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Traditional Home Cooking with a Local in İstanbul Centre

By Lokal Bond
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Overview

  • Learn to cook traditional Turkish dishes in a cosy Istanbul home
  • Share a home-cooked meal and real conversation with your local host
  • Perfect for food lovers who want to connect deeper with Istanbul’s culture

Activity location

    • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Bozkurt, Dericiler Sk., Şişli/İstanbul, Türkiye | The exact address: Bozkurt mahallesi Dericiler sokak 81/11 Sisli/Istanbul Ring the bell 11 when you arrive the building. You can call your host Gulsah on Whatsapp if you need any further instructions.
    • Bozkurt, İstanbul, Türkiye

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What's included, what's not

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    Cooking Materials and Ingredients
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    Dinner
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    Authentic home cooking
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    Local Market Tour to experience local life
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    Tea, Turkish Coffee, Authentic Turkish Desert
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tips and Service charge
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    Things you buy for you from Market Tour
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    Alcoholic drinks

What you can expect

Join me for a full-hearted day of cooking, tasting, and discovering the everyday flavours of Istanbul. We’ll cook together in my cosy kitchen — maybe börek, maybe dolma, maybe a full table of colourful meze. It depends on the season and what inspires us in the market. Don’t worry if you’re not an experienced cook. I’ll guide you through every step, and we’ll take it slow and enjoy the process.

Once everything is ready, we’ll sit down and eat together, just like friends do. We’ll share the dishes we’ve made, sip tea, and hopefully have one of those conversations that stays with you even after you’ve left.

Come as a guest, leave as a friend.

If you have any dietary restrictions, just let me know ahead of time; I’m happy to adapt. And if you need help finding me at the start, I’m always just a message away.

Also please note: I have a very friendly dog who will be with us throughout the experience. He is gentle and used to being around guests. If you have any concerns or allergies, feel free to reach out in advance — I’m happy to accommodate however I can.

Location

Activity location

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    • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Bozkurt, Dericiler Sk., Şişli/İstanbul, Türkiye | The exact address: Bozkurt mahallesi Dericiler sokak 81/11 Sisli/Istanbul Ring the bell 11 when you arrive the building. You can call your host Gulsah on Whatsapp if you need any further instructions.
    • Bozkurt, İstanbul, Türkiye