Mine's note about Fish Restaurants
Fish is a very special food for Turks which has a different ritual of dining. In ordinary restaurants, you have a look at the menu and order something but in fish restaurants, you know what to order beforehand. Because there's no menu in many of the fish restaurants. A good meal in a fish restaurants takes at least two hours because the food keeps on coming to your table and while you are sipping either your raki or wine, you chat and eat without giving any break. Surprisingly you don't feel anything wrong with your stomach because the food is shared by the other people on the table. The first type of food is the appetizers. You may ask several different appetizers, like Turkish white cottage cheese, melon, red beans cooked in olive oil, Haydari(a very thick yoghurt with dried mint),Acili Ezme(spicy appetizer),Patlican Közde(grilled aubergines),Lakerda(raw fish in salt),Karides(shrimp) and good season's salad with fresh cucumber,tomatoes and lettuce. Then comes the hot appetizers, like Borek(pastry with cheese or pastrami),Kalamari or Fried Mussels. Before you order your appetizers, always order your fish so that you don't need to wait....! The recommended fish are Seabass, Turbot, Bonito and Blue Fish. Recommended Fish Restaurants in Istanbul * - Up to 15 YTL per person for full-course meal. **-15 YTL-25 YTL. per person full-course meal. ***-25 -55 YTL per person full-course meal. ****55-85 YTL per person full-course meal. Restaurants along the Bosphorus Le Pecheur (***) Yenikoy Cad. No:80 Tarabya-Istanbul. Tel:2627070 Right by the Bosphorus, a very nice restaurant with excellent service quality. Try the seabass in salt. Kiyi(***) Kefelikoy Cad. No:126 Tarabya Tel:262-0002 A very typical fish restaurant with good service and fresh food. Worth trying...
Doga Balık Buzada(****) Galatasaray Island Buzada Kurucesme Tel:263-4259 A very good fish restaurant with delicious and fresh appetizers in the middle of the Bosphorus... Pafuli(***) Tel:263-6638 This restaurant serves Black Sea Region specialties such as Mihlama, Hamsi Dessert(Hamsi is a fish like sardines), Bread with Hamsi in a cozy atmosphere. Dalyan Balik Adem Baba(*) Satis Meydani No:2 Arnavutkoy Tel:2632933 Closed on Mondays. A small-cozy restaurant which is like a fish-fast food place. Try salad, shrimp, calamari, sea bass or turbot. Mavi-Yeşil(****) Muallim Naci Cad.170 Kurucesme Tel:2655480 Compared to the other fish restaurants, a little bit formal and touristy but still a fine fish restaurant by the Bosphorus, at a lovely location. Try calamari and sea bass. Pescatore(****) Kirecburnu Tel:2231819 Excellent service, excellent view and excellent food. A very good restaurant with great appetizers and great salad with shrimp. Blue fish is very good. Try the hot-served shrimp in butter and fener baligi(a-meat like type of fish served in fresh butter)...The herb-butter served before the meal is very delicious. Korfez(****) Korfez Cad. 78 Kanlica (On the Asian Side, a boat is usually provided from Rumeli Hisar(European Fortress) upon request . Tel:0216-4134314 Closed on Mondays. Very romantic restaurant with a great view of second Bosphorus Bridge. Might be quite touristy. Reservation is essential and upon request the boat is provided. Sea bass in salt is delicious. Restaurants in Kumkapi and Sultan Ahmet(Old City) Area Kumkapi Restaurants There are more than 50 small and cozy restaurants in Kumkapi with similar food and attractions. Usually gypsies perform here with their clarinets and violins and keep on playing until you drop some money into their pockets. Very lively and touristy place, especially quite enjoyable with a big group. Sultanahmet Area Balikci Sabahattin(***) Cankurtaran Sultanahmet Tel:0-212-4581824 Very old restaurant with appetizers, raki, salads, fish and desserts. Lovely food, lovely atmosphere. Sometimes gypsies add a spice into it by playing their violins (if restaurant owners ignore them!).
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