Polonezköy (Polish Village) ★ 4.0
Polonezköy, a Polish émigré village founded in the 1840s on the Asian-side forest fringe, runs a weekend brunch culture famous across Istanbul for its garden tables.
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Şile (Black Sea Fish) ★ 3.9
Şile, the small Black Sea harbour town an hour and a half from Istanbul, runs a working fish fleet whose quayside lokantas serve the catch within hours of landing.
Bursa (Iskender Kebap) ★ 4.6
Bursa, the southern Marmara city across the sea from Istanbul, is the birthplace of iskender kebap, thinly sliced lamb over pita with tomato butter and yogurt.
Edirne (Tava Ciğer) ★ 4.5
Edirne, the old Ottoman capital near the Bulgarian-Greek border, fries paper-thin liver with peppers and onions; the city is famous enough that day-trips happen for lunch alone.