There are fish restaurants that serve their ... There are the classic Istanbul meyhanes (taverns) serving meze and raki, the national licorice-flavored spirit made from the anise plant and mixed ...

Istanbul, former seat of the Byzantine and ... At a balikçi (a fish house) by the Bosporus, one will savor simple grilled fish preceded by meze like fluffy eggplant dip and cured bonito called ...