Istanbul Eats » Arnavutköy

Lahmacun is one of those mysterious foods where a lot is created with so little. It checks all of the boxes of a perfect savory snack: crispy, oven-fired crust, light and spicy meat spread, a fre...

http://istanbuleats.com/2013/03/top-3-lahmacun/

It is hard to identify exactly when the forgotten neck of Istanbul between Etiler and Arnavutköy became prime real estate. Not so long ago, overgrown green space alongside the road was interrupt...

http://istanbuleats.com/2012/12/albay-durum-kebab-konfessional/

The arrival of fall in Istanbul usually means one thing for us: hamsi season is about to begin. Hamsi, of course, are the minuscule fish (Black Sea anchovies) that Istanbulites are mad about, an...

http://istanbuleats.com/2012/11/hamsi/

In the evolutionary process of the Istanbul fish restaurant, there was a moment in the late 1990’s when the amphibious, shore-hugging boat restaurants crawled out of the Bosphorus and became la...

http://istanbuleats.com/2012/07/fish-in-istanbul-natural-selections/

We always feel a bit like a cheating spouse when we walk past our longtime favorite – albeit dry – fish spot, Arnavutköy’s Adem Baba, towards Hayri Balık, a lovely little fish shack up th...

http://istanbuleats.com/2011/09/hayri-balik-fishy-business/

(Editor’s Note: A recent article about a spat between Turkey and Greek Cyprus over who owns the rights to claim lahmacun as their own got us thinking about those minced-meat covered discs of d...

http://istanbuleats.com/2011/03/istanbuls-top-5-lahmacun-makers-3-fistik-kebap/

(Editor’s Note: Although the new year is already upon us, we had so many memorable Istanbul dining experiences in 2010 that we wanted to take one last look at the past year’s culinary highlig...

http://istanbuleats.com/2011/01/best-bites-of-2010-our-take/

Let’s face it: lahmacun is easy to get excited about. It checks all of the boxes of a perfect savory snack – crispy-oven fired crust, light and spicy meat spread, with a fresh green topping a...

http://istanbuleats.com/2010/02/fistik-kebap-much-love-for-lahmacun/

They might as well have named Melengeç the “Solar Eclipse” or the “Dodo Bird,” because, in the handful of meals we’ve had at this cozy Arnavutköy restaurant, its namesake dish, melen...

http://istanbuleats.com/2009/07/melengec-mean-greens/

It must have taken an entire fleet’s worth of nets, harpoons, anchors, life preservers and buoys to decorate the dining rooms of Adem Baba. The decorations makes sense: the restaurant got its s...

http://istanbuleats.com/2009/07/adem-baba-soleman/