Food Walk Plovdiv: Bulgarian Food and Culture Tour
Taste Plovdiv like a local, with the locals! Visit a number of different locations, each with its unique taste and significance in the history of our city and culture.
Mekitsa is the Bulgarian fried dough breakfast: a soft yeasted disc fried in oil and eaten hot with sirene cheese, jam, honey or powdered sugar.
Mekitsa is the Bulgarian and Balkan answer to the doughnut or beignet. The Bulgarian version uses a yoghurt-leavened dough that puffs in hot oil. Plovdiv's Mekitsa and Coffee popularised modern combinations alongside the traditional sirene-and-jam pairing, and the fried discs are eaten hot for breakfast from morning counters across the city.
4 editor picks for Mekitsa in Plovdiv, ranked by editorial score. All Plovdiv signature dishes · Mekitsa across every city.
Mekitsa and Coffee ★ 4.6
centre · ul. Knyaz Alexander I 1, 4000 Plovdiv
Mekitsa and Coffee is the only Plovdiv counter that fries mekitsa to order. Traditional Bulgarian breakfast plus modern combinations like basil pesto.
Hali Banitsa Counter ★ 4.6
centre · ul. Evlogi Georgiev 1, beside Hali market, 4000 Plovdiv
The unnamed banitsa counter beside Hali market on Evlogi Georgiev has worked the same corner for roughly fifty years; the marmalade banitsa is its anchor.
Gibb Bakery ★ 4.5
kuchuk-paris · Kuchuk Paris district, near Kaufland, 4002 Plovdiv
Gibb Bakery in Kuchuk Paris near the Kaufland junction runs through the early-morning queue. Banitsa with butter and milinka sell out before 10:00 daily.
Hlyab Bakery Ostromila ★ 4.3
kuchuk-paris · ul. Komatevsko Shose, near Ostromila roundabout, 4004 Plovdiv
Hlyab Bakery on the Komatevsko Shose roundabout near Ostromila runs the southern Plovdiv standard for cheese bureks; second branch sits near the meat shop.
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
Mekitsa makes more sense with someone from Plovdiv explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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