ULTIMATE ISTANBUL ~ Turkey / Türkiye ~ VLOG 259

We didn't film at all last night. We just crashed. We're headed up to food, but it's raining So we're gonna put the camera away until we get there So I've been wanting to try this humble working class dish It has rice with looks like peanuts and a boiled piece of chicken It's got some type of soup. I think it's eggplant. It might be liver. Regardless, he said it's delicious and I'm gonna believe him So that's what we're having and they have hot chili peppers. I'm trying the peppers on the table. Oh, dear Lord No wonder you said I wanted to record you Those are really hot But they're good flavor Toast is named Tauk Sote, Tauk Sote. They're garbanzo beans. It's cooked in the chicken, so it gives it a really nice flavor The garbanzo beans are, they're creamy and then the chicken is really light. You can eat it every day and not get tired of it For those of you who aren't new here, yeah, we're eating chicken and rice again And now I'm trying the soup. It smells spicy. It's a chicken satay. That's really good. It has chicken in it, it said, and bell peppers So they've boiled down the tomatoes to make a really thick sauce But it has a spice to it that it makes it a little bit hot, but not too hot. Oh, this is fantastic I really like this Lunch was wonderful. It was just under $6 and $1.50 of that was the coke. It was fantastic Despite the rain, we couldn't resist wandering around the historic streets of Istanbul What we could resist was the massive line to get into the Galata Tower We'll just have to look at this one from the outside. Besides, there's so many free things to do here It's such a budget-friendly city. Unless we leave Katie alone at the bakery, then the budget goes away quickly Now we're at the spice market and we're going in because I am getting drenched The smells in here, I can't really describe it But I'm gonna try. The spices and the candles and it's just lightly wafting. It is wonderful Raise this up so we don't bump anybody else. We are really glad that we came here on a weekday Because during the weekend it is Insane. This is actually pretty nice. We can actually walk around and look. There's people around but We're not slamming into people I really like it. There's a lot of people How are you? It's a lot of fun. Now, this is the ultimate Turkish Towel. It's made into clothing. It's about $25 of what they have priced here Next stop, we're gonna go out in the rain and then we're gonna hit the Grand Bazaar Let's go It's beautiful, but I'm glad we're undercover into the Grand Bazaar. It looks huge I'm excited Well, you get the idea. This place is so vast We're gonna do a little bit of shopping and find something really interesting. We'll show you. If you're ever in Istanbul You have to come here. This is incredible The sights, the smells, the sounds. This is I'd say my number one thing so far besides the food The Grand Bazaar was a lot of fun. We didn't find anything that we really needed and again, we don't eat much We don't have anything planned for the rest of the day I think we're headed back out to the rain and probably get some more food before we head I don't know, somewhere. If you like our videos, hit like and subscribe. It really does help us out a lot This is why I am the best negotiator in the world Looking for a replacement for my camera bag and I kind of wanted a stylish 1980s bum bag as our British friends call it. The first guy we went to asked for 500 lira, which is insane So we go to the second guy, find the perfect bag and I think he says 18 euros and I'm like I need to lowball this guy. So I hit him at a hundred lira Obviously, you know how to haggle. He looks at me and says no, 80 lira. I hit him with a hundred He bargained me all the way down to 80 I probably could have gotten this for half the price of what I got it for. You sure do drive a hard bargain I'm the best negotiator ever We had to stop at this adorable little Turkish place for some coffee Actually, I was gonna have tea, but he told me no, you have to have coffee. So that's what I'm having. Turkish coffee This is my first baklava. The song playing right now is called Beware of Traps. That's a little foreshadowing. I'm not a fan Hope Chris likes it Last night's was much better Well, we just got royally scammed I knew when he didn't put prices on the list that he was just putting little X marks down I was like, oh, yeah, I really should have asked how much. Lesson learned I saw the guy selling these donuts. I had to try them They're fried goodness. 10 lira. They're greasy, but good We just happened to be in Istanbul during Ramadan. We were just kind of wandering around looking for something You know, the worst question in any relationship is where do you want to eat? We came into this beautiful place on the waterfront and they have the Ramadan menu Let the feast begin You don't have to finish that. Oh, yes, I do. Otherwise, what's next tomorrow? I'm the guy who eats half a power bar wraps up the rest and puts it in the fridge So I saw somebody on YouTube eating this I'm sure he was saying that this is by came. It's a Smothered dish and yogurt and it's baked and really hot. You know, Katie's excited. She didn't even see the cat right there this is 38 or 30 depending on which one you pick Turkish lira lira See if these are boiling hot or not because they range all over the place They're really good I like anything smothered, so let's see It has the Tang from like a Greek type yogurt. I thought the red sauce would be spicy, but it's not Chicken in it is ground really fine with parsley and the tomatoes This is really good. Everything works well together. Nothing stands out. It all blends. Let's try the beef I think I like the chicken a little bit better. It's smoother This is really good to our