What to eat in an Istanbul hotel
A hotel in Istanbul means more than European service and Eastern coziness. In addition, to high-level rooms, entertainment, and comfort, Istanbul hotels are famous for their cuisine. So it is, for Turkish cuisine is one of the best and richest on Earth. Here, cookery experts say that the three world’s best cuisines are the French, the Chinese, and the Turkish.
The prestigious Istanbul hotels like The Istanbul Princess Hotel, Swiss Hotel, The Bosphorus Hotel, Pera Palas Hotel, as well as all the other four-star and five-star hotels, in addition to the traditional European menu, always present to their guests local Turkish dishes, too. So, what special will we be offered this year? Below, you will see the hot five of the most popular Turkish dishes according to the chief cooks of major Istanbul hotels.
Iskembe
This dish is as popular among Turks as among tourists. Iskembe is as legendary first course as the Ukrainian borsch, or the French onion soup. Being a wonderful "hangover soup", this nutritive dish is usually eaten after marriage parties and any other celebrations during which alcohol is taken. Itself, iskembe is a thick soup with mutton tripe. Well, it tastes just heavenly.
Meze
This is merely a snack-mix, but there is nothing simple in Turkish cuisine. Therefore, in Turkey, before the main dishes, you will have olives, salads, marinaded vegetables, mushrooms, cheese, melon slices, fish, fried mussels, cakes, squids, stuffed eggs, and yoghurt with garlic, on your lunch table. Do not get too involved, though. The very lunch is coming.
Kebab
The Caucasus dwellers think that they are best in kebab cooking. All this is in vain! Deserving much respect in this area, they only follow Turks in this tasty business. For Turkey is the origin of all the kebab sorts. Shashlik (kebab) is a main dish made of any fried meat, being mutton, beef or chicken. Only pork is excluded due to clear religion taboo (however, upon request you can have your pork in any Istanbul hotel). In any case, the simple word "fried" cannot express what in fact kebab is. Therefore, let us try to describe it explicitly: juicy shashlik with a crispy crust, so soft inside, marinaded with honey, olive oil and spicy herbs, served with fresh vegetables and unforgettable sauce. So, how do you find the real Turkish kebab, eh?...
Kofte
In a nutshell, it is a sort of mixed minced meat with rice, spices, herbs, and eggs, cutlets, rissoles, force-meat. Kofte dishes can be cooked, fried, stewed, whatever you choose. Minced meat sausage cooked on charcoal odours like wild fowl, is as tasty as a French restaurant cutlet, and is very health-giving. As an option, they serve half-cooked Kofte - on salad leafs, with lemon and pepper - taste it once, and you will stick to it from your whole life!
Sherbet
Many think, it is simply a sweet liquid, like so much sugary water. No way, dear Sirs! There can be no such a thing served in Istanbul. Sherbet is a complex drink made of different fruits and the rose water that itself is rather difficult to prepare. Sherbet is a sweet, yet not sugary, viscous drink that is good against thirst. Besides, it can replace a dessert for you. So, take this sweet dish-or-drink.
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