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I've had it in Turkey and I was still meh.
The baklava, though...๐คค
Not all turkish delight in Turkey is good. Especially the one in tourist shops. The same way you can eat meh sushi in Japan or meh pizza in Italy.
turk here, baklava has to have the right amount of syrup. too much and it's a disgusting sweet mess, just right and it's a delightful flaky , pistachio topped treat
There's a market here that sells boxed baklava from turkey, and it's good. Too sweet for me. But the Greek Orthodox church nearby makes and sells baklava for raising money and during Greek fest, and it's absolutely incredible. I always assumed I just didn't care for Turkish baklava but liked Greek. After your comment, I'm wondering if it's a boxed vs homemade dynamic I'm tuning into.
I think it's a mix of staleness and philo dough quality. The imported turkish stuff has to be made, packaged, transported etc , it gets cooled, whatever and takes ages to get to you. Meanwhile the dough is getting stale and absorbing too much of the syrup, so it becomes lower quality. Also, as you point out, it's mass produced.
Also, the homemade greek stuff probably starts out with higher quality philo dough, and is made fresh that morning.
Not to say the greeks, armenians , syrians or whatevers don't have the capacity to make better baklava, I'm sure they all have great chefs.
Bam Bam Baklava
Milk and Chocolate, the cold baklava is good
The syrup baklava? BAD!!!!!!