VAN - Anatolia News Agency


Yusuf Konak breakfast saloon manager for 32 years living in Van eastern Turaaa has managed to turn his little Milk House into a big breakfast house.

It is not only the menu offering a wide range of dishes that attracts customers but also riddles he asks satires he tells and gifts he gives that help increase his popularity each day.

Konak said breakfast houses have a great meaning in Van's culture. His Milk House which opens its doors to visitors with the first rays of daylight has served many famous people.

Konak's menu consists of fresh cream honey herbal cheese daily prepared garlic-flavored cacık (a yogurt mixture) as well as Van's traditional breakfast dishes murtağa and kavut.

Konak said with the riddles and satires he tries to make his customers enjoy the time they spend at the breakfast house attracting both locals and tourists visiting Van.

The café used to be located at a crossroad until Konak decided to move it to a bigger place right next to Van city hall.

The new place is named "Bak Hele Bak Yusuf Konak Kahvaltı Kültür Sarayı" (Look at Yusuf Konak's Breakfast and Culture Palace). The owner thinks the new place will bring even more customers.

Konak glad to make a contribution for promoting and developing breakfast culture in the country also revealed his plans to open a new breakfast house in Ankara.