Turkish Breakfast Kahvalti appears as a signature dish in 1 Turkey cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Turkish breakfast (Kahvaltı) · Istanbul
A sprawling table of cheeses, olives, eggs, honey, kaymak, jams, sucuk, simit and tea. The serpme spread is shared, not portioned, and runs into lunch.
Kahvaltı means literally before-coffee, the meal that precedes the morning Turkish coffee. The modern serpme (spread) version, with thirty small plates, became standard in Istanbul after the 1980s as breakfast houses turned the village meal into a city institution.
Where to eat in Istanbul:
- Van Kahvaltı Evi
- Privato Cafe
- Sade Kahve