Cuisine of Bodrum for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Curly's Demeter Restaurant & Pool Club is very popular among both locals and visitors of this wonderful city. Turkish cuisine makes up the biggest part of the restaurant's menu, but you will easily find various popular European dishes among the delicacies offered to guests. Vegetarians will be glad to hear there is a separate menu for them. Here we should mention that in this restaurant vegetable dishes are as delicious as meat dishes. Among the budget dining facilities tourists are surely recommended to visit Pasaoglu Café restaurant, where guests are offered to try the best dishes from the international cuisine. A full family dinner will cost visitors approximately 20 U.S. dollars.

Otantik Ocakbasi restaurant, which is dedicated to national cuisine, is popular not only because of a wide range of dishes, but also thanks to its truly excellent entertainment program. Every evening Otantik Ocakbasi becomes the location of various performances of music and dancing bands. The restaurant accepts guests until late at night and is a perfect destination for banquets. Connoisseurs of Spanish cuisine will surely enjoy visiting La Pasion restaurant, which also welcomes guests from early in the morning until late at night. Large selection of meat and fish dishes, rich wine card and unique unforgettable atmosphere of comfort will turn a simple dinner in this restaurant into a real holiday. La Pasion is a great place for family holidays as children will be provided with a separate menu. Connoisseurs of Chinese food should definitely visit HONG KONG restaurant, in which visitors will be offered to try either traditional oriental dishes, or interesting author's signature specialties. After you try delicious snacks and meat or fish dishes, finish your meal with one of unusual desserts, a list of which is regularly updated with new dainties.

Fans of seafood will be surely delighted by Zazu Lounge restaurant dedicated to the Mediterranean cuisine. Deep fried prawns with spicy sauce, succulent mussels and calamari, stuffed fish and rare delicacies – the choice of dishes in this restaurant will please even most hard-to-please gourmets. Continue your degustation of Mediterranean dishes in a restaurant called Kocadon. A part of its tables is served on a spacious terrace, so, while enjoying their meat, guests will be surrounded by truly picturesque nature. Of course, Bodrum is home to numerous restaurants dedicated to Greek cuisine. The Garden is one of the most popular of them. This dining facility is always full of visitors, so if you want to enjoy a meal here, a table is better to be booked in advance. Meyhane Evgenia restaurant is widely famous for a large selection of dishes cooked on the grill. Here visitors can order delicious vegetable dishes, fish dishes and numerous interesting national treats. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Sebzeli Döner is one of the most popular dishes in Bodrum. The dish contains meat roasted on skewers and served together with seasonal vegetables and various sauces. Tourists will find this popular dish not only in numerous restaurants in the city but also in food carts on the streets. Experienced foodies recommend eating this meat in Şirin Döner bistro that specializes in cooking delicious and ever-popular Sebzeli Döner. Kabak Çiçeği Dolması or stuffed zucchini flowers is, without a doubt, one of the most unusual dishes that travelers will find in local restaurants. The flowers can be stuffed with various ingredients including meat and vegetables. As a rule, the flowers are stuffed, then soaked in a soft dough, and deep fried. The ready dish looks incredibly interesting and unusual. Travelers will hardly find Kabak Çiçeği Dolması in other countries of the world.

During a stroll in markets and shops of Bodrum, don’t forget to search for the mandarin locum that is called Mandalina Lokum. It is one of the most popular varieties of national sweets. This locum is made of exclusively local mandarins. The original dessert tastes simply fabulous. Çıngıloğlu is one of the most famous shops that sell this locum. Besides the famous dessert, visitors will find other interesting local specialties there. For example, Bergamot Reçeli or the bergamot jam is also one of the most popular specialties that travelers enjoy buying in Bodrum. Small jars with the jam are sold in many shops of the city.

Having enjoyed local sweets, it is high time to pay attention to the popular meat dishes of the region. Travelers seeking local specialties should try Çökertme Kebab that is cooked from best beef. Virtually any local restaurant specializing in the regional cuisine offers this delicious dish. As a rule, Çökertme Kebab is served together with yogurt.

Fans of refreshing desserts will also not be disappointed. They are recommended to try Bitez Dondurmacısı ice cream. There are dozens of variations of this popular ice cream, but most of them include sorbet. The regional cuisine of Bodrum is very multifaceted and diverse, so even vegetarian guests will find it very interesting to visit local national cuisine restaurants. Besides nutritious meat dishes, there are many vegetable dishes. Local cuisine is also famous for its traditional pastries and sweets.