INCREDIBLE Turkish Food Tour in Istanbul

Dive into a full plate with our Turkish Food Tour in Istanbul, Turkey! We’re trying döner kebab, Kokoreç, Turkish coffee, Salep, and, of course, Raki! + more!
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🎥 Vlog #220 | 🇹🇷 Turkey Travel Vlog | Istanbul, Türkiye
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[@ThePassportCouple]

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[@precursors]

They pour melted butter on top of iskender kebap. The bread at the bottom soaks up the meat juice and the butter. Heavenly.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Heavenly is the prefect description for that iskender kebap 🇹🇷👏

[@juanwick523]

first time here. Turkish food looks amazing.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for watching 🙌 And you are right, Turkish food is out of this world amazing 🇹🇷👏

[@bedriyeylmaz4390]

Haklısın lezzetli yemeklerimiz var bu lezzetli yemekler farklı devletlerde de de ilgi görüyor bu nedenle çalınmaya çalışılıyor maalesef ​@@ThePassportCouple

[@fatmaemin511]

I'm currently in the US but have fun with my country!! I miss Turkish food so badly..

[@kyivexpat6485]

Guys, as a Turkish person, i am watching this from Kyiv/Ukraine. This was a great video! Btw, I've never seen anyone in my life eating İskender Kepab at İskender restaurant, pay the check and go to Çiya right after that)))) You'd normally need a day after visiting one of those restaurants to recover))) Well done!!! 👏👏👏

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for watching from Kyiv 🙌 We cannot say it was easy, physically, to eat at those dishes back to back, but it was very easy to eat them from a taste standpoint. Turkish food is amazing, incredible, and more 👏 We couldn't stop eating everything tasted so good. Thanks for leaving us a comment, we appreciate it.

[@sevdadaglar]

Drinks in Turkish cuisine are in accordance with the climate. A big cold glass of ayran is the best electrolyte you can have when you are dehyrated. It is a very nice drink if you are having a keto diet. I don't know why it isn't so popular in any other countries. In winters, we drink more sugary and creamy drinks such as salep, boza and şıra. They warm you up, they're high in calories so give you energy in cold winters.

[@Somali1971]

I have had the pleasure of visiting Türkiye eight times, with my most recent trip being in February of this year. I find the country to be incredibly captivating and am always eager to return.

[@uzaydaisemekisteyenadam4543]

dude, you should definitely not eat menemen with a fork or spread it on bread. You should tear the bread into the size of a spoon, dip it in the menemen and use the bread as a spoon. The trick here is to have the same ratio of bread and menemen when you put it in your mouth :)

[@yusuf-joseph-]

In fact, Çanakkale connects two continents, but no one knows for some reason that it is under Istanbul.

[@ertanakgoz3820]

Ülkemizde çok güzel videolar çekiyorsunuz.. Eğer Türkçe alt yazılı yaparsanız izlenme sayınız ve takipçi sayınız kesinlikle çok kısa zamanda çok fazla artacaktır..

[@AdventuresofAplusK]

That food looked SO good! Especially the kebab and that Tahini helva. 😍Seeing your fortune with the coffee was so interesting!

[@serhatdemir3293]

Fun fact: Those mackerel you ate in the huge bread, is not fresh from Bosphorus, actually imported from Norway.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Wow, thanks for sharing, that is a fun fact. It was a very tasty sandwich 👏

[@serhatdemir3293]

@@ThePassportCouple try balık dürüm in Karaköy, near the other end of Galata Bridge. It's much tastier with no such a big piece of brad.

[@user65351]

WRONG !!!

[@sinansakra7127]

Welcome to Türkiye ❤️❤️🌼

[@oquzh]

Rakı genellikle yemek veya meze eşliğinde müzikli bir mekanda içilir kültürel olarak, yanında bir şey yemiyorken biraz ağır gelebilir. Afiyet olsun

[@ruyabll3017]

Ahahahahah i was about dying to laugh when you say all of the cat seems super healthy but the dogs ahahahahaha %100 true detection 😂😂😂😂

[@tuborgselim876]

I don't want to undermine your experience, but the fish in "balik ekmek" is not fish caught from the Bosphorus. It's frozen mackerel. You can't get enough fish for a place that crowded.

[@ercan5209]

Excellent video! Can not wait for more Turkey videos!

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you so much 🙌🇹🇷👏

[@user65351]

İSKENDER KEBAP and BAKLAVA is SÜPER 👍👍👍❤❤❤❤

[@harilukman]

We love Istanbul food ❤

[@oguz1637]

You guys really did your research. Nice places

[@yusuf-joseph-]

If you haven't been back, I recommend Fethiye and Bodrum as well.

Excellent food, excellent service, excellent experience.

[@SafaaAbdallah-br6qu]

Thank you❤

[@tesekkur]

Exactly, what you are used to. We drink ayran or kefir 24/7, with meal or without meal. I drink Kefir at least 5 times a day, it's fermented milk, the taste is sumilar to Ayran but thicker. I can't drink Coke, makes my stomach uncomfortable and also don't like the taste. I like sour things, such as pickles, especially cabbage, sweet pepper or pickle juice.

