Street Food in Izmir Turkey | HOMEMADE TURKISH MANTI + IZMIR ESNAF LOKANTASI | Turkish Street Food

Street food in Izmir Turkey. Today we went on a huge street food tour in Izmir, Turkey, trying homemade Turkish manti and visiting the popular Izmir Esnaf Lokantasi, this Turkish street food was next level!

There’s no better way to start your day in Turkey, especially on a street food tour, than at a lokantasi. We headed to Izmir Esnaf Lokantasi Mahmut Usta, a very popular lokantasi in Izmir, to try some of their famous dishes. This Izmir Esnaf Lokantasi does some very unique dishes, like chickpeas with tripe, baked kokoreç, and dried chilies with yogurt. We couldn’t have chosen a better Izmir Esnaf Lokantasi to start our day full of Turkish street food.

We walked the streets of Izmir along to the promenade, where we stopped for a tea on a boat in the water, it was such a cool experience, Izmir is such a vibrant and beautiful city. The Turkish street food in Izmir, Turkey, is just unbelievable.

The number one Turkish street food stop in Izmir for Izmir gevrek is at Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını. We headed there to try this famous street food breakfast that is special to Izmir. This place is known for being busy and it was packed! They were pumping out gevreks like there’s no tomorrow! We couldn’t believe the line of people on the street here in Izmir, waiting for their street food breakfast to start the day. The gevrek team were so friendly and so skilled, it really made our morning.

We passed a bakery selling fresh hot salep on the street that we just couldn’t pass up, it was so creamy and delicious! Nothing like Turkish street salep.

For our last stop on our street food tour in Izmir, Turkey, we went for some homemade Turkish manti. There’s nothing like homemade Turkish manti, tiny pockets of dough with juicy lamb inside, made with love due to their teeny tiny size! Covered in yogurt and spiced to perfection, these homemade Turkish manti need to be seen to be believed.

We hope you enjoy seeing all of the tasty street food in Izmir, Turkey, from the popular Izmir Esnaf Lokantasi to the homemade Turkish manti. We can’t wait to share more amazing Turkish street food with you!

Places we visited:

Name: Esnaf Lokantasi Mahmut Usta
Address: Kemeraltı Çarşısı, 876. Sk. No:45, 35250 Konak/İzmir

Name: Tarihi Konak Balıkçısı
Address: Akdeniz, Atatürk Cd. No:54, 35210 Konak/İzmir

Name: Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını
Address: Alsancak, 1466. Sk. no: 2, 35220 Konak/İzmir

Name: Acemoglu Baklavalari
Address: Alsancak, Şevket Özçelik Sk. No:14 D:B, 35220 Konak/İzmir

Name: İdil Mantı Evi
Address: Kültür, Dr. Mustafa Enver Bey Cd. No:1/B, 35220 Konak/İzmir

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[HungryTwoTravel]

What's up everyone? Hope you're all having a great day! Let us know, which lokantasi dish would you like to try? Thanks for watching 🧡☺️

[AbroadandHungry]

Ciao guys :) Another amazing video! I loved all the pastries and especially the manti at the end. Thank you so much for sharing your food adventures with us. Keep up the great work 💪❤️

[paularound]

Loved the video, guys🎉👍😊! It was all so interesting, especially when you showed us how things were made. The gevrek looked delicious and it was amazing how intensive it was to make the Manti! Keep up the good work 👏

[A.L.P.D.]

Woohoo İzmir gevreği <3 <3 <3. Finally :) My childhood tastes. eat it with uludağ gazoz and some peynir ;)

[kitchenimposter]

Wow those tiny dumplings are incredible. Is Aleppo pepper spicy?

[hidetora]

Hello guys. Great channel and great video. I just would like to point out one thing: In Turkish language, the suffix -si is used to indicate a possessive. Example: X Lokantası means X's restaurant. İzmir Esnaf Lokantası means İzmir Shopkeepers' Lokanta, since esnaf literally means shopkeeper(s). The root word is "lokanta", which etymologically comes from "locanda" in Italian, originally translating as "inn". So, the correct usage is "a lokanta", not "a lokantasi". Just a small point : ) Keep up the good work.

[janetteyavuzel]

I would kill for an authentic Kelle Paça right now. That used to be my go to, anytime after 10 - 12 pm at night 😋😋

[serkanli]

Kelle paça çorbasına az limon sirke sarımsak ilave ederseniz çok güzel oluyor birde sadece paça çorbası için kuzu ayağından yapılır kimi yerlerde sığır ayağından da yapılır süper kolejenli olur çok yararlıdır

[a.a.]

Hi Hungry To Travel...
Thanks for this nice video. I wish you a super stay in İzmir!!!!
A small correction 😊 On the dish at 5:55 is rice... not bulgur! How long you will be stay in İzmir? Do you want to visit another citys in Turkey after İzmir? You are a very sweet couple 😊 Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

[serkanli]

Esnaf lokantasında keşke zeytinyağlı bir yemekte yeseydiniz zeytin yağlı enginar. sarma yada taze fasulye gibi

[A.L.P.D.]

Hello u 2. Esnaf lokantası means "small business owner's restaurant.". :)

[serkanli]

İzmir çok büyük bir şehir siz sadece merkez i gezebilmişsiniz Seferihisar da güzel bir mekanda balık meze yemeliydiniz meze çok fazla çeşit vardır urlada şarap üraticilerine uğramalıydınız alaçatı da otlu börekler otlu yumurtalar yemeliydiniz tire köfte ödemiş köfte denemeliydiniz karşıyaka tarafında dolaşmalıydınız yazmakla bitmez İzmir