May 16
Sunday
2nd Photo Competition: Time to Pick a Winner
With the submission period now over, it’s time to choose the winners of our 2nd photo competition, which focused on portraits and images of people working in the food business. The Istanbul Eats editorial team is going to choose winners from among the finalists in both the Turkey and international images groups, but we also want to give our readers a chance to vote for their favorite photos.
To do that, we’ve set up two Flickr photostreams where you can see the finalists:
International Portraits
www.flickr.com/photos/istanbul_eats
Turkey Portraits
www.flickr.com/photos/istanbuleats
After you’ve taken a look at the photos, decide which one you like best from each group and send your vote to istanbuleats3@gmail.com (please only vote once). Voting will be open for one week, so you have until Tuesday, May 18 to vote.We will announce the winners soon after.
Good luck to all the contestants and let the voting begin!
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no responses - Posted 05.08.18
That much of the past seems to stick to Samatya is a marvel in Istanbul, a city being rebuilt and “restored” at an alarming pace. First, there’s the question of its name. Occupying a stretch of the Marmara Sea and squeezed between the old city walls and Kumkapı, an area home to a rotating cast of eclectic restaurants, the neighborhood still ... continue -
Spring Surprises: Skewering the First Fruits in Istanbul
no responses - Posted 04.25.18
It was the first of April and an absolutely pristine Istanbul spring day, the kind where one can break a slight sweat walking up a hill then catch a cool breeze in a nearby patch of shade. Returning to the city from a lovely weekend on Büyükada, we were smitten with spring and wanted to indulge in its finest offerings. In ... continue -
Farewell, Pando: An Istanbul Culinary Legend Passes On
no responses - Posted 04.16.18
It’s Saturday around lunchtime and business as usual in the bustling Beşiktaş Çarşı neighborhood, as crowds of mostly younger people fill the narrow streets. Down on Mumcu Bakkal Sokak, a pedestrian-only street lined with miniscule shops, a line around the block has been formed by those eager to get into one of the city’s best döner spots. For many of those ... continue -
Bağdat Ocakbaşı: Licensed to Grill
no responses - Posted 04.09.18
Istanbul’s T1 tramway is relatively pleasant if you can find a seat, but borders on unbearable if you are on your feet. Back in 2015, we wrote about a trip we took from the line’s first stop all the way to one of its last, which lies way out in the district of Güngören. By the time the tram has made ... continue -
Dose & Istos Café: Greek Revival
no responses - Posted 03.30.18
A café at its best is so much more than the sum of its parts: it’s a place where people can easily mingle, share ideas, and dertleşmek, or commiserate over their troubles, all while imbibing caffeine. At the same time, it’s a place where visitors might feel an invisible thread of common beliefs connecting them, an unspoken camaraderie, even if ... continue -
Back to the Land: Urban Turks Tackle Rural Life
no responses - Posted 03.23.18
When Buket Ulukut first moved from Istanbul to a rural plot of land in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey, she was leading a double life. “I’d be taking calls from clients in Europe while out amidst the rows of peppers and eggplants, hoping they didn’t hear the rooster crowing in the background,” says Ulukut, who worked in ... continue -
Semt Pazarları, Civic Life Perfected
no responses - Posted 03.09.18
“Two kilos five liraaa! Two kilos five liraaa!” bellowed a young and exuberant vendor of tomatoes to the ongoing stream of frugal-minded shoppers making their way through the snaking Tarlabaşı Sunday Market. Hundreds of sellers of fresh produce, dairy, seafood, kitchenware, clothing, smuggled tobacco, jewelry, fresh baked goods and numerous other items set up side by side in the central Istanbul ... continue
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Back from the Hack
no responses - Posted 05.11.10
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no responses - Posted 05.11.10
Those who tried to visit this site yesterday might have noticed some strange things going on. Turns out we had been hacked. Visitors (PC users only, it seems) were being redirected to a particularly malicious site that could possibly infect their computer with a virus. It appears that the problem started ...continue
The Other Hidrellez
1 response - Posted 05.07.10
Hidrellez, the traditional spring festival celebrated with so much gusto by the Roma communities of Istanbul, is upon us. Impromtu battles of the fiddlers, fire dancing, grill smoke and canned beer surely filled the streets of Ahirkapi, a historic Roma neighborhood near Sultanahmet that’s home to an annual Hidrellez blowout ...continue
1 response - Posted 05.07.10
Hidrellez, the traditional spring festival celebrated with so much gusto by the Roma communities of Istanbul, is upon us. Impromtu battles of the fiddlers, fire dancing, grill smoke and canned beer surely filled the streets of Ahirkapi, a historic Roma neighborhood near Sultanahmet that’s home to an annual Hidrellez blowout ...continue
The “Mesopotamian Truffle” Returns!
