Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Food on the streets of istanbul, Turkey

I bought this bagel-like bread covered with sesame from a food vendor in the streets. It was quite hard and dry but tasted quite nice. Maybe I was hungry! It sells for 1 lira which is about slightly less than $1. It is called 'simit' which sounds like 'what is it' in hokkien!

"Simit is a fast food bread sold in the streets of Turkey by vendors. It is often eaten as a breakfast food with jam or yogurt. Simit is also great by itself!

Simit is light and flaky, baked to a golden brown color, and topped with sesame seeds. It is sometimes formed into rings, and are often braided."

From http://mideastfood.about.com/od/breadsrice/r/simitrecipe.htm


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14 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 June 2012 at 23:13

    Wow! I bet you enjoyed Simit, Mrs Tan. Did you eat this with jam, youghurt, or by itself?

    Katrice

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  2. Low Ri-En27 June 2012 at 23:14

    Hi Mrs Tan! Thank you for showing me what people in Turkey eat! :D Yummy! Now, I am hungry again!!!

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  3. FLYINGHORSEONE27 June 2012 at 23:38

    Hi Mrs Tan !Does the people illegally sell bread.Those bread looks funny.Does it really taste good with jam or yougurt. Regards HONGKUN

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    1. Anonymous28 June 2012 at 01:20

      It shouldn't be. Otherwise the law would have banned it. And it doesn't look funny.


      Katrice

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  4. Amos Boo28 June 2012 at 01:33

    Hi Mrs Tan!!!The weather must very hot there!!!The food is yummy and my stomach is calling for early dinner now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Amos Boo

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    1. Anonymous28 June 2012 at 05:32

      It should be, Amos, as it is now summertime.

      Katrice

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  5. Jerica Ong28 June 2012 at 02:44

    Mrs Tan,Those Food looks like they are yummy.Is the food delicous? How they taste like?

    From:Jerica

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    1. Jerica Ong28 June 2012 at 03:11

      And they are so cheap.How much?

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  6. Terry Lee28 June 2012 at 03:31

    The food looks delicious O.O making me hungry :P so im gonna eat something later :)

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  7. Darren sung28 June 2012 at 03:51

    The pictures of the food looked very delicious. I hope I can try them too.

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  8. Abigail Lim29 June 2012 at 00:46

    Hi Mrs Tan, i bet it's scorching hot there but the bread looks nice and i hope i can try it too!!!!

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  9. joval29 June 2012 at 23:34

    I tried kebab ....nice!

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  10. Anonymous1 July 2012 at 02:58

    its really cool:)hope i can try it someday...(maybe in my dreams:)
    Mrs tan, i thought you were going to write what we did last friday as some of us went for the 100 aniversary.
    regards,
    charmayne

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  11. Anonymous2 July 2012 at 00:12

    was the food there delicious.
    yan heng

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