Good morning from Istanbul.
Morning.
I still have that sleepy voice.
Yeah!
We are starving so we’re going to get a traditional Turkish breakfast,
which everyone says that we have to try.
We haven’t yet so we’re going to check that off of our list.
And we’re staying in this Galata area of the city, which we love.
And it’s full of steep streets, winding and narrow.
Very charming streets but when you haven’t eaten and you’re so hungry, I’m like…
Takes a lot of energy first thing.
…out of breath.
But it’s worth it to get Turkish breakfast.
We had to stop on the way and show you the Galata Tower.
It is one of the most famous landmarks in Istanbul
and, of course, this is the Galata area so we have the Galata Tower
and it’s one of the oldest towers in the entire world.
I believe the first one, because there have been a few,
dates back to the 6th century
and then they rebuilt it in the early 1200s.
And it was originally used as a lighthouse because it’s on a hill
hence all of the hills walking around here.
But you can see it from all over the city and it’s beautiful, yeah.
And they light it up really nicely at night.
Yeah it looks amazing at night.
I love it.
Onwards!
I spy Turkish breakfast!
I hope they have it.
I hope they have it, yeah.
Şirin Fırın | Bakery
We’re at Şirin Bakery and they have brought the food and it just fills the entire table.
In fact, she had to bring over a cute little stool to use as an extra table
because it just looks like a feast.
We’re going to eat very well.
If you eat with your eyes, I am already feeling very good about this meal.
We also ordered Turkish coffee,
which looks very rich
and they serve it with a little glass of water like this
and also, my favourite part,
a piece of Turkish delight.
One of my favourite things on the planet.
So starting my day with Turkish delight… it’s going to be a good day.
And then the breakfast plates — the Turkish breakfast —
comes with all these little samples of different things for you to try and mix together.
It looks amazing and so colourful.
I’m not exactly sure what every single thing is
but I know we definitely have a hard-boiled egg,
there’s two different kinds of cheese,
some meat,
cucumber with sliced peppers,
tomato,
butter,
honey,
olives,
and jam.
And then what looks like borek in the middle
and there’s definitely some with meat
and I think there’s some cheese borek too, which is my personal favourite.
Oh and there’s bread as well.
And sugar if you want to add it to your very strong Turkish coffee.
So this just looks amazing.
I can’t wait to dig in.
I love how they serve this Turkish coffee.
I haven’t had this in years.
When I lived in Germany, my host mom was half-Turkish
and so she sometimes made me Turkish coffee
and I just remember feeling that it was really strong.
So I’ll see if I feel the same now that I’ve grown up a little bit.
See if you need any sugar in there.
Yeah.
I think I probably will.
Still strong! -Yeah you’re wide awake now.
All of a sudden I feel so awake.
Oh it’s really creamy though.
It looks like it.
You know what?
It’s actually really strong
but I think that, you know there’s not very much of it
and with the Turkish delight, maybe I don’t need to add sugar.
No? -It’s really creamy, which surprises me because
normally if I just have a, you know, espresso or something, it tastes…
it doesn’t taste like this.
This tastes better.
To me.
It’s just creamier.
Goes down smooth.
Where to begin?
You know what?
Maybe I’ll try the borek first.
Oh yeah, good choice.
Mmm.
Tastes really fresh.
We’re at a bakery.
It’s so good.
I’d be happy just with this to be honest.
Was it a cheese borek or was there meat in it? -It was cheese, yeah.
My favourite.
Mmm.
Choose your own adventure.
I love how you can just try little bits of everything and mix it as you want.
Okay.
Maybe some of the jam.
And I love jam and cheese together.
Here’s some cheese.
Mmm.
You know how I feel about cheese and jam.
Do you like cheese and jam together? Leave a comment!
Mmm.
I’m living vicariously through you.
I just keep going ‘mmm’ to myself.
Marc hasn’t even had any yet because there’s so much to try.
I know!
This…it’s a good way to start the day.
I’m already counting how many days we have left in Turkey
and mentally calculating how many more times I can have Turkish breakfast.
I guess I like it.
Might have to extend our stay.
Maybe.
Okay, I’m going to try this one.
It’s been intriguing me.
I don’t exactly know what that is.
I think it’s a meat borek.
A meat borek, yeah.
It kind of smells like meat, yeah.
So let’s do it.
Smells like meat, must be meat.
Okay.
You just can’t go wrong with borek.
No.
Do you want to mix and match some other things?
Yeah.
Let’s try this… --There’s the bread as well.
Let’s try this cheese.
I’m going to take a slice of this.
Whoa!
Oh!
No!
We’ve lost the cheese.
Oh no!
Oh!
It’s okay, I’ll share with you.
Okay, thank you.
The table is so small, it was bound to happen.
That’s the saddest thing that’s ever happened.
At least it wasn’t the egg.
Oh, I hate losing cheese.
Do you often lose cheese?
It might be one of the first times. -Exactly.
Mmm.
Does it taste like feta?
It’s like maybe goat’s cheese.
Mmm.
Really good.
Really creamy.
Mmm I love it.
These olives are staring at me and they just look so good.
So let’s get one of these.
Should I go with black or green?
I don’t know, choose your own adventure.
Maybe both.
I for sure thought that was going on the ground too.
I know.
I’m not very good at this.
It almost did.
Mmm mmm mmm.
So final thoughts on Turkish breakfast?
I love Turkish breakfast.
I’m on board.
I also want to do this every single day.
Forever.
Turkish breakfast…great success.
Huge hit.
We love it.
And we love that place.
Yeah, it’s called Şirin Bakery.
Really cozy, nice people.
I will link it in the description box.
If you’re in Istanbul, highly, highly recommend it.
Check it out.
I think we’ll find ourselves there again, in fact.
I think so.
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