Guga, I am very happy to see you enjoy our food! And seeing you went for the proper stuff instead of touristic ones is amazing! props to the tour guide!
@@Arcadiez haha keep on living in your Megali Idea dreams son. You should always remember who taught you and your ancestors how to swim. 9th september 1922 ;)
Turkish people are definitely very friendly and helpful. The food is great. I couldn't believe it when I saw the stray animals. They were walking among us like human beings without fear :) I have never seen a weak stray animal. I almost cried when I left Turkey.
I actually am turkish animals like doğa and cats are pretty common because of our religeon we are muslims and take care of them like animals güzel video(nice video)
@@Pointed_one not because of the religion. Since dogs are not favored by Islam and you still see them taken care of. Cats have a special place tho ure right about that one.
As someone who lives in germany im so glad that the turkish cusine is so integrated into our nation. Turkish food is defo in my top 3. I really wanna visit Turkey someday and try the foods that are not as easy to find even here in germany.
Es werden hier in DE die viele Türkische Gerichte angeboten das stimmt aber die gleichen Gerichte noch mal in der Türkei zu Essen ist was ganz anderes, es schmeckt viel besser. Als kleine Insider Information für dich, die beste Küche findest du in (Hatay, Gaziantep, Adana und Urfa). Die erste Stadt existiert aber so nicht mehr leider wegen dem Erdbeben. Ich hoffe du hast einen angenehmen Aufenthalt in der Türkei, wenn du das erste mal da bist :) !
As a Greek, I love Turkish food. Its a lot like ours but with their own twist and those kebabs on top of smoked eggplant mush is just too delicious. I know our countries has some things going on against each other in the diplomacy scene but I love going to Turkey. The people are very kind and generous. I hope we will have better relations in the future. Turkler cok guzel insanlarsiniz, Yunanistandan selamlar 🇬🇷🤝🇹🇷 Edit: Thank you all for the positive comments, it means a lot. Please just ignore the negatives, people. I'm so sorry for the victims of the earthquakes and I hope they get their help in the fastest time possible. Stay strong good people. Everything will get better with time.
As a Turkish, I know for a fact that I love Greek people! We have so many things in common, including delicious gyro/doner, musakka, tzaziki/cacık, and many more. I have a lot of Greek friends and we get along so well. Politicians focus on differences rather than similarities, shame on them. Lots of love from Turkish living in US to all Greek friends! σε αγαπάμε! 🇹🇷🇬🇷
Thank you so much, you are so kind 💕Yes you are absolutely right, we dont have to be involved their issues, it does not make any sense. Life is more enjoying in peace ☺️ ✌️
As a Turkish person, it is honoring to see a meat expert (and a really good one) do such good meat but still get impressed by Turkish food. You are right about the things you said. ALL OF THEM
If you visit the US, you would be impressed by how tasteless the food is. It's not only the recipes but the base ingredient themselves are less flavorful.
Turkey! Some of the greatest food in the world! Guga talked more about the meat, but their spices are absolutely unique in my experience! And they have the amazing Mediterranean diet with their own twist.
some of derken? the best demek istedin heralde. oğlum sabrımızı zorlamayın bizim bak, kuran çarpsın roketatarın içine 2 metrelik süt kuzu kokoreç koyar fırlatırız, şaftınız kayar bir daha başka bişi yiyemezsiniz. SİNİRLENDİRMEYİN LAN BİZİ
@@Visit_Tangier keep ur stupidly ignorance to urself. All cities (4 of them) from Turkey in unesco are from mediterrain zones of country. And another point of your ignorance is Turkish food has actually low meat consumption in fact. What u see as meat foods are just the very famous ones or tourist foods.
away from the tourist areas though. lots of the tourist food areas are not very good. you need to go where there's little to no English on the menus catering to REPEAT local customers.
was a shitty rundown of a few tourist spots without a lot of effort put into the video. seems like they were there for a few days for a hair transplant or something and only had a limited set of places to visit
I went to Istanbul a few years ago. The thing that really stuck with me was the incredible bread - a huge variety of types, and all of it was wonderful.
Agree! In a research more than 20 years ago it was found that we have more than literally 1000 types of bread. French and German breads are famous rightfuly so but we also do have some as well. The bad part is that majority of them are not categorized or made standart of them. So i.e. if you go to the eastern regions you'll see that people often eat a common type of flat bread what they call "ekmek" whic is literally bread. In western regions its known as "pide". And we have so many types of "pide" as well! So you see how crazy is this. My fav. is the sourdough "Ottoman bread" as we call with sunflower seeds on it. If you visit here again, you should def. try it. Its "ekşi mayalı Osmanlı ekmeği". You probably saw standard loaf bread in everywhere, it's really different than that.
I was there Feb 23 for a month, and all over both sides such an amazing city! Besiktas and Kadiköy, loved all the food and the European bread is amazing! The Mosque you visited was the Hagia Sophia and used to be an Orthodox Church when it was built. Lots of amazing history.
I've been to Turkey a couple of times, and I have to tell you their food is amazing. When I go there I always have a borek or gozleme with some tea for breakfast, after that I eat one of those for lunch and dinner: donner kebab, some kind of soup, skewers, pide.
@@CatalinaJHin the past 4 years I've driven up to the turkish border and gotten in Turkey at least 30 times, so I kind of tried every turkish dish, that I could get my hands on, at least in the nearby cities.
I am Bulgarian, we share a border with the European end of Turkey, and thus we have many Turks living in my country and a strong influence on the food. The Doner Kebab and tolumbi desserts are commonly found in street vendors all throughout Bulgaria. I personally have not been to Istanbul, but I have wanted to go for many years due to the proximity.
@@aloha1783 I've had Bulgarian and Turkish tulumba. The Bulgarian one has a better taste and it is less sweeter. You can eat 5 of them easily. Turkish one was too much of a sweetness. Diabetes much. :)
Not only the street foods but in general , Turkish cuisine is the most underrated in the world. Most people only think of kebabs but there is so much diversity and contrast depending on which region or city you are . Every city has its own hidden gems to most foreigners.
The reason for this is that sauces determine world standards, but in Turkey there is always stew style dishes are made. No matter what anyone says, as someone who has tried many cuisines and as a chef, I can say that Turkish cuisine is the best. A little information: In Ottoman cuisine, 384 different dishes can be made from just one eggplant.
Turkish food is OUTSTANDING. In the UK we have a lot of Turkish restraurants, many a person out on a few beers has succumbed to a good doner kebab on the way home. Especially if they have the right (the freshest stuff) meat grilling with the smell wafting down the street. In another note, I've been hearing about a South Korean wagyu, called Hanwoo. Could be worth looking at if you can get some. Apparently it's a fair bit different. Keep up the fantastic content, really love the channel. You're expanding peoples taste horizons here, and that, is fantastic.
