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TOP Gaziantep Foods To Try!! DIY FOOD TOUR | This City Has The Best Food In ALL Of TURKEY!!
Sep 6, 2023
Days 39-43 of our new life as full time travelers // Recorded from Oct 17th to Oct 20th 2021
We had the best time trying all the incredible Gaziantep foods!! This city really surprised us in the best possible way. We tried so many different Gaziantep foods, so many new and different flavors and the best baklava in the world!!! For real!!
These all the Gaziantep foods we tried during our DIY food tour: (key moments)
1. Katmer - From 00:00 - 03:10
2. Baklava - From 03:13
3. Dibek Coffee - From 04:38
4. Beyran - From 05:57
5. Simit Kebap & Patlican - From 07:43
6. More Baklava - From 10:24
7. Chicken Doner - From 11:18
8. Ali Nazik Kebap - From 12:27
9. Menengic Coffee - From 15:05
10. Room Service (Healthy Food 😂) From - 16:22
11. Final Thoughts Gaziantep - From 17:02
12. We Lost Our Passports (next video) From 18:36
If you want more details about each Gaziantep foods, restaurants and addresses, Gordon put together a great blog post where we share 17 different Gaziantep foods to try! Check it out here: https://www.waysoftheworldblog.com/gaziantep-foods/
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We're very excited to show you our very first food video in a city that is known for its food
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Yeah, so Gaziantep is recognized by UNESCO as I guess a creative culinary city and already some
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of the food that we tried here is unreal. They're very famous for baklava but there are so many
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foods to try and in this video we're going to show you everything we tried during our stay here
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They just let us in where they prepare the catnour and it is so cool to see it in the
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kitchen because they grabbed this little bowl of dough and they spread it so thin that you
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can see through it's crazy and he kept putting oil and just spreading it and grabbing it
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and moving it like that and then you see the thing and it's like there's no way that this
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is not going to break so then they start adding like cheese and then they put like a bunch of
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sugar on top and then to top it off like pistachios which are like the main thing here in um gaziantep
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and then they close them like block the court like uh how do you say like seal seal the corners
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fold it and then in the oven it goes for seven minutes and it's almost it's been almost seven
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minutes so it's almost 90 weeks Thank you
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Are you excited? Looks good. This is so beautiful, I don't even want to eat it
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I have to color the pistachios. I do want to eat it
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But I will eat it. The cheese is nice and melted. I'm drooling
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It's so hot, like always. Mmm
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That's delicious. It really is. You have to try it. It's like, it's not too sweet
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Like the cheese balances it out and then probably the pistachios too. Mmm
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It's really good. The dough is so light. I'm just like melty cheese with pistachios
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Just a little hint of sugar. Mmm
2:49
That is so good. It's really not too sweet. It's not too sweet
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Considering the amount of sugar they put in there. This is delicious
2:58
I don't know how to describe it. You have to come here and try it. It's just delicious
3:03
It's perfect. It's just perfect. It's just the perfect breakfast. It looks a little bit sad on our place these little baklava
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But if you sit down at the table then you can order smaller portions. Because we were inside at the main counter and I was thinking in my head, oh my god, we
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have to order a box of, I don't know, 40 different pieces of baklava
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but if you sit down and they bring you what you want
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I have converted to baklava. It's good? It's delicious. It's not that sweet here
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that's what I like the most. It's not like covered in syrup. It's obviously so fresh
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the layers of the of the dough it's I don't know there's like a thousand
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layers there they're so thin and it's just like crunchy but also juicy we did
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order a little to-go box we bought more tiny box compared to what we see people
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take from here I'm pretty sure what we just had was like the smallest order of
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baklava they have ever seen at this place We inside an old inn I think it was constructed in like the 1870s and this is a special coffee
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because it's kind of like split with two different colors. I tried to ask the guy what it was. He said
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there's no milk. That's the only part I didn't understand. So I think it's like a classic coffee
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and then maybe a different coffee bean that like separates in the middle. It looked very thick like most Turkish coffees, so it'll be interesting to try out
5:16
