Istanbul: Turkish delight
By Peter Calder
12:30 PM Monday Apr 2, 2012
Restaurant reviewer Peter Calder discovers there’s a lot more to eat in Istanbul than doner kebab.
The Blue Mosque is visible from most vantage points across Istanbul. Photo / Jim Eagles
The Blue Mosque is visible from most vantage points across Istanbul. Photo / Jim Eagles
In a market on the northern side of the Golden Horn, that slash of inlet that carves west into the European side of Istanbul, a man was cooking tiny fish. A hand-scrawled sign proclaimed their name - hamsi - and a price that was barely more than giveaway.
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