Şöbiyet is a signature dish of Turkey; we have verified places to eat it in Gaziantep. A triangle of baklava pastry with clotted cream folded in beside the pistachio, so it eats richer and softer than a standard slice and has a much shorter shelf life. Start with where to eat Şöbiyet in Gaziantep.
Şöbiyet · Gaziantep
A triangle of baklava pastry with clotted cream folded in beside the pistachio, so it eats richer and softer than a standard slice and has a much shorter shelf life.
Şöbiyet is the variant Gaziantep bakers use to show off, because kaymak inside a syruped pastry is unstable and has to be sold the same day. It is a twentieth-century refinement rather than an old form, and it has become the default request at every counter in the city. Baklavacı Zeki İnal, a family shop on Atatürk Bulvarı, makes it by hand in small batches and routinely sells out before midday, which is the clearest signal of how the city ranks it. Ordering a mixed tray without at least one şöbiyet is considered a beginner's mistake.
Where to eat in Gaziantep:
- Baklavacı Zeki İnal
- Çelebioğulları Baklava
- Koçak Baklava
Where to eat Şöbiyet in Gaziantep: the editor picks