EuroCruise 2010: Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar is Spicyyy

Next stop in the Istanbul tour is every Filipino’s wet dream: Shopping! For spices, that is. Located at Cami Meydani Sok, it’s close to the exterior walls of the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia Museum. It’s one of the must-visit places in Istanbul. Why? It’s the hub for exotic spices and other ethnic culinary delights. The Spice Bazaar, or Misir Carsisi, is a major trading house for dried herbs, spices, and other foodstuff. Our tourguide recommended we visit Cikita store because they sell different items for souvenirs. I was heading to Los Angeles after my EuroCruise so I had to get some goodies for my relatives and friends. Cikita has a lot of interesting items on the store, and if you are an exotic travel monger like myself, you’d be mesmerized and the various offerings they have. They had dried flowers which you can steep as tea, or use as potpourri Caviar, dried fruit, and spices filled the floor to ceiling shelves… At this point, all the flavors inspired me to learn middle-eastern food even if I’m not sure which items to mix. But the one thing that every tourist leaves with from Turkey, has got to be Turkish Delight. a chewy sweet treat usually made from nuts, (...)

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