[@cancetinkaya6434]

great video guys..enjoy your meals:) welcome to thr Turkiye...😀

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you so much 😃 The food Turkiye is amazing 🇹🇷👏

[@cancetinkaya6434]

@@ThePassportCouple 🥰

[@user-sw5vn9ru4z]

CURRENTLY ❤❤

[@Smhyz]

Love from Turkiye

[@19ronin76]

Good camerawork , great cuts , very cinematic with that voice over cuts. nice couple .wish you the best time of your life in istanbul, a legacy of 2684 years .

[@theturklord5049]

Welcome Türkiye guys enjoy ur time and fantastic places.and foods we love u sa !😉

[@Paltheus]

The trick with Rakı is that you have it with meze (sort of like a light meal - and you can have it when eating fish). But the food pairs with the drink, and you take a bite of this and have a sip of Rakı, have a taste of that and have a sip of Rakı, go to the next bite and have a sip of Rakı, and so on... (the food is actually used as an excuse to drink - I also recommend it when you're having a massive mixed grill kebab meal)

[@eczburakcan]

ahh my lovely city

[@Lougreth]

i’m homesick 😔 that’s why watching this kind of videos. Loved yours. If you have time going to aegean side of Turkey always a good idea. have fun you will fine wonderful people out there 🎉🥂

[@generalss5569]

You can be the sweetest couple in the world.

[@TheHonestFoodTeller]

23:41 They call it "lakh-muh-june". Great video!

[@elegrin5170]

16:15 Salep is made by orchid flowers

[@blackjack8361]

20:55 there is no sugar in Turkish yogurt mate! Its salted.. Enjoy the best dish in the world we love y'all

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for the kind comment; much appreciated 🙌 The more I drank it, the more I enjoyed it.

[@erlbyc]

MUHTEŞEM bir video olmuş afiyet olsun

[@mevzuderinnn]

Afiyet olsun ❤

[@didaraytac982]

Midye dolmasını plajda güneşlenirken soğuk bira ile atıştırmalık olarak yemek çok keyiflidirKişi başı en az 10 tane.Ama taze olması önemlidir.O yüzden plajda bildiğimiz yerden ya da kişilerden satın almaya dikkat ederiz.

[@ThePassportCouple]

That sounds amazing. We have to try that next time 👏

[@hopeless-biri]

12:35 I'm sorry, but this fish was not caught from the Bosphorus. They are frozen Norwegian mackerel.

[@sacitkoc2544]

Actually Istanbul isn't the only city expands two continents, there is another called Canakkale; not far from beautiful Istanbul

[@hamburglar83]

I also like milk with meals……im midwestern. I moved out west and people called me crazy …hahahaha😅

[@bedriyeylmaz4390]

İstanbul haricinde de güzel şehirlerimiz var umarım o şehirler de gidersiniz 😊

[@ThePassportCouple]

Haklısın Türkiye'de gezilecek o kadar güzel yer var ki, görülecek o kadar çok şey var ki 🇹🇷💛

[@Sibbsy]

lol Nate looked like Ralph from the simpsons when his heart breaks in half after drinking the coffee😂

[@windmacky]

Afiyet olsun😊

[@alik3423]

You have such high energy that I find myself smiling constantly while watching the video. As an Istanbul resident, I can say that you have discovered some really beautiful places for your first visit. If you ever come back, please reach out to me. I would be delighted to show you around (for free). (Note: I am a faculty member at a university in Istanbul)

[@ThePassportCouple]

Just the kindest comment, thank you so much 🙌 We enjoyed everything about Istanbul and we're glad that came through 🇹🇷💛 If we are ever back in the future, we will certainly reach out. Thank you for your kindness 😃

[@elegrin5170]

Btw 2:14 You went to Mandabatmaz coffee shop.. You know what mandabatmaz means? Manda batmaz is like " Buffalo doesnt sink." That means the Turkish coffee is so thick.. Even a Buffalo cannot sink inside the coffee :)) Also that sand method cooking is for baking coffee, not boiling coffee :))

[@irem7262]

rice pudding is a turkish dish!

[@ahmetskart]

Welcome to istanbul! I think one of best doner kebab in Bursa we called iskender kebab in we caller Blue Shop near Ulu Camii in Bursa. Other best kebab is Cag kebab because Cağ kebab is oldest version of döner kebab.

[@precursors]

Wtf you had dessert with raki??! HAHAHAHAH Do you even remember the rest of the night like how you got back home?

[@ThePassportCouple]

Yes, although the Raki was kind of a dessert in and of itself 🍻

[@kaancantenor7809]

Bring all the great people from America too! Your welcome 🙏

[@precursors]

In Karakoy-Gulluoglu, you HAVE to eat shobiyet, and kush-gozu.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for the recommendation, we appreciate it 🙌

[@murattahan2391]

afiyet olsun

[@DEFAN_504]

Waaw amAizing...

[@ivanivan2139]

13:50 the fish inside the bread is tuna and it comes as frozen from norway since it is very cheap and they sell the food for very expensive as far as i know. it's a total scam. the locals say the quality was good like waaaaay back in the days but nowadays in all the way down. i wouldn't recommend eating from one of those boats unless you are very hungry and you really want to eat some fish.

