Food of Turkey
33 traditional dishes · Asia
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Street Food
★ 4.3
Kokoreç
Seasoned lamb offal grilled and chopped into bread.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Nationwide
Street Food
★ 4.3
Kumpir
Giant baked potato whipped with butter and loaded with toppings.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Istanbul
Desserts & Sweets
★ 4.3
Lokma
A golden Turkish dessert of small deep-fried dough balls soaked in cold sugar syrup, traditionally handed out to neighbours and passers-by in the days after a funeral, and sold from street carts across Istanbul.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Turkey (Istanbul, İzmir, Ankara, Bursa, Gaziantep, Hatay — Galata Bridge, Kemeraltı, Kızılay, Çengelköy)
Snacks & Appetizers
★ 4.3
Menemen
Soft eggs scrambled with tomato, pepper and chilli.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Aegean
Desserts & Sweets
★ 4.3
Sütlaç
Baked rice pudding with a caramelised brown skin.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Nationwide
Desserts & Sweets
★ 4.3
Turkish Delight
Soft rosewater jellies dusted in icing sugar.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Nationwide
Breads & Pastries
★ 4.2
Pide Ekmek
Pide ekmek is Istanbul's long, oval flatbread, baked in stone ovens and split open for döner shavings, tomatoes, onion and sumac.
🇹🇷 Turkey · 📍 Istanbul and the Marmara coast; common across Turkey as a döner carrier
Soups & Stews
★ 4.1
Yayla Çorbası
Yayla Çorbası is a beloved soup, traditional to Turkey.
🇹🇷 Turkey
Soups & Stews
★ 4.0
Kuru Fasulye
Kuru Fasulye is a beloved stew, traditional to Turkey.
🇹🇷 Turkey