BREAKFAST & RESTAURANT
Mornings that begin with the flavours of Van.
RESTAURANT
A delicious way to discover a city.
Our generous breakfast buffet brings regional products and breakfast favourites to the same table. Enjoy the start of your day in the city-facing dining room at Rua Teras Restaurant on the top floor.
Rua Teras Restaurant: On the top floor, in the dining room overlooking the city.
Buffet breakfast
Make Van’s dining culture part of your stay with cheeses, fresh breakfast items and a varied buffet selection.
Buffet breakfast is included in the room rate; all other food and drinks consumed at the property are charged separately.
Van Kahvaltısı: the registered definitionVan Kahvaltısı · Geographical indication
The state register defines Van Kahvaltısı as follows:
a nationally renowned type of breakfast unique to the province of Van, consisting of a wide variety of local products
- REGISTERED BY
- TÜRKPATENT
- DATE OF REGISTRATION
Breakfast is served as a buffet in the dining room overlooking the city at Rua Teras Restaurant on the hotel's top floor and is included in the room rate. The buffet also includes products from the Van region.
The lists below reproduce the wording of the TÜRKPATENT (Turkish Patent and Trademark Office) register; they are not a list of what is in our hotel's breakfast buffet.
The register defines Van Kahvaltısı as “a nationally renowned type of breakfast unique to the province of Van, consisting of a wide variety of local products”; Van İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü (Van Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism) calls it “a gastronomic brand registered for its serving ritual and variety of products”. The registration covers how the table is laid, not a single dish.
Its origins are also recorded in the register: “it is based on tradespeople who went to morning prayers in the city and then opened their shops, having breakfast in the city instead of returning home.” The first breakfast shops opened in 1947 under the name “milk house”; over time, breakfast restaurants replaced the milk houses.
Van Kahvaltı Kültürü is also listed in Türkiye's Somut Olmayan Kültürel Miras Ulusal Envanteri (National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage).
According to the register, the outdoor breakfast event held in Van in June 2014 entered Guinness Rekorlar Kitabı (Guinness Book of Records) as the world's largest gathering at a table, with 51,793 participants. The record belongs to the city.
INCLUDES ACCORDING TO THE REGISTER
Van Otlu Peyniri
Designation of origin no 405. The register requires six herbs: sirmo, mendo, heliz, wild mint, thyme, siyabo; herbs must not exceed two per cent of the cheese's weight. Matured underground.
Murtuğa
Geographical indication of source no 243. The register's one-line definition: “cooked from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter and salt.”
Van Kavut
Geographical indication of source no 390. A dish “made by roasting flour from milk-soaked, ground, unhulled wheat with butter”; the flour must be from Tir wheat.
Clotted cream
Milk is boiled, poured into large, shallow vessels called “lenger” and kept over low heat; the cream that forms on the surface is removed, in the register's words, “without breaking it up”.
Butter
Used in more than one place on the table: a required item; Murtuğa and Van Kavut are cooked by roasting in butter.
Honey
The register states a requirement and a preference. Required: “Honey must be locally produced.” Preferred: “Karakovan honey is preferably served as part of Van Kahvaltısı.”
Rose jam
Geographical indication of source no 505. Made from two kinds of rose: the jam rose gives its scent and taste; the repeat-flowering rose called “Kral Gülü” gives its characteristic colour.
Cacık
The main ingredient is çökelek, not yoghurt: made by boiling buttermilk and straining it in cloth bags. It is mixed with chopped dill, green pointed peppers and coriander.
Egg dishes
The register lists four types: “boiled or fried eggs, eggs with sucuk, eggs with kavurma, or menemen.” Sucuk must be beef and have a “mosaic appearance”.
- Item with its own registered geographical indication
- From the text of the Van Kahvaltısı register
DOES NOT INCLUDE, PER THE REGISTER
- Chips
- Salami
- Sausages
- Ham
- Börek varieties
Only information backed by sources appears on this site.
SourcesDinner
Good memories around the table.
Dinner is served to groups; buffet dinners are arranged on request. The scope, menu and price are provided in writing in our response to your request.
Regional and international menu options are offered for private meetings and family meals.
A little coffee break.
After a day in the city, enjoy a moment of relaxation in the warm atmosphere of our lounge.
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