In Turkey, weekend breakfasts come with their own small rituals. For many people, especially on Sundays, breakfast is not complete without fresh bread, simit, or a few pastries picked up from nearby bakeries. It’s less about rushing and more about starting the day slowly.
This Sunday morning, when I woke up, I headed out to the neighborhood bakery to buy bread. I was looking for bread made from yellow grain, which is noticeably softer and perfect for breakfast. The bakery calls itself a Trabzon bakery and still uses a wood-fired oven, something that always adds a bit of character to the bread. Unfortunately, they don’t sell simit.
So I continued walking down the same street to a nearby patisserie. Timing matters with simit — if you arrive close to noon, there’s a good chance there will be none left, or the remaining ones won’t be very fresh. That turned out to be the case again.
Finding Simit at Nil Bakery
Not far from there is Nil Bakery (Google Maps Link), another local spot I often pass by. This time, it was the perfect solution. Nil Bakery offers a good variety of baked goods, and the customer service is always friendly in a quiet, genuine way.
I bought two simits and paid 40 TL. Just a week earlier, a single simit cost 15 TL, which means a noticeable price increase of around 33 percent. Like bread prices, simit prices are regulated through bakery associations or guilds, so changes tend to happen all at once rather than gradually.
A Small Reminder of a Bigger Issue
With inflation still a serious concern in Turkey, even small everyday purchases like bread and simit have become something people pay closer attention to. Standing there with a bag of simit in hand, inflation was already on my mind as I walked back home.
Still, breakfast was waiting. Fresh bread, warm simit, and a quiet Sunday morning — small routines like these remain an important part of daily life in Eskişehir.