We'd add
Our runner-upGül Aromalı Akide Şekeri
Akide, the old boiled sugar of the holidays, made by the house's sugar masters with rose. A bag alongside.
- A confectioner since 1777
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstAntep Fıstıklı Lokum
Lokum, Turkish delight, set with Antep pistachios roasted twice, to the historic Hacı Bekir recipe. A box we'd share.
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir
Turkish · şekerci · lokum · Eminönü, Istanbul
Hamidiye Cad. No:33, Eminönü, Fatih/İstanbul
Hacı Bekir Efendi opened a sweet shop behind the Yeni Cami in the eighteenth century, and the family has kept it for five generations, as a living museum. Lokum, Turkish delight, is its name across Istanbul.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the pistachio lokum
Sourcing · protected name
Antep pistachios, a name protected in Turkey.
Tradition
The same family making lokum on the same spot for nearly two and a half centuries.
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