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Best Turkish Olive Oil and Eataly

Another long-overdue post…. I compared a wide range of Turkish olive oils in this article and promised to write about the olive oil at Eataly (a high-end food Italian market chain, which are currently operating in the US, Japan, Dubai, and Istanbul, and KOREA!) Doesn’t the list say something? Perhaps, only to my sarcastic eye… China will soon follow, I reckon. I’m not a fan of chain stores and didn’t even give this place a second of my thoughts, thinking it as a posh commercial place for well-off-expats and locals. However, having been there on several occasions, it turned out to be quite a good place for foodies. So when I go there, I get three bottles of the BEST olive oil, prosciutto, bread, etc. The only reason I go there – I don’t go to Macro Centre or Namli Gourme because they are a ripoff – is because it actually has high quality products and because of their philosophy of making products using local ingredients. Especially the mozzarella and prosciutto are to die for and …