EVENING : DINING OUT IN A TURKISH WAY

This is a real traditional night in Istanbul. You will not see professional belly dancers or folkloric dancers, no touristic places. But you will see much more than that !

We will take you where “real people” go to dine in a “Turkish Way”. You will see and have a chance to meet local people having fun with their friends. 

We will start the evening in a traditional “Simit” bakery. Simit is a bread roll, which is covered with grape molasses and sesame seeds. We take our simits and visit one of the local kiraathane – which literally means reading rooms but in reality is a coffee shop with lots of men playing cards or backgammon. 

After having Turkish tea in a traditional tea glass we visit another typical place : Ocakbashi – a self-service barbecue restaurant where you sit by the fire and grill your kebabs, along with a glass of Turkish Raki of course ! 

We continue our gourmet journey passing, seeing and sniffing by some Turkish restaurants. Finally, we end up in a Meyhane – a tavern where you taste “Meze”, drink “Raki” and listen to live Turkish music performed by Gipsy musicians. 

Well if you think that is it for the night, you are wrong ! We will offer you the “Iskembe Corbasi” which is a tripe soup. Exactly the same way Turks complete their evening after being sated with Raki… 

And of course no Turkish night is complete without tasting the “Turk Kahvesi”, Turkish Coffee. 

Sounds tasty… To give it quality, you will be escorted by a professional guide who will explain to you everything that you will need to know.