Namlı Gurme

Namlı Gurme

Istanbul, Turkey

A Karaköy institution: part delicatessen, part breakfast hall. Namlı stocks hundreds of cheeses, cured meats, and preserves from across Anatolia. The breakfast spread is build-your-own from a glass counter of options, and the sucuklu yumurta is cooked to order in a copper sahan. Arrive early on weekends or expect a queue down the street.

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Sausages served here

Sucuk

Sucuk

Istanbul, Turkey

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Turkey's national sausage: a dry-cured, fermented beef sausage dense with cumin, garlic, sumac, and red pepper. The meat is ground twice to create a tight mosaic of lean beef and tail fat, then fermented at controlled temperatures until the pH drops and the texture firms into something you can slice thin or fry in its own rendered fat. Every Turkish breakfast table has it.

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