SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

The Spice Bazaar has a total of 85 shops selling spices, Turkish delight and other sweets, jewelry, souvenirs, and dried fruits and nuts.

STREET VENDORS OF ISTANBUL

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

I love Turkey
I adore Istanbul
I love the Fener-Balat area.
I adore its street vendors.
This was selling fruit at the price of 5 Turkish Lira per pound -- about $1.50 USD.
His sign, in Turkish, said he was selling plums.
But the fruit looked a lot like the sweet, dark cherries for sale at every corner market in Istanbul.

SPICE BAZAAR CORRIDOR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Yes, as author Orhan Pamuk laments, high rises/malls/car parks are replacing ancient Istanbul with ugly modernism. But here, where Sikechi blends into Eminonu, narrow alleys with centuries old shops still exist in Constantinople.

SPICE BAZAAR CORRIDOR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Cashmere -- and so much more.

And yes, I am a baby boomer, so my head was playing Led Zepplin's Cashmere when my lips read the name of this store a stone's throw from the ferry docks that line the Golden Horn.

SPICE BAZAAR CORRIDOR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Since 1871, Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi has approached coffee production as an art form, passing on the skills, knowledge, experience and intricacies of the craft from father to son and from master to apprentice.

In line with our mission to introduce future generations to Turkish Coffee – Turkey’s gift to the world – Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi aims to ensure that coffee lovers enjoy superior quality with each and every sip of their coffee.

SPICE BAZAAR CORRIDOR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

If they don't have it, you don't need it.
Shops with stocked with enough wares to fulfill a Sultan's shopping list.

SPICE BAZAAR CORRIDOR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Namli Deli has an incredible assortment of Turkish Meze,

 all in this Sirkechi area location near the Golden Horn.