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It's Trevor James, and today I'm at Istanbul super hungry,
and were gunna go for some
awesome Turkish desserts, baklava.
I'm real hungry and we're on the Galata Bridge
right now on the way there.
Let's go check it out.
Turkey is a food heaven.
I tasted flavors there
that I didn't even know existed.
And when that happens,
there's a magic that you'll never forget,
and a place stays forever in your heart.
You don't want to leave.
And the flavors are etched
into your mind like your first love.
Except this is much more.
It's your first bite into a new world.
So this is the most bumpin' baklava place in Istanbul.
It's got the best sweets,
and I'm here to meet the owner and hear how it's made.
Wow!
Look at this.
Baklava heaven!
(speaks in foreign language)
- One portion.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah, bye.
- Thank you, okay.
So, Mr. Hasan there, probably the nicest guy I've ever met,
and he's given me a full plate of classic baklava.
I'm really excited to try these today,
because this represents all of the flavors
that you would normally find in baklava.
We have five different type of baklava.
This is a full pistachio, okay.
This is a walnut.
Oh, look at that, oh yeah!
This is a walnut pistachio mix.
This is the classic baklava.
Oh, yeah.
And this one here is a super pistachio baklava.
Extra size, extra big.
Okay. I'm gunna go the classic baklava first.
That is super sweet.
Wow!
It has a strong pistachio flavor.
And this pastry is really flaky.
Actually, that's probably one of the sweetest
candies I've ever tried.
It's almost unbearably sweet, but delicious.
I can see if you have a sweet tooth
you get really addicted to these really fast.
This is the best baklava joint in Istanbul.
And I was lucky enough to visit in the summer of 2015.
The summer I began contemplating
going full time with food ranging.
It's the summer I met Ting Ting at a hostel in Istanbul,
and now we're both full time food ranging.
This is where it all began.
- Okay.
- Very good, very good.
- Thank you so much for watching
these food and travel videos.
It really means a lot to me,
and I'm so happy to be here today
at the best baklava restaurant in Istanbul.
So many locals here.
So many people.
It's so busy, and I just gotta say
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