Story: Fetihye und Beyöglu sind gewiss Stadtteile an denen man in Istanbul nicht vorbeikommt. Fetihye ist geprägt von den Bazaaren und Beyöglu ist wohl DAS Bar und Restaurant Viertel. Eine Fährfahrt in Istanbul muss auch dazugehören (bspw. nach Kadiköy). Dabei empfehlen wir die traditionellere asiatische Seite anzusteuern.
Do’s:
- ganz viel Zeit fuer die Bazaare mitbringen
- die Cafes in Beyöglu erkunden
- eine Bootsfahrt machen
Don’ts:
- ohne Recherche Sachen auf den Bazaar kaufen
Coeliac/Glutenfree:
There are a few documented restsurants offering gluten free ‚understanding‘ in Istanbul such as Imbat and Neyzade, but you would be silly to go past Datli Maya for any of them.
Datli Maya is a small, eccentric, hole-in-the-wall restauarant offering organic, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free local cuisine. While there are still things containing gluten on the menu, they do specialty gluten free Pides and Lahmacuns (which are delicious – especially the lahmacuns!). They’re set up is also very cool with patrons walking up through the kitchen to get to the dining room. It was such a treat to eat some truly local dishes, we went back again and again.
Karaköy Güllüoglu is one of the oldest bakeries in Istanbul (with two locations in Karakoy). So speaking of traditional cuisine; if you’re like me and have never tried baklava before then you need to make a visit to this bakery offering a specialty gluten free baklava. It’s kept in the back so just ask any of the staff – who might reply with questions about whether or not you mean ‚Glutensiz‘, which is Turkish for gluten free.
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