[@user-mm9lz5ko3y]

Keşke Türkçe altyazı olsaydı.

[@travelleryildirim3013]

Cool Couple and you make me realy hungry ;))) Guten Appetit /Afiyet olsun, die Muscheln kaufen wir immer als Snack mit kaltem Bier ist das ein Genuss ....und das "Sahlep" ist ein drink was aus Orchideen Wurzeln gewonnen wird, bekommt ihr in Original nur in guten Geschäften nicht am Strassenverkauf .

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for the awesome comment 🙌 And oysters with a cold beer is a GREAT recommendation. We will have to try this soon. Cheers 🍻

[@RumbleMilitia]

That fish is not caught that morni g. It comes fron norway and caught some weeks ago. sorry to reveal that.

[@williamcr231]

The restaurant you ate at in Kadikoy (Asian side) is famous for being of the family that invented specifically the ISKENDER kebab. (Not the doner kebab.) Very good, nonetheless!

[@user-zr1lf7cl5o]

turkiye cennet❤❤❤

[@barsaykul538]

Endonezya'da yaşayan bir Türk olarak yemeklerimi çok özledim tadını çıkarın afiyet olsun

[@mertbeysko]

kral endonezya nasıl duyduğuma göre orda çok türk dizisi izliyolarmış

[@sami_can]

She looks so funny like a cartoon character🥰

[@edwardrumble1468]

Don't know who told you the fish was freshly caught it is acctually mackrel imported from norway

[@hiyaathere]

you shouldn’t drink the coffee sediment!!😂

[@burakaysezer3110]

09:13 This is the way to eat! Bon appetite

[@ThePassportCouple]

It was all so good, love Turkish cuisine 🇹🇷👏

[@abatisSon]

You cannot understand some things in Turkey just by trying. For example, if you have a Turkish breakfast with two people, it will be too much for you, but you should be there with either your whole family or all your friends. You may be tempted by the abundance of food, but the important thing is to be with all your friends. For example, the raki you drink should be large and drink it slowly with a meal. Even a Turk should spend at least three or four years at the raki table for raki. You are just experiencing, not licking. For example, call your families, be at least 5 or 6 people, but at least. Then experience the Turkish breakfast. Turkish drinks are probiotic, they may not taste pleasant to you when you first drink them, but we use them to balance the meal. It is both healthy and once you get used to it, you will realize how good they make you feel. Just tasting some things does not tell you the real experience and life. Stay in Turkey for at least 3 or 4 months and the pieces will fall into place :) I wish you to make beautiful memories.. enjoy..

[@ffgffg645]

Welcome back to Rome ☺️

[@crazyvideosmaniaA1]

❤

[@TR-ry3cn]

10:10 Song Name? nedi ya? bilen varmi?

[@TR-ry3cn]

10:10 Song Name? nedi ya? bilen varmi? Fun fact: The Fish is from Norway.

[@A.L.P.D.]

U dont drink the coffee grind :)

[@tesekkur]

Nooo! The sediment is left in the cup , not drinkable. Leave the sediment, turn the cup, let it sit, settle for the figures appear. Touch the top of the cup to feel if it's cold if it is, ready to read your future.

[@Mk14Mod0_]

I don't want to ruin it but fish is not fresh, it's imported frozen mackarel from North Sea.

[@zeynepyesilyurt1923]

I have news for you - that fish comes frozen in boxes.

[@abe4714]

❤️🇹🇷🫡34

[@keepreviews]

Whaaat no bal kaymak?!?

[@bilalcakmak7215]

Not Turkey, true is Türkiye

[@DeeperSoul]

Adamlar bizim ülkemizde bizden daha çok gezip yiyip içiyor, biz de sanki başka kıtaya gitmişler gibi izliyoruz.

[@Ozgur-pw1ez]

I loved this couple. We are tired of uneducated tourists eating with their hands. This couple are civilized and educated tourists. They know how to use forks and knives.

[@JubbahDaBone]

Speak for yourself only and let people eat how they want. It‘s none of your business. And honestly your comment shows just one uneducated and uncivilised person and it‘s you. As if you wouldn’t eat some dishes with your hands.

[@elegrin5170]

Btw 19:00 You ate Iskender kebab.. That kebab is invented by İskender efendi.. So iskender is a name.. Here is a story.. Alexander the Great, you know that? He was from Macedonia.. His name is not actually Alexandre.. His name is İskender.. But Alexandre is western culture version of his name.. Just like Jesus.. Jesus was not his name.. His name was İsa.. But translation situation happens.. :))

[@kuzeyruzgar19]

Türkiye son yıllarda 16 milyon Arabin istilasına uğradı. Eskisi gibi değil maalesef.

[@theturklord5049]

ülkeye sokanlar .. ne beklıyorsun bu yobazlar da n

[@nathanruben-tv5lf]

Amerikalı gelince arah turist gemince tü ka ka mı. Para harcayacak, ülkeyi pislekmeyecek herkes gelsin ama geri gitsin. Sıkıntı ülkemize gelen kaçak güçmenler ve mülteciler.