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Doga Fish Restaurant

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:31:07 +0000

THE ONLY ADDRESS FOR FISH

Every fish lover knows Doga Balik. It is one of the cult places at Cihangir in its field. Ibrahim Sogukdag, owner of the place, who uses only virgin olive oil in his kitchen and never prefers mayonnaise, ketchup, cream, and saturated oils, even dries and prepares paprika himself.

Doga Balik, where everything is consumed fresh and daily, is an extraordinary fish restaurant with its rich fish varieties and delicious herbs never found anywhere else. Braised, simmered and stewed lantern fish, and sea-scorpions; and cooked and simmered and stewed horse mackerel, roach and mackerel are among the indispensable flavors at the place.

One should not pass without mentioning fish salads and delicatessens prepared with 35 different herbs besides different fish delicatessens.

Akarsu Yokusu, No: 46, Kat: 7, Cihangir – Beyoglu

Rejans Restaurants

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:21:54 +0000

A BEYOGLU CLASSIC

Rejans, certified as a cultural asset by the Cultural Assets Protection Board in 2002, has continued its services for 79 years.

The place known as a Beyoğlu Classic immortalizes its position each passing day with the importance it attaches to quality standards and hygiene; with its sophisticated dishes which are almost forgotten in our day; with personnel development through various training courses; and of course with its delicious menus.
A feast is offered in the menu which includes Homemade Lemon Vodka, Borsch Soup, Piroshki, Roumaki, Orange or Apple Duck, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Kievski, Karski Kebab, and Lamb Shashlik.
You should certainly see this place which has become a classic without an equal anywhere else in Turkey.

Istiklal Street. Olivya Geçidi No: 17, Galatasaray – Beyoglu.

Tunisien Restaurant – Istanbul

Taksim Selvi Restaurant

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:09:26 +0000

THE TASTE FOLLOWED BY THE WORLD

Selvi Restaurant, which has celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, offers to its frequenters the tastes of the Turkish and Ottoman cuisines with its everlasting quality.

The place which begins the day with breakfast service and continues until dawn the next day has a capacity of 55 seats. Metin Hacizade, who operates the place and supervises the place thoroughly from food to personnel, explains the reason for the ability to continue at the same address for long years, with the quality-taste- naturalness concept.
To introduce the Turkish cuisine to the world is among the goals of Selvi Restaurant, one of the first restaurants to implement self-service in Turkey.
For this purpose, Metin Hacizade sends internet messages to the world from his website.

Sıraselviler Caddesi. No: 42-44 Taksim, Beyoglu, Istanbul – Turkey

The Galata Mevlevihanesi

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:04:32 +0000

The Galata Mevlevihanesi, working dervish lodge, which also goes by the name of the Museum for Classical Literature. Home of the Whirling Dervishes, it’s the only institution of its kind in Istanbul open top public.
A courtyard leads through to the octagonal tekke (lodge), a restored version of the 1491 original. The tekke can be visited to see exhibits of musical instruments and a number of beautifully illuminated Korans.
Also within the complex is the tomb of Galip Dede, the 17th century Sufi poet after whom the street is named. For more details on the dervishes and their whirlings.

Beyoglu Surp Yerrortutyun Church

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This Catholic Armenian church used to serve the Latin community, and became their cathedral and the residence of Monsignor Fonton in 1802, before being bought in 1857 by the Armenian Catholic Archbishop An- don Hasun.

address: Sahne sokak, Beyoglu.

Aga Restaurant

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:21:18 +0000

A FLAVOR FACTORY

Ağa Restaurant is among the leaders of Beyoglu’s indispensable places with its historical past, quality, and the richness and flavors of its cuisine. At the place where the tradition of flavor has been maintained from generation to generation since 1920, dishes are satiating and prices quite suitable.

Except fast food products, you can find rich menus suitable for every preference; you can eat vegetable cooked with olive oil, roasted or stewed meats, meatballs, and kebabs, and safely try chicken or fish varieties. You must certainly taste soup and dessert varieties too. The menu is changed twice daily at the restaurant, where almost 40 varieties of dishes, 10 alternative desserts and fruits of the season are offered every day.

Istiklal Street, Sakizagaci Sokak, No: 5/1 Beyoglu.

