Destinations › Turkey › Istanbul › Food
Istanbul, Turkey
6 dishes to eat in Istanbul, what is in them, and where they belong.
Adana, urfa, iskender and döner are distinct dishes. A good ocakbaşı grill is worth more than any tourist-strip restaurant.
Grilled mackerel in bread with onion and lemon, sold at the Eminönü waterfront.
Small cold plates — haydari, patlıcan salatası, ezme — eaten slowly with rakı at a meyhane.
The sesame-crusted bread ring sold from red carts everywhere, best in the first hour after baking.
Layered filo with pistachio or walnut in syrup, sold by weight. Gaziantep pistachio is the benchmark.
A table covered in cheeses, olives, tomato, honey with clotted cream, eggs and endless tea. A two-hour weekend institution.
.jpg){kind=link}
