Yemek (Food)

I assume most people have heard of a lot of the names of Turkish food (Kebap, Baklava, etc.), but I've stumbled upon some others.


This is a photo of Kunefe. Basically, it's a cheese (that tastes like American cheese, sort of), covered in fried wheat, then placed in a pool of sugar syrup. This one is adorned with some crumbled pistachios. It confuses my taste buds severely, to the point that it's not good, nor is it bad.

Additionally, you can see the corner of some fresh squeezed orange juice. They have these machines which squeeze the fruit right in front of you. It costs about $1.50 or so. Sometimes $.90.


I'd never seen grenade apples before, until we went to Olimpos and there were orchards full of them.
[10/10/05 Edit] In other news, this is not a grenade apple. This is a pomegranate. I have never seen one before. Leave it to Danish to lead me astray :-P


These a la Turca Doritos are Sesame bread and beyaz peynir (a Turkish white cheese) flavored. Very odd. There's also some tomato flavored a la Turca chips.