GOOD Turkish Delight?

After watching Narnia I have a craving for Turkish Delight again. Is there any place in Toronto that sells the genuinely light, and soft kind that I remember from London?

[crawfish]

Akram's in Kensington always has fresh, soft turkish delight.

[mrsleny]

I like the Turkish Delight at Tavazo (Thornhill & Richmond Hill). I don't know how authentic it is but it is nice and soft.

[lchow4983]

Travelled to Istanbul ths spring, and discovered Turkish Delights by Koska. These lokums were delicious, especially with pistacho. You can purchase these turkish delights in Highland Farms store on Ellesmere.

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Highland Farms
850 Ellesmere Rd, Toronto, ON M1P, CA

[howiechips]

Where can you buy Turkish apple tea in Toronto GTA. Nice hot drink.

[blinknoodle]

Has anyone seen the cream lokum in the GTA? I had it when I went to Turkey and loved it way better than the standard traditional Turkish delights. They are opaque and cream is added at the end.

[pastina]

In Kensington Market on Nassau, I believe, the little place that's west of European Meats, but east of the butcher shop has very fresh Turkish delight in a few flavours on Saturday mornings. The shop sells coffee and spices and is run by a senior couple, but I can't remember the name of it.

As well, the woman in SLM on the main floor across from Brown Brother's Meats, at a place called Peter's Natural health Foods, has fresh Turkish Delight.

Both of them have it fresh on a tray and you buy it by the gram. I've had rosewater, ornge blossom, a golden honey flavoured one. Some come with pistachios. Depends what they have that day.

[pearlD]

They used to sell Turkish Delight at a place on the west side of Avenue Road, quite north of Lawrence... its called "ARARAT"? It's a middle eastern 'deli' type store with olives/oils etc. located at 1800 Avenue Road...call first before going...haven't been in years.

[tochipotle]

Not in Toronto, but my sister's family (I hate the stuff, so I have no idea!) fell in love with the Turkish Delight at the market St. Jacobs. http://www.stjacobs.com/html/shopping.... Now every time they come to Toronto, they want to go to St. Jacobs just for the Turkish Delight. It comes in a lot of flavours....
Don't know if anybody sells from the same source in Toronto, but you could email, or if it's that much of a craving go for a drive!

[Finnegan]

It's your lucky day ArticialLard...I'm letting you in on my secret Turkish Delight source...Peter's Natural Foods in the St. Lawrence market. This stuff is the real deal. soft and fresh, dusted with icing sugar and just slightly chewy. This stuff is homemade by the owner's wife and made in the traditional flavours of Rosewater, lemon, etc. It's an xmas tradition at our place to pick up a fresh batch for the holidays. I assume they make it year round

[LTL]

Where exactly in the market is it located?

[Finnegan]

Upper market (main floor) along the west wall (side nearest Market St.)...near the carousel bakery...it's a very small shop

[LTL]

Thanks! Hope to check it out soon.

[dramarama]

I had some that was actually not half bad at The Bulk Barn at Leslie and Lakeshore

[sidd83]

This is crazy, i was just watching the 1988 BBC series of Narnia which i used to watch back in England and I'm craving them right now. Same situation......
I heard you get them at metro.

[radiopolitic]

I don't know about you guys but I really dislike the kinds of lokum I find here. Stale, too chewy, bland etc...

If you can find a box of HaciBekir sitting in a store I'd jump on that.

[ascendance]

Well, I'll be... I just found this online...

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&s...

I'll be ordering a few experimental boxes to my cousin's place this summer.

[radiopolitic]

Awesome.

I generally come back from Turkey with about 15-20 boxes every summer.

I hope that the ones on amazon are fresh and haven't been sitting in some warehouse for years.

[ascendance]

I brought back 3 boxes from my last trip.

Two months later, I feel that was woefully insufficient.

Oddly enough, Pioneer Village sells awesome Turkish Delight, if you feel like making a day of the quest:) It haunts me still! Very light and no weird beef aftertaste.

What's Turkish Delight? I've heard of it before, but have no clue what it is....

Thanks!

It's a candy that's gelatin-based. Thick of very stiff Jello. It's made in a variety of flavors and comes in cubes that are dusted in powdered sugar to prevent each piece from sticking. There's a picture on the recipe link.

The taste is oddly pleasant - mushy but with texture and the hint of something beyond the sweetness.

Link: http://www.christmas-joy.com/recipes/...

Thanks for the info! Sounds interesting!

:)

that ``hint of something'' is quite frequently rose water or orange blossom water

[Heatherbee]

Just an FYI to vegetarians, this is actually not gelatin based but cornstarch based. Go nuts!

they have some a nutty chocolatier. they are pre-packaged - 6 for $2.99

Is that 6 pieces?? That's ridiculous - I must have it. Will report back when I have.

bit pricey but about the same price per square as my experience in Paris. And they are the great big fat cubes that take 3 bites to eat.

So finally stopped by the Nutty Chocolatier for the Turkish Delight. It is indeed 2.99 for 6 cubes about 1cm.

Was not as 'delightful' as I remember it being (my only previous experience of the candy was from the deli counter at the Selfridges cafe in London). It was a little too thick and hard and I would've preferred it to be softer and not so sweet.

Still, it was fun to eat and goes well with tea. Thanks for the rec!

Tahsin (Tahsin Meat Products, 721 Danforth Avenue, 416-466-5041) on the Danforth is a little Turkish gocery store and halal butcher that sells a variety of goods imported from Turkey, including Turkish delight (lokum??). They also have a variety of olive oils for very low prices that can't be beat in the area.

They often have turkish baklava (made with pistachios), which is the best i have had on the Danforth.

As well they sell turkish pomegranite juice for 4.99/litre. I have seen this same brand in downtown health food shops for 6.99 anbd even 7.99. (Note that Masellis brothers also sells it for 3.99/litre, maybe the best in the city!)

[BamiaWruz]

Is this store still open? For those who frequent the danforth.
I did not see it on street view google maps but the numbers are impossible to see.

Greek bakeries sell it. It's called loukoumi, sometimes they will call it Greek delight. You can buy it by weight, (usually it's kept near the cookies), or you can also buy sealed boxes. Serano Bakery on Pape is my favorite of the bakeries near the Danforth.

Serano is great, in a few store plaza a couple blocks north of the Danforth and when I had a car problem, while in their parking lot, they were very kind and helpful, let me use their phone as well, been going there many years, decades?

Marche Istanbul is a Montreal based Turkish importer. Their Toronto outlet is at 3220 Dufferin St. They carry lokum (TD). I don't like the stuff; you tell me if if theirs is good.

marche istanbul has good stuff; many different varieties. you could also go to ararat (on ave. near lawrence). they've got quite a few selections.