Typical Turkish Souvenirs You Must Bring Home!

If you visit Turkey, there are various kinds of souvenirs that you must taste or make souvenirs for your loved ones. Read more in this article!

Typical Turkish Culinary Souvenirs

Here are four popular culinary delights from Turkey that you must try and can take home as souvenirs for people at home.

Turkish Delight

According to kebab houseli, Turkish Delight is a jelly-shaped sweet made from starch and sugar. In Turkey, this food is often called lokum which is taken from the Arabic al-halkum or rat al-ulqm, meaning throat conditioner.

Want to know more about Turkish Delight? Read more in the article Tasting Turkish Delight, Turkish and Persian Typical Legit Snacks.

Baklava

Baklava is a type of dry bread made from layers of pastry filled with pistachio nuts and sprinkled with syrup or honey. This dessert is very famous in the Middle East.

You can easily find baklava in various cities in Turkey, especially Gaziantep. In fact, now baklava can also be found in Indonesia with a taste that is no less delicious.

Turkish spices

Türkiye is a country rich in spices. You can visit the second oldest spice market in Istanbul called Spice Bazaar.

This market sells a wide variety of spices, from saffron, chilies, nuts, dried fruit, to honey. Because of its popularity among tourists, most of the traders there are fluent in English. So you don’t have to worry about the language barrier.

Simit

Quoted from Cairo Food, simit is a typical Turkish bread that is shaped like a donut braid. At first glance, this bread looks like a cross between a pretzel and a bagel.

Simit is usually served with a cup of tea, cucumber slices, tomatoes, feta cheese and olives. It can also be used as a snack with spreads of butter, jam, cheese, or simply eaten plain without anything added.