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Turkish food does have some similarities to the food in UAE since it is in the Arab region, but there are a lot of different dishes, and also the same dishes which taste a bit different made the Turkish way. Hence, I decided to write a post dedicated to just the food there. I have written another post detailing our visit (excluding the food). It includes the hotel, sightseeing, visa process, currency information, and a lot more in detail. You can read it here . Since we had taken guided tours on almost all the days, we had lunch included in our tour. These were local restaurants with good food, but not necessarily ones which would have specifically been on my list to try. Although, we did go to different places and explored local food ourselves. Read on to find out. Index: Street snacks - Simit and roasted chestnuts 15th March - local food in Old Istanbul, and nightlife in Karakoy 16th March - lunch by the sea, raki, nightlife in Taksim 17th March - local food at Cappadocia...

" The Monk ", to me gives a more authentic feel than something like "Chinese room", "China House" etc.  From the time you step into this place, you feel welcomed. For that price point, this place definitely feel classy.  The staff is courteous and greet you well. interiors My friend and I went there for a supper. It was around 7:30pm and we were the only ones at that time, so it was really calm. They have wall hangings in the restaurant with things written in Chinese and the theme that they have used overall gave a feel as if I've come to some place in China. They do not have too much variety in their menu. Now this, usually I would have felt is a drawback, but here, somehow I didn't. If you've carefully looked at a menu in a Chinese restaurant, a lot of the food items are similar and you end up ordering just a few specific ones when you have Chinese. So, instead of keeping more amount of similar items, they have kept just a fe...