Walking through the door at Baylan, an old school pastry shop in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district, is like warping back in time to the 1970s, seemingly the last time they redecorated the place. The decor may be tired and worn, but you’ll hardly notice while downing spoonfuls of their signature dessert, the Kup Griye. It is a potpourri of ice cream, caramel sauce, finely ground pistachio, coarsely chopped almonds, crunchy bits of toffee and crème Chantilly. The 1970s were so bad were they?
Baylan
Muvakkithane Caddesi No.19
Kadıköy – İstanbul
Categories: Daily Food Photo, Gastronomic Traditions, Istanbul, Restaurants, Sweets & Dessert, Turkish Cuisine
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June 18th, 2010 at 8:35 pm[...] This old school Greek pastry shop on the Asian side is famous for its Kup Griye, basically a bucket of ice cream with crème Chantilly, caramel sauce, toasted nuts, and toffee. I [...]
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I could go for that right now and I haven’t even had breakfast yet
April 21st, 2010 at 2:31 pmAll my favorite flavors! The ice cream sundae…known the world over. If only we could all share one huge one…it could bring about world peace.
April 21st, 2010 at 2:41 pmThis must be the thing about which I am turning greenest with envy that I couldn’t make it to Istanbul last week: was planning to reenact my childhood (70′s), going there after lunch at ciya with Cenk on thursday….
April 26th, 2010 at 9:41 amWhat if I have one for you this afternoon? It will have to be at the new-ish one in Bebek cuz i cant make it to Kadikoy today. Not quite the same, but will it do?
April 26th, 2010 at 9:48 amit will do, Katie, go ahead!
April 26th, 2010 at 2:09 pmPS: I appreciate you sacrificing yourself for me in a such a dedicated manner