Browsing by Category: Turkish Cuisine

Whether you are or not, pick up the latest editions of the Rough Guide to Turkey and Rome, two excellent travel resources to which I contributed this year. You can purchase the Rough Guide to Rome here and the Rough Guide to Turkey here.

True to any Turkish BBQ place worth it’s salt, Mangal 2 in London’s Dalston has its meat and offal displayed in a glass case. Glistening in florescent light, it tempts diners with its appearance and freshness. Occasionally, it also defies gravity, as (more…)

Arnavut ciğeri, Turkish for Albanian liver, is actually lamb’s liver. It is cut into strips, pan fried with with onions, dusted with paprika, and served with fresh parsley leaves. I had never had an impressive plate of it outside of Turkey until a trip to (more…)

When I go to Istanbul, I don’t mess around. I plan my meals months before my arrival and try to work in at least four a day. On a recent trip, I did some serious damage. I hit up some old favorites and found some new ones. Here is a recap of some (more…)

When my friend Can heard I was going to Istanbul, he insisted I check out Kazan Antebi in Caddebostan. He spoke of the place with an urgency that suggested if I missed it, I would be committing a culinary crime more heinous than (more…)