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wrote about lokum (turkish delight) for @natgeotraveluk’s july/august issue.

turkish people, who love to promote their cuisine, don’t often boast about lokum. most of us see it as a nostalgic, somewhat antiquated sweet, only to be revisited when offered one at a coffee shop. for foreigners, cheap versions tarnish the potential of what a good lokum could be with a sticky textures, and overly rosey aromas.

but it’s a good time to rediscover an old gem. go to @hacibekir1777 for a clotted cream rolled lokum, or a double pistachio one and you’ll relate to edward who sold out his sibling to the white witch for a box of these. 

go beyond the traditional and you’ll find marsel delights where @selimcenkel is coming up with new flavours, like sumac and pomegranate, or even wasabi. or you’ll find the mixologists at @lelabbomoda making foamy cocktails based on lokum, hidden in one of the best cocktail menus in istanbul.

i’ll be telling people turkish delight is back (in the hopes that @sujukbrooklyn will sponsor me with their hats as a turkish delight ambassador)

read the full story on the link in bio.

big thanks to @_deryaturgut for the beautiful pictures
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