Tricky think with Hanwoo is I think you can only get it in Korea unless you're lucky enough to get an exported product, which they don't do very much, so I imagine the premium is insane.
@@ajs787 Probably, something Guga would have to check with his meat dealer though. Guess its the same with Japanese and Australian Wagyu. Im just letting Guga know its out there.
I’m from Lebanon and I don’t really have a “bucket list” but… I recently went to Turkey and OH MY GOD dude. Everyone should visit Turkey at least once in their life before they pass away
Fun fact, Tres Leches (AKA trileçe in Turkey) is so popular in turkey that a lot of people here would be suprised to hear that it isn't Turkish. Also we share a rice pudding culture (look up sütlaç)
Turkey is absolutely amazing as a country and their food. Me and my wife go there pretty much every weekend from Fri to Monday. We love it so much that we bought a nice big apartment for ourselves, it’s so big that it makes our house in the UK look absolutely tiny and was much cheaper to buy. But the food is out of this world, doner kebabs are amazing even though they have them here in the uk. Truly an amazing country and Istanbul is a beautiful city, so massive and big.
As an Azerbaijani, I absolutely love Turkish cuisine (and lots of other things in Turkey). Its rich both in quality and quantity, tasteful, nutritional, fragrant, and appealing to the eye. The soul of Turkish cuisine is in the street indeed. There's still so much for you to taste, Guga, there's an enormous amount of amazing dishes, but my personal favourites are stuffed grape leaves with meat (also known as dolma), Iskender kebab and various types of pide. And, of course, nothing beats a good old doner.
@@bane8305 and I've been in Ankara for only one day, but I already loved the Turkish people, Turkish cuisine and culture in general. One nation, two countries, as they say here in Azerbaijan. May Allah bless both of our countries!
@@aleatar aslında arasındaki fark basit : eğer dolduruluyor ise dolma, sarılıyor ise sarma deriz. Biber ve kabak doldurulur iken yaprak ve lahana ise sarılarak hazırlanır. Bu yüzden Yaprak Sarması, Biber/Kabak Dolması deriz :) Thats why :)
i went on holiday with my parents over 20 years ago as a child .Even though i was young maybe 10-11 i still remember the doner kebab my dad bought me from a street vender and since then ive tried hundreds maybe thousands of kebabs all over europe but none have come close to the kebab i had in turkey. it was that good its one of the only things i remember about that holiday.
If you are going to try kokoreç I recommend that you ask for an "İzmir kokoreç". It's not as finely chopped so bigger chunks of meat and no tomatoes/pepper. It's waaaay better than the one Guga had (which is called İstanbul kokoreç). You get the taste of kokoreç more and just meat so yea
It's one thing to eat with the locals, it's another thing to see how the food is made by the locals and having a bigger appreciation of the food... Amazing video... made me drool on my keyboard...
What a beautiful country the country of history And glory, picturesque nature wonderful food with Turkish coffee and the sound of the Ney I hope one day to visit it All love from Morocco♥
the only thing that sucks is their mayor attacking the country I lived in. Greece, but so far it's ok. but if I had the money, I'll go to this country for community experiences
@@nikoskonstantinidis4069 A Turkish "mayor" atacking Greece? What? That doesn't make any sense dude. Are you sure you are not confusing something here? :D Anyway, now is probably the best time to visit Turkey since the Euro/TL parity is off the charts (very unfortunate for Turks living there but...) and you will quickly see that no one have any problems with Greeks there.
As a turkish,try iskender it’s a food made with döner(the meat u saw) tomato sauce and some bread(pide) underneath and u must try it with brown butter on it
@@berkay_oz ne alaka olum öyle olsa tomato sauce falan derdi, KÜLTÜRÜMÜZÜ YANLIŞ TANITMAYACAKSINIZ LAN ECNEBİLERE BUNA İZİN VEREMEM düşününce oladabilir lan sonuçta bunlar gavır burada ne yese gıreyt gıreyt diye geziniyolar ortalıkta HUNT NETLEŞTİR LAN BU KONUYU İSKENDER YEDİYSEN İSKENDER DİYECEKSİN ALAGAVAT SENİ girilid pepır ne lan? TÜRKÇE KONUŞ LAN HUNT
That would be an absolutely banger series man. Guga going to Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, perhaps even to a nomadic people's home to try their meat dishes. I'm sure he'd also learn many things out of such travelling. And I'm sure he'd show that inspiration in some new recipes. To honor the countries he visited.
Dear Guga, I am so pleased to hear that you had an awesome time in my country and enjoyed Turkish food. Sincere compliments coming from an outstanding cook like you is absolutely flattering.
A lot of Kurdish and Greek history, you’re absolutely right! It was actually called Constantinople for century’s and Istanbul is simply a recent creation. Love Kurdish culture.
I recently went to Turkey, I have to tell you first, I'm not a fan of pickles, but almost in every hotel I went in there has a various kind of pickled pepper. Man, now I'm in love with those pickled pepper!
Finally KOKOREC is getting the recognition it deserves! I love your content and it made me really happy to see you visiting my country and trying local food & making a video about it 😍 Hope you do more videos on Turkish food 🥺 Also if anyone is curious I'll be sharing some Turkish food content on my channel too, especially the food we eat at home 🥰
I had Kokorec one time on vacation in Lara-Antalya. Like a small hut serving for mainly locals. I went back to Lara on vacation just to eat at that kokorec.
Been in Türkiye two times now with my girlfriend, who is born there and I can say their food, be it meat, savory dishes, sweets or pastry is just out of this world. Can't wait to fly there again ♥
well... out of 3 grand cuisines... french serves to solely eyes, chinese serves to weirds... Turkish serves to tongue and stomach. That is why former ones are horrible in core while Turkish is much better. Who would love to even eat frogs? weird...
Mediterranean food is amazing, especially the meat. The smell, the taste and the texture.. And it goes with a lot of things, bread, salad, fries, its just incredible.
I love the video you've made. As an official Turk myself the places you've visited have some of the best for traditional food in whole Istanbul. This is a true experience to have in Istanbul. Much love man, keep making videos 🤩😘
Guga, Turkish food is one of the best, real Mediterranean, fresh ingredients, cooked on the spot, with an extreme variety. As an Italian, I love all the times I go to Turkey for business. Istanbul is not a city, it is a world on its own, Greek, Roman, Bizantine, Ottoman and Turkish. Just one thing, the Mosque you mention is Hagia Sofia, only recently converted to a Mosque , the energy you felt is from more of a thousand years of prayers of the big monotheistic religions. Tesekkuler Turkje
Thanks for the lovely insights! I've only ever experienced turkish food in a bazaar in my country but it was really good. The Turks do know their tasty stuff!