5 responses - Posted 04.19.10
Spring is upon us, which means that it's time to go hunting for restaurants that serve keme, an elusive fungus with a beguiling taste that we've dubbed the "Mesopotamian Truffle." Impossible to cultivate and with a season that spans only a few weeks, this specialty of southeast Turkey is worth seeking ...continue
5 responses - Posted 04.19.10
Spring is upon us, which means that it's time to go hunting for restaurants that serve keme, an elusive fungus with a beguiling taste that we've dubbed the "Mesopotamian Truffle." Impossible to cultivate and with a season that spans only a few weeks, this specialty of southeast Turkey is worth seeking ...continue
Istanbul Eats’ Photo Competition – Round II
3 responses - Posted 04.12.10
Welcome to the second Istanbul Eats photo competition! We were absolutely delighted with both the entries and the enthusiasm with which everyone approached our last competition, so we felt that with a new year it's time we organized another opportunity for you to compete once more. This time we're looking for a ...continue
3 responses - Posted 04.12.10
Welcome to the second Istanbul Eats photo competition! We were absolutely delighted with both the entries and the enthusiasm with which everyone approached our last competition, so we felt that with a new year it's time we organized another opportunity for you to compete once more. This time we're looking for a ...continue
Istanbul Eats in Milliyet
no responses - Posted 04.10.10
We sat down the other day at Ficcin, an Istanbul Eats favorite, for an interview with the Turkish daily Milliyet to talk about how we got started and some of our favorite places to eat in Istanbul. You can read the article (in Turkish) here. continue
no responses - Posted 04.10.10
We sat down the other day at Ficcin, an Istanbul Eats favorite, for an interview with the Turkish daily Milliyet to talk about how we got started and some of our favorite places to eat in Istanbul. You can read the article (in Turkish) here. continue
Happy Birthday, Istanbul Eats!
2 responses - Posted 04.01.10
It is no coincidence that today, April 1, Istanbul Eats celebrates its one-year anniversary. When our site went active one year ago with our first post, a review of Beyoğlu greasy spoon Lades 2, we thought, "Well, if this site never takes off, we can describe the whole thing as ...continue
2 responses - Posted 04.01.10
It is no coincidence that today, April 1, Istanbul Eats celebrates its one-year anniversary. When our site went active one year ago with our first post, a review of Beyoğlu greasy spoon Lades 2, we thought, "Well, if this site never takes off, we can describe the whole thing as ...continue
Attack of the Doner-bots
4 responses - Posted 03.30.10
A disturbing piece of news that ran in Sunday's Hurriyet Daily News just caught our eye. It turns out a fiendish company in Germany has come up with a robotic device that slices döner, potentially putting an untold number of dönerci's (those would be human döner slicers) out of work. ...continue
4 responses - Posted 03.30.10
A disturbing piece of news that ran in Sunday's Hurriyet Daily News just caught our eye. It turns out a fiendish company in Germany has come up with a robotic device that slices döner, potentially putting an untold number of dönerci's (those would be human döner slicers) out of work. ...continue
Istanbul Eats in Turkish, Mashallah!
no responses - Posted 03.17.10
After almost a year of reviewing restaurants in English, we’re happy to announce that our reviews are now also available in Turkish. We’ll be updating the Turkish site (istanbuleats.com/tr) constantly with new reviews and classics from the Istanbul Eats archives. While our particular brand of humor may not always work ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.17.10
After almost a year of reviewing restaurants in English, we’re happy to announce that our reviews are now also available in Turkish. We’ll be updating the Turkish site (istanbuleats.com/tr) constantly with new reviews and classics from the Istanbul Eats archives. While our particular brand of humor may not always work ...continue
A Culinary Tour of Turkey – in Istanbul
no responses - Posted 03.14.10
The English-language daily Today's Zaman has an article up that takes a look at some of the restaurants in Istanbul serving food from other regions in Turkey. The article (addresses included, for a change), offers some good tips on where to find food from the Black Sea and southeast regions ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.14.10
The English-language daily Today's Zaman has an article up that takes a look at some of the restaurants in Istanbul serving food from other regions in Turkey. The article (addresses included, for a change), offers some good tips on where to find food from the Black Sea and southeast regions ...continue
Hey EU, Hands off my doner!
2 responses - Posted 03.10.10
Turkey’s EU accession talks have raised a lot of important questions on reform, accompanied by predictable growing pains. But the latest news from Ankara, which can be read in Turkish in this article in the daily Radikal newspaper, makes us more than a bit uncomfortable. According to the article, Turkey’s food ...continue
2 responses - Posted 03.10.10
Turkey’s EU accession talks have raised a lot of important questions on reform, accompanied by predictable growing pains. But the latest news from Ankara, which can be read in Turkish in this article in the daily Radikal newspaper, makes us more than a bit uncomfortable. According to the article, Turkey’s food ...continue
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