Bulgarian Food Tour 🇧🇬 Best Street Food In Sofia, Bulgaria

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is lower in fat and more affordable than lamb.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Cottage cheese has fewer calories and ricotta is often less expensive.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt is thicker and higher in protein, while sour cream is often cheaper.

beef

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey is leaner than beef, while ground beef is generally more affordable.

Go to a place to try bulgarian breakfast.

Order a traditional pastry dish called bonitsa, made with layers of eggs and yogurt between cheese and phyllo dough.

Taste the bonitsa, noting its flaky dough and mild cheese filling.

Discuss the affordability and filling nature of the bonitsa.

Visit a traditional bulgarian restaurant for lunch.

Order common appetizers including a chili and yogurt sauce for dipping bread and a whipped feta dip with greens.

Recap the meal, mentioning the bread with melted cheese and the creamy dips.

Order a shopska salad and roasted lamb with saffron rice and yogurt sauce.

Enjoy the slowly cooked lamb, noting its tenderness and spices.

Try a fried doughnut called maquitsa topped with cheese and jam, discussing its balance of salty and sweet flavors.

Visit another traditional restaurant called moma and order dolas, stuffed grape leaves served with dill yogurt sauce.

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