Turkish Food - Pide

Labour Day was an excellent opportunity to meet my friends Eliana and Ghada. The chosen place was Mustafa Restaurant; this cozy place specializes in Pide.

The word Pide comes from the Greek “Pita”. It is the famous flat bread baked in a stone oven. It comes with toppings that may be Cheese, lamb, sausages, etc. It is usually compared with the famous Pizza.    

We elected 2 kinds of Pide: “Kıymalı Kaşarlı” and “Karışık”. “Kıyma” means “Minced Meat”. When you see the word “Kıymalı” it means that this dish contains minced meat. “Kaşar” is a kind of sheep’s cheese usually related with “Kasseri“cheese or Mozzarella. It is very often used in Turkish cuisine. “Karışık” means “Mixed”, “Complex”, “Combined”.  The Pide we ate, had a Mix of ground beef, Sausages, Cheese, Onions.

Kıymalı Kaşarlı 

Karışık

Pide is one of the most popular dishes in Turkey when you want to hang out and have fun with some friends. It is simple, not expensive and ideal as fast food.

We also tried “İskender Kebap”, This dish has slices of lamb in tomato sauce, served over pide and yoghurt. It is typical in the Northwest of the country

İskender Kebap

We finish our day with some sweets. We all agreed about how excellent the food was. We really enjoyed our time in this place. 

With my Friends Ghada and Eliana.