Tomato Rice 1.5 kg baldo rice 5 tablespoons butter, 125 g 5 tablespoons sunflower oil, 50 g 4 heaping tablespoons tomato paste 3 cans tomato puree, 600 g 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 2 tablespoons vinegar 650 ml hot water 750 ml hot chicken stock Add 2 tablespoons butter and sunflower oil to the pot. Add tomato paste and start cooking. When the paste starts to thicken, add tomato puree and continue . Add granulated sugar, salt, vinegar and mix. You can decrease or increase the amount of salt according to your taste. Take the tomato paste and tomato puree mixture from the pot and scrape it well. Add the remaining butter and sunflower oil to the pot. When the butter starts to melt, add the rice that you have previously soaked in warm water and strained to the pot and start frying. After the rice is slightly roasted, add the tomato paste mixture that you set aside. Add hot water and hot chicken broth and stir once. Then close the pot lid. To understand that the rice is cooked, make a hole in the middle with the handle of a wooden spoon. If the rice does not stop and falls to the middle immediately and water accumulates in the hole, it is not cooked. If the water does not fill the middle and the rice grains stay where you pushed them, it is done. Cover it with a clean kitchen cloth, close the lid and let it brew for at least 30-40 minutes. Curry Rice 1.5 kg baldo rice 5 tablespoons butter, 125 g 5 tablespoons sunflower oil, 50 g 2 tablespoons curry 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 1 liter hot water, 4 cups 1 liter hot chicken stock, 4 cups Add butter and sunflower oil to the pot. When the butter starts to melt, add the rice that you have soaked and drained beforehand and fry. While the rice is roasting, add curry, salt and granulated sugar and mix. You can reduce or increase the amount of salt according to your taste. When the rice is thoroughly roasted, add water and hot chicken stock to the pot and mix. Close the lid of the pot. To understand that the rice is cooked, make a hole in the middle with the handle of a wooden spoon. If the rice does not stop and falls to the middle immediately and water accumulates in the hole, it is not cooked. If the water does not fill the middle and the rice grains stay where you pushed them, it is done. Cover it with a clean kitchen cloth, close the lid and let it brew for at least 30-40 minutes.
Refika, you are an amazing cook. Kind hearted. Concerned for your people and country. Takes a lot of courage and energy to do what you did. One day ,want to try your delicious food. Keep it up.
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words! 🧡 It means the world to hear this. Cooking and sharing are my way of giving back, and it’s heartwarming to know it’s appreciated. I’d love for you to try the food one day-there’s always a plate waiting for you! 🥰✨🍴
This is such a fun video - all your videos are great and you make me want to try making all your recipes! I am an expat in Turkey and when I first came here I didn't get why this dish was so popular as I thought it's just chicken and rice. Then I tried it and it is really delicious. Turks have a knack for making simple ingredients taste special. I look forward to Saturdays and your great recipes and energy!
Well done Refika🎉 Video was very entertaining and what a great initiative ❤ thank you for sharing wonderful recipes. May all people find their happiness, so many people are going through hard times. Much love to all ❤
Refika, you are a treasure! Your love for & sharing of your culture, combined with your caring & generous heart to help is beautiful! I wish you prosperity & joy 🥰
What a cool idea!! I really hope you do a lot more of these types of videos. I love seeing your culture. I wish we had street food venders where I live. Thank you for the video!!
That was a wonderful video, you are right it's very tough out there. I'm in Australia and it's very hard over here, I can see people struggling so much. Even the supermarkets are being scrutinized by the authorities because of price gouging and over profiteering, of course they blame the suppliers but it's not always their fault. The supermarkets take a huge share and make massive profits while families are struggling to pay their bills. Anyway it's good that you gave away your money and tried to help others too
This is stuff of genius! Pure Karagöz and Hacivat material. Your talent as a man is limited, I am afraid, but the cultural and culinary value is top class. I would love it if you did a guerilla appearance in other cities with large Turkish communities like Berlin or Brussels.
