EuroCruise 2010: Food Finding in Istanbul

Back in Istanbul after visiting all the important mosques and palaces in the Old City, which is both an Asian and European city. After all the sight-seeing, everyone was a bit hungry, but didn’t have the luxury of time to sit down for a proper lunch. I was on the hunt for the next best thing that Istanbul is known for: Kebab! Across the Mosques and Museums is the Divanwolu/Divanyolu Caddesi Street, which is a main street with the bus and trolley lines passing through. This is also across a park so it’s nice to walk around if you are in the area. It reminded me of San Francisco, with the BART system and the pre-colonial architecture, but there were no hills in this area of Istanbul. Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi There are plenty of restaurants in the strip, but one that caught my eye was the Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi, because of the plenty of hosts ushering guests in as well as the fact that it was established back in 1920, so it must be good to stay put. I was happy to discover that 99% of diners inside the restaurant were local Turks, which made me trust the authenticity of its flavors. It’s important (...)

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