INCREDIBLE Turkish Food Tour in Istanbul

Dive into a full plate with our Turkish Food Tour in Istanbul, Turkey! We’re trying döner kebab, Kokoreç, Turkish coffee, Salep, and, of course, Raki! + more!

(because this was filmed on November 14, 2023)

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[precursors]

They pour melted butter on top of iskender kebap. The bread at the bottom soaks up the meat juice and the butter. Heavenly.

[juanwick]

first time here. Turkish food looks amazing.

[sevdadaglar]

Drinks in Turkish cuisine are in accordance with the climate. A big cold glass of ayran is the best electrolyte you can have when you are dehyrated. It is a very nice drink if you are having a keto diet. I don't know why it isn't so popular in any other countries. In winters, we drink more sugary and creamy drinks such as salep, boza and şıra. They warm you up, they're high in calories so give you energy in cold winters.

[sejan]

Okay a couple of notes!
Tahini is like peanut butter but it’s made of sesame seeds. The oil inside the seeds makes it really creamy when you blend it fine enough. Helva is a type of desert known in Turkey and Middle East. Like many European deserts it combines an earthy creamy flavor with the source of sweetness.
Kokoreç can be unsanitary if not prepared properly but they are regulated. It’s not like they chop the instestines real fine and cook them (that’s what I thought when I was a kid). They only cook the muscle layer which is sepetated from whatever going on inside the intestine with a really strong filtering layer. That filtration is really important in physiology because it’s what keeps the bacterias in our intestines from infecting our blood and bodies. So, if prepared properly it should help completely safe to consume.

[kyivexpat]

Guys, as a Turkish person, i am watching this from Kyiv/Ukraine. This was a great video! Btw, I've never seen anyone in my life eating İskender Kepab at İskender restaurant, pay the check and go to Çiya right after that)))) You'd normally need a day after visiting one of those restaurants to recover))) Well done!!! 👏👏👏

[ahsenserhat]

I'm watching these trips nervously because as I Turk, I feel afraid that you guys will enter a bad restaurant or a bad place. I'm taking a deep breath when you are entering a good place, I'm smiling and saying "Oh they are gonna love that!" :D
I must say this is the best tourist trip video about meals I have ever seen. It's like you guys had a native guide. Congratulations.

[Somali]

I have had the pleasure of visiting Türkiye eight times, with my most recent trip being in February of this year. I find the country to be incredibly captivating and am always eager to return.

[AdventuresofAplusK]

That food looked SO good! Especially the kebab and that Tahini helva. 😍Seeing your fortune with the coffee was so interesting!

[fatmaemin]

I'm currently in the US but have fun with my country!! I miss Turkish food so badly..

[EmreGocer]

In fact, Çanakkale connects two continents, but no one knows for some reason that it is under Istanbul.

[sejan]

Imagine giving our pickle juice to a kid from Middle Age Europe hahaha

[oquzh]

Rakı genellikle yemek veya meze eşliğinde müzikli bir mekanda içilir kültürel olarak, yanında bir şey yemiyorken biraz ağır gelebilir. Afiyet olsun

[ertanakgoz]

Ülkemizde çok güzel videolar çekiyorsunuz..
Eğer Türkçe alt yazılı yaparsanız izlenme sayınız ve takipçi sayınız kesinlikle çok kısa zamanda çok fazla artacaktır..

[EmreGocer]

If you haven't been back, I recommend Fethiye and Bodrum as well.

[nithral]

Thank you for promoting Türkish food in a positive way. Greetings and love from Ankara, the capital of Türkiye

[candasyuksel]

nice tour and sweet couple!! you guys certainly ate all the essantials, didn't event skip the ayran loved it! i don't know if you did but you should have tried spicy şalgam and işkembe soup (not together) also its a diffirent experience too.

[uzaydaisemekisteyenadam]

dude, you should definitely not eat menemen with a fork or spread it on bread. You should tear the bread into the size of a spoon, dip it in the menemen and use the bread as a spoon. The trick here is to have the same ratio of bread and menemen when you put it in your mouth :)

[elegrin]

Btw 2:14 You went to Mandabatmaz coffee shop.. You know what mandabatmaz means? Manda batmaz is like " Buffalo doesnt sink." That means the Turkish coffee is so thick.. Even a Buffalo cannot sink inside the coffee :)) Also that sand method cooking is for baking coffee, not boiling coffee :))

Excellent food, excellent service, excellent experience.