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Uskumru dolma

Stuffed mackerel

Where it comes fromIstanbul's own

Istanbul's Armenian cooks count it among three dishes they call their own, made for Easter and sent to meyhane regulars. The mackerel is emptied with its skin whole, refilled with its own flesh, onion, pine nuts and currants, and fried.

Sources: Mehmet Yaşin, Sözcü (2021, 2022).

At Jash İstanbul

On the hot starters, beside dalak dolma tavası, spleen stuffed and pan-fried.

From Jash İstanbul's own menu and pages, as we read them in October 2026.

Jash İstanbul

Turkish · Armenian Istanbul meyhane · meze · Cihangir, Istanbul

Cihangir Cd. No:9, Pürtelaş Hasan Efendi, 34433 Beyoğlu, İstanbul

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Cihangir's meyhane, a meze tavern, built on one family's recipes from the Pangaltı meze house of 1930.

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