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Food and Lodging

If you are on a low carb or low fat diet, Turkey shouldn't be on your list of destinations. According to my guide Atik, Turkish cuisine is the third best cuisine in the world right after Chinese and Italian. While cucumber, tomato and bread are staples for every meal, other foods are usually served in dripping oil, and sweets are soaked in honey and powdered with more sugar. I liked all the soups, but my favorites are unflavored yoghurt with dark honey and dried fruits as well as Turkish ice cream.
Waiting for tourists to drop in
Waiting for tourists to drop in		 My teeth start to decay just by my looking at them
My teeth start to decay just by my looking at them		 All packed to go
All packed to go		 Pistachios, hazel nuts and chickpeas are the most available nuts
Pistachios, hazel nuts and chickpeas are the most available nuts
Preparing doner kebab
Preparing doner kebab		 Can't go anywhere without seeing a Chinese restaurant
Can't go anywhere without seeing a Chinese restaurant		 That is a new theory!
That is a new theory!		 Dondurma -- Turkish ice cream, a lot chewier than regular ones
Dondurma -- Turkish ice cream, a lot chewier than regular ones
Grilled lamb
Grilled lamb		 Kitchen in the cave
Kitchen in the cave		 Making gözleme
Making gözleme		 Aphrodisiac
Aphrodisiac
Chocolates dipped sweets
Chocolates dipped sweets		 Menu: meat ball of shepherd -- 5.5 million Turkish liras
Menu: meat ball of shepherd -- 5.5 million Turkish liras		 Pouring tea is an art
Pouring tea is an art		 Not sure if these are for pets, people or garden
Not sure if these are for pets, people or garden
Sweets and spices
Sweets and spices		 Enticing sweets
Enticing sweets		 Unidentifiable eatables
Unidentifiable eatables		 Spice and Tea
Spice and Tea
Chinese labels on the price tag
Chinese labels on the price tag		 Health store - dried vegetables and sponge
Health store - dried vegetables and sponge		 My guide Edip: no meal can go without a visit from stray cats
My guide Edip: no meal can go without a visit from stray cats		 Traditional Turkish dining setting
Traditional Turkish dining setting
Traditional way of grinding meat
Traditional way of grinding meat		 We sell kebabs!
We sell kebabs!		 A variety of bread is served at every meal
A variety of bread is served at every meal		 Melons grown in the desert are the sweetest
Melons grown in the desert are the sweetest
Sweets made of pistachios
Sweets made of pistachios		 Traditional way of baking
Traditional way of baking		 Every dough is weighed to be exact
Every dough is weighed to be exact		 Buying breakfast
Buying breakfast
Cheese comes in all shapes, colors and saltiness
Cheese comes in all shapes, colors and saltiness		 Living room in beehive shaped houses
Living room in beehive shaped houses

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