BALKAN BAKLAVA

• Address: 15 Carice Milice st., Stari grad
• Phone: +381 11 2633 575
• The Turk who sweetened our life The baklava pastry shop opened by Mustafa Avdzija in Belgrade became a cultural location in only two months, making many people happy despite the incredible amounts of blood sugar. The essence of Greek-Turkish rivalry is actually the story about a fairytale treat covered in sugar syrup which became a point of conflict of two people, nations and cultures who have brought it to the national identity level, denying each other the right to her majesty…Baklava! It doesn’t matter where the conflict began, but rather where it ends – in the tummy of all of us caught between that conflict. Baklava also belongs to us! However, as far as Mustafa Avdzija was concerned there was no dilemma – Baklava is Turkish and Turkish alone. Its name is Turkish, the best master...