This year our Top was renewed once again, with the inclusion of Two New categories, OUT OF DOORS RESTAURANT and WINE SERVICE, and also with the inclusion of 5 nominees in each…
Istiklâl Caddesi Continuing our wonderful and vibrant journey through the city of Istanbul, we now turn to the most modern part, north of the Golden Horn. Here we find the agitated Beyoglu…
Blue Mosque I always had an immense curiosity about Istanbul, mainly because as capital of the Eastern Empire, or Byzantine Empire, it was one of the most important cities in the world,…
As I said before in the article about Paris, our blog and the BLACKLANE service became partners, a luxury transportation company founded in 2011, which nowadays is spread over more than 130 cities all…
Galata Tower Maksut Aşkar is one the most celebrated chefs of the new Turkish generation. Inspired by the epic history of his region and in a wide range of traditional recipes and…
If a Hyatt in Istanbul makes us happy, imagine two Hyatt! Well, so it was our stay in Istanbul, completely left in the hands of the Hyatt Hotels group, this time, in…
Before talking about food let’s talk a bit about people, namely of Kemal Demirasal, a 34 year old young man, from Izmir, a coastal region of Turkey, famous for being one of…
After some very traditional and haute Ottoman cuisine dishes, it was time for us to know the other side of Istanbul, more contemporary without forgetting its roots and traditions. For that purpose…
We often use the expression “eat like a King”, but this time we went a bit further and decided to truly eat like a King, in this case, an Ottoman Sultan. Asitane,…