About Me
Turkey! Istanbul!
I'm a resident and guest in this magnificent city. I blog elsewhere about life, observations and my travels. This space is reserved for my culinary excursions. So much has been written about the foods of Turkey. I'm humbly taking my place amidst fellow travellers, and the real experts of this country, its ingredients, its people, its traditions.
The true gems are all found in Istanbul's back streets, and in fact I stay away from the shiny 'authentic', Ottoman tourist traps as far as I possibly can. Some are eateries well known amongst Istanbulites, some I find by accident, or by reading about it somewhere. Most of my discoveries are coming from a very haphazard research, oftentimes I follow friends or their recommendations. I'm thinking of myself as a sort of extended pen of others, with the muse and time to write and publish what I am - with help of local friends - finding and eating.
I'm a resident and guest in this magnificent city. I blog elsewhere about life, observations and my travels. This space is reserved for my culinary excursions. So much has been written about the foods of Turkey. I'm humbly taking my place amidst fellow travellers, and the real experts of this country, its ingredients, its people, its traditions.
The true gems are all found in Istanbul's back streets, and in fact I stay away from the shiny 'authentic', Ottoman tourist traps as far as I possibly can. Some are eateries well known amongst Istanbulites, some I find by accident, or by reading about it somewhere. Most of my discoveries are coming from a very haphazard research, oftentimes I follow friends or their recommendations. I'm thinking of myself as a sort of extended pen of others, with the muse and time to write and publish what I am - with help of local friends - finding and eating.