Under the Galata bridge you find a handful of colourful boats that sell amazing fish sandwiches â balik ekmek. Basically, fresh mackerel is grilled on these boats, then stuffed with a bit of onion and salad into a roll and drizzled with lemon juice. Such a simple pleasure, yet amazing.
Ice cream is a colloid combining an emulsion and a foam, with milk fat, ice crystals and air (a liquid, a solid and a gas) spread throughout another liquid (the water from the milk). In traditional homemade ice cream, the lecithin in egg yolks acts as the emulsifier, keeping the colloid stable.
âGelatoâ means âice creamâ in Italian. But the two are not exactly the same. While gelato has a custard base like its American cousin, it also contains less milk fat and has less air churned into it during freezing, which makes its texture denser. Also, because gelato is traditionally served at a slightly warmer temperature than ice cream, it feels a bit softer and looks glossier.