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Feride Yalav / August 31, 2012
Mutfak Dili: A Delicious Home Cooked Meal It is a bit of a contradiction, yet most welcomed, that the hidden and most casual eating spots are the ones that serve the best kind of food. Mutfak Dili (translating to ‘Kitchen Language’) locat... Read More »
Feride Yalav / August 13, 2012
Topaz: All Good Things At Once It is an uncommon occurrence for everything good to appear at once. Reflecting that balance so unsteadily achieved in life itself, the restaurant scene is composed of its own mores, which lead to success, or ... Read More »
Pelin Kılıç / August 02, 2012
EAT*BOX: Your Favorite Diner Right Around the Corner Simple, well-executed, delicious.   These three words pretty much sum up EAT*BOX, a new neighborhood café waiting to be discovered in the back streets of Beşiktaş  in one of the few rem... Read More »
Feride Yalav / July 19, 2012
All American Fare at Westside Cafe and Bistro in Kemerburgaz The suburbs have gained a bad reputation over the years. From the plastic and stoic beauties of 1975’s Stepford Wives, to the ominously bland and synchronized green lawns and picket fenced set of Edward... Read More »
Talya Arditi / July 06, 2012
Meze By Lemon Tree: Pera's Experimental Meze Spot Listening to classic Zeki Müren songs lightly playing in the background, eavesdropping on the conversations of tourists sitting at the next table, enjoying deliciously creative mezes in the nostalgic atm... Read More »
Feride Yalav / June 22, 2012
Cihangir Balık: Exceptional View and Fresh Fish The Bosphorus strait has been moving through the two continents that make up this city for centuries. Civilizations have come and gone, different governments, cultures, wars, vessels pulled by the wind to ves... Read More »
Feride Yalav / June 08, 2012
Gram: Informality as a Delicious Concept Watching someone else cook is, for reasons we may never understand, tremendously peaceful. A home cooked meal, prepared for the sole purpose of someone else’s enjoyment, is the greatest bit of selfless ... Read More »
Feride Yalav / May 23, 2012
Antica Locanda: The Way Italian Should Be The opening sequence of Federico Fellini's 8 ½ is something that can never be forgotten, like the heavy burden of a choking dream. The quickening breath of Marcello Mastrianni’s character in ... Read More »
Talya Arditi / May 18, 2012
Köfteci Ali Baba: Destination Meatball Istanbul is like a keychain holding the key to hundreds of köfteci (meatball shops) that sell a wide variety of meatballs, from the football-game tradition tükürük köftesi to the all... Read More »
Talya Arditi / May 17, 2012
Julius Meinl: Great Coffee and Good Vibrations You may not have made it to Julius Meinl (also known as Karabatak Karaköy) yet, but you most probably had a taste of their delicious coffee somewhere around the city. You’ll recognize them, first with thei... Read More »