In Turkey, which claims to be the third largest food kingdom in the world, the food is famous for its strong taste. Turkey has a wide variety of dishes, which combine the characteristics of Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean coast, as well as Chinese cuisine, French cuisine The cuisine is ranked among the three major cuisines in the world. Kebab, naan and yogurt are the three basics of Turkish cuisine. People put a lot of various spices in various foods to prevent the food from deteriorating in hot weather, and to remove the smell of beef and mutton, making the food more delicious. There is a world-famous Egyptian market in Istanbul, Turkey, which mainly sells spices from all over the world. Because many Egyptians first came here to do business by sea 600 years ago, it was called the Egyptian market. This is also one of the check-in places for tourists from all over the world in Istanbul. The prices of goods here are cheaper than those in the Grand Bazaar. In addition to enjoying the unique Turkish style, you can also find your favorite tourist souvenirs here.

Near the Galata Bridge in Istanbul, after visiting the majestic Yeni Mosque, walking through the square with noisy people and flying pigeons, we came to the legendary spice market.

This spice market was built in the 17th century and has a history of more than 300 years, but the main building is still in use today. In the deep and mysterious corridor, under the arched sheds, various shops and stalls are displayed one after another, and various spices with strong flavors are placed inside.

These spices from Turkey and around the world are put in bottles or plastic containers and placed on the shelves for customers to choose from. Looking from the outside of the store to the inside, the bright red, golden, emerald green, dark brown... bright colors are dazzling.

This can be called the spice market with the most complete varieties in the world. As long as you can name the spices, you can find them here.

Above the dark crowd, there was a strong and breathless aroma of various foods and spices that seemed to have persisted for hundreds of years.

While visiting the market, I discovered a store called "Jackie Chan's Store". The store sells saffron, Turkish coffee, pistachios and various tourist souvenirs that are popular among Chinese tourists. It is estimated that this store has nothing to do with Jackie Chan. The owner may be a Jackie Chan fan, or he hopes to use Jackie Chan's name to attract Chinese tourists to come and buy.

I walked over and talked with the people in the store, and found that both the boss and the salesman basically spoke some Mandarin.

I praised them for their excellent Mandarin, and then asked them where they learned Chinese. The boss who spoke fluent Chinese said that he had spent several years in China and was a master of China. The main customers of their store are hundreds of thousands of Chinese tourists who come here every day.

There is a Turkish beauty proprietress in a shop next to Jackie Chan's shop. She has a beautiful face and a typical West Asian appearance. Her shop specializes in a variety of dried fruits, mainly Turkish pistachios and pumpkin seeds.

In addition to selling various spices, the spice market also sells various ceramics, beautiful glass lanterns and other tourist souvenirs, which are addictive and lingering.

The most beautiful items here are undoubtedly these colorful Turkish glass lamps, which are made from various stained glass and metal ornaments. These glass lanterns are a specialty of Türkiye.

Chinese tourists who have been to Turkey love this kind of lanterns. If conditions permit, everyone will buy one or two glass lanterns to take home.

Although the hometown of porcelain is China, the Turks learned porcelain-making techniques from the Chinese, improved the production process and ingredients, and produced various porcelains with unique Turkish and Middle Eastern characteristics, which have spread far and wide. Sold all over the world, today Turkey is also a major porcelain producing country in the world.

The world-famous Turkish apple tea is a tea made by the Turks from fruit acid powder. The taste of this tea has a strong apple flavor, which is very suitable for Turkish tastes. Turkish apple tea is a major feature of Turkish food culture. If you have the opportunity to go to Turkey, don’t forget to taste a cup of Turkish apple tea.

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There are also a variety of tourist souvenirs for sale in the spice market, which is dazzling. This is a doll from the Ottoman Turkish Army Band.

The spice market has now changed from selling only food seasonings to now selling a variety of groceries, travel souvenirs and clothing.