Kay’s Pizza and Don Pietro Pizza

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:17:41 +0000

THE FLAVOR HOUSE OF CIHANGIR

Kay’s Restaurant, an adaptation of the local pubs in Europe to Turkey is one of the oldest places at Cihangir.
The place with a menu from German, French and Italian cuisines, and pork varieties is mostly frequented by the Turkish minorities and foreigners and goes beyond the boundaries of Cihangir with its style. Suat Şenel, the owner and operator of the place opened the Don Pietro Pizza House two years ago opposite Kay’s Restaurant.

You can eat your pizzas, each more delicious than the other, at Kay’s Restaurant if you wish or order a package service to your home or workplace.
We highly recommend that you try the pizzas each a banquet of flavor with their attractive names of Pizza Roma, Kay’s Special Pizza, Pizza Alla Turca, Pizza Valentino, Pizza Vegeterian, Pizza Siciliana, and Pizza Arrabbiata.

Güneşli Sokak No: 32 Cihangir Beyoğlu

Cihangir Rafineri Cafe

Ficcin Cafe and Restaurant

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:19:09 +0000

FROM BEHIND THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAIN TO BEYOGLU

Fıccın was born to let people share the unique flavors of the Circassian cuisine, and to add new flavors to the traditional cuisine culture. The name Fıccın which means “bread with minced meat” in the Oset language has maintained and enhanced its recognition with the same meticulousness and care since 1996, the year of its establishment.

Among the sine qua non of the place is the “Circassian puff stuffed with minced meat” (Gabin/Haluj), “Velibah”, “Circassian Chicken” and of course, “Fıccın”. The menu however, changed every day and including around 20 dish varieties, is the guaranty for offering almost any flavor preferred by different people.

Fıccın owes the attention it gets to its home-made cookies, cakes and “pogaca”s too, and the “borek”s of tea times and breakfasts. Fıccın opened a new place at the end of the summer this year at Süslü Saksı Sokak No.12, with the name of “NÖBETÇİ FICCIN”. Nöbetçi Fıccın gives service every day until late hours of the night with its soup varieties and some traditional tastes of the Fıccın cuisine.

Kallavi Sokak. No: 7/1 3-B/3-A, Beyoğlu, Istanbul – Turkey

Marmara Cafe – Istanbul

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:30:21 +0000

NUMBER 1 SINCE 41 YEARS

Since 1970, the year it was opened, Marmara Cafe displayed how professional and perpetual it is in its field. The Cafe, while doing business as a modest refreshment bar at Büyükparmakkapı, has adapted itself to changing demands and conditions with the innovations it has realized and was able to increase the number of its frequenters each passing day.

The simple but smart decoration and the comfortable sitting arrangement at the five-storey building please everybody. Air conditioners, the saviors in hot summer days, are found on each floor of Marmara Cafe.
At the place where the day starts with breakfast, you can find everything from soups to salads; from ‘doner’ to grilled meat balls, and from cold delicatessen varieties to toast types in ample portions and at suitable prices.

Istiklal Street, Büyükparmakkapı Sk, No: 6, Beyoglu, Istanbul – Turkey.

Tunisien Restaurant – Istanbul

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:45:08 +0000

A NEW PLACE FROM ZEYNEP TUNUSLU

Tunisien is easily differentiated from other places with its garden, ethnic cuisine and the section where dresses designed by Zeynep Tunuslu are sold.
The cuisine under the management of Chef Mete Alpay offers a banquet of new flavors by interpreting Turkish, Mediterranean and Magreb (Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian) cuisines with a fusion concept.

The celebrity will be at the kitchen to prepare the menu at dinner nights to be organized at Tunisien anticipating to host different organizations. Tunisien, beginning the day with breakfast service and a light lunch menu and continuing with the Tophane refreshments at the five-o’clock-tea, offers different flavors every hour each day.

Beef with Magreb sauce served on ember-roasted eggplant, Tunisian risotto, and meatballs on lemon leaves are among the dinner specialties which will leave different flavors on your palate.

Tunisien, open between 10:00-24:00 hours during the week and between 10:00-02:00 on weekends will be your new address with the comfortable sitting organization in the garden, its ethnic cuisine, live music and DJ party nights.

Cezayir Sokak Cezayir Çıkmazı No: 6 Bahçe (Fransız Sokağı) Galatasaray – Beyoglu