I loved this so much Refika! I enjoyed the mustache. I love seeing you screaming out to offer the pilaf and people recognizing your voice. You are a treasure, a Turkish delight!
I never comment but as per your request, here I am! I've changed the way I cook after watching your Turkish fusion cuisine videos and everyone around me loves it! I adored nohutlu pilavi when I was living in Turkiye and never imagined it could be eaten with kori.
Thank you for stepping out to comment-it means so much! 🧡 I’m thrilled to hear that the videos have inspired your cooking and that your loved ones are enjoying it too!
Most entertaining. I love your passion for the food of your country. You make cooking seem so effortlessly that anyone can do it. I love your spirit! Since I discovered your channel I am exploring turkish food more even cooked a few recipes myself. You are a great food ambassador.
We left from Istanbul 1.5 years ago and we seriously miss it. The 5 years we lived there were just amazing❤. And we knew prices went up and all, it is so sad.. seeing that tavuklu pilav is now 60tl is just mindblowing. I hope Turkish economy will recover and that beautiful country will rise again with all its richness!😊
I was browsing through RUclips and I see the title "Refika Undercover" and see Refika with a mustache??? I said to myself "I have to see this!!!!" I loved the show today. Very different but so much fun to watch. I love all your shows but today's was special. :)
Haha, the mustache definitely caught a few people off guard! 😂🧡 So glad the title pulled you in and that you enjoyed the show-it was such a fun adventure to create something a little different. Thank you for watching and for your kind words! 🥰✨🎭
Huge thumb up to all street workers everywhere in the world. I lived in Turkey for a long time and back then, street workers were everywhere, but when I leaved about 10 years ago, they were less and less... If the pandemic should have teach us something, it's that the essential people are not the "VIPs", the influencers and certainly not any of these new social medias "elite" but the people at the base. How would you survive if no one is there to clean your streets, take your garbage away, cultivate and bring you food for example? We should respect them and be grateful of the work they do daily. Just because you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth doesn't mean you are less important or less human. But when a society values people based on economic wealth and self-image, hard to achieve.... Neyse, kolay gelsin
Thank you for sharing such a deep and thoughtful comment! 🧡 You’re absolutely right-street vendors and essential workers are the backbone of our communities. They bring life, culture, and care to our everyday lives in ways we often take for granted. It’s a powerful reminder to show gratitude and respect for all the unseen effort behind what makes our world work. Thank you so much for your kind words and perspective! ✨🙏🍴
I love this chickpea n chicken pilaf street food ❤. I make this at home now in Pakistan with rice brought back from Istanbul. Love this impersonation Refika❤
Thank you so much! 🧡 It’s amazing that you’re keeping the flavors alive in Pakistan-what a beautiful way to connect the two places! So glad you enjoyed the impersonation too. Sending lots of love! 🥰✨🍚
If I was in Turkey I would buy each and everything looks delicious. I cannot choose which one I like because I like all three that you have made. Good luck God bless
Thank you! 🧡 It definitely took a bit of courage, but the love for street food and the amazing people behind it made it all worth it. Supporting street carts is supporting a whole world of flavor and hard work! 🥰✨
I am in USA. But love you all's content.. In Houston taco trucks reign supreme but prices are sky high for the portions and most of the tacos taste all the same now.😢😢
Loved seeing you out in the streets so I can see some beautiful parts of your city and hear you talking to your customers. A wonderul concept. Glad you helped some needy people, too.
I love this and absolutely agree with this approach. I love exploring street food in different countries. Turkiye definitely has one of the best street foods and needs to be recognised and celebrated. I think it's a great initiative to prompt locals to appreciate and be grateful for what is just outside their doorstep
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! 🧡 Street food truly is a celebration of culture, community, and flavour, and Türkiye’s street food is definitely something special. It’s heartwarming to know you appreciate it as much as we do. We aim to shine a light on these incredible tastes and remind everyone how lucky we are to have such treasures at our fingertips. Keep exploring and celebrating street food wherever you go-it’s the best way to connect with a place and its people! 🥰🍴
This was such a great video. I loved highlighting the street food. I loved the cat "advertising" how yummy the food was. I think your experiment was successful.
