“If you’re vegetarian, you should order this. If you’re not vegetarian, you should order this” 😂😂
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
RIGHT HAHAH
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
The point is to get it 😂
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
Turkish food!! Yay!!! Every turkish restaurant or cafe we went to in Turkey were absolutely amazing, simple but sooo Beautiful
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Bring back memories 😍
@NinisCooking4 жыл бұрын
Whoaaaa 🤩 I've never seen Turkish food before and it looks absolutely beautiful and delicious!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
You gotta try Turkish food nin 🤗
@LifetimeTravelmates4 жыл бұрын
The guys at the pizza place look so friendly!!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yesss he's really friendly, so nice
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
Oh literally called Balloon, love the sound of the crust!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So good right
@TwoHungryDiners4 жыл бұрын
The first spot really looks awesome. Amazing array of Turkey cuisine. My eyes are drawn to that eggplant & capsicum with yogurt dish. We will absolutely enjoy that eggplant dish, our favourite!! 😍
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yessss😋
@bearsandbutters4 жыл бұрын
The Muhammara dish looks so flavorful and colorful. We really liked the way their dishes were presented.. so beautifully. The dish with the minced lamb meat with walnuts was a great price for $10 and looked so good. Interesting that they have bagels and yogurt instead of bagel and cream cheese. It looks so flavorful. Wow.. you guys were able to eat a good amount of food on this adventure!!
@AnSEpisodes4 жыл бұрын
We visited Hakiki because of the ice cream shop that we supposed to visit was closed lol, but yeah lucky we visited, loved the Turkish ice cream texture and they have variant of great flavors too.
@LifetimeTravelmates4 жыл бұрын
Turkish desserts are one of my favourite! Specially baklava 😍😍😍
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Say no to baklava 😆
@TheWorldnUs4 жыл бұрын
Love Turkish food! We’re planning to visit Turkey for a couple of months in June/July. Can’t wait!!!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So exciting guys!!
@Golfadventureswithchris4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever Turkish food before. All of the dishes look so creative. I was expecting the bread to deflate instead of being hallow inside. The ice cream sounds great
@AnSEpisodes4 жыл бұрын
Kebab and Baklava afterwards, perfect! and yeah pistachio
@bearsandbutters4 жыл бұрын
We love kebabs and great that you got a huge platter of them!! So many veggies came with it! Glad to hear that the lamb didn't have a gamey taste as we know Helmi isn't a fan of it. That Turkish Pizza with the yolk on top looked amazing and we agree Nick, it looked like a boat for sure. We have never tried that before.
@bearsandbutters4 жыл бұрын
Hey Nick and Helmi! This is so awesome that you went to try different Turkish foods. We don't think we have ever had Turkish food before, besides kebab. It was so awesome to see that wood fire oven cooking the bread! We bet it smelled amazing in there. You guys always go to such cool places.
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Oh man pide is delicious too! Sucuk has a lot of flavor on its own then you add in that cheese, egg and spices 🤤
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Soooo gooood😋
@bangkokwalks88754 жыл бұрын
This is pure joy to watch my friend! This is what I am striving for in my videos!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 🙂
@jatag4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never had Turkish food but it looks like something I definitely want to try as soon as possible.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Definitely try them for sure 😄
@MikkiShihTzu4 жыл бұрын
Turkish food is so pretty already from the start!! This place knows what doing!! Thats a sports Dome of bread!! That cut thru the bread so crispy! Love the halo ness inside!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So yeah all food are so good!
@bearsandbutters4 жыл бұрын
That Puff bread with oil and herbs.. looked AMAZING and $5 was not a bad price. We would need a couple of those for the table for sure!! We were cracking up when Nick said "That's how Helmi destroys a masterpiece" LOLOL!! That burnt butter did look really good, and Butters was eyeing that closely!! LOL!!
