Did you know that Mersin is the birthplace of the famous Turkish tantuni? Yes, yes. It was in Mersin that this now popular fast food was first prepared.
Tantuni is specially fried meat served in hot pita bread together with onions, tomatoes and herbs. Everyone who has ever been to Turkey knows exactly the taste of tantuni.
What else can you try in Mersin?
Kelle-Pacha soup. Literally translated as "head-legs". Soup that tastes like hash or jelly in hot form. Lamb/beef head and legs are cooked for several hours, with the addition of salt, garlic and bite.
Shirdan dolmasy is a mutton or veal stomach stuffed with rice and vegetables.
Mersin Ciğeri – liver kebab. Served in lavash with onions, spices and herbs.
Mumbar (bumbar) – lamb intestines stuffed with minced meat, rice and pistachios.
Mamyulu – Kurabye cookies made of semolina, flour and yogurt with the addition of nuts and cinnamon
Dzhezerye – lukum from carrot and pomegranate juice with the addition of nuts.
Have you already tried something from Mersin cuisine?