We'd add
Arnavut ciğeri
Fried cubes of liver with red onion and sumac
Istanbul's own
A meze of the meyhanes of Balat.
Albanian liver, cubed. The hot plate after the cold meze.
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Known for
Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstKözlenmiş patlıcan
Ember-roasted aubergine mashed with oil and garlic
Charcoal
Where it comes fromIstanbul's own
The traveller Evliya Çelebi put Galata at the heart of Istanbul's tavern trade in the 1600s. By the early 1800s the city had some 500 meyhanes, a third of them in Galata, Beyoğlu and Tatavla.
Sources: Koçu, İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, "Meyhâne"; Mehmet Yalçın, Milliyet (2017).
At Asmalı Cavit
Charred over embers first. A cold meze to start the table.
Asmalı Cavit
Turkish · meyhane · meze · Asmalımescit, Istanbul
Asmalı Mescit Mah., Asmalı Mescit Cd. No:16/D, 34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul
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A meyhane, a tavern, in Asmalımescit, where the meze table is the evening and rakı, the aniseed spirit, sets the pace. It's the old Beyoğlu night out.
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