kokorec is a lamb intestine sandwich
that's dangerous this is super good it's like a full meal in like one bite
we spotted a guy who sells roasted cats which is one of the things on our list
today we're in the delicious city of istanbul and we've got a
massive but probably a little too ambitious food tour lined up
so true so we have been here for a little while and i think we've come to know a little bit
about what kinds of foods we want to try so we have written 15 of them down on this list
and we are going to try our hand at trying them all out today we'll see how far we get
thank you so much so we're at our first stop of the day which is for uh chai tea and
turkish coffee i did the chai tea it seems like pretty well everyone here seems to start their
day with chai tea so i figured i'd give it a go added a little sugar because i like my teaspoon
smells amazing tastes exactly like you'd expect for chai tea
but it's delicious good way to start the day i see why they do it so on top of always coming
in small tiny cups what makes turkish coffee unique is that it's very finely ground beans
and it's unfiltered which means even though the cup is really small and the coffee is
really small it's very rich and packs a lot of punch a lot of caffeine a tiny little cup here
a little bitter for my liking but locals love it don't be afraid to leave the last little bit
of behind because it's unfiltered there's a lot of coffee grinds at the very bottom
next item on the list is simet which is the guy it's kind of like a turkish pretzel
but i hear it's a little drier guess we're gonna see
it's like cream cheese that is good that's dangerous
that's so good oh my god it's so good i'm glad you suggested the cheese it's like
okay this is iron it's like a traditional turkish drink i think it's kind of liquidy kind of yogurty
a little mix of both so definitely yogurty but just like very thin
not too bad a lot of people are drinking it so i'll give it a try and i can see why
fresh pomegranate juice that's what you need after
walking around these streets super busy really refreshing
delicious thank you so pomegranate juice wasn't originally on our list but we've added it
because we've seen it everywhere and uh it's usually pretty cheap here and all like we see
people drinking it all the time so it had to be added it was a great addition we've come to the
spice market because we know there's a few things that we'd like to get from here but then we've
like seen some other things that are everywhere and we don't know what the names are and they're
not on our list but i think we're going to try them anyway wow what is that oh my god
good good oh whoa it's in the back of my mouth like popping into my brain yeah exactly
that's trippy pistachio pomegranate almonds nutella
maybe a couple that's probably more than we need hey just tiny little bit
all right so we have left the spice marker
i'm excited i'll try this guy i don't know what this is
these are all really good this is this one's really good yeah a little dinosaur egg
i will say super high quality chocolate whatever this would be awesome
i think it would be a super good souvenir we are going home so we
can't buy any souvenirs but if you're going home this is an awesome souvenir
we've spotted a guy who sells roasted gas which is one of the things on our
list i don't know what kind of nuts they are we're gonna go find out
you can see him like he scores them before he bakes them before he roasts them
so they come apart easily oh okay that looks awesome oh it's hot yeah
you quickly put it in your mouth it's not gonna expect it
kind of tastes like a kernel oh yeah or like somewhere between that and like a baked potato
these are pretty good it's like a two dollar snack super tasty they're really tasty yeah
this would be good for like a road trip for walking around the day that'd be really yummy
looks like we're not the only ones on a food tour
okay so we decided to move on and grab some fish sandwiches beside the bridge and you can see
behind me there's a ton of restaurants offering these sandwiches looks pretty basic onions
lettuce fish and a sandwich no customization that's for sure
it smells like a fishy fish sandwich and it tastes like a fishy fish the only thing i'd say is watch
out when you're ordering money is flying the fish sandwich is in your face before you know it
i will not be getting fish sandwich
bones are part of it i guess watch yourself then
do you think one of those guys just got your lunch i think so figure out who to think later
that is tremendous so p day is sometimes described as like turkish pizza
it's like a flat bread dough with usually like meat and veggies and
maybe cheese like this one so i got beef and cheese pizza
madness crunchy knows how to meat i love the dough it's so flaky wow and that is my kind of
meal oh my gosh that is good it's like a beef and cheese pizza but no tomato sauce this is perfect
so here we go rocky traditional national drink of turkey it's meant to be served cold
it's made from grapes and that is and then you add a little bit of water to top it up
