What to Eat?

Turkish Baklava is absolutely will take you to heaven in first bite . Baklava is made by layering very 40 very thin sheets of phyllo dough with melted butter and a filling of finely chopped pistachios ,nuts or walnuts. The layers are carefully assembled in a baking tray, cut into diamond or square shapes, and baked until golden and crisp. Once baked, hot sugar syrup poured over the baklava, allowing it to soak in and become sweet and glossy.

Stuffed or fried mussels are a great after night snack Stuffed mussels are steamed with rice and while fried mussels are deep fried and served with tartar sauce. They are not same with Belgium or Greek Mussels and completely unique to Turkey and you better try

Kokorec is made of grilled sheep's intestines.It may sounds terrific but it is a delicious street food preferred mostly at the end of a bar night. Sheep's intestines are deep cleaned then rolled to scewers and either get grilled on barbequ or pan . You wil get addicted once you taste it.Prefer kokorec in half or quarter bread as we locals prefer. It is not an item you can taste any random place , please check recommentaitons.

Zubeyir Ocakbaşı is one of the best places to taste Turkish Kebaps. As they gets famous , they increased their prices and become preffered by tourists and business world

Kumpir is potato baked for hours, mixed with butter and cheese. Once ready youc an choose toppings (mezes). It is a definately try and best place to have one is Ortaköy

Another Antakya(Hatay) restaurant their rich cuisine mixed with middle eastern effect. You should definetely go and try

Antiochia is the old name of city Hatay located in South east part of Turkey well known with their rich cuisine mixed with middle eastern effect. A definetely must try.

Try Islak (wet) hamburger. It a a small burger soaked in to garlicy tomato sauce and moistened in a special oven invented by them . you can also try doner durum with cheese and home made ayran (a local drink made of yogurd , water and salt)

Famous with their lahmacun (Turkish flat bread with meat and vegetables) .

They have only two type lahmacuns. One with garlic and other one with onion. You can order one from each and try both. I prefer one with garlic.

It is a different kind of Turkish pizza. Looks like a longer version of lahmacun but tastes different. More lamb based. You can also try their soups.

Famous with their "Beyran" Soup which is more like a main course meal. You will get addicted to this soup. Prefferd on cold days and dinner and lunch.

They have over 20 different fish recipes all very delicious. Say that you want "meze" . Every 5 mins a new fish will be offered , you can choose or skip it .

One of the oldest and well known Iskender Kebap in Turkey. Iskender kebap is doner served on pita bread, tomato souce, lots of butter and yogurt on side.

They serve only doner . If go there choose plain doner or doner on rice . Their Iskender is also good but plain doner is most preffered. Doner is served with salad and french fries.