And they wouldn't let us take pictures inside, so it's probably a highly, highly confidential
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brewing process. Is that right
5:52
That could be right. I just ordered the beiran. And they have like a whole pile of like lamb's meat in the corner over there and also like a heap of lamb fat
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And I think what they do is like they have a rice bottom on the bottom of the bowl
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And then they add the lamb fat, they add the lamb and then lamb broth
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and it all gets kind of like served in like a conveyor belt and it's already coming and I
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dished it. Okay. So this is one of the dishes I was most excited to try. I got spicy lamb soup for breakfast
6:38
Just sounds perfect to me. So let's see if it's actually as delicious as it looks
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I don't know if it looks delicious but as it sounds to me. A spicy lamb soup. Let's go
7:04
It is very delicious. I don't know It kind of tastes exactly like what you think it would taste like a lamb broth. So it's pretty lamby
7:13
The meat is very tender Not very spicy at all Actually, so I might add some more chili even though I ordered spicy
7:20
I think that the lamb or the lamb the lemon helps to with like the acidity just like break things up a little bit
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But it's good. It tastes like a chicken soup, but with a lamb broth and lamb meat
7:34
Well doesn't say like chicken but it's like the same idea right like a light broth I'm like very meaty. It's delicious
7:39
Okay, so we finally ordered the patrican kebab, so that's the one with the eggplant and I think
7:51
also some minced lamb on the sides. That's like one that we had never heard of before coming to Gaziantep, but everyone raves
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about it that you have to try the eggplant kebab. We also got the simit kebab and the simit kebab has pistachio in it and Gaziantep is
8:07
famous horrible session so that one should be pretty good too. She's gonna try the world famous patrikhan kebab. And it is with the
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lamb, minced lamb attached. And this is the best looking kebab that we've tried so far
8:24
It's like the prettiest presentation. It's very hot
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First of all, the eggplant is super tender, the inside is nice and soft and I think what
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happens is the flavors from the lamb get infused into the eggplant because it does taste a
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little like lemmy. You get the smoky meat flavor inside the eggplant
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It's really good. I think also because we haven't had that many vegetables in the last couple of days, this
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is a good addition to the kebab mix. mix. This is another famous kebab. It's called the Simit Kebab and it's minced lamb with
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local pistachios which Gaziantep is famous for. It has garlic and it has parsley. Am
9:21
I missing it Yes the bulgur Oh bulgur and it has mint And it a very interesting mix of ingredients and let give it a try I not a huge lamb fan but I assembling my little thing with all the veggies that they give you If you like this then it got to be good
9:38
Yeah, exactly. I'll be honest. Let's see. I feel like if I don't like it, everyone in Turkey is going to hate me
9:48
Mmm, probably. Is it good
10:02
It's really good. It's really really good. It's nice and spicy, it has other spices that I don't know what they are, but it has a
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lot of flavor. Perfectly cooked, mixes very well with the bread and the veggies taste
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It's very good. I'm going to try it. Yeah, I love it. So they have all these different types of baklava
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I mean, what we're having is actually called pabuch dilini, I think
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Some things are called baklava, they point to them, but everything is kind of like pistachio based
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I think also with the phyllo dough. I was wondering with the piece of paper it was for, and I was like, I think we can grab
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instead of cutting it with the organ knife and the waiter comes and he wraps it for us
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and it's like a little empanada I guess. A little pistacho empanada
11:07
Wait, more comfortable. I'm learning new things in gas gas. I don't know if taboo donors are a thing here in Gaziantep, but we love chicken
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And we've been here two times. And we thought these were delicious
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The best donors we've had in Turkey. So who do I like, right? Easily. Easily. Easily
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The chicken is right next to the hotel, so it's dangerous. So they use the bread that we like
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The chicken is perfectly cooked and juicy. juicy they put like some kind of tomato sauce and they don't put like french fries in which some
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people do when they don't like that they have the onions and the parsley and tomatoes and it's just
12:02
the chicken it's just so juicy and flavorful it's delicious oh and they come with like this little
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spicy peppers you put them in they're very spicy but they're like so flavorful can you eat
12:22
It's so good. That's as good as last time. So good. There are no menus here
12:37
Like, in most of the places, right? That we have eaten. All the kebab places
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For the most part, yeah. They just come to you and they start speaking to you in Turkish. And you're like, and then you say English
