Not just for Bond: Istanbul, where history and home cooking have the licence to thrill
By Sebastian Lander
As a fearless 007 is scaling the rooftops of Istanbul in Skyfall, I am up to my elbows in flour.
It is something of a less risky mission – to create a Turkish meal under the guidance of Arzu Gurdamar, the owner of modish restaurant Dai Pera. Well, Arzu does rhyme with Q, at least.
Here in the city’s arty Beyoglu district, just across the poetically-named Golden Horn waterway, bubbly Arzu is championing her creative version of Istanbuli home cooking. She offers impromptu instruction for those who need only ask.
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