Cabbies don't have time to sit down for a meal when they're on duty. Or so I thought - until I met Fazil. Posts Tagged ‘ Turkish ’
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Berlin Dispatch: Fazil’s Red Lentil Soup
Cabbies don't have time to sit down for a meal when they're on duty. Or so I thought - until I met Fazil. Berlin Dispatch: Rejection and Lamb Chops
It was the worst start of a taxi adventure so far in Berlin. I'd gone down the entire line of cabs waiting at the taxi stand in front of the Adlon Hotel near Brandenburg Gate. No driver wanted any part in my food quest. Berlin Dispatch: All Roads Lead to Hasir
Recently I was trying to explain to someone that you don't have to speak the local language to go on a taxi adventure. On Tuesday, I actually put this idea to the test. We have many favorite restaurants in Berlin (Video)
No matter how many taxi adventures I've done, I still get the same jitters as when I did it the first time. Here's some video of the lead-up, the approach, and my initial negotiations with Ergan, the driver of my latest adventure who's been a Berlin cabbie for seven years. Following Tariq’s Trail
As I breathed in the scent of roasting eggplant and listened to the faux waterfall trickle onto Sahara Restaurant’s patio, I hoped that the long journey to cabbie Tariq’s favorite Turkish food in New York had been worth it.
A kicky breeze stirred the grapevines overhead while women in saris and men in Yankee caps...Read more »
Turkish Delight, Further Afield
The League of Extraordinary Baklava
There is a lot of bad baklava in this world. If you've ever fallen victim to soggy, honey-soaked, butter-laden pastry where nuts get lost and no amount of strong coffee can beat back the sweetness, you know what I'm talking about. Turkish Delight
When Huseyin Kanal picked up my co-adventurer and me at the corner of 14th and Broadway, I knew not to state my agenda right away. Holding my hunger in check, I asked him to take us to the corner of 28th and Lex and threw what’s now my standard pitch to New York cabbies… Istanbul: Eduard’s Second Home Run
I could feel the heat from the döner kebab the moment I opened the door to Istanbul, the second Rego Park restaurant* that taxi driver Eduard Zavlanov recommended during our ride through Midtown Manhattan. When he’s craving Turkish food, the musician from Uzbekistan told me that this is his favorite spot.
When I walked into...Read more »
Boris, Eduard and Two Kinds of Heartbreak
Two taxi rides, one Russian and one Uzbeki-Persian-Jewish cabbie added up to a couple of mind-bending stories, zero lunch, and two tantalizing restaurant recommendations.
Boris – who was born in “a small town in Russia called Moscow” and used to fly planes for Aeroflot – told me that he eats at McDonald’s when he’s driving...Read more »
