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| Ulus 29 Restaurant |
A traditional dinner begins with “meze” dishes (appetizers), a dazzling variety of cold and hot treasures, ranging from salads to savory melons. Many Turks make a meal out of these appetizers. Vegetables cooked in olive oil and served cold, make up a large category of meze dishes, such as stuffed-green peppers, tomatoes, grape-vine leaves and mussels. The vegetables or shells come bursting with a mixture of rice, pine nuts, currants, and spices. Small lamb's brains served cold with lemon slices on lettuce are greatly favored by Turks. There are also a variety of spreads for bread including “ezme ” (a fiery hot tomato and onion paste), “haydari” (a thick garlicky yogurt dip), and “cacık ”, a thinner version with slices of cucumber, olive oil, and parsley, often served like a soup.
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| Çiçek Pasajı |
Restaurants of Kumkapı and the Çiçek Pasajı in Beyoğlu offer not only delicious Turkish Cuisine, but lots of local entertainment as well. Restaurants along the two sides of Bosphorus also offer the magnificent view of the two continents while dining. Before giving you the list of the best restaurants in Turkey, we want to warn about an important issue. The tap water in Istanbul is very chlorinted. We suggest you buy water from shops in plastic or glass bottles. Finally, here are some examples of elite restaurants in Turkey:
- Borsa Boğaziçi (Lütfü Kırdar Congress Center, Harbiye, İstanbul – 0212 232 4201)
- Marco Polo (Hilton Hotel, Kavaklıdere, Ankara - 0312 4682888)
- Körfez ( Körfez Caddesi 78, Kanlıca, İstanbul - 0216 413 4314 )
- Ulus 29 ( Adnan Saygun Caddesi, Ulus, İstanbul –
0212 265 6198 )
- Feriye ( Feriye Sarayı, Çırağan Cad. Beşiktaş, İstanbul –
0212 227 2216 )
- Mezzaluna (Ankuva Alışveriş Merkezi, Ankara - 312 266 1360 )
- Vogue ( Akaretler Cad. Beşiktaş, İstanbul - 0212 227 4404 )
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