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Turkish food tour!
I spent the day wandering the European and Asian side of this huge city to try some incredible Turkish food!
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The lemon here is so delicious
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Let's get this one again. This is a mix of the neck of the lamb with rice and bone broth that has been boiled for over 20 hours
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Grec is lamb's intestine. Good morning everybody. Today I'm starting the day super early
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Today I'm heading on a food tour. Turkish food is some of my favourite in the whole world and I cannot wait to get started
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So I'm kicking things off here over on the European side. Later I'll head to the Asian side
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But let me start here in the spice market and discover exactly what it has to offer
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Spice Bazaar is one of the largest bazaars here in Istanbul, selling anything from textiles, desserts and spices
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Okay, so I'm here in the spice market, one of the oldest markets in the world
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And surprisingly, Turkish food, especially for me, is not that spicy. Although they have a huge array of spices
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In Turkey, the food and the flavour is more about the depth and the flavour is incredible
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I can't wait to show you what we're going to taste today. So we've just come outside the spice market, it's just started raining
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So we've stopped here at the cheese market. We're going to pick up some local, traditional cheese so we can have it with our morning breakfast
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Here in Turkey, breakfast is celebrated. Okay, we just got to this place here, Sete Bufa, for breakfast
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As you know, Turkish breakfast is one of the best meals of the day, so let's go and check it out. Bravo
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Breakfast in Turkey is a beautiful spread of cheeses, dried meats, olives, nut butters
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honeys and clotted creams, sujuk and chai, as well as menemen, a mix of eggs, tomatoes
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peppers and spices. Of course, no breakfast in Turkey is served without menemen
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The menemen here is so delicious. Let's get this one again. Incredible
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So good. Okay, we've just finished that delicious Turkish breakfast
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and now it's time for breakfast number two. Here is a very traditional Turkish soup
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This is biran This is a mix of the neck of the lamb with rice and bone broth that has been boiled for over 20 hours It smells incredible Let give it a go
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Wow! The depth of that flavour is incredible. You can taste every single element
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Okay now I've had those beautiful two breakfasts. That soup was delicious
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We're now going to jump on the ferry and head back over to the Asian side and explore more food
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I'll tell you how amazing this day has been so far. You guys know food is the key to my heart
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And Turkish food definitely fulfills all of those needs. Let's go for Asia
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Okay, we've just arrived in Kerekoe. Let's go see what they have. Okay, so the first stop here in Keriköy is Kebabçi Iskender
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Now, if you watched the Busa video a few months ago, I actually went to the original birthplace
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of Iskender, but we're here at the restaurant here in Istanbul. This guy founded it
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Iskender is one of Turkey's most popular dishes, made from thinly cut grilled lamb with a tomato
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sauce on top of pita bread, with yogurt and melted sheets milk butter
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Wow, it does taste like wine. Mmm. Ok, let's get this right
4:00
Smells incredible. Wow, that meat is so rich and paired with the hot butter sauce on top. Incredible
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This here is the yogurt they pair this with. Let's try it together
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Oh yeah. Wow. It's incredible. Thank you. Okay, I'm walking through the market now
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You can see this fresh fruit and veg. Smells so good. So fresh, so delicious
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Prices are very, very cheap though and affordable. So many cherries. We just come into a traditional pickle shop
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They have this huge array of pickles. When did this start? 200 years. Wow
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And I've just got myself a pickle juice. I've heard a lot about this. People say it's a very acquired taste
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Okay so the first taste is very weird but the aftertaste is really good
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Inside there's so many pickled vegetables, there's beetroot, onions, plums, cabbage, nithium, grape molasses and tahini
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Both mixed together with simit in the morning for breakfast, it's one of my favourite things, it's so good
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So if you're in Turkey, those two together, we'll sim it in the morning, try it. So this here, hazelnuts
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I had no idea they came from this. This guy here is just peeling them
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So these ones here, they have a pointy edge. So they're actually from the Western Black Sea. And if they're more rounded, which are more common here
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they're from the Eastern Black Sea. Oh yeah, very good. Kind of bitter
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The next stop is Ciyo Safrasi, a place actually featured on Chef's Table here in Turkey
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And we're going to get a mix of hummus, tabbule, salma, lamb with eggplant, beef with cherries, fresh bread
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and of course, some sweet desserts. Okay, to start this feast, we're starting with
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Italy Kofta. This is bulgur wheat on the outside, deep fried, and inside is minced meat
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Wow, the bulgur on the outside, really good. The minced meat is super salty
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Okay, next up we've got Lacanzone. This is so good. It's incredible
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Really crispy base with mixed ground beef on top with tomatoes, so much lemon on top, it's incredible
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The guy who actually owns this restaurant is from Gaziantep and Gaziantep apparently has the best baklava in Turkey
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And then we have some other delicious sweet treats on here. I've had a lot of baklava, as you know, in my time
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So let's see how good it actually is. I'm going in with the baklava first. Go for it
7:01
Okay, he's right. That's one of the best baklavas I've had. The pastry melts in your mouth
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and it's not overpoweringly sweet. That is very, very, very good. The quality of butter
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So this is some sort of candied fruit. I have no idea what it is. Let's see if we can try it
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That's a whole bunch. That is completely different to what I thought it would taste like Apricot I don know It pumpkin It pumpkin Yeah
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Okay, let's get into the late afternoon now. I've nonstop ate all day
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This is Rex's Cockerach here in Kelukui. The final stop is Cockerach and Midye
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Midye is basically mussels. With a lot of lemon, Cockerach is lamb's intestine
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Let's give it a go. I've had Cockerach before and I did not enjoy
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but apparently this is one of the best places to get it. Let's go with the mussels first
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This is filled with rice, black pepper, cumin, and so many other spices with a ton of lemon on top
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Wow. These are perfect. And you can get them from anywhere between 1 and 2 lira
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All around Istanbul. And this is the cockereck. This is the lamb intestine
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With a lot of spices. I'm a little bit apprehensive. Okay, that's actually really good
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The last one I had was not good. This one incredible, so if you're gonna have it definitely come to this spot
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And of course I have to have Iran one of my favorite drinks. This is a salty yogurt drink for anyone who doesn't know
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Delicacy here in Turkey. Most find it in a quiet taste, but I really love it
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Okay, I'm back in Europe I just took the ferry over it's time to end the food tour. I've eaten so much I can barely walk
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I have been to Turkey many times, but for some reason I've never tried all of those same foods in one day
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and a lot of things I have never eaten so it was really amazing thank you so much to that food tour company for taking me
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it was amazing if you guys want to do it I'll put it down in the description box
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I highly recommend the best food tour in Istanbul for sure hope you enjoyed this video stay safe stay happy see you soon
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