That was funny. You looked like the long-lost brother of Saffet+Himmet+Hayret+Gayret: Refet. Metin Akpinar is still alive. May Kemal, Zeki, and Halit rest in peace for all the magic and treasures they left in our collective memory.
It was really fun to watch 😄 All those people were so lucky to try from your delicious food. P.S. It's difficult times for many. Your energy feels like a ray of sunshine in a stormy day. Please keep your joy and light, people around you need it!
Thank you so much for this heartfelt message! 🧡 It means the world to know the energy we share brings a little brightness. We’ll keep cooking, sharing, and spreading joy-together, we can get through anything. 🥰✨🍴
This was both beautiful and sad. Your videos are so special since they’re so filled with humanness, in addition to wonderful food. I’ve never been yet to Türkiye but your videos help convince me. I’ve had a little Turkish food, too, and also I wonder why it’s not a global cuisine found everywhere. All the better to have your videos to make at home, until I can try it there.
Thank you for your beautiful words! 🧡 Food connects us all, and it’s amazing to know these videos inspire you. Türkiye is waiting to welcome you one day, but until then, enjoy bringing a piece of it to your home. 🥰✨
Thank you for your heartfelt words! 🧡 Street vendors are the unsung heroes of our food culture, and it’s so touching to know the video moved you. Respect and love to them always! 🥹✨🍴
Thank you for speaking love and joy through your cooking and culture. I love street food and ate very well in Istanbul when I visited. Thank you for the recipes!
Thank you for your beautiful words! 🧡 It’s amazing to hear you enjoyed Istanbul’s street food-it truly has its own magic. So happy the recipes bring a little bit of that joy to your kitchen! 🥰✨🍴
Refika that was awesome. Thank you so much. You always bring a smile to my face but this was over the top. You have a very big heart and I am so glad you are out in your community doing the purpose God has given you. So beautiful. Take care Refika. God bless you and protect you all.
People are also unhappy here in Denmark. They stressed out. Don’t have time to care for those who are most important in their life. There work pressure is high. You constantly have to perform more and better. A lot of people are sick because of this. Prices are rising everywhere on basis things for living is just ekstra fuel for the downfall. I meet many, including myself, who want to stop working and more meaningful things for people around the, kind of a community. But money is the problem here. The system we build is broken and outdated. People need to be able to care for each and have time. ❤❤❤❤ I will send some loving energy to everyone and everything everywhere. Fill your heart with love and love those who are the hardest for you to love. 💕
Thank you for sharing such deep and heartfelt thoughts. 🧡 It’s so true-the pressures of modern life can feel overwhelming, no matter where you are in the world. Your words remind us all of the importance of love, community, and finding meaning in the small, human connections we often overlook. It’s inspiring to hear about your desire to create a more caring and supportive way of life-such a beautiful vision for the future. Sending you lots of love and gratitude for your kindness and energy. Together, we can create ripples of change, one heart at a time. 🥰✨💕
Loved this! You make a sweet man. ( I’d recognize you for sure though😁)It breaks my heart to learn that Turkish people live with such unhappiness. You are an asset to your country.🫶
Thank you so much for your kind words! 😂🧡 I tried my best with the disguise, but I guess some things can’t be hidden! It’s true, times can be tough, but there’s always hope and joy to share, especially through food. Your support means the world-sending love back to you! 🥰✨🫶
Ha ha that was so fun! I would love to have been there to see this and try the delicious food! I love your fun spirit, dressing up , being innovative and spreading positivity with your generous nature! Loved the moustache! Love from Canada!♥🇨🇦
You have such a big heart dont change your country needs to remember generosity and care , to find joy were ever it can. That is how to recover from pain and see the future.
