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touts in the Grand Bazaar, you'll be in need of a respite. Fortunately, this stylish cafe just
outside the Nuruosmaniye Gate is an excellent place to relax over lunch or a coffee. Popu-
lar choices include Turkish coffee (served with a piece of
lokum
), homemade lemonade
and generously proportioned bowls of pasta.
The cafe has a second
branch
(
212-527 3684; Halicilar Caddesi 62, Grand Bazaar;
Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
inside the Grand Bazaar.
9.30am-6.30pm Mon-Sat;
BURÇ OCAKBAŞI $
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| KEBAP
(off Yağlıkçılar Caddesi, Grand Bazaar; kebaps 7-25; 9am-6pm Mon-Sat; Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
The
üsta
(master chef) at this simple place presides over a charcoal grill where choice cuts
of southeastern-style meats are cooked. You can claim a stool or ask for a
dürüm
(meat
wrapped in bread) kebap to go.
Another place to source good, similarly priced kebaps in the bazaar is
Kara Mehmet
NAMLI $
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| DELI
Namlı's mouth-watering selection of cheeses,
pastırma
(air-dried beef) and meze are
known throughout the city. Fight your way to the counter and order a tasty fried
pastırma
roll or a takeaway container of meze. You can also grab a tasty light lunch in the upstairs
İMREN LOKANTASI $
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| TURKISH
(Kadırga Meydanı 143; dishes 5-10, kebaps 8-12; 7am-10pm Mon-Sat; Çemberlitaş)
Well and
truly off the tourist trail, İmren is a tiny neighbourhood
lokanta
with extremely friendly
staff. It serves decent, dirt-cheap dishes such as peppery lamb
guveç
(stew) and
musakka
(baked aubergine and mincemeat). Go for lunch rather than dinner. No alcohol.
NAR LOKANTASI $$$
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16-43; noon-11pm Mon-Sat; ; Çemberlitaş)
We were in two minds as to whether we
should list this restaurant on the 5th floor of the frighteningly expensive Armaggan store
