My kind of hero – Yumcha Heroes, Berlin
I love love love dim sum. But who doesn’t? The morning we landed and left our luggage to our hotel, we rushed to our first reservation in Berlin. Yumcha Heroes…
Food Photo – In front of the house…
I do not about know your house, but sure mine does not have two lovely ladies sitting infront making swiss chard dolma… They giggled when I took their picture, invited…
Just Now – Kokoreç a.k.a Sarma
Today at lunch I had one of the best kokoreç dishes of my life… Post coming soon!
Ethem Tezçakar Usta, looking over us…
Everywhere you can have Turkish coffee. But should you? NO! There are certain things about a decent cup of Turkish coffee. The quality of the coffee, freshness, water, pot, heat…
The look of istanbulfood on pinterest
I could not resist when I saw this colorful page of istanbulfood.com in pinterest… Thank you all for pinning-liking-following-sharing-reading and yay! Cheers!
Büryan – at Bitlis, Turkey
It is around midnight, when the büryan ovens are light up in Bitlis. There is only smoke in the dark streets of the city. Bitlis has its own pace, like…
Just Now – Büryan
The cracklings, the moist lamb, a piece of onion, a bite of hot chilies! A perfect lunch.
Get your shopping bags! Yalıkavak Pazarı
It is that time of the year. When the sun softly touches your back, a lovely wind carrying all the earthly and flowery smells. It is time to hit the…
Gazoz, as local as can get!
Gazoz! Before Coca Cola ruled the world and hacked Turkey, most of the cities in Turkey had their own soda pop brands. Mostly vanilla, some has orange, mandarin, cherry flavors…
Kaymakçı Pando Amca! The one and only!
Breaks my heart to write about it… Pando Amca passed away at the age of 92. İstanbul lost one if her oldest esnaf’s. We lost an era… He will always…