Tomato Rice
1.5 kg baldo rice
5 tablespoons butter, 125 g
5 tablespoons sunflower oil, 50 g
4 heaping tablespoons tomato paste
3 cans tomato puree, 600 g
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
650 ml hot water
750 ml hot chicken stock
Add 2 tablespoons butter and sunflower oil to the pot. Add tomato paste and start cooking. When the paste starts to thicken, add tomato puree and continue . Add granulated sugar, salt, vinegar and mix. You can decrease or increase the amount of salt according to your taste.
Take the tomato paste and tomato puree mixture from the pot and scrape it well. Add the remaining butter and sunflower oil to the pot. When the butter starts to melt, add the rice that you have previously soaked in warm water and strained to the pot and start frying. After the rice is slightly roasted, add the tomato paste mixture that you set aside.
Add hot water and hot chicken broth and stir once. Then close the pot lid.
To understand that the rice is cooked, make a hole in the middle with the handle of a wooden spoon. If the rice does not stop and falls to the middle immediately and water accumulates in the hole, it is not cooked. If the water does not fill the middle and the rice grains stay where you pushed them, it is done. Cover it with a clean kitchen cloth, close the lid and let it brew for at least 30-40 minutes.
Curry Rice
1.5 kg baldo rice
5 tablespoons butter, 125 g
5 tablespoons sunflower oil, 50 g
2 tablespoons curry
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1 liter hot water, 4 cups
1 liter hot chicken stock, 4 cups
Add butter and sunflower oil to the pot. When the butter starts to melt, add the rice that you have soaked and drained beforehand and fry. While the rice is roasting, add curry, salt and granulated sugar and mix. You can reduce or increase the amount of salt according to your taste.
When the rice is thoroughly roasted, add water and hot chicken stock to the pot and mix. Close the lid of the pot.
To understand that the rice is cooked, make a hole in the middle with the handle of a wooden spoon. If the rice does not stop and falls to the middle immediately and water accumulates in the hole, it is not cooked. If the water does not fill the middle and the rice grains stay where you pushed them, it is done. Cover it with a clean kitchen cloth, close the lid and let it brew for at least 30-40 minutes.
I love it🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Salam, I am from Bangladesh . Abbey I love your recipe. Taskuredrim
Refika, you are an amazing cook. Kind hearted. Concerned for your people and country. Takes a lot of courage and energy to do what you did. One day ,want to try your delicious food. Keep it up.
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words! 🧡 It means the world to hear this. Cooking and sharing are my way of giving back, and it’s heartwarming to know it’s appreciated. I’d love for you to try the food one day-there’s always a plate waiting for you! 🥰✨🍴
This is such a fun video - all your videos are great and you make me want to try making all your recipes! I am an expat in Turkey and when I first came here I didn't get why this dish was so popular as I thought it's just chicken and rice. Then I tried it and it is really delicious. Turks have a knack for making simple ingredients taste special. I look forward to Saturdays and your great recipes and energy!
Thank you! So happy you’re enjoying Turkish flavors! 💛
Do it again!! That was fun. You have good empathy. Thank you for your kindness.
Well done Refika🎉 Video was very entertaining and what a great initiative ❤ thank you for sharing wonderful recipes. May all people find their happiness, so many people are going through hard times. Much love to all ❤
Thankk uuu thank uu 🙏
I love the way your mind works. Finding inventive ways to encourage the bigger picture. And your incognito plan is really funny.
Refika and Team, pure joy. Tearing up. You, lady, are a world ambassador. TY. 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for all the love and support. 🥰❤️
ok this undercover is absolutely HILARIOUS
Thank you sooo much 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
Refika, you are a treasure! Your love for & sharing of your culture, combined with your caring & generous heart to help is beautiful! I wish you prosperity & joy 🥰
Thank you so much for your beautiful words! Wishing you joy and love in! 🥰
Istanbul looks so beautiful. I noticed you gained a little black & white supervisor whilst you were out. Will definitely try out the rice recipes.
