Şekerci Cafer Erol – Istanbul
Before you go in the wonderland, you have to decide what you want to purchase, otherwise you feel like Alice falling down the hall. A sweet dream. A paradise of…
Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi – Istanbul
Third generation, same place, same menu. Pure success story. Lot of similar restaurants popped up in years, scattering around Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi. They stayed the original, humble, delicious. Entering through…
Petek Büfe – Istanbul
In the good old days, when fathers or grandfathers took their sons or grandsons to a movie, they used to stop at Petek Büfe to grab a bite. But not…
Sabırtaşı – Istanbul
In loving memory of Ali Topçuoğlu His face was one of the faces I had gotten familiar in the first years I moved to Istanbul. His apron was spotlessly white…
Borough Market – London
I can not write enough about my one and only Borough Market. The place. The only place I want to return every year. And I do. We choose a Friday…
Yusuf Usta’nın Yeri – Istanbul
This place became one of our safest places. It is like an escape from that fancy, so called kebab restaurants that try to make us forget the real taste of…
Çınaraltı Cafe – Istanbul
Early in the morning. So hungry. Just want to have champions’ breakfast. Çınaraltı is the place you want to be. The neighbourhood is calm, near the Bosphorus, the small streets,…
Dedecan Ocakbaşı – Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa is famous with her liver kebabs. All around the city you see a lot of on-the-street-kebab corners. Open 24 hours, so there is always smoke in the city. Dedecan…
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…
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,…
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…
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…