The best Balaclava

[Devlin]

Now this is how you sell an item.


https://kommandostore.com/products/red- ... 2265&_ss=r

[Kurt]

3 Hole? Also perfect as a bowling ball cozy

[gnaruki]

Neat. The balaclava designed for mute cyclops is on sale! Perfect for ice storms.

https://myairblaster.com/products/terryclava-2324?

[ROB]

Honestly read this as baklava and got excited.

[Chimborazo]

Honestly read this as baklava and got excited.

I've been let down enough times by baklava that now I assume it's going to be a heavy, syrupy diamond of disappointment before I eat it. Now I'm rarely disappointed and more often delighted.

[ROB]

Yeah I'd agree with that, but it seems like something that **should** be good, so I choose to believe that I have had a series of underwhelming experiences and the more I consume the closer I will get to "the one" that will make the journey all worthwhile.

[Chimborazo]

I have the same issue with Kunafa and I honestly believe I have had "the one" (though I suppose this is very subjective), and it came from a Palestinian owned place in Bahrain. It's consistently perfect. The ones I've had that have come closest have been in Jordan (probably made by Palestinians), but dude in Bahrain has been the best. Now I'm pretty consistently disappointed. Surprisingly, I had a pretty good baklava at Hafiz Mustafa in Istanbul. I say surprisingly because it's a chain and I didn't have high expectations, but I really liked all the deserts I've had there.

[Kurt]

I have the same issue with Kunafa and I honestly believe I have had "the one" (though I suppose this is very subjective), and it came from a Palestinian owned place in Bahrain. It's consistently perfect. The ones I've had that have come closest have been in Jordan (probably made by Palestinians), but dude in Bahrain has been the best. Now I'm pretty consistently disappointed. Surprisingly, I had a pretty good baklava at Hafiz Mustafa in Istanbul. I say surprisingly because it's a chain and I didn't have high expectations, but I really liked all the deserts I've had there.

I will get kicked out of Greece for saying this buuuuuttt...Turkiye (sp?) makes better Baklava than any place in Greece. The Turks seem to get it both syrupy and fluffy...which is pretty amazing.

Greeks do way better and grilling though and grilled lamb with either their good wine or their cheap wine (Retsina with the bottle cap) is awesome. Even fairly liberal Muslims like the Turks kind of ruin their grilling by serving it with coke or tea. It becomes prudish and boring when you do that.

Both cultures win though with grilled fish and Ouzo / Raki all cloudy over ice. Followed by Baklava for dessert because any Baklava is better than no Baklava.