HAFIZ MUSTAFA: Your Dentist Needs To Make His Boat Payment
A post describing every delectable Turkish dessert would be long as a book and simply a redundancy of several other well written articles already published...
RECEP USTA: Street Sweets
The Recep Usta sweets cart in is usually found somewhere in the shopping district up the hill from the Spice Bazaar, though the mobile status...
PAŞAZADE: Ottoman Inertia
Prepare yourself for a different kind of experience if you decide to sample the fares of this classical Ottoman style restaurant. This is not like...
TATLICI SAFA: Oil, Carbs, Sugar, Go!
For a lot of people, the first thing that comes to mind when they consider Turkish cuisine is the sweets. This stereotype is certainly rooted...
What Is? Aşure (Noah’s Pudding)
The story goes like this: Noah was sailing his Ark around on the angry tides, and began to run our of food for all his...
What Is? Baklava
cheap, available, and guaranteed to give you a sugar rush, baklava is the most common sweet in Istanbul, though there is some contention about who...
What Is? Peynir Tatlısı
Not common, this treat is generally reserved for special occasions like weddings or birthdays, but can be found on the menu at many restaurants in...
What Is? Lokum (Turkish Delight)
Often in the shape of small cubes, Turkish delight, or Lokum, was invented more than 200 years ago by the royal confectioner to the Ottoman...