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The Chef · Azra · Istanbul

Balıkçı Sabahattin

Sultanahmet · Fish meyhane · $$$$

Sultanahmet is a tourist trap for dinner — except here. I bring people who want a proper rakı-and-fish night without the marina prices of Bebek.

An old wooden-house fish restaurant on a quiet lane, tables spilling into the street. Whatever the boats brought that morning, grilled simply.

— Azra, The Chef
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