There's still so much more to try over there my friend! The doner kebabs in Taksim are great, but there are so much more to eat than just that; simit(turkish bagel), acma(turkish brioche), kumpir(turkish style stuffed baked potato), wet burgers, kofte(meatballs, either cooked or raw), adana kebabs, manti(turkish ravioli), pide/lahmacun(turkish pizza), boreksi(cheese or meat pastry), durum(wraps), halka(similar to tulumba), baklava, kunefe(MUST TRY) and so much more!
Hey Guga, I’m a fisherman in New England and we love catching your “bonito” from the shore in fall months, as they are quite rare for us. However, we call them false albacore, or albies. Like you Floridians, no one eats them. However, what you likely ate, was Atlantic Bonito, and they are very tasty. They look very similar to albies (your “bonito”) and are often mixed in with false albacore schools. Hopefully this straightens up any confusion.
As a Turk, you are right, looks like this one called Atlantic Bonito in English. But to add confusion, we name and cook this fish differently. This sizes called "palamut" mainly, about 1,5-2 sizes called "torik". There are lots of recipes, I can't cover it since I am not cook or expert. But basically we Turks grill/fry/oven/pickle this, last one called "lakerda". I put the names to greet my Balkan friends, I love you guys.
The fish sandwiches in Istanbul Eminönü which they prepare inside multiple boats floating near the dock was an incredible experience and very tasty. You'd also get pickles inside a cup as a side dish, finish it with the salty Ayran beverage. Truly a delight.
I absolutely loved my time in Istanbul too. Random people (not staff) at the airport were friendly and showed us the way, or at least asked if they can help. Apart from the foods you showed, I absolutely loved a lentil soup, called Ezogelin Corbasi. Absolute perfection with so few and simple ingredients and the fresh pommegrenade & orange juices that were available all over the streets!
Love it Guga! As a Turkish, I am glad you decided to go to Turkey. I was there 6 months ago too, got to try quite few unique food places after 10+ years away from homeland, amazing! I'm glad you liked it! Next time try Kelle Paca!
After all these years of following you. I have always wished you to experience the Turkish version or techniques of the things you try in your channels. When i saw the video title, i said this is the moment, finally... But honesly, where is the ancestor of Swedish meatballs; Turkish koftes... Or kebaps and tandoori etc. Hope to see you again! Much love from Turkey! 🥰✌
I am glad you went to Istanbul. Been there twice and tried all the local foods. It's amazing and the best in my opinion. I would recommend to anyone to go to Istanbul and try it. This will not disappoint. The place that you been to is hagia Sofia. This was a church before and later converted to mosque. There is tons of History in Constantinople AKA Istanbul.
Guga I’m so happy for you to try some of the amazing foods in the world. Istanbul is famous with the food because is main stopping point of travelling trader’s in the past it was Istanbul and they shared spices and herbs from west and east and the mixture of cultures became that you experienced there.
Thank you Guga for your visit. I am delighted to see how much you enjoyed our food. Btw, that mosque used to be a church. There is nothing islamic about its architecture which is why its so beautiful like other churhes and cathedrals around Europe. Sadly it was converted to a mosque through brute force. And as a Turkish man, I am terreibly ashamed of what my ancestors did during the ottoman empire. But it is what it is now and I am so glad you enjoyed your trip. Best channel on TH-cam. Ever.
Aaah, I’m a total fanboy! I wish I could see you somewhere in the streets of Istanbul. From bonkers steak marinades to cooking everything sous vide, I wish I could chat you a little how your videos have changed my cooking habits. Glad you enjoyed our city
Guga its really nice to see that you enjoyed your trip in istanbul, you need to make a trip to different cities in turkey, they have all their own specialities to eat. Its like every corner have a different kitchen. You also have to go gaziantep its famous for its kitchen
If we all would travel the world and try eachothers food, there would not be much reason to fight eachother. You don't have to like the food of other countries, but you have to appreciate, that the locals do. And if you like it too, even better! Keep up the good work, Guga!
Hi Guga, it's great to see you have enjoyed some of the delicacies of Turkish street food in Istanbul. Although you seemed to have tried some famous buffets, you didn't seem to have visited the best places. For example there are some famous doner shops that have so much better doner than those you have tried. The difference is huge, like they are different dishes. Also, one important note is that although their tribe may be named as the same, the fish in Marmara Sea are very different in terms of taste. So, the bonitos you use as shark bait in US taste totally different than the ones that live in Marmara, due to the habitat and the way they are feeding most probably. The same goes for many other tribes as well. The most astonishing example of this is the bluefish. In Istanbul, the Marmara Bluefish (Lüfer) is one of the most sought after fish due to its oily texture and superior sea taste (We even call it king of the fish), whereas in US it tastes much more bland and not considered as a very nice fish. As a person who travels a lot, I can easily say that when it comes to street food or regular daily food, Turkish cuisine is one of the best in the world, if not the best. I am not nationalistic about any other thing but Turkey is really, really good at food. This is not just about the success of 9-10 kind of food such as doner, shish kebap etc. but there are hundreds of great original and unique food that you can't find anywhere else, not even in Greece which is one of the best places on Earth . There is for example, a milky dessert made of chicken breast! One cannot imagine how a dessert made of chicken breast can taste so incredible until they taste it! There are countless examples of unique food like that in Turkey. You need a better guide next time just for food =)
As a Turk I feel really happy when I see someone enjoy our food leaves our country happy. I recommend you to come again since you have only tried %5 of our cuisine.
When I was in Europe there was a kebap house that had turkey breast kebabs in a skewer. When burned and shaved it tasted better than bacon. It’s all I ate for months. In sandwiches, on pizza, salad and plain in a bowl. I miss it so much.
subhanallah bro went inside a mosque respect to this man and yes you will feel an energy even when i watched you enter the mosque in the video i felt some energy and it was so beautiful
Glad you had good time over there. Definitely try pide, lahmacun and variety of soups with your next visit. One of the best cuisines. I have the same rule when I travel. Stay away from the crowds and find where locals eat!!
Good on you going to Turkey man!! that was incredible to see, you're much more than just a meat guy, you're really into good hardy foods, and that makes you very entertaining and insightful to watch. Love the side dishes recently that you show and try in all of your videos, keep it up!! Much love
Donairs are very popular in atlantic canada, where i live. Very similar to a greek gyro, just with donair sauce, and a few different spices, (very easy to make both btw). You just wont often see it outside the atlantic provinces. Glad you had a good time Guga. Hope everyone is staying safe, and taking care.
@George Pagakis that they were. And then eventually came over to Canada. Where us atlantic Canadaians changed it slightly and created something i personally find delicious. Emre, the spelling for it in canadian english is donair. No disrespect to its proper spelling. Its just how we do it here is all.
