My gastronomical journey through Turkey
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...