Name: Ultimate Istanbul Food Tour: Best Turkish Street Food | Epic Food Journeys with Mark Wiens | Nat Geo
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I'm in Istanbul, a city that's always been a crossroads for travelers, trade, and most importantly, food.

Oh, everywhere you look, there's something delicious to eat.

I have 24 hours to discover how food traditions are still thriving in a modern, fast paced city.

From ancient bazaars to street food, we're going to taste the best Turkish dishes around the cl.

Rising from the banks of the Bosphorus Strait, this is one of the only cities on earth that sits in two continents, Europe and Asia.

For centuries, it was an essential stop along the Silk Road.

Merchants from around the world passed through, leaving their mark deep within the city's architecture, society, and

Where ingredients from across continents merged to create one of the most unique food cultures on Earth.

And we're starting with a breakfast that's not only a meal, but a celebration.

Tsakmak all began with their legendary kaymak.

That's like the best butter and cream you've ever had all in one.

In 2002, they opened this little breakfast restaurant in Beikdas.

And it didn't just get popular, it kicked off an entire breakfast street in the neighborhood.

Olives, fried Turkish donuts, vegetables, jams, and a salad topped with goat cheese fermented in its own skin.

Yeah, just imagine there's almost a dozen different things on the table already.

But this is only the start of Turkish burger breakfast.

One of their specialties, cucumbers, tomatoes, and a crumble of goat cheese which was preserved in a cave.

The contrast, the olive oil, there's like a sweetness to it as well.

Now, another one of the specialties here is called piche, which is this fried dough kind of like a donut, but

it's really puffy, it's really airy and actually really light.

And then I am extremely excited to try the kaimak.

It's a water buffalo cream in honey that looks so rich, so buttery.

You just taste the pureness of that buffalo cream.

I think we can actually just scoop in with the honey to give it Another dimension.

It has a floral sweet aroma to it as well.

Menemen eggs scrambled with tomato sauce, peppers and butter.

Yes, lots of butter with fried eggs and mlama.

Three types of cheese melted with butter and a little cornmeal to hold it together.

Looks like a cheese you just want to be playing with.

It's like a never ending strand of cheese.

But I think there's a little bit of flour in there to thicken up.

This one is another specialty with preserved veal then cooked down with eggs and butter, of course.

Has that extra intensity of flavor from being preserved and probably in its own fat.

And then finally we have the menemen, which is another very popular Turkish egg dish for breakfast.

It's almost like a egg sauce that you can use to scoop in with bread.

Oh, the green peppers in there, the onions, and

I love the acidity of the tomato creating that like a slurry of an egg that perfectly coats that bread.

It's an opportunity to try a huge variety of different dishes from around Turkey all in one meal.

Turkish food is known for its incredible meat.

But few things are as recognizable around the world as what I'm on my way to eat Next.

Started in 1973 by two brothers, Cara Deniz Doner is still family run and highly regarded for serving some of the best doner kebab in Istanbul.

Behold one of the greatest meat experiences on earth.

200 kilos of beef rearranged onto a vertical spit.

And you can see as it cooks with that fire on the side, it caramelizes it crisp.

And he just saws it off into paper thin slices with the crispy bits.

And as he cuts that, you see the juices just squirting out.

It's an infinite layering of meat and that goes directly into the sandwich.

With some tomatoes, with some pickles, with some peppers.

I guarantee you absolutely won't be able to resist when you're in Istanbul.

The hot, fresh baked bread, the freshly sliced doner.