We have been adding new dishes to our menu. Tomato soup made it into our menu. There are a lot of different recipes for Tomato soup, but this one reminds me of the wintertime I spent at Uludağ in Bursa, so I wanted to experience the same taste again and share it with you. Also, […]
To Our Valued Customers, We understand that during these uncertain times, there are many questions about the next wave of reopening businesses across Canada. As a proud member of Galata Cafe, we are making a commitment to our customers to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by taking part in a program called the POST […]
Açma can be found in most bakeries in Turkey. It’s famous with its softness . We were making Açma as special for sometime. After trying out as a special, we have decided to make it permanent menu item. Açma is made with soft dough, twisted and filled with butter inside to give extra texture and […]
Lahmacun means dough with meat in and it was originated in the Levantine region people who spoke Aramaic and it passed on the language Arabic and it could be traced back to Syria. It got popular in the entire Middle East in the Ottoman Empire period. Lahmacun has two traditional recipes in Turkish cuisine. One […]
Thank you very much for supporting us through these hard times. We want to give it back to the community. We liked the idea of apps and the convenience of using them over the years. There is nothing wrong with the technology or how it is applied, but they cost a lot. We canceled all […]
Galata Tower is one of the well-known towers in Istanbul. It was built in the fourteenth century by the Genoese colony as part of the city defense wall. The tower used to be called “Christea Turris which means “Tower of Christ’. The tower served Genoese merchants when they were doing trades with the Byzantine Empire. […]
Kahvalti, meaning translates to breakfast in Turkish. Breakfast is an important habit and more than having a cereal bowl on the go or having an egg wrap with a coffee. For Turkish people, kahvaltı is not just a special occasion, it is an early morning ritual with family and friends every single day. Green olives, […]
Turkish Coffee is the name of a method for preparing and cooking coffee. This method has a distinct taste, smell, way of cooking and its own traditions. Turkish Coffee is made of Arabica type coffee beans. These beans are ground to become very thin dust of coffee, which then is cooked in a pot with […]
The history of Simit has long roots in Anatolia when the Ottoman Empire reigned. At that time, flour warehouses were called as Simithane, and the sultan’s oven was called the simit oven. The ring-shaped bread Simit made from the flour was named as the Simid-I Halka (Circle) in Üsküdar Şeriye, 1593. Sultan Suleiman the Second’s […]