Richard Ayoades lightning fast abstract Witt, infinite vocabulary and noble conduct make him the best travel man presenter ever. This series is such a treat to watch! every episode! as if like magic he casts a spell over his guest revealing their jovial true selves which is rather special to see, as normally (the guests) are the ones entertaining or performing to the public. Thank you North One (for producing this for) Channel 4 :)
Rakı is consumed with a lot of cold and warm starters. It is like a very long dinner. "işkembe" is a really too Turkish soup, most of Turkish people don't like it but I love it. You should decide what to put in yourself, for example, I prefer lemon juice instead of vinegar, with a little bit garlic sauce and pepper.
um anyone else noticed he said 800 euros and they agreed.. then when they were celebrating he was shouting 900 euros? Haha maybe he felt bad he didn't haggle up again and added an extra 100 as he was feeling charitable.
I've cooked before. I know when something tastes so utterly catastrophic, you cover it up with condiments. I give you Tripe Soup. The base ingredient tastes so bad, they chuck 19 different flavourings and spices on top to cover it up. It's basically spice soup at that point.
It's an acquired taste, I would say. It starts to grow on you when you eat it once in a while throughout your whole life. I hated it as a kid, and I love it. I don't know why but it tastes perfect in the nights, maybe I subconciously associate it with the stories I created with my blokes when we were drunk. I'm still a bit picky tho, I don't eat the bits. Yes, many Turks are not fond of it as well. It is just an old depression soup. It is associated with old Turkic times, when people had too little to waste. Tongues, brains, tripe...
I got a haircut in Oman once ... part of the service was to set these big Q-Tips on fire and stick them up my nose. That was a new experience that doesn't need to be repeated.
@@momon969 I prefer the safer alternative of the battery operated trimmer. It tickles a bit but if you can man your way through that, it works great. Good luck with your flaming Q-Tips of death, though!
Richard, please come back to Istanbul but this time take Noel with you. Please. Istanbul is not just about carpets, barbershops, rakı and soup, I believe you can have a lot more fun.
Hand-woven carpets are very expensive. They can take over a year to make. I don't think I've seen a single hand-made carpet in most houses in Turkey in the last 30 years I lived here. That said, he likely did pay a bit over what he could've gotten for it. These merchants already know the minimum price they're willing to accept for it, and the quickness with which he accepted it signals the price was getting close there.
