Street Food- Istanbul

I only scratched the surface of Istanbul food, but the street fare was cheap and good.


The buttery rice pilav with chickpeas was probably my favorite. Served with a spicy yogurt drink.



It is Ramazan here, so not as much eating goes on in the day right now, but come night, different story. First night here, I walked up to the Blue Mosque, and after the friday prayers, they had an Iftar festival (breaking of the fast) around the huge park grounds. It seemed there were endless booths and tents full of food and drinks.


I had the delicious flatbread stuffed with feta cheese









Heeeyyy, here's to you!









This potato with everything, hold the sink, was a gut-buster.










It's Burger Sultan to you!

You see salted and grilled corn everywhere. For 1 Turkish Lira, it's a good deal.


















This fresh, buttery, crispy bread was the best breakfast pastry I found.






All manner of desserts









The fish sandwiches by the Galata Bridge. Juicy tomatoes, crisp onion and a sweet pepper, damn good.












Chestnut cart, side street.








K-Bob sandwich for 2 Lira. $1.20. The beauty of these sandwiches is the crisp onion, lettuce and fresh bread.








These folks are serving fruit pulp, not juice. You point at the blackberry, and they mash it up and give it to you in a cup. Hell yeah!






A Turkish Hot Dog. Had to try one.













Maybe the sweetest thing I er done had.
Like a donut with pure sugar dripping from inside. I could feel my teeth rotting as I ate.







Fruit stands in the middle of the city, yeah, but the duce was pretty good.







Crossed the Bosphorus on a ferry, and snapped up a cheese bread.










Did you know you didn't know what a real breakfast sandwich is? Damn good bread with cheese, juicy tomato and sweet pepper.











And after all that craziness, it's time for a sweet tea.