Glad you liked it! Next time you come, you should take a tour through Anatolia. You will find even more diversity. I suggest you find a capable guide for the journey :D
Great video, I was impressed with how much Turkish food looks like Greek food. I think it’s a great expansion of your channel to travel to some places in try the food, I know you’ve gone to American places, but this was really exceptional.
@@johnmanual7595 I have never seen such a high level of ignorance in my life. If you don't know how many thousands of years Turkish history is, read some books. Besides, it is the other way around. Greece is registering Turkish food as its own. We just laugh at them.
@@burgazada I suggest you read some books and educate yourself. You mongols came to conquer Byzantium and got exposed to civilisation for the first time. 🤡
Amazing video! One IMPORTANT correction. The "mosque" you visited was originally a Christian Orthodox church called Hagia Sophia. Nowadays, and for a long time actually, it is used as a mosque and more as a touristic temple. Most of the food you got to experience can be found in other countries in the neighboring region, like Greece, where I come from. It is quite hard to decide the origin place of such foods, when for centuries our cultures were strongly interacting.
Istg, Turks are the friendliest and nicest people on earth! They make you feel like you are part of their family if you are nice to them. Also I love turkish food, its the best
As a Turk I watched this with a big smile on my face😂 and what’s crazy is that this is maybe only 1% of our cuisine. You would be surprised to know what else we’ve got😋
Guga, I am very happy to see you enjoy our food! And seeing you went for the proper stuff instead of touristic ones is amazing! props to the tour guide!
Eastern Greece does indeed have amazing food.
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@@helloworld23578 you clearly did not get the joke
@@Arcadiez haha keep on living in your Megali Idea dreams son. You should always remember who taught you and your ancestors how to swim. 9th september 1922 ;)
@@Arcadiez LOLOLOLOL 🤣 Oh no you didn't! 😂
Turkish people are definitely very friendly and helpful. The food is great. I couldn't believe it when I saw the stray animals. They were walking among us like human beings without fear :) I have never seen a weak stray animal. I almost cried when I left Turkey.
I actually am turkish animals like doğa and cats are pretty common because of our religeon we are muslims and take care of them like animals güzel video(nice video)
Stray animals are super annoying especially the dogs that chase you
@@Pointed_one not because of the religion. Since dogs are not favored by Islam and you still see them taken care of. Cats have a special place tho ure right about that one.
Agree as a turkish
@@Arel_Kursat eve almamak demek köpeği dövmek demek değil.
As someone who lives in germany im so glad that the turkish cusine is so integrated into our nation. Turkish food is defo in my top 3. I really wanna visit Turkey someday and try the foods that are not as easy to find even here in germany.
Es werden hier in DE die viele Türkische Gerichte angeboten das stimmt aber die gleichen Gerichte noch mal in der Türkei zu Essen ist was ganz anderes, es schmeckt viel besser.
Als kleine Insider Information für dich,
die beste Küche findest du in (Hatay, Gaziantep, Adana und Urfa). Die erste Stadt existiert aber so nicht mehr leider wegen dem Erdbeben.
Ich hoffe du hast einen angenehmen Aufenthalt in der Türkei, wenn du das erste mal da bist :) !
Come to NL we have turkish restaurants here
İstanbul a yolunuz düşerse misafir edelim sizi hoşçakalın 🇹🇷
Germany can buy anything they want for 1 euro im joking but you can buy 4 bread for 1 euro
@AGull there is no way NL will have more Turkish restaurants than Germany
As a Greek, I love Turkish food. Its a lot like ours but with their own twist and those kebabs on top of smoked eggplant mush is just too delicious. I know our countries has some things going on against each other in the diplomacy scene but I love going to Turkey. The people are very kind and generous. I hope we will have better relations in the future. Turkler cok guzel insanlarsiniz, Yunanistandan selamlar 🇬🇷🤝🇹🇷
Edit: Thank you all for the positive comments, it means a lot. Please just ignore the negatives, people.
I'm so sorry for the victims of the earthquakes and I hope they get their help in the fastest time possible. Stay strong good people. Everything will get better with time.
As a Turkish, I know for a fact that I love Greek people! We have so many things in common, including delicious gyro/doner, musakka, tzaziki/cacık, and many more. I have a lot of Greek friends and we get along so well. Politicians focus on differences rather than similarities, shame on them.
Lots of love from Turkish living in US to all Greek friends! σε αγαπάμε! 🇹🇷🇬🇷
Thank you so much, you are so kind 💕Yes you are absolutely right, we dont have to be involved their issues, it does not make any sense. Life is more enjoying in peace ☺️ ✌️
Im from İzmir and our lands between yours. Its a shame all of that war and diplomacy staff. We are same, our lands are same.
aleyküm selam kardeşim
As a Turk, I love Greece.
As a Turkish person, it is honoring to see a meat expert (and a really good one) do such good meat but still get impressed by Turkish food. You are right about the things you said. ALL OF THEM
If you visit the US, you would be impressed by how tasteless the food is. It's not only the recipes but the base ingredient themselves are less flavorful.
thanks to all the turks staying it turkey ! love y´all
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@Loop Memes türk değilse de doğru demiş
@Loop Memes evet arkadaşım
I was in Turkey last Christmas, man oh man oh man !! Food was great, people are so cool I can't wait to go back again !!!
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Love from Turkey Guga, I am glad you enjoyed it here, awesome channel keep it up
Turkey! Some of the greatest food in the world! Guga talked more about the meat, but their spices are absolutely unique in my experience! And they have the amazing Mediterranean diet with their own twist.
some of derken? the best demek istedin heralde. oğlum sabrımızı zorlamayın bizim bak, kuran çarpsın roketatarın içine 2 metrelik süt kuzu kokoreç koyar fırlatırız, şaftınız kayar bir daha başka bişi yiyemezsiniz. SİNİRLENDİRMEYİN LAN BİZİ
Turkey is not included in the Unesco countries with Mediterranean diet due to their heavy meat consumption
@@Visit_Tangier keep ur stupidly ignorance to urself. All cities (4 of them) from Turkey in unesco are from mediterrain zones of country. And another point of your ignorance is Turkish food has actually low meat consumption in fact. What u see as meat foods are just the very famous ones or tourist foods.
@@isimyok87 go complain to Unesco, not to me
@@Visit_Tangier they are also ignorant btw. un = sucks
Istanbul is such a foodie paradise! Your video made me feel like I was right there with you, savoring all those delicious Turkish dishes. 🇹🇷🍴
away from the tourist areas though.
lots of the tourist food areas are not very good. you need to go where there's little to no English on the menus catering to REPEAT local customers.
