12. Let's grab a Tantuni
In Eskisehir you can find two main big warehouses. Kanatli is the smallest and the other one is Espark. In the fresh built Espark you can find stores on three floors that can’t be found in other parts of the city.
Are they that special, well for Turkish standards they are but in Europe and America you might find them quite common. To mention a few shops in it, you have Jack & Jones, Douglas, Media Markt and various branded stores like Benetton, Nike and Adidas.
Entering Espark you can take the staircase or Schindlers lift to the top floor. Here is the place where the snackplaces are settled like Burgerking, McDonalds, KFC and Pizzahut..
In the afternoon and evening you have to look for a spot to sit down, there will probably not a seat left or it’s already taken. For Turkish people it’s new and they come in mass numbers.
During the opening ceremony of Espark many European students thought they had a funeral there because there were like flowers hanging on the building. With that owners of most of the city shops we’re bringing gifts to the warehouse.
You could ask yourself why they do that, it’s much of a contrast between old and new. I can imagine shopkeepers do this to other small shops to wish them luck. But Espark is a big money swallowing machine (building costs around 110 million dollar) that wouldn’t bring the keepers of the shops very much luck in return. I don't know how it was before espark but many other places where you can eat are not filled with custormers during dinnertime.
So you have seen warehouses like Espark already? Then you can always bring a visit at one of the small cafeterias around for a much cheaper and much healthier meal. Speaking about snacks there is nothing better then taking a Tantuni during lunch, before or after the party.
Tantuni is a bread filled with vegetables and like most meals you can choose between a chicken (my personal favorite) and a meat variation. To make it spicier add some dry pepper or the real Spanish pepper which comes on every table. Aviet Olsen (enjoy your meal).
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