Food Photo of the day – Grocery on wheels
The grocery men found time to have a tea or two, at he back of their freshly stacked grocery on wheels. A lovely spring day at Van, before the earthquake, when…
Kısır – that mysterious salad
Funny enough my friends around me have been asking me to make kısır for them, like all my life… It started in high school as far as I remember, being…
Meat and more meat at Çankaya Lokantası
Ankara, my hometown makes me wonder around the tastes I am familiar with. One being döner, I can easily say that I had the best döner sandwiches topped with onions…
Hometown! Take one, Flamingo Pastanesi…
I was born and raised in Ankara… Walking down Tunalı Hilmi today, brought back many memories. All is good, but seeing most of the establishments closing their doors, selling their business…
2011 on a plate…
What a year it was! Tasty, yet weird! Photographing Gaziantep cookbook, I spent great deal of time in the city, meaning I had the opportunity to eat great deal of…
José, the man of tapas!
Walking down Bermondsey Street, hands full after hitting Borough Market, we were desperatelly hungry and a little bit beaten, just a little. I read a lot about chef Jose Pizarro, been following…
Food Photo – Artvin Döneri
This is what we had for breakfast, back in Artvin. They like their döner to have thicker layers then in Istanbul, Ankara and elsewhere I know. The meat has a…
Food Photo – Nohut Dürüm
All you need is in a single bite; comforting taste of the bread -tırnaklı ekmek- just baked at a local wood-burning oven, the velvety texture of the chickpeas, the crunchiness…
Sorry, but no: Dönerci Sadık Usta – Istanbul
For a decent portion of döner, you need decent meat. You need high quality meat. Because döner is made from meat and animal fat, to be precise, tail fat. But……
Food spots as featured on Thomas Cook Magazine
A small tasty piece featured in Thomas Cook Magazine, August -September-October 2011 issue. Some secret spots, some cities. Needless to say, photography by Tuba Şatana. Here you go! Enjoy!
Fauna at Bozcaada!
Sorry to say Fauna at Bozcaada is now closed! We will be waiting for Ibrahim Tuna and his magical pasta, till the next opening! Fingers crossed! — Our long missed…
Mulberry trees and memories…
At my grandmother’s house, it was a mansion really, where I spent most of my holidays we had these enormous mulberry trees, 2 of them at the front yard. And two normal sized ones…
A tasty interview with Istanbul Food
Travel & Leisure’s July issue, featuring a small interview with me about travelling, food and istanbulfood.com. Unfortunately it is in Turkish, but here it is anyway…