Wagamama – Istanbul, Turkey

Having heard about Wagamama through tastingmenu.com a while back, I was excited to try it when I noticed it in a mall directory in Turkey.  I know, a supposedly authentic Japanese ramen chain in Turkey?  What were we thinking?!  But regardless, there don’t seem to be plans to open one in NYC (we’ve got plenty of delicious, authentic ramen here, thankyouverymuch), it was raining fairly hard in Istanbul, so we decided to go to the luxury mall in town- Kanyon, an open air, futuristically styled mall on the edge of town.  The mall was huge and I managed to score [...]

The Food of Greece and Turkey

Hmm, looking over my pictures, I only photographed two meals in Greece.  How odd.  I guess because it was much of the same stuff, repeatedly~ kebabs, lamb, kebabs, etc.  So here’s the teaser, only one of these meals, at Smiles Restaurant somewhat near our hotel: Lamb kebab with pita, tzatziki Grilled octopus, with our appetizer of taramasalata in the background Pork schnitzel Our first meal in Turkey was soundly disappointing, but we knowingly went into a touristy place.  Ah well. Our mezze (starter) platter - hummus-ish, horse beans, stuffed eggplant, shredded chicken salad type thing, greens, and I forget what was [...]