Appetizers

“And in the end thy loved one to thee shall become thy food and water, submissive and obedient and beautiful as well; thy meze and wine too.”

MEVLANA’S "MESNEVI" (POEMS) AND COMMENTARY (1207-73)

On practically every kind of Turkish menu will be offered mezes – a range of hot or cold appetizers. Cold mezes include salads, various kinds of pickles, cheeses, pastırma (dried pressed meat cured with garlic and other spices), savoury sausages, fish roe, caviare, and vegetables cooked in olive oil. Popular hot mezes are pastırma cooked wrapped in paper, eggs with savoury sausages, arnavut ciğeri (liver fried and then cooked in the oven), böreks (stuffed savoury pastries), and pilafs.