@LifetimeTravelmates4 жыл бұрын
Oh man! Thanks for showing us how they orepare it! It looks YUM!!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
it's the best shot!! :)
@bambiph96953 жыл бұрын
Love how you guy's describe the food sound so nice.
@NinisCooking4 жыл бұрын
how rude that pistachio slap your face! 🤣 your outro got me! 🤣
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Ahahaha😆😆 thanks nin
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
So happy you enjoyed that lamb Helmi 😍
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Love it!!😋
@RudyVisuals4 жыл бұрын
The balloon bread is so cool! I love those crunching noises it makes when you cut it I can imagine it would have an amazing crunch to it 😋
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yeah so good right 😋
@bearsandbutters4 жыл бұрын
What a great way to end that meal with some sour cherry ice cream. That sounds so delicious and refreshing. Butters would be all over that baklava as it's one of her favorite desserts. Never tried that birds nest one before, but Helmi looked like she was in heaven when eating one. Too funny at the end of Helmi lifting those weights.. now it all makes sense, how you can both eat so much, and stay so trim!! Must be that amazing Asian metabolism that us 2 white chicks were not blessed with LOLOL!! Love you guys to the mother effin' moon and fun video!!
@TravelInteresante4 жыл бұрын
Konak is a neighborhood in Izmir and super close to my hometown!
@zoeyelda39264 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow Turk! Around Izmir is a beautiful region. My paternal side of the family are Izmir natives for many generations :)
@TravelInteresante4 жыл бұрын
@@zoeyelda3926 Hiiii and that's awesome! We could be distinct cousins 😉
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
I bet it's really beautiul coastal town 😍😍
@Tyler38533 жыл бұрын
Omg! I felt so proud haha! Turkish people are literally pleasure /delight people who love their food. It’s like art. She mastered the names of everything it was so sweet her reactions and her accent. So glad you guys loved it. Im actually from konak-izmir. That place looks super cute I haven’t been before, will go for sure next time I’m in the area. I was having mixed kebab plate for dinner earlier now she made me want some baklava! 😍
@nickandhelmi3 жыл бұрын
We need to explore and try more Turkish food, Aria🥰
@Yasin_Affandi4 жыл бұрын
D Turkish pide looked amazing. All d other dishes too.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Especially with sucuk, the Turkish sausage 😋
@KimchiAndBeansVideos4 жыл бұрын
Some of this mezze is new to us. Lahmacun is one of our favorite things in the world! That one looks spectacular.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Agree lahmacun is the best 😍
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Lahmacun is one of our favorite Turkish dishes! Off-menu exclusive too 👍👍
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Honestly lahmacun is our favourite among all😭
@TravelInteresante4 жыл бұрын
So true, Turks drink coffee after breakfast. Breakfast in Turkish translates into "pre-coffee"
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Aww i see, good to know this gokce🙂
@JustinBrehm4 жыл бұрын
Everything looked awesome, thanks for the very interesting video. Be safe
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Justin 🙌🏻😊
@JustinBrehm4 жыл бұрын
Anytime, definitely deserve more subscribers
@AnSEpisodes4 жыл бұрын
so you guys got a full day of breakfast to dinner and dessert with Turkish delicacy!
@MonacoSpeed2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. Turkish cuisine is wonderful. I have been a school teacher for 25 year in American international schools and have retired from that field. My next venture is opening a Turkish restaurant in my city. There are none.
@richardlindesay4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this, I’m going to get lazy with you guys doing my food research for me!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha we got you, richard😎
@TwoHungryDiners4 жыл бұрын
Baklava is our favourite Turkish dessert! Especially if they add some rose water to to the sugar syrup, so delicious 🤤 Love to see generous amount of sugar syrup in that baklava. You can make it at home I guess by using filo pastry you get from supermarket, haha but yeah it won’t be the same but it’s cheaper option 😆
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So much effort hahaa😆 we're lazy 😂
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Loving all that fresh dill on top of that eggplant. So much going on with that tomato sauce, yogurt, spices and dill
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Even Nick loves it too🙂
@TravelInteresante4 жыл бұрын
We cant wait to go to Antep and have an actual food tour one day, baklava is looking sooo good!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So envy guysss
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Oh man all those fresh herbs on top of that puffy bread look delicious. Olive oil, sesame and herbs 😋
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So aromatic & crunchy😋
@PogiboyProductions4 жыл бұрын
Strong coffee.. I need that after a big meal lol.. Turkish ice cream looks yum too.. chewy !
