Dishes you should try in Odunpazarı: Çibörek (fried minced-meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-style meat on pide bread), Met Helvası (starch halva) and Eskişehir Çöreği (sesame and nigella bread roll). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Odunpazarı is famous for.
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Minced-meat filling wrapped in thin dough and deep-fried in hot oil, çibörek is Eskişehir's best-known street food. Coming from Tatar cuisine, this dish reflects the city's multicultural character.
Balaban kebabı, prepared by pouring döner meat, butter tomato sauce and yoghurt over pide bread, is a dish specific to Eskişehir. Its recipe, passed down from generation to generation, varies slightly in every family.
Made with starch, sugar and butter, met helvası is one of Eskişehir's traditional desserts. It is eaten especially in the winter months.
Made from dough with sesame and nigella seeds, the Eskişehir çörek is one of the city's signature treats. It is favoured at breakfast and tea time.
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.
Odunpazarı has some of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century Ottoman civil architecture. Its coloured timber houses, narrow streets and historic bazaars form the cultural memory of the city.
With the opening of the Odunpazarı Modern Museum, the district has become a centre where traditional and contemporary art meet. Kengo Kuma's design is a masterpiece that blends historic fabric with modern architecture.
Odunpazarı is known for 4 local dishes, above all Çibörek (fried minced-meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (döner-style meat on pide bread), Met Helvası (starch halva) and Eskişehir Çöreği (sesame and nigella bread roll). Minced-meat filling wrapped in thin dough and deep-fried in hot oil, çibörek is Eskişehir's best-known street food. Coming from Tatar cuisine, this dish reflects the city's multicultural character.
Odunpazarı is known for Çibörek (fried minced-meat pastry), Lüle Taşı (sepiolite) and Ottoman Civil Architecture. Its best-known sights include Odunpazarı Historic Houses and Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM).
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Odunpazarı include Lüle Taşı (sepiolite) and Eskişehir Çiböreği (Eskişehir çibörek).