I'm originally from the UK but have been living in Turkey for twenty years now. The food quality, variety, and taste here are incredible, as you've experienced. There are specific reasons for this. Turkey hasn't succumbed to the trend of frozen food and microwave meals; instead, food is prepared fresh. My Turkish wife and I have a fridge freezer, but the freezer section is always empty because she cooks everything fresh. Additionally, each area has its own market where local growers sell fresh produce. When I visit the UK now, I can instantly tell if vegetables or fruits are fresh or not. The food in Turkey is amazing. However, one downside is that although the food is affordable for Westerners, prices have surged in the last few years, making it financially challenging for many struggling Turks. Nonetheless, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Have you tried Turkish breakfast yet? It's a must-try!

One of the best food cities on the planet. I've been twice and can't wait to go again

As a British Turk, I was shouting at my screen for you to squeeze that lemon onto your lahmahcun! It adds much needed moisture to it and the citrus helps complement the taste.

I have to add my respect and admiration for Turkish cuisine. I lived in Türkiye for a few years having travelled the world and not eaten better. Partly I think it is the quality of their produce. I wish they paid & respected their farmers/peasants more but they don’t. Around the world, villagers/peasants/small holders are completely undervalued. Very sad 😔

Original Turkish cuisine is so good

Leave the man there for a month and he will know every decent takeaway in istanbul. Top man Danny!

Danny is a proper Brit abroad! 😂😂 You can spot us from a mile off

Hi Danny...with the lahmacun its imperative to put a little of parsley and salad with a squeeze of the lemon and roll it like you done. The taste is elevated to another level please try it like that next time.

Can't believe you took the table and chair to Istanbul 🤪🤪

Lahmacun is amazing. When I lived in Cyprus I had (still have) friends from Lebanon, Syria, Armenia etc and they would have it for breakfast. They got me into eating it and I love it, especially the one topped with a garden amount of herbs.......

Omdays 😂😂 typical English man abroad shorts vest trainers and legs like bottles of milk ... brilliant 😂😂

Whenever my job takes me working away in London , I always look for a Turkish restaurant to eat at. Absolutely amazing food.

Danny meets Turkey=Match made in Heaven! Go for it my son!

Definitely your best Turkey episode so far. Absolutely loving this Istanbul series, definitely the best abroad trip you’ve done so far

Loved those massive breads when I last went to Turkey, you open them up and the steam just bellows out, and it tastes great

2:40 the girl sitting to the right, is looking all confused like "what's up with this weirdo bringing his own table and chair and setting it up next to us". 😂😂😂

Looks like I'm gonna need some Turkish cooking KZfaq channels. That all looks bangin'

I love how he makes no attempt to soften his yorkshire twang for the locals 😂 “heyup, luvley, cheap innit” amazing :) Joy to watch

This was a pleasant watch, glad you enjoyed the food. The first dish was Lahmacun, locals enjoy rolling it with lemon juice, lettuce, tomato, parsley etc. before eating it. The second dish is Tomato Kebab, they usually put tail fat in all kebabs, that's what makes it soft, juicy and a bit crispy. The last and also my favorite dish is Kavurmalı Kaşarlı Pide, pide with kaşar cheese and kavurma beef cubes and and it just works.

Several Turkish places in North London I've visited and they also understand that, when it comes to meat, especially lamb, fat is flavour. Most of the dishes Danny's tasted on this Istanbul mini tour have looked absolutely delicious to me. Some solid 10s too! Congratulations to all concerned. Nice one Danny. 🌟👍

Love Istanbul one of my favourite cities in the whole world

Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'...... .....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :) In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name, partially or fully. Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages, but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :) Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's. The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to', just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc. Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on. Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old. Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye' we got various spellings like; Turq-uía (in Spanish), Turch-ia (in Italian), Turq-uie (in French) Turk-ei (in German) Turk-ey (in English) Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German, but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years. Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)

Good to see you in turkey bro. Glad you enjoyed. Your pronunciation of pide and lahmacun is funny 😂

When Danny says 'Oh my god' 3 times in a row, you know its banging food

Istanbul here I come, great video😅

Best lacmacun (lak ma june) is in Beşiktaş. You add the salad and lemon over the top and wrap to eat. Before you leave go for a Turkish breakfast. Şöhretler Beşiktaş Köftecisi lm Beşiktaş for kofta and soup. It traditional and famous

Dany try ESNAF LOKANTASI dishes as well. You will be pleased more than what you expect. My recommendation is YANYALI FEHMİ LOKANTASI in Kadıköy district. Blown minded place and you would never see in the world.

Absolutely love it an English man abroad and a Yorkshire man at that!! Absolutely love it 😊❤🎉

Make sure to see a Turkish barber when you are there. They offer many services including ear wax removal, hair cut, massage, nose hair removal, and beard shave.

Go on Danny.. another great video.. food and place looks fantastic 👌

Yummy you make my mouth watering as a turkish American in Kentucky USA they look amazing 😻

there are hundreds of best in İstanbul : Best meatball : Tarihi Sultanahmet köftecisi The best Beans : Fasuli Rest. Karaköy The Best Döner is : Bayramoğlu Kavacık

Balloon bread is the best thing about Turkey 😍😍

Happy to see the channel grow!

I'll tell you that for nowt....Classic Yorkshire expression. Go on Danny lol! 😂

Love you doing the international food reviews keep them coming 😊

You are funny!!!The table and Chair are fabulous.Have a good time there.