friends in Medford, this is like La Barita's old smothered burrito, but it's a smothered kebab It's amazing That was so good that we're having a second plate of the chicken one each That pepper is going up through the air and it is just wonderful Thank you. I am so honored that chef Let us come back into his kitchen and watch him doing all they said come back in and watch that that was awesome I hope that the video does it justice because this place is truly a gem. So I have to start down to near Excellent We had four of those and a coke and it was $10 My heart is happy and my stomach is happy too. Oh and I get rained on so Or actually I don't want to know what that was it was rain And so we're gonna make sure to put the address in the bottom so you can find this place definitely worth stopping while you're in Istanbul definitely worth making a special trip for actually, even if it's a little bit out of your way now, it's raining camera goes away Of course we had to stop by some Starbucks It's at least five stories you walk into the first story and then you see stairs But it's still small and cozy enough on each floor as of these teenagers get in the elevator and I was all judgy I was thinking taking an elevator up one floor six floors later I understand and his amazing view of the city also cannot beat the prices grind a caramel macchiato and a menti mocha five bucks I saw this as a on YouTube and it was a great snack. The guy actually has a militiamen his Restaurant has a Michelin star and he sells these out front This Is what they look like tastes like ground lamb with herbs cornmeal on the outside. It's very savory but light It's really good. This is a great little treat to walk around with Turkishly or at least I love places like this you get to pick your food All of this is less than $7 Meatball soup with a little bit of vinegar tzatziki on noodles That tastes like stuffed dill amazing This is all really good food you definitely have to come here As you can see, we're back on the ferry We're heading from Karaköy where we've been staying over to Kataköy which is on the Asian side So we're leaving Europe and heading to Asia and we're staying on the other side It's because our train leaves at 6 o'clock in the morning, and I don't think I want to do this that early in the morning It is really easy to love this city. There's so much to do and so much to see and the food It's kind of really cool vibe. Everybody's really nice and everybody will help you if you get lost We'll show you next when we get to the next part We're tired. I know. Oh, yeah one more thing before we set off and go to the hotel this Istanbul car is Amazing. It goes everywhere but taxis So just load it up and go wherever you want We get it from the yellow machine at the train station when we got in so we put 50 lira on it when we bought It and you've seen all the traveling we've been doing we've taken the Metro the buses a couple ferries and we're down to like 8 lira I think left on the card very good value on travel now. We really are out to the hotel So we found a cheap little tripod it looks like this I know it's impressive we have made it to our Really lovely and upgraded hotel. It's awesome. Oh, I mean, it's impressive We have two nights in this place. We booked this place with hotels comm this isn't sponsored by them But that's just how we booked it What an upgrade first thing you notice when you come in is how spacious it is the bathroom We could fit probably ten people in there and lots of different toiletries. It had everything I needed Why we booked this place is because we go out early in the morning and we just wanted to walk across the street to this Train station the bed is firm but nice and they give you four pillows plus two extra and here's the catch with pillowcases on them sitting in the Box we're not laying in other people's felt now you have a place picked for us for food I'm starving. Are you starving? Well, I didn't say it was close Okay, yes, we need to eat you look carefully you realize one of these things is not like the other What are you doing I've been wanting to try this dish called certain than them but it's a pot with a whole bunch of herbs and Tomato sauce and then they put eggs on it and you dip it up It's supposed to be morning breakfast as opposed to you know, afternoon breakfast or dinner breakfast. Yeah Custard good Jam good It's the only one I could find that was any clothes and it has lots of reviews Would you like anchovies in yours or walnuts? I Google translated but Chris cheated and asked for an English menu And then I promptly just asked him for his favorite and took that so we'll see what that is. It came with this amazing bread Mmm, hear that crunch in the middle is really soft And the garbage can that just rolled up behind us is made in Spain so, you know, there's that and I almost took out lunch You can really taste the tomatoes and the peppers it's really good Thank you and shy That one I can see why it's his favorite. It's really good. That was incredible. It was only six dollars We're on a train getting out of town We'll explain what we're doing in the next video, but right now we just wanted to do a wrap-up on Istanbul I loved it. I was shocked by it. It has everything. It's exciting. It's the foods amazing The people are really nice. There is so much to see and I love the transportation is so easy with Istanbul card I would come back in an instant what she said before we went to Istanbul literally everybody We know that's been to Istanbul just said oh, I love it It's so amazing and it was almost too much to be believed. They were all correct a city That's really easy to love. I loved it. That's all for this week. Next week. We will catch you from Konya Konya keep drinking this coffee That was good, that was good