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Lokum (Turkish delight) is a signature dish of Turkey; we have verified places to eat it in Istanbul. Soft cubes of rose, mastic or pistachio-set sugar gel, dusted in powdered sugar or starch. Start with where to eat Lokum (Turkish delight) in Istanbul.
Soft cubes of rose, mastic or pistachio-set sugar gel, dusted in powdered sugar or starch. Cut from large slabs at counter, sold by weight, eaten with Turkish coffee.
Ali Muhiddin Haci Bekir set up his confectionery on Hamidiye Caddesi in 1777 and is credited with refining the soft cornstarch-and-sugar gel known internationally as Turkish delight. The shop, still in the family, fixed the canonical Istanbul versions: gul (rose), sakizli (mastic), fistikli (pistachio).
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Where to eat Lokum (Turkish delight) in Istanbul: the editor picks
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