Babakale hills are covered with thyme, and since the sheep are fed with these herbs, their meat and dairy products are different and natural. Ezine owes its fame in cheese production to its mixture of 80 percent sheep and 20 percent goat milk. When there was a great demand from Istanbul for low-salt, full-fat white cheese, the number of people investing in cheese increased in Ayvacık. Special olive oil, olives, thyme juice and other varieties sold in the region.

Since it is a passageway for fish, fishermen catch all kinds of fish with the nets cast off the coast of Babakale during the day and on the longline. Depending on the season, Sinarit, Mercan, Karagöz and Sea Bass are the square ace of the regional fish.

Although Assos is 17 km away and Küçükkuyu is 25 km away, fishermen say that there are people who come to Babakale only to eat fish and even fish cures, and that the prices are very low, and that fish such as sardines and trophy fish can be bought per kilo at very economical prices. Additionally, those who wish can purchase the fish of the day at retail from Cunda Fisheries, located on the ground floor of Uran Motel.

Uran Motel restaurant serves delicious grilled dishes such as daily fish, insects and lobster, as well as even making fish desserts. You can’t get enough of the meal eaten in the clean air, with the advantage of being at the farthest point of the continent, while watching the entire panorama of Babakale from both the restaurant on the ground floor and the restaurant on the hotel’s terrace.

Fried calamari and fish soup of Karayel Restaurant, located on the Babakale fish market, are very famous. The recipe for the red snapper soup, which everyone likes, for four people is as follows:

Fish Soup: Half a kilo of red snapper is boiled in water and cooked, then cleaned of bones. In a bowl, whisk two egg yolks with the juice of two lemons. On the other hand, one tablespoon of flour, two tablespoons of olive oil are mixed in the pan over the fire until the flour and oil turn quince yellow.

Add the scrambled lemon and egg to the mixture, which is slowly added to the boiled fish water. While boiling it with the cleaned fish, a bunch of parsley is chopped into it and stirred for another 3 minutes. Then it is taken off the fire. For those who wish, chopped potatoes, carrots or even fish caviar can be added while it is boiling.