Yes, everyone will tell you you need to go see Agia Sophia, the patriarchate, the princes islands, and that of the other attraction you can imagine.. (this is not a few..)
Everyone will also tell you where to eat (classical and commercial), to get candy, where to shop. Who will tell the strange food, the most hidden, the ones that are only for them … old ones? After 10 years of experience and … of searching, selects five places you should not miss if you really want to try flavors .. east!
1. An old wolksvagen van … canteen!
Across the street from the Sehzade mosque, the Laleli area, is the hotel Hamidyie.Moving straight down, one click left at the first fork, and all of a sudden… people. The side of the car, opens like a … terrace, a large cinder with charcoal spreads in the front and a classic oblong metal skewers do their job! Chicken wings marinated, kebab beef, spleen, chicken kebab, lamb kebab, mixed lamb and beef. If you’re lucky, he has the absolute delicacy! Teabagged! Don’t puss out on me, put it in your mouth and let’s you know what it is, it’s cooked well, I don’t fault anyone! Arabic pies are baked over the meat for those who want wraps, while from spices to give it flavor… nothing else!
2. Chicken with rice and chickpeas in the … cart!
Those of you over 40, remember the glass booths…bikes-carts, selling pies and buns on the beaches. Think about one of these, full of well cooked rice with chicken and peas, served in a plastic plate. Accompanied by spicy green peppers and screed. The guy is in the byzantine walls of the aqueduct, near the uncapani, goes to work at midnight and until dawn has settled the stomachs of many ξενÏχτηδων, which are pulled from all over the City!
3. Burec with … that you want
Something between bougatsa (only the leaf), παστίτσιου (the sheet is reminiscent of macaroni), and pie.
Special up there that you can’t imagine, it is eaten sweet, with lots of αχνη over it, salty with cheese, plain, with minced meat and cinnamon. The guy opens sheet alone, bake in a wood fired oven, and serves either the 3-4 tables or in a package. You will find 50 meters after the metropolitan City Hall, in the direction towards the Top Kapi. With a 5ευÏω, eat like a pig 3-4 people..
4. Balic (fish) from the chest on the table.
The coastal route of kennedy, heading west. Away from the Kum Kapi, a region known for its fish restaurants, but … shaving! In your left hand auction, and several fishmongers. Very similar to our own, chests with fish out benches, a lot of water, and loud … promote their wares. Away from me. Tables with checkered tablecloths, a jar of spicy πιπεÏάκια for the appetite, and next to the guppies…. grill!! Oh yes!!!! I only get it for the house, you can eat it there. And not with prices of restaurants, but with the price that you see in the guppy. You buy a kilo of fish, and the fisherman becomes a fry cook! And if you take a lot of picking up and bargain for the price!
5. Bambi Kokorec
Yes that’s right, intestines.. Not as we know it in Greece, but in a sandwich. Round bun, ψιλοκκομÎνη tomato, spicy, and sometimes a slice of cheese to melt in the mouth. Leaving from Taksim square, you don’t go straight the main street, but to the left. At 50 meters you see a blue sign with a fawn( bambi for those of you who remember it). This! Without much much. Ethiopian birr were κοκοÏετς, chuck ντοματ, poole μπιμπεÏ. 4 pounds.. good digestion!
5 places you won’t tell anyone to go to Istanbul!
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