If it was a 2 hours video i d watch it all with no hesitation, sadly it's only few minutes. But still was amazing, thx Guga
was a shitty rundown of a few tourist spots without a lot of effort put into the video. seems like they were there for a few days for a hair transplant or something and only had a limited set of places to visit
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I went to Istanbul a few years ago. The thing that really stuck with me was the incredible bread - a huge variety of types, and all of it was wonderful.
Dough products turks are on a different level. I hope you had Borek and Pide
Agree! In a research more than 20 years ago it was found that we have more than literally 1000 types of bread. French and German breads are famous rightfuly so but we also do have some as well. The bad part is that majority of them are not categorized or made standart of them. So i.e. if you go to the eastern regions you'll see that people often eat a common type of flat bread what they call "ekmek" whic is literally bread. In western regions its known as "pide". And we have so many types of "pide" as well! So you see how crazy is this. My fav. is the sourdough "Ottoman bread" as we call with sunflower seeds on it. If you visit here again, you should def. try it. Its "ekşi mayalı Osmanlı ekmeği". You probably saw standard loaf bread in everywhere, it's really different than that.
**Constantinople
@@MrPixmania93 oh my god dude ur prob a greek like cant yall just take a loss that happened like 600 years ago? its called İstanbul now
@@OkuyasuNijimura0 ISDA JASOIDNJA SDJASIDNJAJIASNDK NASDIOASNKLDASD AGLA LAN CRY ABOUT IT TURKRKKKKIII TURKKK
I was there Feb 23 for a month, and all over both sides such an amazing city! Besiktas and Kadiköy, loved all the food and the European bread is amazing! The Mosque you visited was the Hagia Sophia and used to be an Orthodox Church when it was built. Lots of amazing history.
I've been to Turkey a couple of times, and I have to tell you their food is amazing. When I go there I always have a borek or gozleme with some tea for breakfast, after that I eat one of those for lunch and dinner: donner kebab, some kind of soup, skewers, pide.
pide be hitting fr
ne sandın aq?
@@kirtisozgur sorry, but I don't speak Turkish.
you know your food! so happy to see a foreigner eating gozleme and borek!
@@CatalinaJHin the past 4 years I've driven up to the turkish border and gotten in Turkey at least 30 times, so I kind of tried every turkish dish, that I could get my hands on, at least in the nearby cities.
I am Bulgarian, we share a border with the European end of Turkey, and thus we have many Turks living in my country and a strong influence on the food. The Doner Kebab and tolumbi desserts are commonly found in street vendors all throughout Bulgaria. I personally have not been to Istanbul, but I have wanted to go for many years due to the proximity.
Im a turkish student who stays in Kırklareli, we see many bulgarians travelling in the city haha
As a Turkish, we eat tulumba a lot but we don't see it as ours in origin. We call it Balkan tulumba
@@aloha1783 I've had Bulgarian and Turkish tulumba. The Bulgarian one has a better taste and it is less sweeter. You can eat 5 of them easily. Turkish one was too much of a sweetness. Diabetes much. :)
@@genderlessyoutubefanperson we like diabetes
@@aloha1783 I am sure you do
Man, so much love Guga. So much love for the Turks ❤❤❤❤❤
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Not only the street foods but in general , Turkish cuisine is the most underrated in the world. Most people only think of kebabs but there is so much diversity and contrast depending on which region or city you are . Every city has its own hidden gems to most foreigners.
@@dersucukdoener you literally have a turkish dish in your name
let ignorants be ignorants... less knows things taste much better... gems need to stay where they are u know, not to be exhibited
The reason for this is that sauces determine world standards, but in Turkey there is always stew style dishes are made. No matter what anyone says, as someone who has tried many cuisines and as a chef, I can say that Turkish cuisine is the best. A little information: In Ottoman cuisine, 384 different dishes can be made from just one eggplant.
Turkish food is OUTSTANDING. In the UK we have a lot of Turkish restraurants, many a person out on a few beers has succumbed to a good doner kebab on the way home. Especially if they have the right (the freshest stuff) meat grilling with the smell wafting down the street.
In another note, I've been hearing about a South Korean wagyu, called Hanwoo. Could be worth looking at if you can get some. Apparently it's a fair bit different.
Keep up the fantastic content, really love the channel. You're expanding peoples taste horizons here, and that, is fantastic.
Tricky think with Hanwoo is I think you can only get it in Korea unless you're lucky enough to get an exported product, which they don't do very much, so I imagine the premium is insane.
@@ajs787 Probably, something Guga would have to check with his meat dealer though. Guess its the same with Japanese and Australian Wagyu. Im just letting Guga know its out there.
Doner kebab after a few beers is good. Kokorec after a few beers is heavenly good.
Glad ur enjoying it! afiyet olsun :)
I’m from Lebanon and I don’t really have a “bucket list” but… I recently went to Turkey and OH MY GOD dude.
Everyone should visit Turkey at least once in their life before they pass away
Brazil and Turkey have alot of common things when it comes to food. 🇧🇷 🤝 🇹🇷
That's great to hear. I wish we had some things in common in football as well 😥😥
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Turkish people are always welcome in Brasil
Fun fact, Tres Leches (AKA trileçe in Turkey) is so popular in turkey that a lot of people here would be suprised to hear that it isn't Turkish. Also we share a rice pudding culture (look up sütlaç)
@@kaankahraman1341 La' ismimiz tıpatıp aynı
As a Turkish person I feel so happy everytime somebody tries our food.
I feel you should take a pill and relax a little bit. It´s not that good
okay nut supplier 💀
@@nutsupplier1816 what did you find not that good about it ?
My Turkish brother your historical great country have one of the best if not the best type of food in the world
@@khansasayed2843 appreciate it bro
Turkey is absolutely amazing as a country and their food. Me and my wife go there pretty much every weekend from Fri to Monday. We love it so much that we bought a nice big apartment for ourselves, it’s so big that it makes our house in the UK look absolutely tiny and was much cheaper to buy.
But the food is out of this world, doner kebabs are amazing even though they have them here in the uk. Truly an amazing country and Istanbul is a beautiful city, so massive and big.
As an Azerbaijani, I absolutely love Turkish cuisine (and lots of other things in Turkey). Its rich both in quality and quantity, tasteful, nutritional, fragrant, and appealing to the eye. The soul of Turkish cuisine is in the street indeed. There's still so much for you to taste, Guga, there's an enormous amount of amazing dishes, but my personal favourites are stuffed grape leaves with meat (also known as dolma), Iskender kebab and various types of pide. And, of course, nothing beats a good old doner.
Azerbaijani and Turkey are best friends brother we love your country mashallah
türklere dolma desen esebleşirler burda sarma deyirler :D
@@orxanaliyev4913həqiqətən? Bilmirdim 😂 Mən ancaq bir il Azərbaycanda yaşayıram, Türkiyə də bir gün oldum. Oğuz Türklərin ənənələri çox bilmirəm hələ.
