Last Istanbul breakfast

One more morning in Istanbul meant one more chance for a Turkish breakfast. To expand our horizons a bit, we headed to Galata Kiva, a cool looking place with views of the Galata Tower. We kept it simple, ordering a Turkish breakfast with a side of eggs.

To drink, I had a pistachio espresso. Man, was this good. The pistachio brought a nice nuttiness and also a sweetness to the espresso, not further sugar required. I would love to have more of these in the future.

Part of the breakfast was a cheese omelette. It tasted like a cheese omelette.

Next was a plate of olives, spreads, and cheeses. The olives were great, if nothing new. The various cheeses were nice, too, especially the stringy cheese. There was one spread, in the upper left, that we could not discern, until we learned form the waiter that is was a pomegranate molasses. Yum.

Along came a hard-boiled egg and some tasty simit. I hope there are some simit sellers in the States.

We also got Galata Kiva's version of tomato and egg menemen. This was a bit too mushy and the flavors seem to blend badly rather than accent one another.

All in all, a bit too much effort focused on presentation and too little on taste and flavor. Though the pistachio espresso should spread far and wide!