Date Posted: April 9, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Kaburgacı Selim Amca – Diyarbakır

Quiet streets. Lunch time. Barely. Early lunch, late breakfast hour lets say. Avery modest, very local spot. It all started with the pomegranate sprinkled ezme, then came haşlama içliköfte. Piping…

Date Posted: March 29, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Hocapaşa Pidecisi – Istanbul

How many times you passed by and not stopped at this hidden pideci? I’ll tell, countless! Yusuf Bey, third generation shop owner  is working rapidly to fulfil every request coming…

Date Posted: March 25, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Lades Lokantası – Istanbul

It is calm inside, free from the enormous Beyoğlu clatter. Walk through the dining saloon, on your right you get to blink to the desserts, and before you reach to…

Date Posted: March 23, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Food Photo – Spring Onions

chop a bunch spring onions – parsley – mint –  home made thick red pepper paste – red pepper flakes –  pomegranate molasses – salt – a squeeze of half…

Date Posted: March 21, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Food Photo – Beetroot

garlic – beetroot – marjoram – parsley stems – a glug of extra virgin olive oil – coarse salt and pepper – balsamic vinegar – a chili to spice it…

Date Posted: March 20, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Food Photo – Artichoke

brought from Milano – steamed a little – then sauteed in olive oil and caper berries – finished with Padano shreds – accompanied with prosciutto crudo.

Date Posted: March 19, 2010 By: Tuba Şatana Comments: 0

Food Photo – Chicken Legs

an organic chicken – a good knife – skills – crushed cummin seeds, fenugreek, mustard, fennel, kalonji – to be seared in a cast iron pan – to be finished…