Post the Turkish dishes you like

[Midori]

I honestly dislike most of it.

Same here.

[Peyrol]

yeah,,it is a must in Bosnia during bayram(eid)..and baklava(but baklava is too sweet for my taste)

This sweet is popular also in Sicily (probabily for the arabic occupation), like many other very similars made with almond paste.

[Dilberth]

what do you croatians know about it...ottoman food is not just burek

I like burek
But thats the only thing probably

[morski]

I honestly dislike most of it.

Well, you are not a Turk, nor a Balkanian.

[Dilberth]

Our kitchen is prolly much poorer than Turkish though.

[Hurrem sultana]

Our kitchen is prolly much poorer than Turkish though.

yeah but you have influences from italy,austria?

[Dilberth]

yeah but you have influences from italy,austria?

Yes,but its poorer than Turkish.Its simple and rustic.

[Mraz]

And our 1000s of different variety of mezes, especially for eating with raki. Most of them are prepared by using few chopped vegetables, fruits on top of yogurt with olive oil and herbs. These can be sweet, chilli hot, salty, or sourish too. It`s easy to prepare but it is so good to eat while drinking raki or just as an appetizer before the main dish;

Is Turkish cuisine the same in different parts of your country or do each "region" have its own specialities?

[Su]

Is Turkish cuisine the same in different parts of your country or do each "region" have its own specialities?

Yes and no.

Most dishes, you can find everywhere around Turkey, like dolma, sarma etc. but there are certain food they usually are known by certain people who are from certain places or they will be cooked made by certain people by certain areas.

^OMG that sounded complicated

For example: Tantuni is a from from South Turkish city Mersin, most probably Turks living in North Turkey dont know it or they dont do it. But tantuni is very tasty.

Tantuni:



Another example of Manti, it's a dish from Central Anatolia, basically from Kayseri but everyone in Turkey knows it

We even got manti in different styles and fillings in Kayseri!




Another example there is something called keskek with chicken pieces etc. I never knew it a friend of mine who is from North Turkey did it, once I tried it, I knew why I never heard about it, because the taste wasn't rich, it was rather bland

[Onur]

Is Turkish cuisine the same in different parts of your country or do each "region" have its own specialities?

Some dishes and some ingredients are standard regardless of wherever you go but it changes according to different regions. You know, Turkey is a big country and the climate is also quite diverse. There are many more diverse vegetables as you go to western side but less in eastern side. Also, eastern Turkey is cooler than western parts, so the people in the east uses less variety of vegetables and tend to do much more dishes with meat. But in the west, veggie dishes prepared with olive oil are popular. We also eat meat too but less than the eastern parts. So, western dishes are more lighter while eastern ones are higher in calorie wise, prepared with meat and animal fat instead of vegetables and vegetable oils.

Ofc everyone knows and eats all the dishes today but we tend to eat less meat here in the west while they eat more meat in the east. It`s same for the sweets and pastry. They do pastry with sweet syrups in the central and eastern parts of Turkey while we generally prepare lighter sweets in the west with less sugar and more fruits.