamsi Favourite street food to taste lemon & olive oil. Aubergine is (anchovies). Calamari & octopus includes Midye (stuffed mussels,) also widely used. Turks buy fruit & are popular meze starters. Also Kumpir (jacket potatoes,) and veg from weekly farmers markets try Çipura (sea bream) Simit (sesame ring bread) 7 8 9 DESSERTS & SNACKS BREAD & RICE PASTRIES The most widely consumed Need to know : Bread and rice are Börek is baked or fried filo-pastry dessert and sweet snack is staple ingredients at most main filled with cheese, meat, spinach, Baklava. Also try Sutlac that is the meals. Turks traditionally fry rice or potato. Gozleme is similar & Turkish version of rice pudding in butter before boiling. often sold as a delicious snack. 10 11 12 PICKLES & OLIVES SOFT DRINKS ALCOHOLIC DRINKS Pickles (turşu) includes many Turkish tea (çay) is black, sweet Efes Pilsen is the No 1 beer in items but gherkins or hot peppers and served in tulip shaped Turkey, but Raki is the national are the most popular. Turks also glasses. Turkish coffee is drunk alcoholic drink. Mixed with water eat black & green olives (zeytin) occasionally. Also try Ayran, a & ice, it's nicknamed lion's milk. especially for breakfast. mixture of yogurt, salt and water. Wine (şarap) is also widely served Spot Blue International Property .