Pearl of the Aegean

  • Boyoz Sandwich:

It is eaten with boiled eggs sprinkled with salt and pepper and fresh tea. It’s essential to breakfast in the morning.

  • Kumru Sandwich:

It is a kind of dough that is made from less salty dough with more pointy edges than sandwich bread, with plenty of sesame on it. Kumru is particularly famous for its charcoal-baked sausage, salami, sausage, and sayas cheese.

  • Wooden Skewers Kebab:

A type of kebab made by preparing pieces of cubed meat on thin wooden sticks.

  • Lokma Dessert:

It is a dessert made by pouring the leavened dough into small round bites, pouring it into hot oil and frying it and then throwing it into the sorbet.

  • İzmir Meatball:

A type of dish prepared with the use of mince, onion, parsley, soaked bread, eggs, tomatoes, peppers, garlic and oil and cooked over a low heat.

  • Damascus (Şambali) Dessert:

Şambali, also known as Şambaba or Damascus dessert, is a street dessert with syrup.A hard, dense dessert. Unlike the desserts we are accustomed to, it does not contain flour, oil and eggs. The main ingredients are semolina, sugar, yogurt or milk.

  • Stuffed Mussels  / Fried Mussels:

Mussel dolma, which is one of the good tastes of the Armenian cuisine that enters the Istanbul cuisine, has many fans. In addition to stuffed mussels, pan, pilaki, soup and rice are also made.

  • Grilled Sheep’s Intestines:

It is a dish made of cleaned sheep or lamb intestines, kneaded with onion juice, salt and pepper and fried in a fire with ember, and sprinkled with oregano.

  • Wine:

İzmir is one of the most important wine production centers in the world in ancient times. It was the home of the largest temple built in the name of the wine god Dionysus at the time.You can find wine houses and taste delicious wines in Urla, Şirince etc.