A Sunday Banitsa in Yambol

 In many homes in Yambol, the Sunday breakfast is a freshly baked banitsa. This one will last at least three sets of breakfasts with only two in the household

A Banitsa in Process in Yambol

 As you can see, this is the process of making a banitsa taking place in a Yambol kitchen. Soon to be tucked in and savoured by the family there.

Freshly Baked Banitsa in a Yambol Home

 This is a common sight in many Yambol homes, namely a freshly baked banitsa made early in the morning and tasty breakfast in waiting.

Verona in Yambol - Best Place of Banitsa

If you are looking for the best place to buy banitsa in Yambol, then this is the place. Called Verona it is frequented by many each morning. Freshly baked each day the smell past is to good to resist.

Street Table for Eating Breakfast in Yambol

this street table is fixed into the pavement in Yambol for folk to eat their breakfast in the morning. It is of course just outside a pastry shop selling banitsa, ayran, coffee and other tasty Bulgarian breakfast treats; one of the best in town.

A Simple Chicken KFC Style Shop in Yambol

Tucked away in the back street is a simple Chicken shop standing looking very isolated and sorry for itself. The business closed down a while ago. There is no real demand for KFC type places in isolated areas of Yambol as local pastries and snacks such as banitsa and princesses are far more popular with locals.

New Banitsa Shop Opens Next to Yambol General Hospital

A new banitsa shop where the pastries are made on the premises have opened recently. Opposite the Yambol General Hospital is a good place for business. I can tell you that the banitsas are quality, but not too good for the health if eaten daily. Once or twice a week it becomes a special treat for breakfast. 

Skalitsa Banitsa - In Yambol

The recipe has been around for a while and it tastes as good as it always did, even though made in Yambol not the village of Skalitsa. Each week they are made without fail as too much of a good thing is bad for you. If you want the recipe you will have to Google 'Skalitsa Banitsa', you don't have to buy the published recipe book '100 Simple Recipes From Bulgaria' or my previous publication 'Simple Treasures in Bulgaria' which also contain it. Load of other food sites have copied it by the way!!! Al this aside, yum! yum!

Non-stop 24/7 Shopping in Yambol

It has been quite a while in Yambol with the trend of 24/7 trading and this is an example. Non-stop shopping was inevitable in the former sleepy town of Yambol, but is here to stay for sure. It is a pity that this modern mini market has taken over the now closed down non-stop banitsa bakers only a stone throw away.

A Banitsa Being Demolished In Yambol

On the theme of breakfast in Yambol, banitsa is the most popular for of hot breakfast here. I common sight is seeing people eating them on the way to work, myself included. This picture is exactly what I mean. Mmmm, I can taste it now just looking.

Hot Breakfasts In Yambol Namely Banitsa

This is where I get my hot breakfast most mornings on the way to work. The owner is called Galina and does the best banitsa around. It is also one of the cheapest 10 stotinki cheaper than most other bakeries. It is always busy and for very good reason, the pastries there are made on site and as fresh out of the oven as they come.

Three Yambol Small Business Stalls By The Bazaar

Next to the Yambol Bazaar by the Yambol Bus Station lie three Yambol stalls. In fact the centre stall is a hot pastry stall and was where I sampled my first ever banitsa in Bulgaria although I didn't know what is was at the time. I find these little businesses give a great feeling to the area as does small businesses with a friendly face behind them, besides the tasty food they supply. I can't ever see banitsa being move out by fast food here in Yambol

Fast Food Pastry Shops In Yambol

Fast food shops are slowly beginning to edge their way in Yambol City. Over the last couple of years a chain of pastry shops have opened up and now are common place here. They sell little pastry bites that are filled with savory or sweet fillings such as sirene, jam or apples. I don't think this Italian named pastry fast food shop are as popular as the traditional pastry shops that sell the banitsa and various flavoured breads, but then who knows in a few years time.

An Attractive Corregated Iron Shelter

Walking past the relatively newly renovated local bakery where the fresh banitsa are still made very day, I noticed the entrance had a shelter built out of corregated iron. Corregated iron is used everywhere in Yambol on building, wall and even as replacement windows, but this was different. This was fashion corregated iron, which I found quite attractive in its own way. But then compared to the convential ugly corregated iron it stands out as a gem.

New Pastry Shop in Yambol City

It is not only apartment blocks being built in Yambol, but small businesses serving them as well. This one is a small franchise which is almost ready for business. It is a pastry shop which will sell mainly banitsas and other pastry based food to a passing Bulgarian public. These places usually just trade early in the morning to around midday as the food is usually a breaskfast based diet. It will be a success as every pastry business I know here, and there are many, have queues outside them throughout the morning.