Dishes you should try in Şenpazar: Etli Ekmek (meat flatbread), Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Islama (turkey or chicken yufka dish) and Cırık (fried dough). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Şenpazar is famous for.
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Minced meat spread over thin dough is baked in a stone oven. This dish, which holds an important place at local tables, is prepared using traditional recipes. As an important part of the gastronomic identity of the district, it is a favourite of visitors.
Prepared by cooking wheat and meat for a long time and then pounding them. Prepared using recipes passed down from generation to generation, this dish is an important part of the region's culinary culture. Serving it with a drizzle of melted butter is part of the tradition.
A dish known locally in Şenpazar as ıslama; its main ingredients are yufka (sheet pastry) and turkey or chicken broth.
A dough dish known as cırık in Şenpazar; it is called sıkma around Daday and Kastamonu.
A dessert known as lokma in Şenpazar, made by dropping fried sıkma into thickened sugar syrup.
These dishes are known throughout Kastamonu province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A lamb kebab cooked in an earthen pit, with a registered geographical indication.
A tirit made with simit and meat broth, with a registered geographical indication.
Etli ekmek with a registered geographical indication.
Tel helva (thread halva) with a registered geographical indication.
Pastırma (cured beef) with a registered geographical indication.
A soup with a registered geographical indication.
Şenpazar is a small district that keeps alive traditional Black Sea village life. This tradition is passed down from generation to generation as an important element of the local people's cultural identity.
Şenpazar is known for 5 local dishes, above all Etli Ekmek (meat flatbread), Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Islama (turkey or chicken yufka dish) and Cırık (fried dough). Minced meat spread over thin dough is baked in a stone oven. This dish, which holds an important place at local tables, is prepared using traditional recipes. As an important part of the gastronomic identity of the district, it is a favourite of visitors.
Şenpazar is known for Etli Ekmek (meat flatbread), Şenpazar Honey and Village Life Culture. Its best-known sights include Şehriban Canyon and Değirmenbaşı Spring.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Şenpazar include Şenpazar Honey.