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Istanbul literally provides delicious street food on every corner. And grabbing a bite on the street, either straight from one of the vendors there or in a snack place is a typical part of the life in Istanbul. Literally sold on the streets are mainly three typical dishes: Misir, Kestane and Balik Ekmek by the real street sellers with their push-cars. Warm street food in Istanbul Kestane - Istanbul Street Food Kestane - in winter time the street vendors sell roasted chestnuts instead of corn. Misir - sold mainly during the summer time, freshly boiled or grilled corn on the cob, eaten with salt or spices.  Balik Ekmek - the famous fish bread.  Misir - Istanbul Street Food Balik Ekmek - Istanbul Street Food http://www.wittistanbul.com/magazine/istanbuls-street-food-whats-hot-and-whats-not/ Eating street food is very much part of the Istanbul way of life. You can’t walk for over a kilometer without coming accross one or more street vendors and ...

Turkish Food is well known for its variety and tastiness. That applies to the snacks and the main dishes as much as to the side dishes. Here are the most famous, and eventually the most tasty, ones: Typical Turkish side dishes Pilav - the most plain version of Pilav is just plain rice cooked with oil or butter, called sade pilav. It normally comes in variations. Cooked with eggplants or chickpeas and combined with chicken or other meat. And of course spiced up with pepper, salt or cumin. Another variation is Bulgur Pilav, where the rice is substituted by wheat. Cacik -one of the classic refreshing dishes. Yogurt with a mixture of shredded cucumber, garlic and mint. In the summer time often served with ice cubes, even more refreshing! Mücver - Lightly fried in olive oil it is made of shredded zucchini, eggs and flour, sometimes green onions, mint and white cheese are added - as one likes.  Fried vegetables - those are a lot to find in Turkish Cuisine, basically every veggie...

After providing an overview of the breakfast served in Turkey and typical drinks in Turkey , now an overview of the cold street food in the city. The probably most well known of them is the sesame ring called Simit, which can literally be found on every corner of the city in the red push-cars on the street. For a mere 1 TL one gets a decent snack, sometimes even with chocolate cream or cream cheese, the latest is highly recommended to try. Turkish Cold Street Food Simit Simit - crispy round savory roll covered with sesame, kind of a Turkish bagel. The street version, the sokak simit (cold) is very crispy. Some street vendors also offer to prepare it with cream cheese or chocolate cream. Simi are dipped in water which is sweetened with molasses and are dipped into sesame seeds before baking. This process keeps them moist and tasty. Besides the only contain half of the calories as a boiled bagel. Prices are between 0.75 and 1.40 TL for the plain Simit, cream cheese or Nute...

Typical Turkish Breakfast After the explanation of some  typical turkish drinks  before, now some information about the what is what in Turkish breakfast. Yet Turkey has not such a big breakfast culture as for example Germany in matters of variations, especially of bread. Nevertheless, at least on the weekends, people gather together for splendid breakfasts with quite a range of foods at home or even at cafes and restaurants. The kahvalti - the turkish word for breakfast - is relatively healthy, provides quite some variations, and always comes with some tomatoes, cucumber and olives. Includes some juice, but less likely a coffee (kahve), which is more likely to be consumed after it, but with the typical tea, cay.  Turkish Food: Breakfast Ekmek - Bread in different variations, mostly soft Börek - A baked pastry made with phyllo dough and stuffed with a one or more vegetables and sometimes meat or cheese Peynirli Börek - Cheese börek Kymali Börek...

Raki, typical turkish drink The Turkish cuisine goes well beyond Kebap and Raki, providing a high variety of dishes and drinks for every time of the day and every occasion. But for those not familiar with the names of Turkish food and drinks it might not be easy to experience all of it, if one does not want to go for trial & error. Therefore here a list of typical Turkish drinks and translations of common drinks, and don´t worry, a list of Turkish Foods will follow soon! Turkish Drinks Raki - THE national spirit of Turkey, anise-flavoured, high level of alcohol, not sweet at all, either consumed straight - called sek - or combined with some chilled water and/or ice cubes as a 4cl shot, a tek. Cay - Tea, which one can find literally on every corner, black, and relatively strong Ayran - Yet another famous turkish drink, salted yogurt, supposedly the national drink of Turkey at all. Kahve - The turkish version of Coffee, one should sip carefully at the end as the coffee ...