Simitçi Sandviçi
Simit vendor's sandwich; common with beyaz peynir and tomatoes.
Simit vendor's sandwich; common with beyaz peynir and tomatoes.
Circular bread encrusted with sesame seeds; Turkey's iconic street bread, often called 'Turkish bagel' though texture is different—crusti...
Simit used as sandwich bread; split and filled.
Mixed simit sandwich; multiple fillings.
Simit with white cheese; classic combination.
Simit with white cheese and tomatoes.
Simit pastırma is the cheapest bread on the Turkish street carrying the most expensive meat: a molasses-glazed sesame ring, split warm, filled with thin-shaved spiced cured beef.
Simit with Nutella; modern variation.
The everyday filled simit: a pekmez-glazed sesame ring split warm around mild, springy kaşar, the most modest hot upgrade the Turkish street cart sells, built to be torn and dunked in a glass of çay.
Simit bal kaymak is the breakfast reading of the sesame ring: split and filled with cool clotted kaymak and honey, not cheese. Chewy sesame crust against dense cream. The cream is the older part.
İzmir's name for simit; slightly different, often crispier.