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Go to the Kitchen!
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  • Istanbul - An appealing kitchen
  • An appealing kitchen
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  • In Istanbul popular restaurants, you don’t have to look at the menu. The waiter will take you to the kitchen and there you will be able to choose your favourite meal from the many delicious trays in front of you. Dangerous, because this way you tend to choose too much food, and at the end you can’t finish it. Turkish food tends to be a bit greasy and heavy…


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    The Pudding Shop
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  • A classical restaurant in Istanbul. It was one of the favourites of the hippies that in the 60's started here their travels to India by bus.
    Divanyolu caddesi, 6, close to the hyppodrome and the cisterns.
    If you don't know the turkish cuisine, tell the waiter and he will go with you to the kitchen and show you right there all the items they serve. You just point at 2 or 3 and they will serve you that!


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    Address: Divan Yolu Cad.
    Directions: At the beginning of Divan Yolu, as you come from Hagia Sophia, at the right
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    Can Restaurant
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  • This is one of the first little restaurant you can find at the right side of Divan Yolu as you go up the street from Hagia Sophia.
    The owner is always at the door “fishing” customers. Cool stuff and moderate prices. They have fix menus too. Try the thick yoghourt!


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    Eat at the streets
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  • In Eminonu, by the old Galata Bridge, by the place from where the ferries depart, there are a couple of wooden boats, where you can find fresh fish cooked right there, on the boat, and served in big bread pieces with tomato. A really wonderful experience!!!


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    Yesil Ev: Yesil Ev Hotel Restaurant
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  • Kabasakal Caddesi 5. Very close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.
    The restaurant of the hotel Yesil Ev(Green House). Nice interior garden with fountains, very quiet and fresh for summer. At night, dances and live music.


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    Comparison: about average
    Prices: US$21-30  » Currency Converter
    Directions: In the area between Hagia Sofia and Blue Mosque, at the right looking from Blue Mosque
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    Have breakfast at the streets
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  • You can find anywhere street vendors that sell all kind of bakery, as well as hot tea turkish style. Cheap and delicious!


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    Orient Express Restaurant
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  • Founded in 1890, this restaurant is one of the few remains of the golden age of Sirkeci Railway Station, when it was the ending point of the famous “Orient Express” train.
    Now it has been refurbished and decorated with all kind of memorabilia about Agatha Christie and the 30s. I haven’t had lunch there, just saw it from outside but seemed a quiet fresh place for lunch out of the rush of Eminonu Area.


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    Comparison: less expensive than average
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    Address: Sirkeci Railway Station
    Directions: On your left side as you enter the platforms
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    Fish sandwiches at Eminonu
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  • At the Eminonu pier, near the Galata Bridge, you can find a couple of little boats that sell fish sandwichs with tomate. The fish is fresh, just fished and they cook it (grill) right there. They cost 1 euro each, and you can buy some drink in one of the many bars by the ticket office. I had mine with a hot (bloody hot) tea, standing on a fence looking at the rush of Galata Bridge…


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    Address: Eminonu Pier, near galata Bridge
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    Hoca Cami Street
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  • This little alley offers a great variety of local restaurants, with nice terraces on the street. Is a bit apart from the traffic, so is nice, specially for dinner. In these restaurants you don’t have menu, you go to the kitchen and poin to the dishes you wanna eat.
    To get there, take Ankara Caddesi from Sirkeci Railway Station, turn left at Ebusuud Caddesi, and take the first at the left, towards the Hoca mosque.


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    Shish Kebabs
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  • This meat & vegetables sandwiches in a round bread are typical turkish “take away” food. The man at the stand will cut you the meat from the column, add some salad, tomato, sauces… and put all this mixed into an “envelope” bread!! Delicious, but take many napkins, it’s really difficult to eat that, LOL
    You can find these everywhere, this pic was taken on the one at Eminonu pier, building number 3.


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    Comments for SirRichard about Istanbul
    venoquine Sun Oct 5, 2008 14:58 UTC
     This is the cemetery where I have seen the tomb of Sinan Pasha, the amiral.
    Elena_blue Sun Aug 31, 2008 20:31 UTC
     Joaquin, I ve spent this Sunday evening following you in your pages. And the journey is continuing... At the moment I go to sleep. Good night to you and sweet dreams ;-)
    JessH Tue Sep 4, 2007 11:48 UTC
     Hello Joaquin. Truly a fantastic and well-deserving page here! I hope to return to Istanbul one day to explore further and spend more time "between the continents". Greetings from the desert :-) Jess
    vazupha Tue Jul 17, 2007 08:45 UTC
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