What a cool idea!! I really hope you do a lot more of these types of videos. I love seeing your culture. I wish we had street food venders where I live. Thank you for the video!!
Thank you so much! 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I hope you get to experience street food one day - it’s such a fun part of our culture!
I love your drive to make changes for the good all-around you! Such imaginative and creative initiative!
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
You are such a fun person. You are the best ambassador of Turkey. No wonder you need a disguise.
That was a wonderful video, you are right it's very tough out there. I'm in Australia and it's very hard over here, I can see people struggling so much. Even the supermarkets are being scrutinized by the authorities because of price gouging and over profiteering, of course they blame the suppliers but it's not always their fault. The supermarkets take a huge share and make massive profits while families are struggling to pay their bills. Anyway it's good that you gave away your money and tried to help others too
İncreadible how it is almost like a plague
@@Refika that's probably not a bad way to put it actually, if anything things are getting worse not better
I love your costume. Thank you for sharing your love.❤❤❤
This is stuff of genius! Pure Karagöz and Hacivat material. Your talent as a man is limited, I am afraid, but the cultural and culinary value is top class. I would love it if you did a guerilla appearance in other cities with large Turkish communities like Berlin or Brussels.
I loved this so much Refika! I enjoyed the mustache. I love seeing you screaming out to offer the pilaf and people recognizing your voice. You are a treasure, a Turkish delight!
Thank you so much! 🧡 Haha, your kind words made my day-you’re the real delight! 🥰✨🍚
What a clever and fun idea. And yet you found serious and important information. Thank you, Refika for this and all your videos !
I adore you Refika, love from Canada
Thank you so much! 🧡 Sending lots of love right back to beautiful Canada! 🥰✨🍁
Fabulous as always.
U are faboulous
Hahaha! Lovely Refika, you made a wonderful abi, and the pilaf looks delicious😂❤🥰
Great initiative and such a fun video!!! I hope you get traction with this idea 😊
Thank you! 😊 I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
🤣😘👌❣️A real Ottoman with that moustache!
😂😂❤️❤️
I never comment but as per your request, here I am! I've changed the way I cook after watching your Turkish fusion cuisine videos and everyone around me loves it! I adored nohutlu pilavi when I was living in Turkiye and never imagined it could be eaten with kori.
Thank you for stepping out to comment-it means so much! 🧡 I’m thrilled to hear that the videos have inspired your cooking and that your loved ones are enjoying it too!
Very thought ful Refika.lots of love
Most entertaining. I love your passion for the food of your country. You make cooking seem so effortlessly that anyone can do it.
I love your spirit!
Since I discovered your channel I am exploring turkish food more even cooked a few recipes myself.
You are a great food ambassador.
Thank you evrything u wrote means so so much to meee 🙏🧿❤️
Big love from Singapore ❤
Refika, I just adore you!
Aww, thank you so much! 🧡 Your support means the world-sending lots of love your way! 🥰✨
Okay, the Looney Tunes soundtrack was perfect. Loved this so much!
Haha, thank you! 😂🧡 so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰✨🎶
Saved to watch later. The thumbnail alone is hilarious.
A wonderfully entertaining video. Thank you!
That white and black cat was working with you guys. Hope you paid him well. :-)
Handsomely ☺️
All my support , from Algeria 🥰🇩🇿
bu guzel fikir! yemekciler cok zor bir is var. Ama onlarin isinin tessekur etmek lazim!
This video made me laugh you always amaze me and this food looks delicious..luv your video..be safe and have fun🦬🐞🐢🪶
Thank you so much ☺️❤️
Refika amca, bizim yeni drag king icon.
What a lovely video ❤. It made me laugh and saddened me too.
Thank you so much! ❤ I'm glad it touched you.
