Izimir is the third most populous city in Turkiye. It sits on the Aegean coast and has a great mix of culture, historical and archaeological sites.
Our lunch sport was Bizim Lokanta. Friendly staff and lots of great local food to enjoy. A short stroll from Konak Square and it’s great to take a walk around the market too.
Bizim Lokanta
Address: Konak, 911. Sk. No:4, 35250 Konak/İzmir, Turkey
A must visit while in Izmir especially if you like historical ruins is the Agora Oren Yeri. It’s a pretty small archaeological site so can be fully explored in less than 30 minutes but it is quite a picturesque spot and a nice little escape from the modern bustling city.
Another nice historical site to visit in Izmir is the Asansor (Izmir Historical Elevator Building) where you’ll get great views of the city from the top. It’s free to ride and at the ground level there are a bunch of cafes and restaurants to enjoy too.
#izmir #türkiye #turkey #turkiye
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VLOG DATE: 21 July 2022
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Thanks for sharing your experiences in Turkey, nicely done. It is good to see that you provide some context about the places and attractions you visit. Cheers!
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Hi from Florida. Thanks
Love Izmir 😎🇹🇷
Love the seaside restaurant.
Thanks 💖
The lamb soup looks interesting. Always good to watch Peter's expression when tasting food. This town looks neat and tidy with its fair share of historical sites. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Such amazing food! Sambali reminds me of Lebanese Nammoura which I still crave but can't find in Palmerston North. I love Marcus Aurelius, so it's amazing to think of his influence. Those ancient ruins are spectacular. Gotta love Turkish "Durie Hill" 😉
Local the local fairs you guys go for, the lamb broth must have scored really high with Peter's leg wrist amplifying the juiciness 😋 (I like lamb soup a lot). Love the market from the previous century, the width of the stall areas (@10.05), must have been lined with stalls left and right. Thanks again for sharing, another lovely breakfast🙏🏻. Have a great week
Keep safe guys, enjoying your vids hard out. Love from NZ
Those little fruits Peter ate were okra. You were right.
That was okra, you also had artichokes on your plate, those are the round shaped vegetables, the so called artichoke-hearts. As usual very well researched, you even know about the pier-design by Gustave Eiffel. Thank you for another fabulous vlog!
Another beautiful and interesting city… love the kittens …so cute playing with the shoe laces🥰🥰
Apart from the cultural trip, I also enjoy your videos because of the philosophical quotes that Peter shares.
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Love the outro! 😂You guys are awesome, as are all the places you take us. And the food.. Yum.
Definitely Google Maps… you guys are pros now😁 Lunch spread looked awesome and price was much cheaper than I was expecting for all that food.. Dessert looked yum too😋😋 It's pretty cool to see all the ruins you guys have been showing us..makes me think centuries from now, what ruins of ours will the tourists be visiting… today's ruins were yesterday-year's day to to day life…😁 Glad you put in some of the city's "wildlife" 🐕🐈⬛… always cool to see the local furry friends… Thanks guys for the vid and yes…can only control our minds😁… btw, what happened Black Beast??
The food u guys ate look like homemade with love and that whole meal cost = one dish in NZ, one main in NZ actually cost more hahaha. I actually had coffee n condensed milk with Lebanese sweet while watching this ep. I know Peter is going to have sweet in this ep so I am well prepared. Stop myself from drooling 🤤 🤣
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What a beautiful location, especially for somewhere I've never heard of before 🥰
Did you try izmir bomba?:)
Lovely video. Thank you for sharing the beauty and the culture of our country. I'll try to give a little bit extra information and correct some minor mistakes about the food:
– 3:32 Actually, It's not wrong to call it pilav because "pilav" is NOT the name of the grain (rice) or the name of the plant it comes from. It's only the name of the dish cooked with the basic rice making method. The plant or the grain's name for the common rice is "pirinç" in Turkish. So we don't use the same word for both the common dish and the grain. As a result, there are different types of pilavs in Turkish cousine. The common one with the grain rice is "pirinç pilavı" (which means pilav made of rice) but if there's no other established context and you only say "pilav" it usually means pirinç pilavı. The one you're eating made with bulgur is "bulgur pilavı" (which means pilav made of bulgur) and it's really common around Turkey. Less commonly they make pilav with Turkish type noodles is called "şehriye pilavı" (which means pilav made of noodles) So calling "bulgur pilavi" as "pilav" isn't actually wrong because it's also a type of pilav. As I said, if you go into a restaurant and you only say "I want some pilav" they might assume you mean rice but if the context is already there you might comfortably use the word "pilav" for any type of pilav.
– 4:15 Although it's hard to be sure, that dark green vegetable with little yogurt on top similar to spinach seems to be purslane (Turkish: Semizotu) and it has a little rice and maybe tomatoes, green peppers and onions in it.
– 4:35 The small vegetables on the spoon you're talking about are actually okras (Turkish: bamya) as you've guessed in the video. I guess whoever shouting artichoke was mistaken which vegetable you were talking about.
– 5:31 The vegetable on the left side between the potato piece and the okras is actually artichoke. (Turkish: Enginar) I know it also looks like another potato itself but it's not. it's the center piece of that big flower part of arthicoke. the green parts on the flower are pealed and the center piece is stewed with onions and sometimes with other vegetables like carrots, green peas, potatoes. Usually served with some lemon and dills on top.
If you like mediterranean cousine with different vegetables and you're still around the area you can also try these if you can find:
– celery dish made with olive oil. (Turkish: zeytinyağlı kereviz)
– kidney bean salad (Turkish: Börülce salatası) It's shortly boiled fresh kidney beans (boiled with the green shell without gathering the beans) and lots of garlic, olive oil and lemon on top.
– turnip/radish leaves salad (Turkish: Turp otu salatası): Actually I'm not sure with the English translation. It's mostly a wild plant from the same family with turnips and radish. The wider latin name of the family is Brassica Rapa or Raphanus raphanistrum, as far as I could find. The green parts of the plant (leaves, branches, stems) are shortly boiled and eaten with garlic, olive oil and lots of lemon on top. They also make it with the leaves/branches of the common turnips but I don't know if the taste is the same.
OK I am only one video behind this time so since it's a very rainy day here good time for youtube! So many ancient cities and structures there! Ah yes of course, Peter is always after a good feed! Heck yeah you did get a super great feed and great selection too! I swear the next overseas trip you should do is to Hungary and you guy are always hungry! Ha just had to say that! Oh yes definitely dessert! Yeah the ancient ruins are just amazing, makes you wonder how centuries ago or thousands of years ago how they were constructed! Yeah even the aqueducts there just very ingenious! Always great information you have provided. Heck you must have Terabytes of clips stored from your trip! Another awesome job on this!