Growing up in Australia Turkish delights were common place in our household. I remember us always having a box of them in the pantry. For some reason I’ve always had a love/hate relationship when it comes to Turkish delight, I remember going to birthday parties as a kid in Australia and often being offered a specific brand of Turkish delight covered in milk chocolate, wrapped in pink foil… if you’re an Aussie reading this you will most likely know the chocolate Turkish delight bar I’m referring to! I don’t know why but I never really enjoyed eating that chocolate covered delight, luckily though my mum would often buy traditionally made ones from Persian/Turkish supermarkets and those were the ones I enjoyed best. [Read more…]
