Turkish Food Centre – everything you need for Turkish cuisine
If you know Stoke Newington and Dalston you’ll know they’re not short of Turkish supermarkets and bakeries. If you want a quick borek for breakfast or some rahat lokum (Turkish delight) for after dinner, your every wish can be supplied.
But the greatest selection of Turkish comestibles comes from the great grandaddy of Turkish supermarkets, the Turkish Food Centre in Ridley Road, Dalston. It has Greek food as well as Turkish and Cypriot specialities.
Not just feta, but eleven or twelve different kinds of feta. Not just olives, but olive mixes with different herbs and spices. Not just pita, but all kinds of bread from an in-store baker – my favourite, the loaf studded with sesame seeds. And wicked, syrup-drenched pastries for eating with thick, bitter Turkish coffee.
There’s a fresh food section where you can get meat, veg and fruit. And the usual pulses and dry goods are available, naturally.
There are ten branches of the Turkish Food Centre now across London – but this is the original one.
Where: 89 Ridley Road, E8 (Dalston Kingsland tube)
Photo credit: Michael Edwards on flickr
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