it smells like a licorice licorice yeah it smells like liquor i can smell it from here
it's like strong licorice
no not a fan this is
their own
okay
what did you get don't know did you pick no i didn't pick
i just gave you a little everything turkish ice cream with extra cone on top which is
as i understand it thicker than ice cream that we're used to wow it's so thick
wow that looks pretty good oh it looks good you see though it's like it's like stringy almost
that's how thick it is that's delicious i don't know what flavor that is i would highly recommend
i just wish it was hot it's cold and rainy but ice cream is good any day
next up we got mussels it's stuffed and it's got like the mussel meat and then it looks like rice
and some spices that's really good taste the seafood
it's like a full meal in like one bite because you have the mussel meat and then you have rice
and some spices so you have a little bit of everything in like a one bite package
except for vegetables but who needs those not you there's a lemon here's the vegetables right there
we finally got my apple teeth came at a great time because it's cold with a cotton ring
it's really um tastes exactly like an apple steeped in hot water we often see
people sitting outside with this adorable little cup and in the mornings let us try
it but this time of day seems to always have the apple tea in it and actually it's yummy
all right next up is coco rich cocorach is a lamb intestine sandwich
really good tastes just like ground beef or ground pork
not too greasy at all almost a little dry actually this would be a good lunch
if you can get over the lamb testing which you obviously can
we got ourselves some turkish delight and we felt kind of silly because we bought
six pieces like itty bitty pieces and you wrapped them up so pretty for us
there's an awful lot of effort for our tiny amount of turkish
it feels delight silly all right oh my gosh i think i chose one that was
covered in coconut flakes that was a good idea it's delicious it's really subtle
i was worried it was gonna be like gummy i don't like gummy like candies and stuff that's yummy
let's try our other flavor i don't know what flavors we got i think it might be the same but
with powder on the outside instead of coconut that's really good anyway delicious delightful
hey how much
all right we've got some baklava
delicious turkish baklava that we've been avoiding for a long time up until this point
the taste and sounds of turkey really good very sweet looks like something's drizzling off but
try this one it looks more chocolaty
seemed like a chocolate in that one still very sweet
and it's still covered in some sort of syrup really good i definitely have to try this
this is a beef well just a kebab i think it's beef
maybe it's lamb they like mince the meat and then mush it all around a skewer and then um grill it
and it's divine it's so good just like basic flavor of the meat that it's really really good
this is the last thing i think i'm eating today finally all right the last dish for me
is a chicken shawarma it's uh what we see a lot of people eating and it's everywhere on the streets
so many food vendors offer them they have those huge sticks or mounds of meats and they
shave them off chunks of chicken or beef or whatever you can get them put into different
types of buns this one's in that kind of a pita bread very much a taste of the istanbul cuisine
super delicious got chicken some sauce
um just some tomatoes and lettuce and a couple other things there that i don't recognize so
definitely not a bad way to end the day even though i'm sorry he's still so full
we made it to the end of our day so let's check the list it's almost all scratched off
except one the elusive baked potato we heard about these things you could like get a potato
and then choose your own toppings never found them apparently they're all over can't find them
don't know where they are if you know where they are tell us in the comments but everything else
look at that list we ended up with 18 things so really quick what was your favorite uh
my favorite the p-day was amazing and i think i also love the submit which feels like a compound
because it was like it's like the snacky food you get on the side of the road but it was so
good but not gonna lie i love the p-day i did like this a minute i don't know the uh the little like
chocolate like balls that we got at the spice market those were really good too super good
turkish food is fantastic they just have so many options which is why it's so great like so much to
explore in a new city with a new cuisine lots of variety but achieve foods there's a lot of
foods to pack in a day we suggest you spread them out over a few because we are stuffed we're gonna
roll ourselves to bed now i think that's it for us today until next time thanks for watching looks
delicious drop some inside your shoe put in the oven
look at that oh
still drinking it though oh god
guess it's up to me maybe full but not that full
i thought you were full i was full i am full
well these are so good