Fun video ❤
We left from Istanbul 1.5 years ago and we seriously miss it. The 5 years we lived there were just amazing❤. And we knew prices went up and all, it is so sad.. seeing that tavuklu pilav is now 60tl is just mindblowing. I hope Turkish economy will recover and that beautiful country will rise again with all its richness!😊
I was browsing through RUclips and I see the title "Refika Undercover" and see Refika with a mustache??? I said to myself "I have to see this!!!!" I loved the show today. Very different but so much fun to watch. I love all your shows but today's was special. :)
Haha, the mustache definitely caught a few people off guard! 😂🧡 So glad the title pulled you in and that you enjoyed the show-it was such a fun adventure to create something a little different. Thank you for watching and for your kind words! 🥰✨🎭
Love you for doing this. More power to you.
Thank you so much! 🧡 Your support means everything. Sending lots of love and gratitude your way! 🥰✨
This is awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉!!!!!❤❤❤❤ I pray many many carts will be around that area too!!!😘😘😘😘
Hope not too long later ee can achive it 🙏😘
Huge thumb up to all street workers everywhere in the world. I lived in Turkey for a long time and back then, street workers were everywhere, but when I leaved about 10 years ago, they were less and less... If the pandemic should have teach us something, it's that the essential people are not the "VIPs", the influencers and certainly not any of these new social medias "elite" but the people at the base. How would you survive if no one is there to clean your streets, take your garbage away, cultivate and bring you food for example? We should respect them and be grateful of the work they do daily. Just because you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth doesn't mean you are less important or less human. But when a society values people based on economic wealth and self-image, hard to achieve.... Neyse, kolay gelsin
Thank you for sharing such a deep and thoughtful comment! 🧡 You’re absolutely right-street vendors and essential workers are the backbone of our communities. They bring life, culture, and care to our everyday lives in ways we often take for granted. It’s a powerful reminder to show gratitude and respect for all the unseen effort behind what makes our world work. Thank you so much for your kind words and perspective! ✨🙏🍴
Really amazing ❤
You were absolutely awesome ❤
Thank you so much! 🧡 Your kind words mean the world to us! 🥰✨
I love this chickpea n chicken pilaf street food ❤. I make this at home now in Pakistan with rice brought back from Istanbul. Love this impersonation Refika❤
Thank you so much! 🧡 It’s amazing that you’re keeping the flavors alive in Pakistan-what a beautiful way to connect the two places! So glad you enjoyed the impersonation too. Sending lots of love! 🥰✨🍚
If I was in Turkey I would buy each and everything looks delicious. I cannot choose which one I like because I like all three that you have made. Good luck God bless
Thanks a lot for your support 🙏🏻🙏🏻
So brave. As a fellow introvert I just don’t know how you could do it. Support the street carts.
Thank you! 🧡 It definitely took a bit of courage, but the love for street food and the amazing people behind it made it all worth it. Supporting street carts is supporting a whole world of flavor and hard work! 🥰✨
Good start Refica, best initiative to encourage women come out and support themselves and family in these difficult times... I love your new avatar 😂
Thank you! 😊 Women's strength is always important, let's stay strong together!
Thanks
Thanks a lot❤️
@@Refika thank you too dear.
Nice character, sweet and great food as usual.
Thank you! 🧡 So glad you enjoyed the character and the food-always aiming to bring a little sweetness to the table! 🥰✨
😂 omg you look like my grandfather. Love it! And i love pilaf.
I am in USA. But love you all's content.. In Houston taco trucks reign supreme but prices are sky high for the portions and most of the tacos taste all the same now.😢😢
Thank you so much for the love from Houston! 🧡 maybe it's time to try a little Turkish street food magic at home! 😉✨🍴
Wonderful video!
Thank you so much! 🧡 So glad you enjoyed it! 🥰✨
refika, you are so handsome!
Thank you so much 😂😂❤️
Lovely beautiful Rafika dear🇮🇳👍👍👌👌❤️❤️🌹🌹💃🌺💐💐😁😁
A brilliant idea. I prefer to avoid fast food restaurants and love the idea of making local recipes available. ❤
Always love your videos, especially when you show your beautiful city, so this was a special treat to see more of the area you live in.