@@bane8305 and I've been in Ankara for only one day, but I already loved the Turkish people, Turkish cuisine and culture in general. One nation, two countries, as they say here in Azerbaijan. May Allah bless both of our countries!
@@aleatar aslında arasındaki fark basit : eğer dolduruluyor ise dolma, sarılıyor ise sarma deriz. Biber ve kabak doldurulur iken yaprak ve lahana ise sarılarak hazırlanır. Bu yüzden Yaprak Sarması, Biber/Kabak Dolması deriz :) Thats why :)
i went on holiday with my parents over 20 years ago as a child .Even though i was young maybe 10-11 i still remember the doner kebab my dad bought me from a street vender and since then ive tried hundreds maybe thousands of kebabs all over europe but none have come close to the kebab i had in turkey. it was that good its one of the only things i remember about that holiday.
Come to Türkiye
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If you live or visit Florida come and try us
CITIR TURKISH DONER KEBAB.
If you are going to try kokoreç I recommend that you ask for an "İzmir kokoreç". It's not as finely chopped so bigger chunks of meat and no tomatoes/pepper. It's waaaay better than the one Guga had (which is called İstanbul kokoreç). You get the taste of kokoreç more and just meat so yea
It's one thing to eat with the locals, it's another thing to see how the food is made by the locals and having a bigger appreciation of the food...
Amazing video... made me drool on my keyboard...
What a beautiful country the country of history And glory, picturesque nature wonderful food with Turkish coffee and the sound of the Ney I hope one day to visit it All love from Morocco♥
the only thing that sucks is their mayor attacking the country I lived in. Greece, but so far it's ok. but if I had the money, I'll go to this country for community experiences
Oi! Another moroccan on the sea of the internet, how it be my guy!
@Jussanotha Usa Allah yhafdek khouya👏
@@nikoskonstantinidis4069 A Turkish "mayor" atacking Greece? What? That doesn't make any sense dude. Are you sure you are not confusing something here? :D Anyway, now is probably the best time to visit Turkey since the Euro/TL parity is off the charts (very unfortunate for Turks living there but...) and you will quickly see that no one have any problems with Greeks there.
@@isgadam man i don't actually know or remember who did attacking i just tell what i know because why not?
As a turkish,try iskender it’s a food made with döner(the meat u saw) tomato sauce and some bread(pide) underneath and u must try it with brown butter on it
I was in Turkey recently and Kebab with sliced bread, grilled pepper and yoghurt was amazing
It is Iskender :)
@@berkay_oz ne alaka olum öyle olsa tomato sauce falan derdi, KÜLTÜRÜMÜZÜ YANLIŞ TANITMAYACAKSINIZ LAN ECNEBİLERE BUNA İZİN VEREMEM düşününce oladabilir lan sonuçta bunlar gavır burada ne yese gıreyt gıreyt diye geziniyolar ortalıkta HUNT NETLEŞTİR LAN BU KONUYU İSKENDER YEDİYSEN İSKENDER DİYECEKSİN ALAGAVAT SENİ girilid pepır ne lan? TÜRKÇE KONUŞ LAN HUNT
Istanbul is beautiful, it’s food and culture is just out of this planet.
Best review..Thank you Guga..I am a Turkish-American and I cannot wait visit back home
Loved this. I would happily watch guga just touring the world and trying out the local cuisines of each country 🤩
That would be an absolutely banger series man.
Guga going to Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, perhaps even to a nomadic people's home to try their meat dishes.
I'm sure he'd also learn many things out of such travelling. And I'm sure he'd show that inspiration in some new recipes. To honor the countries he visited.
@@nech1 oh man now I want this kind of series
@@jeffhashtag5729 Yeah. Like kinda Gordon Ramsay uncharted, but Guga style
Dear Guga,
I am so pleased to hear that you had an awesome time in my country and enjoyed Turkish food. Sincere compliments coming from an outstanding cook like you is absolutely flattering.
I have just found your channel, thank you so much for not being judgeful and trying Turkish food. We as Turkish people love you my brother. ❤❤❤
I feel like people forget, Istanbul was the capital of the world for many centuries, so much history and what a beautiful city!
A lot of Kurdish and Greek history, you’re absolutely right! It was actually called Constantinople for century’s and Istanbul is simply a recent creation. Love Kurdish culture.
@@Hello-jp7cfeven Istanbul it's a greek word
@@Hello-jp7cf.D
@@Hello-jp7cfcry more kurd, nobody cares
@@Hello-jp7cf istanbul doesnt have nothing to do with kurds
guga the way you described our culture gave me goosebumps, I've been a subscriber for a long time I'm sooo so glad you enjoyed everything. Much love
Man I love those kinds off videos were you exploring the world and describing the food and the culture thank you Guga 🙌🏻
I recently went to Turkey, I have to tell you first, I'm not a fan of pickles, but almost in every hotel I went in there has a various kind of pickled pepper. Man, now I'm in love with those pickled pepper!
pickles are healty
Are you saying gin pepper? Yellow little peppers 😂 very tasty
OMG this video was amazing! the food looks awesome and the achitecture too! i cant wait to go there one day
Finally KOKOREC is getting the recognition it deserves! I love your content and it made me really happy to see you visiting my country and trying local food & making a video about it 😍 Hope you do more videos on Turkish food 🥺 Also if anyone is curious I'll be sharing some Turkish food content on my channel too, especially the food we eat at home 🥰
bence tatinda biraksin ))
That's nice because I'm Navajo and we do that with sheep. We call it "Ach'íí"
Kokoreç IS really good. But even some Turks dont like it
Its either you hate it or love it. There is no middle
I had Kokorec one time on vacation in Lara-Antalya. Like a small hut serving for mainly locals. I went back to Lara on vacation just to eat at that kokorec.
Been in Türkiye two times now with my girlfriend, who is born there and I can say their food, be it meat, savory dishes, sweets or pastry is just out of this world. Can't wait to fly there again ♥
Türkiye*
@@brq44 adamlarda ü yok
var ama unuttum @@AngelDiArdaa
mutlu musun şimdi? @@brq44
well... out of 3 grand cuisines... french serves to solely eyes, chinese serves to weirds... Turkish serves to tongue and stomach. That is why former ones are horrible in core while Turkish is much better. Who would love to even eat frogs? weird...
Mediterranean food is amazing, especially the meat. The smell, the taste and the texture.. And it goes with a lot of things, bread, salad, fries, its just incredible.
Attributing everything to “Mediterranean” is cringe. 25% of Turkish food is Med sea at most. Meaningless buzzword
Turkish food is orders of magnitude beyond "Mediterranean".
