Date Posted: December 30, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Kebapçı Rıdo – Mardin

A swoosh sound in the air, coming from the special knife called zırk, sliding front and back, on the well worn, literally beaten board, making mince meat form the veal…

Date Posted: December 24, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Anadolu Lokantası – Istanbul

This family owned restaurant is a big escape for the white collars from their busy work schedules. The menu changes daily and you can enjoy home style cooking, hot, delicious,…

Date Posted: December 16, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

7-8 Hasanpaşa Fırını – Istanbul

Raisin, orange, apple, banana cookies, baton salé, savory cookies with nigella seeds, bran, rye bread, sandwich breads, Easter bread, kinds of cakes displayed on the big oven trays on the…

Date Posted: December 9, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Baylan Pastanesi – Istanbul

One of Istanbul’s touchstones, my one and only Baylan stands bold, against all the new trends of baking,reminding us that old school is always sound. Ask any Istanbul local, they…

Date Posted: December 1, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Simit – Istanbul

This timeless, this traditional flavor is so simple yet so hard to forget… Crunchy, twisted – literally -, sesame covered, oven baked savory pastry is a street taste. Some of…

Date Posted: November 6, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Çiya Sofrası – Istanbul

Imagine a place where you find all those beautiful regional, Anatolian ingredients cooked ingeniously that create explosions through your senses. The moment you lay your eyes on the small place…

Date Posted: November 1, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Fauna – Istanbul

5 tables plus open kitchen plus soothing jazz music plus homemade pasta equals to this little gem in Kadıköy. For there you find the freshest ingredients forming tasteful plates of…

Date Posted: October 20, 2009 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Chestnut Stalls

You start to smell burning coal while you stroll Istanbul these days. The fumes are like messengers of good news. Good news of approaching winter and the delicious winter tastes,…