About the tour
Discover the local life and taste their street food and feel like a local in both sides of Istanbul. From Europe to Asıa, enjoy our cuısıne. Join us throughout this unique brunch (breakfast and lunch) tour on two continents. We wıll dıscover 9 specıal places , tasting street food that has been selected by a food expert who is passionate about the city and ıts delicious cuisine. The tour is more than a food tour as your guide will be very happy to tell you stories about the city and it’s locals.
Tour program
- We will meet you in sultanahmet near hagia sophia mosque and Take a walk into Gülhane park ( Gülhane means Rosehouse) which was once a part of the outer garden of Topkapı palace
- Taste some different variety of börek (pastry) which are stuffed cheese, potato and minced meat and simit sesame bread with some tea
- Take a ferry from Eminönü pier and departure to Kadıköy. Get chance to enjoy Bosphorus view while riding to Kadıköy.
- Walk through food market in Kadıköy
- Taste the picked vegetables and pickled juice.
- Taste lahmacun ( which is named turkish pittza) made of minced meat, onion, green pepper, tomatoes, garlic and spices.
- Taste stuffed mussels that stuffed rice and spices into the shell.
- Taste White rice made with cheakpeas and drink ayran with. ( ayran made of thick yogurt, water and salt)
- Taste çiğ köfte which is made of fine wheat, tomato paste, pepper paste, onion, garlic, salt, oil and pomegranate syrup.
- Take a ferry from asian side and back to european side.
- Taste the fish dürüm ( wrap) roll into thiny lavash bread with vegetables and spices.
- Enjoy dessert which is known as halka tatlısı or the one stuffed walnuts or the one stuffed pistachios ; made of pastry, sugar, egg and oil.
- Turkish black tea or turkish coffee at the last stop, accompanied with coal-fired chestnuts.
Meeting point : Espressolab Sultanahmet Gülhane. Alemdar caddesi, No 6/D, 34122 fatih.
Tour finishing point: Hamidiye caddesi Sirkeci.
What is included?
- English speaking street food guide.
- Ferry tickets (round trip)
- Food tasting – sample – snacks and drinks at 8 – 9 stops.
- Tea or coffee at the end of tour.
- What is not included?
- Extra food.
- Shopping.
- Dropping back to hotel.
Additional information.
The tour is for a minimum of 2 people.
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