Dishes you should try in Mihalıççık: Çibörek (fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-meat flatbread), Met Helvası (starch and butter halva) and Mihalıççık Kavurması. This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Mihalıççık is famous for.
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Minced meat filling wrapped in thin dough and deep-fried in hot oil. It is a classic dish of the Eskişehir region, prepared by local people on special occasions, and a symbol of hospitality.
Prepared by pouring döner meat, butter tomato sauce and yoghurt over pide bread. It is a dish specific to Eskişehir. Its preparation with fresh, natural ingredients makes it a healthy choice.
Met helvası, made from starch, sugar and butter, is one of Eskişehir's traditional desserts. Passed down from generation to generation, each family's recipe varies with small touches.
A dish made in several restaurants in the district bazaar and known as a speciality of the district.
A local bread produced in the district bazaar centre.
Cherry production in the district increases every year; exports go to many countries, from European Union member states to China.
These dishes are known throughout Eskişehir province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A börek with a registered geographical indication, inherited from the Crimean Tatars, filled with minced meat and fried in hot oil.
A registered halva, similar to pişmaniye but harder and more fibrous.
A simit with a registered geographical indication.
A registered dessert made with cheese, semolina and syrup.
A baklava with a registered geographical indication, shaped like a triangle (muska).
A registered dolma wrapped in cabbage leaves.
The name Mihalıççık comes from the Byzantine period. The district was important as a strategic crossing point during the founding period of the Ottoman state.
Mihalıççık is known for 6 local dishes, above all Çibörek (fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-meat flatbread), Met Helvası (starch and butter halva) and Mihalıççık Kavurması. Minced meat filling wrapped in thin dough and deep-fried in hot oil. It is a classic dish of the Eskişehir region, prepared by local people on special occasions, and a symbol of hospitality.
Mihalıççık is known for Çibörek (fried meat pastry), Mihalıççık Balı and Byzantine Heritage. Its best-known sights include Sakarya River Valley and Gürleyik Natural Waterfall.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Mihalıççık include Mihalıççık Balı.