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The Chef · Azra · Istanbul

Zübeyir Ocakbaşı

Beyoğlu · Charcoal grill · $$$

When another chef asks me where to eat kebab in this city, this is my answer. I want the seat where I can watch the coals.

The ocakbaşı I judge others by: a long copper grill, skewers marinated properly, a room that smells of oak smoke by 8pm.

— Azra, The Chef
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