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Typical price: 2-5 BGN each
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.
Order Classic mekitsa with sirene
Mekitsa and Coffee is the only Plovdiv counter that fries mekitsa to order.
Order Marmalade banitsa
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.
Order Butter banitsa
Gibb Bakery in Kuchuk Paris near the Kaufland junction runs through the early-morning queue.
Order Cheese burek
Hlyab Bakery on the Komatevsko Shose roundabout near Ostromila runs the southern Plovdiv standard for cheese bureks; second branch sits near the meat shop.
Editor tip. The dough should be sticky, not firm; flour your hands rather than the dough. Eat the mekitsa within five minutes of frying for the best texture.
Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Egg.
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