Dishes you should try in Alpu: Çibörek (fried meat pastry) and Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on pide bread). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Alpu is famous for.
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Famous Dishes of Alpu
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Çibörek (fried meat pastry)
Minced meat filling wrapped in thin dough and fried in hot oil, çibörek is the classic flavour of the Eskişehir region.
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Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on pide bread)
Doner meat poured over pide bread with buttered tomato sauce and yoghurt, balaban kebabı is a dish specific to Eskişehir.
Dishes from Eskişehir Cuisine
What to eat in Eskişehir →These dishes are known throughout Eskişehir province; see the provincial food guide for details.
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Eskişehir Çiğböreği (Çibörek) (fried minced-meat pastry)
A börek with a registered geographical indication, inherited from the Crimean Tatars, filled with minced meat and fried in hot oil.
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Eskişehir Met Helvası (stringy halva)
A registered halva, similar to pişmaniye but harder and more fibrous.
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Eskişehir Simidi
A simit with a registered geographical indication.
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Sivrihisar Höşmerim Tatlısı (cheese and semolina dessert)
A registered dessert made with cheese, semolina and syrup.
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Sivrihisar Muska Baklavası (triangular baklava)
A baklava with a registered geographical indication, shaped like a triangle (muska).
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Sivrihisar Kelem Dolması (cabbage dolma)
A registered dolma wrapped in cabbage leaves.
What to Buy in Alpu: Local Products
- Alpu Wheat Wheat grown in the fertile soils of the Alpu Plain, the most important agricultural product of the region.
What Alpu Is Famous For: Culture and Traditions
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Farming Culture
With its wide farmland, Alpu is one of Eskişehir's most important farming districts. Wheat and barley production has for centuries been the basic livelihood of the local people.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I eat in Alpu?
Alpu is known for 2 local dishes, above all Çibörek (fried meat pastry) and Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on pide bread). Minced meat filling wrapped in thin dough and fried in hot oil, çibörek is the classic flavour of the Eskişehir region.
What is Alpu famous for?
Alpu is known for Çibörek (fried meat pastry), Alpu Wheat and Farming Culture. Its best-known sights include Alpu Plain and Alpu Grand Mosque.
What to buy in Alpu?
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Alpu include Alpu Wheat.
Alpu Travel Guide
- Things to Do in Alpu 3 places to visit
- What to Eat in Eskişehir All the famous dishes of the province
What to Eat in Other Districts of Eskişehir
- Eskişehir Central District 3 dishes Çibörek (fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on pide bread) and Met Helvası (starch halva)
- Beylikova 2 dishes Çibörek and Balaban Kebabı
- Çifteler 3 dishes Çibörek, Balaban Kebabı and Met Helvası (starch halva)
- Günyüzü 2 dishes Çibörek (fried meat pastry) and Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on pide bread)
- Han 2 dishes Çibörek (fried meat pastry) and Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on pide bread)
- İnönü 3 dishes Çibörek, Balaban Kebabı and Met Helvası (starch halva)
- Mahmudiye 2 dishes Çibörek (fried meat pastry) and Balaban Kebabı (döner meat on pide bread)
- Mihalgazi 2 dishes Çibörek (fried meat pastry) and Met Helvası (starch halva)
- Mihalıççık 6 dishes Çibörek (fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-meat flatbread) and Met Helvası (starch and butter halva)
- Odunpazarı 4 dishes Çibörek (fried minced-meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-style meat on pide bread) and Met Helvası (starch halva)
- Sarıcakaya 2 dishes Çibörek and Balaban Kebabı
- Seyitgazi 4 dishes Çibörek (deep-fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on flatbread) and Seyitgazi Mantısı (dumplings with garlic yoghurt)
- Sivrihisar 4 dishes Sivrihisar Arabaşı, Sivrihisar Höşmerim Tatlısı (dessert) and Sivrihisar Kelem Dolması (stuffed cabbage)
- Tepebaşı 3 dishes Çibörek (fried minced-meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-style meat on pide bread) and Nuga Helvası (pistachio nougat)