Keep up the great work 👍 always love watching your videos 😊

I like how he compared the lovely looking turkish cuisine to a cheese toasty 🤣

Lahmacum is my fav. You can have it with salad and sauce or with döner and salat and sauce. It is rolled like a wrap and delicious. Never saw a kebab shop in UK what did em.

We went for a Turkish kebab in Manchester on Friday, freshly baked naan, charcoal grilled kobida kebab, homemade chilli sauce and great salad selection. Proper Kebabs are great, far to many dodgy places knocking them out. That meal looked awesome. Standards are different to the UK generally 'Anything will do'. We all know Danny is too kind with his points scoring, but if half of his UK 10's where 10's, this food would be a 20! This food is prepared and cooked my people who do give a sh1t about what they do. Top vid Captain!

Say, Danny...what's the lamb like? "Lambey!" By far one of the most interesting locations on RMT. So odd to see people walking right past and not chatting Danny up while he's having a nosh.

Istanbul cuisine is incredible.

I love Turkish food, you should go down to Bodrum and maybe Izmir, lots of nice places and villages in-between where you will find amazing food!

I love this guys personality. What a champ.

you should try “İçli Köfte” one of the best street foods in Turkey

Best food review on the planet. The King of Eats, the P.M. of Delicious. Watching from Maine, USA. Appreciate you, sir! 🙌👏👊❤️🇺🇸

I’m in Istanbul on Wednesday, you still there.?

Always found the turks a friendly bunch of people great holiday destination as well especially the reports

If you are still in Turkey, the best city for you is Gaziantep, you should definitely go. Gaziantep is the world gastronomy city.

Danny if you’re in Istanbul you need to try Çiğ köfte. Served on a lettuce leaf and you squeeze lemon onto it! Closest it can be described to is a high quality steak tartare but better!

You do a great job i love how you explain about the food and your accent is brilliant you are true to yourself 👍

My favourite is a Gozlemes i love those

O Danny you are just looking like a typical Brit on a Spanish holiday 😢

I knew that table wasn't gonna be big enough... They don't mess around in Turkey when it comes to portion-sizes

Looks amazing. 4 continents meet in Turkey. Incredible variety. Mick London

Judging by the vest, I now know what day Danny recorded the Cameo for my bro's stag 😂 ...turns out my brother and I have few things in common, bar watching a Yorkshireman do a chair test. And so he loved the message! Top man Danny 👍

Danny, the Lahmacun is pronounced " Lack Ma June"; popular all over Turkey 😉👏👏

That guy didn’t know what hit him, someone ordering ioff the menu before they’ve stepped in the restaurant! 😂😂😂 2:08

Lots of great food in Istanbul.

Danny reminds me of the oracle from benidorm in the outfit he is wearing. I was to give you a big bear hug Danny.

You forgot to try the Salad Danny. :)

love to see you try no drama in london heard its great!! loving the content

Danny love you to bits but dump the vests

You look like big daddy lol

Reassuring to see that you are sticking to your signature tune (when the camera pans around the restaurant) even when you are in far flung places like Istanbul! 😊

looks so good

Well done Danny !!! Please visit Greece next time if you will....Cheers mate.

Danny I live in Arizona. My husband and I love your vedios. So much cheap in uk. Your whole family seems very sweet too When watched this vedio in Istanbul. Do you not let camera man get a plate because of as authentic reviews with out favoritism. Keep rockin

looks really good my man enjoy

Looks so good

Yess our man is now on travels lets crack the world lad xx

Love it!!

Food looks great mate 👌

this is phenomenal, cant wait to see other countries in the future! japan would be wild

he needs two tables now ))

another good video danny great to see you go international again, India or asia next ? I've had my resivastions about going to the middle east but the hospitality and food you have shown in the past few videos is making me want to go. apart from the salt bae place, cant stand the man

Everything looked DELICIOUS!!! 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋 Safe Journey! Yellowbird Blue Agave Sriracha!!!

Go to Afyon and Manisa city, you can try alot of kebapssss

I have to say that this stuff is not a dip, as Turkish people are not as used to dips as people in, let's say, European countries. These saucy dip-looking side dishes are called "meze," and they are more like salads than dips. You can just eat them as you would eat a salad, by spoonful.

Awww man but the green peppers are amazing they taste sooooo good!

You're spoiling us mate

i so wish he liked spicy things. That dip and bread would do it for me. Great video.

Lovely mate 👌

Great eats!

We were at the Classic Persian in Bradford last night and it was this type of food, delicious. You need to pay them a visit.

Looking good😍

Eh up. In tha' theer t'istanbul? Good on yer lad!

Go on Danny looking like a proper prop forard 🦧

There’s a great Turkish cafe called Jaffa bake house on north end Road, Fulham, London that does all this yummy Turkish food!!.

I live in Azerbaijan and the food is identical to Turkey in many respects, but I crave cod & chips !

Look delicious food

What's with the hate,calm down and take it easy lads.

Looks amazing you better of given camera man some travelling all that way 😂😂😂

13:59 Good advertising for the moped. She still goes first...😅

Love Turkish food

you can buy in the UK the lahmahcun in Turkish shops.

GOOD BOY😀

I recommend Mr Ts munch box in batley, home made style kebab, wings with melted cheese on top, good fries and the burger Is unreal. 100% recommend

Wish I had watched this series before we went to Istanbul 2 weeks ago.