You can try our different flavors by renting a car in Mersin:
- Cezerye
- Tantuni
- Kerebiç
- Turnip
- Atom
What to Eat in Mersin?
Mersin has a variety of agricultural products of a variable climate from the plain to the mountains, with the fish and other seafood provided by the Mediterranean. This rich fauna and flora creates a great cuisine.
A rich cuisine emerges when the cultural diversity carried by the ships that go to different regions through maritime trade, where people have been constantly moving throughout history, like all the coasts of the Mediterranean, is added to this feature. This cuisine also shows differences in the settlements that spread from the sea coast to the heights of the Taurus Mountains.
Products of local cuisine can be found in Mersin and all of the surrounding tourism centers. Kebab varieties form the basis of the cuisine. The most common one is Tantuni, which can be found on almost every street corner next to kebab shops. It is made from steak cut into small pieces. It is not possible to count the variety of kebab, there are dozens of varieties. But the cuisine, which has common features in Çukurova and the Southeast, also has special aspects to Mersin. Kibbeh, which is made in the oven or fried, is boiled in Mersin and is lighter.
When it comes to seafood, large shrimps called "Jumbo" are listed as the most popular fish of the eastern Mediterranean, lagos, sea bream, squid, lemur, squid, octopus, squid, and subye.
Popular drinks are turnip juice, licorice sherbet in summer and Mersin-style Tarsusi coffee after meals. Tarsusi is actually the Turkish coffee we know, but it comes in a tea glass, not a small cup.
Dessert variety is also rich;
Cezerye made from the most original sweet carrot. It is ubiquitous, and the künefe, which we can describe as the kadayıf with fresh cheese not made in brine, is also very famous. Another dessert is Kerebiç, a dessert that is widely consumed during Ramadan. It is a dessert made of semolina, similar to kibbeh, filled with pistachios or walnuts, lying in a white foam. Because of the Çöven root, which forms the white foam used in its production, Kerbiç has an unusual flavor. After eating fish, you can also try a dessert made with avocado, tahini, crushed walnuts and honey.
The delicious dishes of the local cuisine are spicy and abundantly spicy. Although, as tourism develops, the understanding of service also changes, waiters warn in advance, but we still found it useful to draw your attention.