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yep and harder to melt hehe
@AnSEpisodes4 жыл бұрын
You guys got so many dishes there! Kinda understand why they call the bread Balon lol
@KimchiAndBeansVideos4 жыл бұрын
Nice intro, Nick. And great choice of cuisine. It's one of our top 5 for sure, even though we haven't been to Turkey yet.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Same. Wish to go Turkey soon🙂
@NinisCooking4 жыл бұрын
I want that! Sucuk Pide!! it looks like a boat as you said and it looks yummy tooooooooo 🤤🤤🤤
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Indeed so delicious!
@jesse1135534 жыл бұрын
UniBros in Sydney Uni also has great pides and shawarma kebabs too. Affordable prices for students. I love their meat boxes which comes with either rice, chips, salad or tabouleh.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Ohh nice! We have to check that out 😍
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
Lahmacun looks like thin crust pizza, without the cheese. Love the amount of meat topping!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
The best, so good!😋
@KimchiAndBeansVideos4 жыл бұрын
That yogurt and sauce on top of the meat look like heaven. Yes, Helmi is like Maria when it comes to dessert. Hhaha We have a place very similar to that one close to our apartment. Great choices guys.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys 🥰
@ejtpun10664 жыл бұрын
Yum! Thanks for these inner west foodie gems. Will check them out
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching🙌🏻😁
@PogiboyProductions4 жыл бұрын
Wow that Turkish sausage.. there's also an egg in there! I bet it's incredible!!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So delicious 🙌🏻
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
Woo!!! Turkish food looks amazing! I'm excited! Love the restaurant setting, and perfect song choice too! Daaaamnnnn that's a Turkish feast there!! 🤤🤤🤤
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
yess yess!!!
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Of course Helmi needs dessert! Really like the stretchy Turkish ice cream. Sour cherry is a nice Turkish flavor too 👍
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Oh yes go for classic Turkish flavour
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Dessert round 2! Oh man Turkish baklava is sooo good. Love the pistachio
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Cant miss it ☺️
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
Love Pide! Omg did I say I love everything!! So many good memories
@SydneyFoodBoy4 жыл бұрын
Omg my video for this week will be at new star too 🤭 great minds think alike. Awesome video you two!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Oh my is it😂 yeah they're so friendly & good food too
@HeidiL19874 жыл бұрын
Some great recommendations that I need to check out!! Thank you Nick and Helmi 😊😊😊
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Heidi🙌🏻🙂
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
Spicy peanut butter, like satay sauce? 🤤🤤🤤 Sounds amazing! That "boat" dish looks incredible! I'm salivating 🤤🤤🤤
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but a mellow satay sauce
@TravelInteresante4 жыл бұрын
Icli Kofte and Lahmacun I can never resist!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Goshhh especially lahmacun, the best ever 😋
@grena0707 Жыл бұрын
As them if they could make Tarator. I bet my Aussie mates will love it so much.
@hamzastoyvideos88253 жыл бұрын
Awesome vlog you guys are very nice and good explanation. Post more.
