Bursa Kebap Dürüm
Bursa's İskender kebab taken portable: the city's spit-shaved döner and its tomato-and-butter signature wiped down a sheet of lavaş, rolled, with yogurt dipped on the side.
Bursa's İskender kebab taken portable: the city's spit-shaved döner and its tomato-and-butter signature wiped down a sheet of lavaş, rolled, with yogurt dipped on the side.
The sliced, wrapped form of beyti kebab: skewer-grilled ground meat rolled tight in lavaş, then cut crosswise into pinwheels that show a clean spiral, bedded under tomato sauce with yogurt alongside.
Beyti gone portable: skewer-grilled ground lamb rolled in lavaş with garlicky tomato sauce and cold yogurt, eaten from the end. Named for İstanbul restaurateur Beyti Güler.
Thick, soft flatbread cooked on griddle; used for breakfast sandwiches.
The bazlama tost trades the thin square loaf for a thick leavened griddle round: too tall to clamp in the press, so it toasts open on the saç and eats breadier, chewier, and softer than a usual tost.
Honey and clotted cream (kaymak) gözleme; sweet traditional version.
Bandırma-style köfte in bread; regional meatball variety.
Honey and clotted cream in bread; sweet breakfast.
'Fish bread'—Istanbul's iconic fish sandwich; grilled or fried fish (usually mackerel/uskumru or bonito/palamut) in half a loaf of white ...
Fish sandwich from Karaköy fish market area; same style, different location.
Grilled mackerel in a split loaf, handed up from a boat that rocks on every ferry wake. The Eminonu fish sandwich is anchored to one dock the city has spent two decades trying to evict.
Fish in wrap form; less traditional but exists.
Not a round flatbread but a long sealed boat, often near ninety centimetres, the Bafra pidesi bakes beef inside thin crisp dough and butters it hot: a protected Black Sea name since 2009.
Ayvalık's famous toast; wet toast with sucuk, sausage, tomato, pickles, corn, Russian salad, ketchup, mayo—everything stuffed in. Famousl...
Albanian-style fried liver cubes (with flour coating, served with onions and peppers) in bread.
Gaziantep-style lahmacun; may include isot pepper (Urfa biber).
Gaziantep-style lahmacun; may include local spices, sometimes butter or pistachio.
Hatay-style tantuni; regional variation with local spices.
Ali Nazik (smoky eggplant puree with yogurt topped with sautéed lamb) in wrap; modern adaptation.
Akçaabat-style köfte (Black Sea region, no breadcrumbs, pure meat) in bread; from Trabzon province.