Where to try menemen (Turkish egg dish) and street food in Antalya, and can you ask for less oil?

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TL;DR

Menemen and other pan-cooked dishes are made right on the street at many spots in Antalya — just ask the vendor to use less oil and watch the cooking, and it comes out tasty without being greasy.

What the community said

In Çıralı, a traveler had an amazing cold tomato sauce served as a starter with flatbread — described as one of the best sauces tried in the area.

Çıralı, cold tomato sauce with flatbread

A street food spot cooking menemen (eggs with vegetables) on a small pan. Ask the vendor to go easy on the oil and watch the ingredients being added — comes out tasty and not greasy.

street-cooked menemen

General street food tip: the quality mostly comes down to fresh ingredients, not fancy cooking technique — simple oven cooking gives a great result if the raw produce is good.

At one street eatery the dish was decent when ordered without oil, but be prepared for wait times — a promised 25-minute wait turned into 50 minutes.

street eatery, oil-free cooking on request