@nickandhelmi3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching😁
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
Meze is awesome!! It can go for hours, you just gotta add some Raki to it
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thinking to have raki but it was morning, too early lol😆
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
@@nickandhelmi that's a great start of the day
@PeterandYen4 жыл бұрын
That's a herbal bread balloon 🎈 that you ate 😋👍 the red pepper 🌶 dish looks and sounds incredible o my gosh. But then that eggplant ooooo man crazy. What a delicious meal y'all had 🤤 woohoo Turkish ice cream 🍦 never tried that before will have to try one day. What you mean your day is not complete without dessert y'all had ice cream already 😂 but it's ok double dessert day sounds good. The pistachio and walnut filo dessert looks sooo good 😯
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
One dessert for lunch and one dessert for dinner 😉
@AussieAngeS4 жыл бұрын
Omg yum 😋 all those dishes look fabulous, that sucuk pide looks so good, I literally want that now lol. That’s an awesome Turkish restaurant, thanks for sharing with us guys ❤️
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching angie😊
@celilsemisamerkiner94333 жыл бұрын
Mate, you made me miss Turkish coffee!! I will definitely try Konak restaurant.
@nickandhelmi3 жыл бұрын
Haha😊 love it, strong flavour👍🏻
@yasminarifai4 жыл бұрын
I love new star 😍 you guys should come all the way to penrith. It has SO MANY modern cafes. Also lots of nice new restaurants in Penrith Panthers where they opened up a new malaysian restaurant. And Emu Hall is one of the best restaurants in Sydney. And if you want dessert go to Tella Balls 😋.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Yasmina 😁 Yes we need explore western sydney more🙌 Helmi loves Tella Balls, normally we went to the Dulwich Hill one for night dessert 🤪
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
The Kebab guy looks like such a cool dude! The chef looks friendly too. Omg I'm staring at my screen, salivating!! What a mountain of kebab and yogurt!! Lol Effendi, sure you're not one of the shareholder? 🤣 Classic Shish kebab, looks nice and smokey!! Mmmmmmmhhhh!!!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
I had to claim all my royalties for iskender kebab 😂😎
@jolintruong62634 жыл бұрын
Would love to visit Australia. The food looks appetizing.
@TravelInteresante4 жыл бұрын
Helmi you have muscles there, girl! It was the best episode eveeeeer! ;)
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thanks gokce and steve🤗
@LifetimeTravelmates4 жыл бұрын
Balloon...🤤🤤 Looks awesome!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yaaa🥰🥰
@juliodefreitas1572 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your video. 💙💙👍👍
@MikkiShihTzu4 жыл бұрын
Helmi face is light up over the ice cream!! Kid in a candy store!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Ooopps hahahaa😂😂
@carlclifford642 жыл бұрын
Effendi is the equivalent to Sir or Lord. Iskander is the Turkish version of Alexander. Love Turkish food.
@nickandhelmi2 жыл бұрын
wow didnt know about this before!
@PogiboyProductions4 жыл бұрын
Mmmm desserts!! Takes years to perfect lol.. definitely need to buy
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Hehe of course!
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
Yes definitely, dessert, wait this is round two dessert, because you had your ice cream ealier right 😋 omggg Baklava 😍😍😍 love pistachios! Dripping in goodness, Helmi's reaction says it all! Those crunches... 🤤🤤🤤 You guys have such a feast!! All in a day???!!!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yaa 2nd dessert 😂😂
@ravravu83064 жыл бұрын
Trust me guys star kabab is best place so good food..i just love everything
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Woohoo YES!🙌🏻
@RudyVisuals4 жыл бұрын
Turkish food is so good! Watching your video reminded us of our Turkish food craving. We were planning to get some before the lockdown happened and unfortunately the place we like doesn't do delivery 😭
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Ohh no so gotta wait till it's over. Hope everything is okay guys ;)
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Man the intro has us drooling already! 🤤
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Voice over time hahaa
@nurrr_____3 жыл бұрын
10:25 Same as in Turkey, look so beautiful!
