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10 May

Posted at 13:05h # Friendly Meals, Previous Events

Yakut Cuisine Yakut Turks are a people who still preserve Shamanism, an authentic Turkish belief system that we are not very familiar with. Generally, Yakuts, who mostly rely on domestic and wild animals for food, are able to go through 9 months of the year without using a refrigerator thanks to the harsh continental climate. The abundant delicious fish found in the region has also played a role in the formation of the national cuisine. Reindeer meat holds a prominent place in the kitchen. As for their preference in red meat, horse meat is most commonly chosen. Our chef, Nikolai...

07 May

Posted at 13:08h # Previous Events, Seminars

May 7, 2018, MSA In the seminar where every aspect of lokum, which gained popularity in the Ottoman Empire from the 17th century onwards and is still the sweetest face of our culinary culture today, was discussed and its production stages were explained; Nuray Önder, representative of the historic lokum producer Hacı Bekir Family, Kadir Altınkaya with the presentation of buffalo cream lokum and Afyon lokum, and Prof. Dr. Emine Gürsoy Naskali with the presentation on Lokum and Turkish Coffee participated as speakers. Mehmet Üzgen, the head master of Hacı Bekir Lokums, conducted a short lokum-making workshop, accompanied by delicious...