GASTRONOMY

Pastries and meat dishes are common in Eskişehir cuisine. Eskisehir cuisine has traces from Balkan and Tatar cuisine. The most famous flavor in the city is “çi börek”. Çi word means as “beautiful” in Tatar language. Börek means “pastry”, Hence, “çi-börek” means “beatiful pastry” in English. Specifically in Odunpazari historical area, you can taste ciborek in many
authentic restaurants. Met halva is also a very famous kind of dessert. The name of the dessert came from an old game called Celik-Comak. This game was played by adults in the past. The loser made halva and offered to the winners. Over the time,
the game and halva have been referred to the same name. Balaban Kebap is also a very famous dish which consists of meatball, pide (some kind of bread), yogurt and sauce with butter.

Famous tastes of Eskişehir are;
-Met Halva
-Nuga Halva
-Çibörek
-Balaban Kebap
-Haşhaşlı çörek (Poppyseed pastry)