I was invited recently to eat with a bunch of great food bloggers. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I arrived about an hour late and didn’t really get a chance to take photographs, but I got to eat a lot of Balkan food! It was yummy and really cheap.
I did manage to get this meta photo of James (The Eaten Path) photographing the food. Funny. To me.
But the real reason I’m bothering to post this is because I.found.this. Holy crap.
When I walked in, I noticed the European Fanta bottles on the table, but didn’t know what the blue one was until Nommables yelled “Yvo!!! It’s ELDERFLOWER!!!” to which I responded immediately, “Shut UP!!!” because I’m super obsessed with elderflower right now. OMFG. Elderflower Fanta (Shokata)!!! It was a little sweeter than I’ve been making my own elderflower soda at home, with more lemon (it’s technically elderflower & lemon Fanta), but very delicious. At $2 a bottle, I bought another one to go home with me, and have been trying to find it for a reasonable price online… but have been unable to do so. Anyone know where I can get this? It’s “Fanta Shokata” – and according to my research, it’s a popular drink in Eastern Europe. I want to find more of this stuff!!! Help!
Fanta Shokata… come to NYC, please!
T.C. says
FANTA, FANTA, don’t ya WANTA FANTA?
Erion says
You can find big bottles, small bottles, and cans at small Albanian shops in Bronx
Aimee says
Yum!
poppcorn says
you can get it from England and you might get it from a Turkish or eastern European countries I tried it too it is delish!!!!!!!! look for Turkish shops it is yummy
CT says
omg that’s amazing news!!! I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for this too!
Nicholas says
Is that… burek in the first photo? OVERSIZED DUMPLING. Sort of.
Feisty Foodie says
Yes it is 🙂
BlindBakerNYC says
I blame you for my new dalliance with elderflower! The food was tasty too!
Joanne Yoshiko says
I found my shokata at haji baba, a middle eastern grocery store.
Feisty Foodie says
Thanks Joanne! I have been casually looking for it, but have resorted to mostly making it myself at home 🙂
Freddie says
You can order it on Amazon.
Danni says
I just found this drink recently and had to get it because of the color. There this market and they have a whole bunch of them.
boby says
http://parthenonfoods.com/-c-77_79.html?view_all=1&sort=4a
Jennifer says
Really late to this post, but I too adore Fanta Shokata! And I used to find it in an international food market (with a strong middle-eastern focus). Surely you’ll be able to locate it, if you haven’t already.
If you don’t mind sharing, what recipe are you using to make your own at home?
Feisty Foodie says
Yum, thanks for the tip, I’ll be sure to look for it – I’ve drifted away from elderflower, but find it a lot more common lately.
Ikea sells bottles of elderflower syrup for $5 or so, I mix that with plain seltzer or lemon/lime seltzer (not soda!). I like that I can adjust the sweetness to my tastes, so it’s actually a lot less sweet than the Shokata – haven’t measured how much I use, but I usually start with a pint glass and I think it’s less than a tablespoon (no idea though, since it’s been a while!). Hope that helps! (D’agostino’s and the higher end markets also have more expensive elderflower syrups that might be less sugar and more elderflower, but I’m okay spending $5ish when I’m just mixing it with something!)
Isabel Marsh says
Bought it today at my local farmers market in Altanta
tom sizer says
We just bought some on holiday in Luxembourg from a shop called Balkan something. Delicious! I also used it as hair gel as I couldn’t find any out there lol.
Mel says
They have this in big bottles for a £1 next opposite my house, its so nice!
Erion says
You can find big bottles, small bottles, and cans at small Albanian shops in Bronx