Yum!

Turkey offers a lot of delicious food options and we were thrilled to taste test many of them, but we found ourselves especially loving the following five:

1. Borek

A baked or fried filled pastry made from phyllo. It is often filled with feta cheese, meat, or vegetables. I usually enjoyed the cheese or spinach-filled borek.... yum!

2. Gozleme

A stuffed, hand rolled pastry that is cooked over a griddle. Oftentimes, it is filled with the same ingredients as borek—cheese, vegetables, or meat—but we also enjoyed it with honey and peanut butter... yum!

3. Baklava

Although it looks similar to borek and gozleme, baklava tastes very different. Made from phyllo dough, baklava is sweetened with syrup or honey and frequently coated in pistachios... yum!

4. Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Perhaps it is not a "traditional" Turkish dish, but Istanbul loves their stuffed baked potatoes. Similar to the counter at Subway, you can choose from a variety of different toppings for your potato including olives, meat, coleslaw, mushrooms, onions, potato salad... Why not top your baked potato with potato salad? Yum.

5. Stuffed Waffles

A great idea! Why choose toppings for a baked potato or Subway sandwich when you can put things inside a waffle? Chocolate sauce, carmel sauce, pistachio cream, strawberry cream, whipped cream, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, peanuts, walnuts, kiwi, strawberries, pineapple, yellow cherries, red cherries, green cherries, sprinkles, coconut... yum!

FYI: It's possible the stuffed waffles may upset your stomach...