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Because you try, oh, the only word we know in Turkish is like, I'm eating chicken today but he's not
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And then they call the guy that speaks English So a guy comes and he takes us
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And then you go to the front And then you pick what you want
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And they bring it And that's pretty much it So I ordered chicken
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Because I don't feel like getting lamb today Like the whole thing I'll try it
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And then you order... The adina sic Thank you Oh wow
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I put salt in it? No, not. It looks delicious
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Well, I think it looks delicious. I know what's in there. The yogurt that I love and the lamb kabad that I love and eggplant puree, which should be good
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Something special. Some chili in there and I think all mixed up with garlic, so it should be delicious
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It's massive. It's awesome
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All the kebabs. The lamb is always very flavorful. Tons of spices
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And you can really taste the eggplant But I not that good at explaining flavors But the yogurt always delicious I guess balancing those spices
14:22
It's very good. It's one of the better ones we've had. Yeah. You make me think that the chicken looks sad
14:28
The chicken here in Gazelzeg, every time that we've had chicken, it's been so juicy and flavorful
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I honestly don't know how to do it. They must do something to it before. Right
14:39
Because the chicken- but they they make it a lot more yeah spiced than other places in Turkey
14:49
Oh like over the coals. This is Meningek coffee, and it's actually like a wild pistachio
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We had it as a gift from one of the restaurants. We got it in a little box as a digestif or something to have after the meal
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But this is roasted in the Turkish style, but just with that wild pistachio
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It doesn't have caffeine, so it's not real coffee. Unfortunately, it doesn't have caffeine right now
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But it should have a really interesting flavor. I guess I drink it with this
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It smells very nutty. It does smell like pistachio. It's so unique, I don't know what I just tasted
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It's super thick like Turkish coffee. A little bit sweet. I think they add sugar as well
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Then it's mostly just like nutty and even a little bit like chocolatey too
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Actually, it's pretty delicious. If it had caffeine, it would be all over the world
16:23
Five days later. We can't do any more kebab. You have been warned
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It's a little bit of a break. yeah about your visit to gaziantep take it easy it's a lot then some buffer days
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we just have like yogurt yep and cold milk the stomach we will continue eating tomorrow to say goodbye but for tonight
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that is dinner soup salad and an omelette It only made sense that we closed the video in the first place we ate here
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This is our third time here. Just for the record, we haven't recorded all the times we've eaten
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So if you think we've eaten a lot in this video, you haven't seen it all
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And this is the best chicken... ...Ukraine? Donor. Chicken Donor. And I hope you like the video
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This was very fun to shoot. We can't wait to have a salad, honestly
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But we hope you liked it. in Gaziantep is amazing. Most unique food we've never tried
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A lot of places like this, but they just specialize in one place and they do it so right
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that you just don't need to order anything else. And yeah, thank you for watching
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I feel bad for the next 45 days in Turkey. I don't know how it's gonna live up to the food that we had here in Gaziantep
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but we have to live with it. And yeah, what can I say
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This city really grew on me. The first day I was like, oh Gaziantep, it's kind of rough around the edges
18:02
The food was good, but the city was a little bit busy and hectic and not what we were used to, I guess
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But now I feel really comfortable here and I really enjoyed it. The whole city is amazing to walk through and just check out the different sights
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Obviously the food was awesome. So many new flavors. So many new foods. Yeah, it's our last meal here and it's time to move on to Urfa
18:27
We have a massive problem because we just realized that our passports are not in the
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passport bag that we carry with us. So we're trying to figure that out
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I think she said, like, look in the suitcases. They're not in the suitcases
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We left the passports in the hotel, I'm pretty sure. So I need to take a break from this
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