@@fusionreactor7179 mediterrain food? it sucks compared to Turkish... but all the others sucks versus it
Loved the video! Going to Istanbul is on my list of places I need to see. Turkish food is really special and turkish coffee is just lovely. Cheers!
cheers yerine elhamdülillah dersen iyi olur marcos kardeşim.
I love the video you've made. As an official Turk myself the places you've visited have some of the best for traditional food in whole Istanbul. This is a true experience to have in Istanbul. Much love man, keep making videos 🤩😘
Guga, Turkish food is one of the best, real Mediterranean, fresh ingredients, cooked on the spot, with an extreme variety. As an Italian, I love all the times I go to Turkey for business. Istanbul is not a city, it is a world on its own, Greek, Roman, Bizantine, Ottoman and Turkish. Just one thing, the Mosque you mention is Hagia Sofia, only recently converted to a Mosque , the energy you felt is from more of a thousand years of prayers of the big monotheistic religions. Tesekkuler Turkje
Thanks for the lovely insights! I've only ever experienced turkish food in a bazaar in my country but it was really good. The Turks do know their tasty stuff!
biliyoz tabii aq
There's still so much more to try over there my friend! The doner kebabs in Taksim are great, but there are so much more to eat than just that; simit(turkish bagel), acma(turkish brioche), kumpir(turkish style stuffed baked potato), wet burgers, kofte(meatballs, either cooked or raw), adana kebabs, manti(turkish ravioli), pide/lahmacun(turkish pizza), boreksi(cheese or meat pastry), durum(wraps), halka(similar to tulumba), baklava, kunefe(MUST TRY) and so much more!
I am obligated to say that lahmajun is ancient Armenian dish
@@gareginnzhdehhimself nope it's the turks' lol.
@@gareginnzhdehhimself yeah right cuz we are known for stealing food and are completely incapable of coming up with our own food! Sure!
Hamsili pilav deneseydi sjsjsj
@@gareginnzhdehhimself bro armenia literally established by russia how armenia can be ancient lol
one year has passed and i watched and enjoyed your video again!
Hey Guga, I’m a fisherman in New England and we love catching your “bonito” from the shore in fall months, as they are quite rare for us. However, we call them false albacore, or albies. Like you Floridians, no one eats them. However, what you likely ate, was Atlantic Bonito, and they are very tasty. They look very similar to albies (your “bonito”) and are often mixed in with false albacore schools. Hopefully this straightens up any confusion.
As a Turk, you are right, looks like this one called Atlantic Bonito in English. But to add confusion, we name and cook this fish differently. This sizes called "palamut" mainly, about 1,5-2 sizes called "torik". There are lots of recipes, I can't cover it since I am not cook or expert. But basically we Turks grill/fry/oven/pickle this, last one called "lakerda".
I put the names to greet my Balkan friends, I love you guys.
Great City! I loved it there too! Absolutely one of the great cities of the world.
Everything looked amazing. Gotta go there one day!
Turkish food is so good, I can smell it trough the screen....I'm glad that we have many authentic restaurants here in Austria. :)
Ferhat Döner in Vienna is actually the best Yaprak Döner experience you can get in Europe!
If you're in Österreich/Austria, Ferhat Döner is the realest deal
The fish sandwiches in Istanbul Eminönü which they prepare inside multiple boats floating near the dock was an incredible experience and very tasty.
You'd also get pickles inside a cup as a side dish, finish it with the salty Ayran beverage. Truly a delight.
I absolutely loved my time in Istanbul too. Random people (not staff) at the airport were friendly and showed us the way, or at least asked if they can help. Apart from the foods you showed, I absolutely loved a lentil soup, called Ezogelin Corbasi. Absolute perfection with so few and simple ingredients and the fresh pommegrenade & orange juices that were available all over the streets!
I used to say, "if i could live anywhere in the world it would be Istanbul."
The best food!
I used to say "if i could live anywhere in the world it wouldn't be Istanbul."
The worst idea.
@@kirtisozgur I used to say...
I used to say it and now I do. And it's great!
@@AN-qi6ye thats why we cannot find apartments to rent. yeah, great for you.
@@kirtisozgur I live at my own house and I'm Turkish lol.
The fact that some of the Turkish cooks recognized him though.
I live in turkey it makes me so happy to see one of my favourite creators go to / acknowledge turkey :DDD
Love it Guga! As a Turkish, I am glad you decided to go to Turkey. I was there 6 months ago too, got to try quite few unique food places after 10+ years away from homeland, amazing! I'm glad you liked it! Next time try Kelle Paca!
After all these years of following you. I have always wished you to experience the Turkish version or techniques of the things you try in your channels. When i saw the video title, i said this is the moment, finally... But honesly, where is the ancestor of Swedish meatballs; Turkish koftes... Or kebaps and tandoori etc. Hope to see you again! Much love from Turkey! 🥰✌
The leaves you were said, their names are "sarma". It's delicious, I hope you enjoyed It and thanks for coming to turkey!
I am glad you went to Istanbul. Been there twice and tried all the local foods. It's amazing and the best in my opinion. I would recommend to anyone to go to Istanbul and try it. This will not disappoint. The place that you been to is hagia Sofia. This was a church before and later converted to mosque. There is tons of History in Constantinople AKA Istanbul.
Guga I’m so happy for you to try some of the amazing foods in the world. Istanbul is famous with the food because is main stopping point of travelling trader’s in the past it was Istanbul and they shared spices and herbs from west and east and the mixture of cultures became that you experienced there.
am glad you enjoyed our country guga!
much love from turkey
Turkish food is great. I also enjoy good amount every time I can when I am in Istanbul… cheers Guga
You're a lucky man Guga. We love your respect and enthusiasm.👍
I really appreciate that you have tried Kokorec. Not many tourists would do so, only the ones who are real food enthusiastics.
I love turkey it’s such a beautiful country and the people are amazing the food omg is to die for yum
Thank you! Thank God l’m Turkish❤🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Guga as a Turkish person, you just earned a follower!
**Constantinople
Thank God I’m not Vegetarian and thank God I’m Turkish
As a Turkish citizen, i am very happy you got to eat the actual street foods of turkey
I gotta go to Istanbul, again! The food truly was amazing😍
Turkish food is absolutely phenomenal! Thanks for visiting turkey!
Love from a Syrian!
Ülkene dön Suri!
@@Tekno-Manyak Brother We both are the same under allah, don’t be played by the hate many use to divide us. Syrians and Turkish people are brothers ❤
May allah give you a blessed day
@@beb6c2a Ne zaman Ülkene döneceksin?
@@beb6c2a We are not brothers!
Thank you Guga for your visit. I am delighted to see how much you enjoyed our food.
Btw, that mosque used to be a church. There is nothing islamic about its architecture which is why its so beautiful like other churhes and cathedrals around Europe.
