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Offered languages
- English
Most Baku food tours take you straight to a restaurant. This one starts where Baku’s cooks shop. Your local guide takes you through the Green Bazaar (Yaşıl Bazar), the city’s busiest fresh market, to meet the vendors and taste seasonal produce, spices and local specialties. You’ll learn what really goes into Azerbaijani cooking. Next comes a sit-down tasting of 10+ classic dishes at a restaurant on Nizami Street, with your guide explaining the history and regional roots of each plate. The tour ends the way Azerbaijanis end every meal: with black tea served in pear-shaped armudu glasses, homemade jams and traditional pastries in a local tea house. Three stops, three sides of Azerbaijani food culture: market, table and tea. It’s led by a licensed local operator, and guiding is available in English, Turkish, Persian and Bulgarian.
Example Menu
Starter
Xırçıltılı badımcan Salatı
Starter
Düşbərə Supu
Starter
Dovğa
Starter
Qutab
Starter
Paytaxt Salatı
Main
Üçbacı Dolması
Main
Piti
Main
Fisincan Plov
Main
Yarpaq Xəngəli
Main
Lülə Kabab
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Your guide meets you at the Green Bazaar(Yaşıl Bazar).
What to expect
It starts at a working city bazaar - the one Baku households actually shop at, not a restored courtyard. Your guide walks the herb, spice, cheese and dried fruit rows with you and explains what everything is, what it costs a local, and what it is used for. You are not there to shop; you are there to see how the city feeds itself.
Then a local table on Nizami Street: more than ten Azerbaijani tastings - mezze, grilled plates, salads, pastries, and a few things visitors are almost never offered. Baku ate from every direction - Persia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Russia - and kept what it liked. With every plate, you guess first; your guide answers after.
We finish over a full Azerbaijani tea set: armudu glasses, sweets and homemade jam, and the full story behind what you guessed. You go home with a gifted mix of Azerbaijani herbs and spices so the flavours carry on in your own kitchen.
Two departures daily: 11:00 for a midday table, or 16:00 if you would rather make an evening of it. No more than 8 guests, or private on request.
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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