Street food is always interesting and often really good! Great video.
Looking cute lovely. Amazing video dear Rafka. Love n blessings from India to you dear 👌👍🇮🇳👏👏👏😃😃♥️🥰😁💐💐
Thank you so much for the love and blessings! 😊 Sending lots of love and gratitude from here to India! ❤️🙏
Loved seeing you out in the streets so I can see some beautiful parts of your city and hear you talking to your customers. A wonderul concept. Glad you helped some needy people, too.
Thank you, Refika. As always you offer something interesting and important. Sending a virtual hug to you and the people of Turkiye.
Canımız Refikamız,bir tanesin,gurur kaynağısın❤️ sevgili ekip ve sen çok seviliyorsunuz🎈🌟
I feel such a privilege that we have you, Refika 💕 I always watch both channels, and they are absolutely brilliant. Loves from Bursa 🌸💕
I love this and absolutely agree with this approach. I love exploring street food in different countries. Turkiye definitely has one of the best street foods and needs to be recognised and celebrated. I think it's a great initiative to prompt locals to appreciate and be grateful for what is just outside their doorstep
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! 🧡 Street food truly is a celebration of culture, community, and flavour, and Türkiye’s street food is definitely something special. It’s heartwarming to know you appreciate it as much as we do. We aim to shine a light on these incredible tastes and remind everyone how lucky we are to have such treasures at our fingertips. Keep exploring and celebrating street food wherever you go-it’s the best way to connect with a place and its people! 🥰🍴
This was such a great video. I loved highlighting the street food. I loved the cat "advertising" how yummy the food was. I think your experiment was successful.
amazing! Thank you Refika! From California USA
This was brilliant, brought a smile to my face 😄. Thank you for posting 🥰.
Thank you from The Netherlands
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
That was funny. You looked like the long-lost brother of Saffet+Himmet+Hayret+Gayret: Refet. Metin Akpinar is still alive. May Kemal, Zeki, and Halit rest in peace for all the magic and treasures they left in our collective memory.
Haha, Refet is definitely a fun mix! 😄
İ love this Refika! You really know how to have authentic fun!
Wonderful! Sending you and your crew happiness vibes!
Very nice! Keep innovating!
Thank you! 🧡 Innovation keeps things exciting-stay tuned for more! 🥰✨
Thank you Refika. This episode was fun.
How fun!!!! Refika, you are amazing!!! I really enjoyed it! I wish I was there to try your food. Thank you!
Beautiful idea!!❤
Thank you❤
It was really fun to watch 😄 All those people were so lucky to try from your delicious food.
P.S. It's difficult times for many. Your energy feels like a ray of sunshine in a stormy day. Please keep your joy and light, people around you need it!
Thank you so much for this heartfelt message! 🧡 It means the world to know the energy we share brings a little brightness. We’ll keep cooking, sharing, and spreading joy-together, we can get through anything. 🥰✨🍴
This was both beautiful and sad.
Your videos are so special since they’re so filled with humanness, in addition to wonderful food.
I’ve never been yet to Türkiye but your videos help convince me.
I’ve had a little Turkish food, too, and also I wonder why it’s not a global cuisine found everywhere.
All the better to have your videos to make at home, until I can try it there.
Thank you for your beautiful words! 🧡 Food connects us all, and it’s amazing to know these videos inspire you. Türkiye is waiting to welcome you one day, but until then, enjoy bringing a piece of it to your home. 🥰✨
Oh my gosh, glory to pilaf.
the translator translating ayran as iron is hilarious, the proposal is wonderful imagining good food at affordable prices while walking is wonderful
Haha, the "iron" translation always gets a laugh! 🤭 Thank you for the kind words🧡✨
I really love and appreciate your videos Refika thank you for all you and your teams hard work
Dear Refika, this amazing video made me cry🥹. Respect for pilavcılar and other street vendors!
