Go Dining in Istanbul’s Best Restaurants!
Go Dining in Istanbul’s Best Restaurants!
Istanbul, as Turkey's ultimate eating city, provides a diverse selection of Turkish food at a number of well-established, excellent, and luxurious Istanbul restaurants as well as historic Ottoman sites. Mediterranean, Japanese, Italian, French, Turkish, Indian, Chinese, Portuguese, and Thai cuisines are all available in Istanbul. Sea cuisine and meze eateries along the Bosphorus coast are highly praised. The diversity of Turkish food will allow you to taste new flavors, from delectable pastries to delectable meat, fish, and vegetable specialities. Turkey's cuisine displays a unique gastronomic synthesis influenced by its cultural history.
Turkish Cuisine
Traditional Turkish food is well worth trying. Travelers may select from a broad variety of Turkish kebabs, mezes (appetizers), and meat-based meals. Turkish sweets such as baklava and Turkish delight are also well-known throughout the globe. Lamb, olive oil, chickpeas, aubergines, yogurt, cheese, rice, pastry, spinach, potatoes, bread, tomatoes, spices and herbs such as cumin, paprika, mint, and thyme are all common components in Turkish cuisine. Hummus (a chickpea dip), dolma (stuffed vine leaves, peppers, pumpkin or aubergines with rice and/or meat), borek (thin layers of dough filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables), and cacik are all popular Turkish mezes (cucumber with yogurt, dried mint and olive oil).
Turkish cuisine includes kuzu guvec (lamb casserole), olive oil-drizzled lamb kebabs, and kofte (meatballs prepared with minced meat, parsley, bread-egg, onion, and spices such as cumin, oregano, mint, garlic, and pepper).
Turkish Coffee Before Dinner
Turkish coffee is one of Turkey's most significant cultural heritages, according to UNESCO, and a trip to Istanbul would be incomplete without a cup of Turkish coffee at one of the city's finest beach or ancient cafés.
Rooftop Restaurants
Nothing beats an evening dine & wine at one of Istanbul's finest terrace or rooftop restaurant or bar, with panoramic views of the city, where you can savor both the superb food and the amazing views.
Istanbul's Spago Restaurant
Spago is an iconic restaurant and lounge in the Nisantasi neighborhood, close to Taksim, where master chef Wolfgang Puck maintains a cutting-edge role as a culinary force and leader in fine dining. This rooftop restaurant & lounge combines excellent views over Macka Park and the Bosphorus with its unique contemporary design and lounge atmosphere.
Nicole in Istanbul
Nicole Restaurant is located in Istanbul's Beyoglu district and takes its name from mother Agnes Marthe Nicole, who treated many patients in this historic building that was once a Franciscan monastery until the early twentieth century. Nicole Restaurant serves contemporary Mediterranean cuisine on a chic terrace with a spectacular view of Istanbul's historical places.
Vegans in Istanbul
Being a vegan or vegetarian in Istanbul has become somewhat easier in the last decade or so, though you may face challenges due to a limited number of options when it comes to Turkish food. However, Istanbul's wide range of food has exploded, providing necessary options for its vegans and vegetarians.
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