Category: Turkish Cuisine

There is an alcoholic beverage of Turkey; Rakı. It is a colorless beverage in the bottle, it gets white when you add water. It is a tough drink, you had better drink with water. It is a companion of various meals such as fish. For example Rakı + fish= Ayvalık, it is the formula of…

Turkish coffee is one of the most famous hot drinks of this landscape with Turkish tea. It is served as plain coffee, coffee with middle sugar and coffee withsugar. It is prepared in a small pot then poured to a coffee cup. It has its own taste and flavour. When two or three ladies gather,…

If you live in Turkey or a Turkish citizen, you know what tea means for Turkish society. Tea is the component of daily life of Turkey. It is the main drink of social life. Even there is no specific time for it. It may be drunk at any time. There is a custom of five…

Baklava is an original Turkish sweet and also it is worldwide famous in world cusines. It has its own receipe and its taste. Mostly the masters keep this receipe as a secret because it is very difficult to prepare it with a tasteful shape. Baklava is the subject of a discussion. It is between Turkey…

Meat is one of the best fast food of the world but it has different receipes in world kitchens. It is also same for Turkish Cuisine. We call this meat “Döner” because it was prepared in front of the oven by turning. The meat that was prepared before is placed on a stick and fried.…