Türkiye Travel Notes (5)

I took some old friends to Turkey. I originally wanted to go to Kamakura Fuji in Tokyo, but I found out that National Day air tickets were not cost-effective. So I searched around and found that the air tickets to Turkey were reasonably priced, so I happily decided to go to Turkey. have a look.

tenth day

Istanbul——>Chengdu

Take the airport bus ist-20 at Sultanahemt station to the airport, 18 lire/person. Cosmetics in Turkish airport duty-free shops are ridiculously expensive, possibly even more expensive than domestic counters

food

Turkish food mainly consists of roasted beef, mutton and chicken, clay pot beef, mutton and chicken, and various pide (similar to thin pizza, but in the shape of oval strips)

The side dishes often include pancakes, various sauces and yogurt, which can be eaten with the meat rolls, as well as some salty and sour olives and other fruit pickles. Before the meal, they usually give a basket of free Naan Or bread.

There are also various desserts, which are almost too sweet, but delicious. Especially the rice pudding, I eat one with every meal. I gained 3 pounds when I came back.

Various barbecues

minced meat pide

Dessert

rice pudding

Turkish uncle’s advice

There are two stores that left a deep impression on me, both in Istanbul. One is tarihi Sultanahamet Koftecisi, a century-old restaurant that specializes in barbecue. The dishes are few but all delicious.

There is also a dessert chain, Hafiz Mustafa 1864. Wow, there are so many delicious desserts. All kinds of puddings, fudge, and chocolates are delicious.

Finally, the price

In 10 days, the average cost per person is less than 15,000 lire, not including shopping, and the food is not very expensive. The four of us usually eat for about 180-300 lire a meal, most of the time around 250 lire. Most of the desserts are in the 10-15 lire range, including ice cream. A mix of 3 flavors costs about 15, the coffee is quite cheap, and the latte costs 10+ lire.

There are really too many cats on the streets of Turkey (actually there are also a lot of stray dogs, but they all look silly, so I didn’t take many photos)