@nickandhelmi3 жыл бұрын
Yeayy💕💕
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
Simit is awesome. It's similar to a pretzel 🥨 but better
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
İçli Köfte 🤤🤤🤤 my favorite
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So goooood
@Yasin_Affandi4 жыл бұрын
Baklava, heavenly desserts.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yes yes gotta feature baklava for sure hehe
@blumenmaedchen1154 жыл бұрын
Looks very tasty 👍 Thank you for sharing
@TwoHungryDiners4 жыл бұрын
Omg we love Turkish ice cream 😍 I really thought you guys might get that naughty act from Turkish ice cream seller where they try to trick you before you get the ice cream eventually haha.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
They used to do it but not anymore now coz the store is so busy 😂
@mariaandbryan4 жыл бұрын
Those desserts are great 😋
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So good 😋
@MikkiShihTzu4 жыл бұрын
Dude that long boat sausage looks like a sandwich pizza!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So true! 😄🙌🏻
@NinisCooking4 жыл бұрын
Do they have sorbet? anyway, the kebab looks so tasty!! I saw a lot of people behind your table 😮
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
The kebab place is so famous
@TwoHungryDiners4 жыл бұрын
You guys really ordered a lot from that kebab shop haha. Everything looks incredibly delicious! 😍 I guess lamb feast for the rest of the week? 😆
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yup hahaha
@Cookinggvlogss4 жыл бұрын
VERY NICE WOOHOO AMAZING Thanks for share 🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷👍👍👍👍👍🌷🌷🌷
@WazBlack4 жыл бұрын
Great episode guys! Mouth-watering food. I'd love to see you do a special on food of the Levant - some awesome Syrian and Lebanese restaurants around town. I always try and visit @Al Shami Merrylands and @Almond Bar in Darlinghurst. Or even @Al Aseel.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Wallace🙏🏻 Got your message in IG as well, will check them 😊
@oytunoner49544 жыл бұрын
Hakiki is the best ice cream shop in Sydney. It must be hard to churn the ice cream like that.
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Agree!!😁😋
@saahieel_lifts4 жыл бұрын
Shwarma kebabs are my comfort food 😂. Nice one guys ❤️. Thai food next pls
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Saahieel🙌🏻 Yess Thai Food✅
@watlilyo49094 жыл бұрын
Helmi has such screen presence she should be the star of a movie set
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Omg hahaa thanks again watli 🥰🥰
@FoodandFootprints4 жыл бұрын
Helmi, just admit you like lamb now 😁 It looks like lamb adana kebab with the minced meat. Can’t beat that charcoal aroma 🤤
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yessss!😂😁
@KimchiAndBeansVideos4 жыл бұрын
That coffee will keep you awake for 2 days!! LOL Ice cream that doesn't melt... What?!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Yess u guys should try 😆
@PuriandSue4 жыл бұрын
Looool!! Doesn't melt as fast, perfect for vloggers to take their B-Rolls 🤣🤣🤣 what a life, camera always have to eat first hahaha!! 😭
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
So true right!🤣🤣
@sehrguterTyp Жыл бұрын
I must try this 😍
@MikkiShihTzu4 жыл бұрын
One thing I notice about Turkish food..yogurt is a common ingredient!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Agreee!
@bambiph96953 жыл бұрын
Hi Nick & Helmi what is this restaurant called ?
@TodorVankov4 жыл бұрын
Very good video my friend :)
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Todor😊
@PogiboyProductions4 жыл бұрын
Cool! Turkish food! Haha it does look like a balloon! Nicely named too! 😋 "That's how Helmi destroys a masterpiece" haha!
@nickandhelmi4 жыл бұрын
Barbaric hahaa😂😂
@carlclifford642 жыл бұрын
Iskander probably entered Turkish names from Alexander the Great, who spent a fair bit of time there, a while back.
@steve35113 жыл бұрын
Hey guys try the Greek restaurant in Beverly Hills it’s on king George’s road
@nickandhelmi3 жыл бұрын
Hey steve, i look it up, there are 2. Thaleia Greek and Eat GRK 😆 both looked good from pictures. So which one is it? Thank you for the recommendation btw 🙂