Metanet Lokantası – Gaziantep
When I open my fridge for breakfast, I found myself in the typical stuff, shining at me, cheese of all kinds, olives, sucuk, you name it… But all I wanted…
Food Photo – Fıstık
Pistachio, fıstık, is a true delicacy and one main ingredient for baklava, in Gaziantep. The pink smooth skin covers the shelled pistachio inside which still has a softer skin then…
Tevfik Usta – Antalya
Inside the small shop there are couple of tables in the mini börek store, all covered with muşamba, the thick faded oilcloth with big sugar containers, a tradesman type. You…
Leban – Antakya
Leban is the place to eat and drink in Antakya. Being the first and the best humus maker of Antakya, Semir Yoğurtçu and his family, a neighbourhood headman, opened this…
Sorry, but no: Cerciş Murat Konağı – Mardin
First we were hit by the bad service, meaning no server around. Then surprisingly our starters appeared, looking dull, tasteless, then our main courses, which I wish they disappeared! The…
Tarihi Subaşı Lokantası – Istanbul
All the walls are covered with black and white photographs, news from international and local press, trophies, all memories with smiling faces… This place is the city’s history, its taste,…
Asri Turşucu – Istanbul
Sour, salty, if you want spicy! All indispensable for me! I am talking about pickles here. Crunchy cucumbers, garlic, peppers, cabbage, okra, plum, tomato, stuffed aubergines, carrot, beet, gherkin, onion,green…
Damla Dondurma-Boza – Istanbul
One of the hottest days of Istanbul I hit the road to Kurtuluş. For some ice cream and talk. The small, white, compact shop was my stop and I stayed…
Food Photo – Züngül
another simple and tempting taste from flour – sugar – oil… what else!
Food Photos – Pide
I recall the days, when I was a small girl with pony tails, my granny sending me to our neighbourhood baker to get the pide for dinner, before they break…
Tarihi Karaköy Balık Lokantası – Istanbul
If you feel like you are lost, and this place is so wrong for a fish restaurant, it means you are in the right place. Tarihi Karaköy Balık Lokantası is…
Food Photo – Ekmek
Does not matter where you are, who you are, what you like to eat, bread is may be one common thing unite human beings. The shape does not matter, it…
Sweet Street Food
Sweet on wheels! While we were down at Mediterranean coast, Anamur, I ran into this magical street seller, while the others were visiting museum, it was a dream coming true,…