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The Chef · Azra · Istanbul

Kanaat Lokantası

Üsküdar · Esnaf lokantası (tradesman's canteen) · $

This is how the city actually eats lunch: cheap, cooked since dawn, no fuss. I bring my kids here and pay almost nothing for real food.

A century-old canteen of ready-cooked home dishes in steam trays. No menu — you point, they plate, you eat like a local family would.

— Azra, The Chef
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