Warm crepes filled with cheese and other fillings.

Kebabs refer to grilled meat dishes.

Roasted chestnuts

Turkish Delight, a very sweet Turkish candy dusted with powdered sugar.

Boiled or roasted corn.

Chewy ice cream sold by street vendors throughout Istanbul.  It has a particular ingredient common to chewing gum so the vendor can stretch and extend it before putting into a cone.

An omelet, often made with feta, tomatoes and/or peppers

These are the delicious Turkish appetizers that typically begin a meal.  There are hundreds of varieties which include Dolmas (stuffed peppers or grape leaves), Boreks (filled pastry, deep fried and stuffed with meat, spinach or cheese), assorted vegetable and fish dishes and purees such as hummus (mashed chick peas and tahini) and baba ghanoush (mashed eggplant and tahini).

Typically refers to cooked and stewed dishes.

This is the local popular drink; it’s a potent anise-flavored spirit served in tall slender glasses with or without ice according to personal preference.  It’s quite strong so most people dilute it with water which turns it from clear to milky white.  Typically, served as an aperitif, it’s also slipped slowly throughout the meal.  It’s best not to drink raki and wine at the same meal.

Baked sesame bread rings