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Easy Guide to Istanbul Fish Restaurant Etiquette
Istanbul fish restaurant scene is still little understood by the tourists traveling to the city. Located between the Black and Marmara seas Istanbul has historically been big on fish and a whole culture has developed around fish dining. Whenever I go to any Istanbul fish restaurant I always spot unease of foreigners unaware of that culture and I feel tempted to jump to their table with my unsolicited advice. Mostly people are terrified with my enthusiasm so I thought I would sneak some advice on Istanbul fish restaurant etiquette by writing this post.
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Istanbul Fish Poetry and Sea Bass Recipe
In Istanbul fish is a poetry recited to the whisper of the blue Bosphorus waves and silent vastness of the Black Sea by the terse fishermen who go to the sea to find the world’s wisdom in the salty waters. They would keep the found wisdom to themselves and you could only dimly guess which marine secrets are hidden on the fish stalls at the local markets spotted with the shimmering scales and turned outside deep red gills attesting the freshness of the catch.
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