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Dinner time in Istanbul and I a craving for a doner kebab. @LukeDamant and I headed for a famous place called Durumzade that was too busy the last time we tried.
As we approached Dürümzade thing were looking good. It looked quiet. But then we got the bad news. It was quiet because it was closed, and yet again we wandered the streets of the Beyoğlu area on another kebab hunt.
We ended up at the very touristy area of Taksim Square. I was extremely doubtful that we'd get a good dürüm there. At the main tourist spots in every European city the food is generally inauthentic, mediocre and overprices.
We decided to give it a try, though, as we were fed up of walking around.
There's a bunch of kebab joints all right next to each other so we chose the one that had the tastiest looking meat. The meat at Taksim Doner looked glistening and juicy.
Luke tried the veal one and then I tried the chicken one. Both were out of this world delicious.
The chicken dürüm was 12 lira ($1.20 USD) and the veal döner was 21 lira ($2.10 USD).
I was surprised on both fronts, the taste and the value. I never would have expected that the food would be so good and so cheap at Taksim Square. Usually you have to explore deep down the backstreets of a city to find that.
I feel like one kekab is equal to half a meal, so with two kebabs in my belly I was ready for dessert.
Luke wanted to visit one of those Turkish ice cream men that play tricks on you. He absolutely loves them and visits one almost every day. I wanted something different for a change and he suggested a waffle place that he knew was good.
I had just been criticising people at Taksim Square who were eating at Burger King rather than the authentic local grub, and there I was off to get a waffle, which definitely isn't a Turkish thing, but oh well, it sounded good.
The waffles we got were delicious, covered in chocolate, fresh banana and strawberries. Unfortunately the waffles were premade, though. The difference between a warm, soft in the inside / crispy on the outside, freshly cooked waffle and one that was made hours ago is huge in my opinion.
Nevertheless, it was a sweet way to end another dinner time adventure in Istanbul.
📍 Kebab Joint: Taksim Döner, Taksim Square, Istanbul
📍 Waffle Joint: Vivaldi Waffle, İstiklal Cd. No:199/C, 34440 Beyoğlu/İstanbul
0:00 Kebab Hunt
4:15 Veal Doner (Luke)
6:49 Chicken Doner (Dale)
15:09 Veal Doner (Dale)
22:13 Waffle House
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