Food Gallery > Turkish Delights
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Fig Fresh from a tree
The best way to taste the local fare is to pick it fresh from a tree.
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Zucchini Flower
This was a lovely appetizer of wild rice wrapped in zucchini flowers. This was a fragrant and flavorful dish!
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"Turkish Pizza"
The Turkish form of pizza is a thin crust with tomatoes, lettuce, and lemon for putting on top. You roll it up together and eat it. Mmmm!
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Popular Vegetarian
This restaurant in Turkey was well known for its unique and diverse vegetarian choices. You fill your plate, weigh it and pay the price per weight. My plate was full of vegetables, beans, whole grains, yogurt, and seasonings that tasted heavenly!
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Rural Turkey
It's hard to resist the markets in Turkey, for the fabrics, spices, and fresh vegetables everywhere!
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Spice Market
Who needs salt when you have so many spices at hand!?
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Turkish Market
Visit food markets when you travel - learn about the local foods and find yourself some healthy snacks!
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Turkish Delight
This is a great treat to sample, I found it too sweet to want more than a piece or two, but beware of the temptation if you have a sweet tooth!
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Turkish Tapas
In Turkey, share plates are common - a variety of vegetables and flat bread, fresh and flavorful!
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Emergency Food
If funds are low and a meal is hours away, then it's good to have an emergency food source.
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Boat Cruise
Taking a day cruise is fun, especially when they grill you fish that was caught that morning!
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Sweet Treat
Still on the boat, we could buy freshly made "pancakes" (crepes), with a choice of filling. This is a good thing to share!