Istanbul used to be called Constantinopel less than 100 years ago. Hundreds of thousands off Greeks had to move from what you are today are calling Turkey. These areas have Greek origin , the Turks came much later. The asia minor Greeks brought their traiditions with them to mainland Greece when they fled the area. There was nothing called Turkey at the time.

My friend all of these sweets originate from Byzantine times some even far more old. The first description of man converting milk to cheese yogurt and butter is made in Homer’s Ulesses story where Ulesses and his men explored the cave of Cyclops and Homer describes the Cyclops to extract milk from his sheep and goats and making from it cheese (white propably feta) yogurt and butter. The custard is made exclusively with milk, corn flower, vanilla, sugar which they extracted from honey. Also the syrup is made from honey.

Greek cuisine is the best of europe ! Combining east and west to perfection.

If you want to eat bougatsa my friend you will go either to Northern Greece or to Crete....and when they ask you If you want sugar in the bougatsa you will say yes😄

Love the vid on desserts from different countries. We tried this pastry filled with sweet creme and topped with slivers of almonds in Corfu. Each bite just melted in your mouth, it was divine!! Found something similar here at AJ's Purveyor of Fine Foods, they call it Jesuits. It brings me back to Corfu briefly:)

Next time try Tsoureki with butter and honey. Best breakfast (or dessert) !

You are a very educated person, with excellent manners and you do such a nice culture exploring! I just wanted to add that sweets like galaktoboureko, for example, are connected to the culture contact Greece had with Anatolia, in general, and of course under the 400 year occupation of the Ottoman Empire. These are Anatolian goods, not specifically turkish or greek, that is why whole regions in the East share them. As for the differences in the making process between the two countries are not that significant; same recipe with slight differences I would say. For us, Greeks, it was an addition to our culture!

Bougatsa Without cinnamon? No icing sugar? Next time try it in Thessaloniki or Serres

It'snt exist country with the name " Macedonia " don't made BIG mistake about that...

Wow, everyone speak English, very nice 👍. I like baklava, delusions dessert.

Nice man. Great research and good choices. If you like the simple version of tsoureki then the more modern way with praline and walnuts inside and melt chocolate on the top can be out of this world. Also believe me or not bugatsa is better with powder sugar on top and general in North Greece bugatsa is better made. Diples isn't something wow but it's nicer when you try them at the moment that are made. Ravani is a must with ice cream, portokalopita(orange cake) is really good tho and many other stuff.

What is the name of that sweet minute 10:40

Try tsoureki with milk dip for breakfast 😋

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It’s not very polite to just walk in the store and film without asking.

Baklava is a Turkish dessert

BOUGATSA İN GREEK LAZ BOREĞİ İN TÜRKİSH. FİLLED WİTH CUSTARD! İTS TÜRKİSH OFCOURSE. BUT THE GREEKS AND TÜRKS HAVE BEEN LİVİNG TOGETHER FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS! THE FOOD İS THE SAME JUST DİFFERENT NAMES.