Mıhlama 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 mıhlama in Istanbul.
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