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Food & Beverages
You will find all kinds of
restaurants here with both Turkish and
international cuisine, Mexican, French,
Italian, Chinese, Scandinavian etc.
When the best cuisines in the world are judged
it comes as a surprise to most people that
Turkish cuisine has been rated as one of the
three great cuisines of the world, along with
French and Chinese. Access to fresh
ingredients was easy and infinite varieties of
fish, poultry, fruit and vegetables and a
countless number of spices were used.
At the same time many people from
different cultures settled in the country and
this brought further inspiration to the
cooking. Turkish
specialities are numerous and certainly worth
a try.
Lavas: Large and airy
'balloon' bread spread with sesame seeds. You
eat it with meze dishes.
Feta: Soft white cheese eaten
with lavas.
Shepherd's salad: Salad,
tomato, cucumber, onion, vinegar and maybe
chili.
Haydari: A lot like the Greek
tzatziki. In Turkey the cucumber is replaced
with chive.
Ezme: Red spicy dish made
from chilli, tomato and chives. Served as an
accompaniment to kebab or lavas.
Soup:
The
Turkish people love soup, and they will eat it
even in the middle of the night. In Alanya
there is a street which is called
“soup-street” which runs from the Atatürk
statue on the main street to the 25metre
street. You may notice that these soup
restaurants are open almost all night. The
locals like to eat soup in the middle of the
night on the way home from town.
Soup made with sheep's brains or
sheep's eyes are quite normal but if this
doesn’t tempt you go for a tasty tomato or
chicken variety.
Dönerkebab:
Grilled pieces of beef, lamb or chicken which
are placed on a half dürüm/pancake bread
together with salad, onions and spices. Very
good, cheap takeaway.
Iskenderkebab: Named
after Alexander The Great. Same
ingredients as the dönerkebab. Served on a
plate with yoghurt and salad.
Adanakebab: Comes from the large
Turkish city of the same name. Spicy minced
beef on a swordlike skewer grilled.
Siskebab:
Large pieces of beef, lamb, or chicken on a
skewer grilled with pieces of red pepper.
Auberginekebab: Meat and
aubergine/egg plant on a skewer grilled.
Dolma: Vine leaves, peppers,
tomatoes or potatoes stuffed with rice, meat,
pured tomatoes and spices.
Börek: Fried puff pastry with
white cheese and spinach. Also called
ladyfingers or cigarette rolls.
Aubergine (Patlidjan):
Aubergine/ eggplant stuffed with
tomato, meat, onion and spices.
Turkish pizza
(Lahmacun): Most places in
Alanya serve pizza as we know it. The Turkish
pizza is a little different but try it anyway.
The size can vary from tiny to larger than a
plate. The toppings are usually beef, onion,
parsley and tomato purée, which are mixed
together and put on top of bread dough. It
will be served with a piece of lemon to be
squeezed over the pizza. There
are many other varieties of toppings.
Osmanish pan: You can get the
osmanish pan with lamb, beef or chicken. It is
a stew with different vegetables and spices.
The dish is made differently depending on the
area and time of the year.
Dessert: When it comes to
desserts, the Turkish people love anything
which is sweet - especially pastries, which
are often soaked in honey. Vanilla
mousse, chocolate mousse and
plain fresh fruit are also seen on the table.
Don't forget to try raki
(the national drink) an alcoholic
drink, flavoured with aniseed, that is best
compared to Ouzo or Pernod. Raki is clear but
turns milky white when it is mixed with water.
It has the nickname lion's milk.
According to the Turks,
raki is the best medicine for
preventing illness and so is drunk on a large
scale. Try raki with Salgam,
Beetroot syrup, that
is said to remove the affects of alcohol.
It is also
recommendable to try ayran,
yogurt diluted with
water and extra salt.
Ayran is often
used for a bad stomach
or to maintain fluid and salt levels.
The Turkish tradition of wine
production is very new due to the fact that
wine was not drunk in the Ottoman Empire.
One of the largest wine brands in
Turkey is Doluca.
Doluca is available as a red, white or rosé
wine. Try Doluca Antik which is rather good.
Another large wine producer is Kalvaklidere.
Just like Doluca, Kalvaklidere is found in
many varieties and tastes good.
5 Restaurants
Josefs Plats: Best meet
in Alanya. Located in the bazaar area of the
harbour. 10 Euros for a meat dish.
International. Free pick up service: +90(0)242
- 513 92 96.
Ravza: The
cheapest but one of the best in Alanya.
Located on Ziraat Bankasi Yani, close to the
harbour. No alcohol. Their barbequed meat and
fish are excellent and cheap, 2.5 Euros.
Finike:
Located on the Cleopatra Beach. Reasonable
prices and good service. +90(0)242 - 513 10
94.
Evimiz: A
little restaurant with Turkish home made food.
Near the Yeni camii mosque in the centre.
Eski Evi:
Great kebabs and real Turkish food. Located on
Damlatas caddesi 44.
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