Tarihi Karaköy Balık Lokantası Grifin

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Loo Yeo

★★★★★ 6 months ago

Visited January 2016 - This working class fish lokanta sits quietly in Karaköy with a discreet plaque and old-world charm. Inside, the welcome is warm and the menu handwritten, showcasing the day’s freshest catch. We began with balık çorbası – fish soup, simple and savoury with a natural sweetness, lifted by lemon and served with crusty bread still warm from the oven. Then came kağıtta levrek (sea bass en papillote), orfoz şiş (grouper skewers), çoban salatası, and minekop şiş (shi drum skewers). Each dish was perfectly judged by the usta grill master, buttery fresh, sweetly succulent, and singing of the sea.