Sadly it was converted to a mosque through brute force. And as a Turkish man, I am terreibly ashamed of what my ancestors did during the ottoman empire. But it is what it is now and I am so glad you enjoyed your trip.
Best channel on TH-cam. Ever.
Thanks Guga. You're a genuinely nice person
Aaah, I’m a total fanboy! I wish I could see you somewhere in the streets of Istanbul. From bonkers steak marinades to cooking everything sous vide, I wish I could chat you a little how your videos have changed my cooking habits. Glad you enjoyed our city
ya biz ne gıled olucaz buna, o gıled olsun ömründe ilk defa kokoreç yemiş oh emeyzik emeyzik diye geziyor gariban. GUGA KNOW YOUR HAD.
Guga its really nice to see that you enjoyed your trip in istanbul, you need to make a trip to different cities in turkey, they have all their own specialities to eat. Its like every corner have a different kitchen. You also have to go gaziantep its famous for its kitchen
Gaziantep is the best city for food travelers. Under Unesco world heritage list.
I am Turkish and a good fan of your channel dude, I will try the butter milk tactic this week.
If we all would travel the world and try eachothers food, there would not be much reason to fight eachother. You don't have to like the food of other countries, but you have to appreciate, that the locals do. And if you like it too, even better! Keep up the good work, Guga!
Hi Guga, it's great to see you have enjoyed some of the delicacies of Turkish street food in Istanbul. Although you seemed to have tried some famous buffets, you didn't seem to have visited the best places. For example there are some famous doner shops that have so much better doner than those you have tried. The difference is huge, like they are different dishes. Also, one important note is that although their tribe may be named as the same, the fish in Marmara Sea are very different in terms of taste. So, the bonitos you use as shark bait in US taste totally different than the ones that live in Marmara, due to the habitat and the way they are feeding most probably. The same goes for many other tribes as well. The most astonishing example of this is the bluefish. In Istanbul, the Marmara Bluefish (Lüfer) is one of the most sought after fish due to its oily texture and superior sea taste (We even call it king of the fish), whereas in US it tastes much more bland and not considered as a very nice fish.
As a person who travels a lot, I can easily say that when it comes to street food or regular daily food, Turkish cuisine is one of the best in the world, if not the best. I am not nationalistic about any other thing but Turkey is really, really good at food. This is not just about the success of 9-10 kind of food such as doner, shish kebap etc. but there are hundreds of great original and unique food that you can't find anywhere else, not even in Greece which is one of the best places on Earth . There is for example, a milky dessert made of chicken breast! One cannot imagine how a dessert made of chicken breast can taste so incredible until they taste it! There are countless examples of unique food like that in Turkey. You need a better guide next time just for food =)
As a Turk I feel really happy when I see someone enjoy our food leaves our country happy. I recommend you to come again since you have only tried %5 of our cuisine.
When I was in Europe there was a kebap house that had turkey breast kebabs in a skewer. When burned and shaved it tasted better than bacon. It’s all I ate for months. In sandwiches, on pizza, salad and plain in a bowl. I miss it so much.
Everybody needs one day to give a try Turkish Cousine . You will not regret it guys 🌟
subhanallah bro went inside a mosque respect to this man and yes you will feel an energy even when i watched you enter the mosque in the video i felt some energy and it was so beautiful
I've been in a vacation in Turkey and gained 4kg lol
Turkish food is absolutely delicious! 🤤
Man I'm so glad to see you here I hope you visit Gaziantep one day. It's our gastronomy city and it has really delicious foods.
I bet he is going to explode because of the food @Guga
Glad you had good time over there. Definitely try pide, lahmacun and variety of soups with your next visit. One of the best cuisines. I have the same rule when I travel. Stay away from the crowds and find where locals eat!!
Good on you going to Turkey man!! that was incredible to see, you're much more than just a meat guy, you're really into good hardy foods, and that makes you very entertaining and insightful to watch. Love the side dishes recently that you show and try in all of your videos, keep it up!! Much love
I loved Turkish foods, got to try some of it in Germany! Very tasty.
I can really agree with teh description of the kabap, the smell always just calls out for me
Thank you for introducing us to a different culture. Stay safe and God bless
Donairs are very popular in atlantic canada, where i live. Very similar to a greek gyro, just with donair sauce, and a few different spices, (very easy to make both btw). You just wont often see it outside the atlantic provinces.
Glad you had a good time Guga. Hope everyone is staying safe, and taking care.
King of Donair all the way!!!
@@RealJMAC i see we have a Haligonian in the house. 🤣
Döner
Remember the Greeks where at war with the Turkish for 400 years. A lot of the Greek food derives from Turkish cuisine. It all looked amazing :)
@George Pagakis that they were. And then eventually came over to Canada. Where us atlantic Canadaians changed it slightly and created something i personally find delicious. Emre, the spelling for it in canadian english is donair. No disrespect to its proper spelling. Its just how we do it here is all.
I cant wait for Guga to have traveled to every country and then say which one has the best food.
Glad you liked it! Next time you come, you should take a tour through Anatolia. You will find even more diversity. I suggest you find a capable guide for the journey :D
Great video, I was impressed with how much Turkish food looks like Greek food. I think it’s a great expansion of your channel to travel to some places in try the food, I know you’ve gone to American places, but this was really exceptional.
You better not tell that to the Greeks and vice versa. Theyre quite adamant that its their unique food.
It’s technically Greek / Byzantine food. Turkish people just renamed everything and claimed it’s theirs.
@@johnmanual7595 I have never seen such a high level of ignorance in my life. If you don't know how many thousands of years Turkish history is, read some books. Besides, it is the other way around. Greece is registering Turkish food as its own. We just laugh at them.
@@burgazada I suggest you read some books and educate yourself. You mongols came to conquer Byzantium and got exposed to civilisation for the first time. 🤡
@@johnmanual7595 Like Americans right?
Thank you for sharing my beautiful country and food Mr Guga. I am very happy you enjoyed 🤝
Amazing video! One IMPORTANT correction. The "mosque" you visited was originally a Christian Orthodox church called Hagia Sophia. Nowadays, and for a long time actually, it is used as a mosque and more as a touristic temple.
Most of the food you got to experience can be found in other countries in the neighboring region, like Greece, where I come from. It is quite hard to decide the origin place of such foods, when for centuries our cultures were strongly interacting.
I think Turkish spices are unique.
@@nancyjfs They all came from india so that is hard, bet they taste good tho
Istg, Turks are the friendliest and nicest people on earth! They make you feel like you are part of their family if you are nice to them. Also I love turkish food, its the best
As a Turk I watched this with a big smile on my face😂 and what’s crazy is that this is maybe only 1% of our cuisine. You would be surprised to know what else we’ve got😋
turkish coffee is amazing
Greek is better
@@frfras7 🤓🤓🤓
Dammnn Turkiye has some delicious food!