By Kaylah-Joelle Baker
For Nancy Turan, possessing the Borek Store inside of the Queen Victoria Sector is not just a job, it is a way to convey reminiscences from household into the city where she now lives.
Working at the marketplace since 1996, Nancy at first begun baking borek with her mother and grandmother.
“I learnt to bake borek from my smaller village in Turkey. My mum and grandmother employed to do it, and so I said I required to consider it [in Melbourne],” she mentioned.
Borek, a classic Turkish dish involving wrapping a variety of ingredients and flavours in a property-built Turkish pastry, is one thing Nancy prides herself on.
Admitting her most preferred dish was either the cheese and spinach borek or the lamb borek, she was confident every buyer will be capable to come across a flavour they liked.
“The potato-crammed kinds are really good too,” she mentioned. “If I do not eat it or do not like it, I really do not offer it”.
Though finding to bake for a dwelling is anything Nancy loves and cherishes, what tends to make her job even additional exclusive is the relationships she shares with both equally her team and prospects.
Standing its floor for almost 26 yrs, the Borek Store buyers have been constantly served by a pretty fully commited group, with three of the team members each individual currently being there for practically 20 several years.
It is this dedication to handle her small business like a family members unit, that has observed the good results of the Borek Store go on to be liked by the customers of Queen Victoria Market.
“I even now have so many of my exact same prospects from around the 26 a long time. I enjoy almost everything about my occupation,” she mentioned.
By way of enjoy and determination to her store, Nancy continues to make herself regarded in Melbourne getting opened up other shops in South Melbourne and on Elizabeth St in the CBD.
And even though getting 3 retailers has been tough all through the pandemic, she was speedy to heap praise on her loyal workers for assisting her by way of the present-day climate.
Hopeful matters will start out to get again to regular quickly more than enough, Nancy is beneficial she has succeeded in her mission to convey traditional flavours from home into the homes of quite a few Melburnians.
The Borek Shop is located at shop 95-96 in the Dairy Hall at Queen Victoria Marketplace •
For extra information: qvm.com.au/stores-stalls/borek-store/