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Istanbul is a fusion of different cultures and home to variety of civilizations. This and more are depicted on the city’s cuisine. Engaging yourself into a food trip to Istanbul’s delicious cuisine will be an activity worth doing.

Let’s start the menu with serving you breakfast. First off, you can start your day through strolling around the beautiful shores of Bosphorus and sure you will find bakeries, tea gardens and even börek sellers. If you want to taste classic and genuine Turkish breakfast, there are few restaurants offering honey and clotted cream coupled with variety of cheese and olives to munch in.

Fancy eating kebabs? You can have a taste of delicious kebabs right at one of the many restaurants found in Istanbul. Why not taste Turskish dishes? Have a bite or two from traditional dishes such as karniyarik (an eggplant dish with ground meat), Pilau üstü kuru fasulye (rice and haricot beans) and hünkârbegendi (meat dish mixed with puréed eggplant).

If you are indeed hungry and don’t want to wait for a couple of minutes to have food served, then you better go to an artisan or wide ladle restaurants. In these types of restaurants, you can have a variety of choices of ready-made dishes.

Kebabs have a significant role when it comes to Turkish cuisine. It is highly recommended to taste Urfa and Adana kebabs, this dish made out of shish kebabs, kebabs with tomatoes or simply kebabs made from ground pork.

Want a taste of Mediterranean cuisine Turkish style? As far geography is concerned, Turkey is part of the Mediterranean. Therefore, it simply shows that Turkish cuisine got more influence and inspiration from the Mediterranean. You can always distinguish Turkish cuisine through the unique tastes of somewhat cold dishes such as grape leaves mixed with olive oil, green beans, red beans, artichokes and black-eyed peas among others.

If you are keen of drinking coffee, then sip a cup or two of Turkish coffee. This is a good compliment after eating a light lunch along the vicinity of Beyoğlu or Nişantaşı.

Its mid-afternoon and you want just to relax and enjoy the afternoon. Then, having a tea break at the beautiful gardens in Moda will suit perfectly for your mood. It’s a quiet and inviting neighborhood located on Asian Side. Get a full view of wondrous sea view as you find solitude within your self. Sip your tea once in a while and take it all in. It’s all good.

A taste of the word’s different cuisines will let you travel from the Atlantic down the Pacific. You got everything you need. Just walk around along the streets of Baghdad Avenue, Maslak, or Nişantaşı.

To top it all, you must experience truly delicious Turskish desserts through taking a big bite of bread pastries coupled with clotted cream, rice pudding, or sakızlı pudding.

Your dining experience at Istanbul will give you a whole new level of exquisite dining at its best. Be sure you tour around any of the 5 star hotels located around the city; you never know you will get the chance to taste delicious food and traditional Turkish cuisine all at once.