Finding the best mıhlama in Turkey can become an obsession
by editors@theworld.org (Fariba Nawa) from The World: Latest Stories on (#72WS9)
Mhlama is a hearty, cheesy, buttery fondue meal served up for breakfast in Turkey. Farmers who needed a high-calorie infusion first thing in the morning invented the meal, and it's so heavy that you may not eat anything the rest of the day. It's now a staple of the region around the Black Sea. Reporter Fariba Nawa and her daughters went looking for the perfect mhlama in Istanbul.