All
you can eat sushi – really? I exclaimed to my friend.
The other week, I
jumped on this sushi steal even though I was exhausted having traveled back and
forth to the Asian side and up to Emirgan.
I made a date with my friend to meet at the Four Seasons in Sultanahmet for the hotel’s latest
concept – Sushi Thursdays.
Last
month, the hotel started this special promotion – all you can eat sushi plus 2
glasses of selected Turkish wine for only 95 TL per person. This is an
exceptionally good bargain because one sushi roll in Istanbul costs about 20 TL or more and a glass of wine at the Four
Seasons is about 30 TL. And most of the time in the city, the sushi is mediocre
at best. At least I knew here, I would be getting my money’s worth since my
friend had visited the previous week.
The
sushi spread featured salmon, sea bass, tuna and veggie rolls as well as
sashimi and nigiri. The pieces of tuna were bloody bright red not the pale listless
pink I usually see in my sushi rolls elsewhere here in the city. Plus, there
were giant bowls of nose-watering wasabi paste and spicy pickled ginger.
My
friend and I were in sushi heaven!
In
fact, we each went up to the open buffet, which we practically had to
ourselves, three times each. Yes, we were rather piggy, but we couldn’t let
this sublime sushi go to waste, now could we?
It
turns out the chef also happens to be friends of my favorite spice girl, Bilge
at Ucuzcular
at the Mısır
Çarşısı (Spice Bazaar). So we had a chance to meet him and talk to him for a bit.
Who
knows how long this sushi deal will last, so call now to make your own
reservation for this Thursday.
Afiyet
olsun!
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| Night-time view of the Four Seasons in Sultanahmet |
Location:
Address:
Tel:
+90-212 402 3156
Thursdays
only, 7-10 p.m.
Cost
is 95 TL per person for the open sushi buffet and 2 glasses of Turkish wine.
2 comments:
everyone here would like that including teddy....but she would pass on the wasabi!
@Joyce, true...that's all Teddy would need! For about $50, this is a great deal!
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