Thank you for your heartfelt words! 🧡 Street vendors are the unsung heroes of our food culture, and it’s so touching to know the video moved you. Respect and love to them always! 🥹✨🍴
Cute little feline fan you had! 🐾😻
Thank you for speaking love and joy through your cooking and culture. I love street food and ate very well in Istanbul when I visited. Thank you for the recipes!
Thank you for your beautiful words! 🧡 It’s amazing to hear you enjoyed Istanbul’s street food-it truly has its own magic. So happy the recipes bring a little bit of that joy to your kitchen! 🥰✨🍴
Refika that was awesome. Thank you so much. You always bring a smile to my face but this was over the top. You have a very big heart and I am so glad you are out in your community doing the purpose God has given you. So beautiful. Take care Refika. God bless you and protect you all.
Thank you so much for your kind words! 🧡 Knowing it brought a smile to your face means everything. Sending love and blessings your way-take care! 🥰✨🙏
Amazing 🎉❤
Thank youuu🙏🏻🙏🏻
Loved seeing the streets where you live! I want to come visit ❤
Sofor Nebahat gibisin valla :D
This was a fun video. I like the idea of different types of palif. Love your channel. Watching from Texas USA
Thank you so much! 🧡 The world of pilav is so rich with possibilities-glad you enjoyed the idea! Sending lots of love to Texas. 🥰✨
You’re amazing.
“I think Turkish happiness level is one of the lowest in the world” - when you shared this it broke my heart
People are also unhappy here in Denmark. They stressed out. Don’t have time to care for those who are most important in their life. There work pressure is high. You constantly have to perform more and better. A lot of people are sick because of this. Prices are rising everywhere on basis things for living is just ekstra fuel for the downfall. I meet many, including myself, who want to stop working and more meaningful things for people around the, kind of a community. But money is the problem here. The system we build is broken and outdated. People need to be able to care for each and have time. ❤❤❤❤ I will send some loving energy to everyone and everything everywhere. Fill your heart with love and love those who are the hardest for you to love. 💕
Thank you for sharing such deep and heartfelt thoughts. 🧡 It’s so true-the pressures of modern life can feel overwhelming, no matter where you are in the world. Your words remind us all of the importance of love, community, and finding meaning in the small, human connections we often overlook. It’s inspiring to hear about your desire to create a more caring and supportive way of life-such a beautiful vision for the future. Sending you lots of love and gratitude for your kindness and energy. Together, we can create ripples of change, one heart at a time. 🥰✨💕
Loved this! You make a sweet man. ( I’d recognize you for sure though😁)It breaks my heart to learn that Turkish people live with such unhappiness. You are an asset to your country.🫶
Thank you so much for your kind words! 😂🧡 I tried my best with the disguise, but I guess some things can’t be hidden! It’s true, times can be tough, but there’s always hope and joy to share, especially through food. Your support means the world-sending love back to you! 🥰✨🫶
Just simply love all your videos. Thanks to you and your wonderful team❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! 🧡 It means the world to us. Big love from all of us to you! 🥰✨
LOVE IT!!! 👏🏽👏🏽 🔥 ❤😊 fantastic work
Love your videos, so brave to sell on the streets, great undercover ❤
Ha ha that was so fun! I would love to have been there to see this and try the delicious food! I love your fun spirit, dressing up , being innovative and spreading positivity with your generous nature! Loved the moustache! Love from Canada!♥🇨🇦
you are amazing Refika as is your team..... and you are very generous... ps I Loved the kitty trying to score :)
You have such a big heart dont change your country needs to remember generosity and care , to find joy were ever it can. That is how to recover from pain and see the future.
Thank you for your thoughtful words! 🧡
Ohhh my gosh 😅😅😅 this was so fun and also looks delicious!! 💜
Aw I love your videos Refika - keep shining, love from Scotland ❤
Thank you so much! 🧡 Sending lots of love right back to beautiful Scotland! 🥰✨
Fabulous. Do you show this on your turkish channel too?
Yes, we share it on our Turkish channel too! 😊