How Baklava Is Made At The Oldest Restaurant In Turkey’s Culinary Capital
Imam Cagdas has been making baklava the same way since 1887: entirely by hand, without any automation. The Gaziantep shop is now in its fifth generation of ownership, with Burhan Cagdas carrying on the craft his forefathers passed down to him. As food influencers and culinary tourists from around the world make the pilgrimage to try the famous baklava, the family isn’t changing a thing. We visited the kitchen to see how this legendary shop keeps a 139-year-old tradition alive.
00:00 – Intro
01:04 – Rolling the dough
02:21 – Layering with clotted cream and pistachios
02:55 – Pistachio sourcing and costs
03:49 – History of Imam Cagdas
04:22 – History of baklava
05:34 – Baking the dessert in wood-burning ovens
06:15 – Impact of 2023 earthquakes
06:40 – Specialty kebabs and Gaziantep’s culinary scene
08:22 – Preparing the most popular kebab, ali nazik
08:51 – Tasting ali nazik
09:18 – Finishing the baklava with syrup and ghee
11:14 – Imam Cagdas as a viral sensation
11:41 – Tasting the baklava
12:24 – The restaurant’s family legacy
13:09 – Credits
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16 Comments
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The Greatest Dessert ever.
This narrator has a lovely accent, enhances the video!!!
Isn't this from the sister channel?
You should try at the place. It is amazing
3:34 🥜🥜🥜
If you don’t eat red meat, then why did you come to visit that shop? You couldn’t find another person to film? 🤦
At least you didn’t send a person who was on a diet.
Also love the accent of the narrator 💯
So I’m the only one concerned about their clothes coming in contact with the dough.
Hey insider food 😁🖐️
Great traditional craftsmanship!
Having fresh Turkish baklava is an absolutely transcendent experience. It should be a human right! ❤
No. Action Bronson popularized it when he did karate in the water
Living in Canada my whole life since the age of 2, I only eat baklava when in Turkiye because I know it's made the proper way. Many people from other countries have their chosen flavour as explained in the video but Im glad they described the differences so people know what the original Baklava is.
As someone from Gaziantep, you have no idea how much I appreciate that this channel makes content from here. Thanks for the nice work 🙂
Terrible accent
We in Macedonia also have baklava, its only made with walnuts, sugar syrup, and litte lemon. Some put even haselnuts. and its typicaly in romb form.