The Food

The Food.  Usually when I talk to friends back home, the one thing they want to know about is the food in Turkey.  The food is easy to summarize: Amazing.  Our favorite by far is Turkish breakfast.  The snack carts and markets are also awesome and we will miss the weekly selection of fruits and veggies when we leave.


Turkish breakfast usually involves a selection of yummy jams, honey, cheeses, meat, eggs, fruit, veggies, olives, and a huge variety of breads.  Tea is served all over Turkey any time of day and typically comes in the tiny tulip glasses pictured.  Hungry yet?






If breakfast isn't enough for you, there are always snacks-our favorites are Simits (kinda like a sesame

covered bagle) and roasted chestnuts-yum!

 Stacked Simits on Istikal

Roasting Chestnuts in winter

And if all that wasn't enough, there are plenty of markets full of fresh veggies, fruits, and plenty of other treats:

A typical summer haul from our market down the street-yum!