A street in Aksaray, Istanbul's popular shopping & cafe neighborhood.
GUEST BLOG—By Paul Benjamin Osterlund writing for Culinary Backstreets.
Note: PillartoPost.org online magazine style blog believes Culinary Backstreets is the best travel and dining blog currently being published. The article on Istanbul’s dining scene is terrific. Here’s an appetizer: “…But it’s migration, not tourism, that has strongly dictated Istanbul’s foreign food scene over the years, with newcomers making inroads. What began as a flurry of restaurants offering a surprising array of flavors from the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the Far East has now become an established subsect of the city’s cuisine. Many of these places are centered around the Aksaray neighborhood, where we’ve feasted on excellent Georgian, Iraqi, Palestinian, Uzbek, Uighur, Azerbaijani and Russian dishes. ..”
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