"It’s the most developed and diverse form of food throughout the Balcans, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Caucasia, Eurasia, Central Asia, Northern Africa and Mediterranean, thanks to unique multicultural Ottoman culture and legacy. Most cuisines throughout these regions still have Turkish loan words to describe some of their best recipes.
Thousands of recipes, hundreds of kebabs, meatballs, rolls, böreks, pides, desserts, chicken, fish and vegetable recipes, herbs, soups, rice, hundreds of breakfast delicacies. So let’s start:
You need to have your breakfast. I will include only three breakfast delicacies among hundreds of others.
If you are in the Black Sea region:
Mıhlama, a perfect local cheese melted in butter and corn flour.
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If you are in Gaziantep, one of the most famous gastronomic cities in Turkey:
Katmer, unique local filo sheets filled with crushed pistachio, butter, milk cream and sugar. You can never forget that taste!
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If you are in Istanbul, or elsewhere in Turkey,
Menemen, eggs with tomato, green peppers and melted cheddar cheese. It makes a great breakfast always!
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Now is the time for some delicious meals:
Mantı, such a tasty thing. When you pour yogurt with garlic, and butter fried tomato sauce, it is invincible!
Sarma, wrapped vine, cabbage, kale or chard leaves filled with seasoned rice mixture, and olive oil. Perfect treat from mom!
Patlıcan Kebabı, or eggplants kebap. It’s baken and very juicy, an interesting but delicious form of kebap.
Çiğ köfte, one of the most popular Turkish fast food. Uncooked bulgur kneaded with minced meat, tomato paste, spices and pommegranate syrup.
Have you ever tried Zahter salatası, a fresh mountain thyme salad? It’s not a salad, but almost a privilege!
And now let’s see a few desserts:
I visited many Künefe restaurants in the middle east, but to be objective, they are not even closer to the one in Turkey in taste. It’s nirvana in Turkey.
Güllaç, an Ottoman dessert, simple but great, its rosewater taste is so yummy.
I am a foodie, I cook myself many recipes from Turkish cuisine and rarely from other cuisines, I visited the middle east and Europe, tried many cuisines, but Ottoman-Turkish cuisine is the most delicious and diverse cuisine that I have ever seen."
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