Mikla

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"Led by celebrity chef Mehmet Gürs, I experienced a visionary, near-20-year-old Michelin-starred restaurant on the top two floors of the Marmara Pera Hotel near Galata Tower where Finnish heritage and Anatolian ingredients like fermented boza and morel mushrooms are transformed with Scandinavian restraint; the rotating seven-course tasting menu (with a vegan version and a three-course fixed-price à la carte option) is best paired from a sommelier’s cellar of more than 450 bottles, and standout dishes include a soul-warming rabbit and mushroom soup and a smoked duck breast with crunchy almonds and a refreshing medley of rock samphire, cucumber, hazelnut and sour apple molasses — after dinner I enjoyed locally inspired cocktails on Mikla’s breezy rooftop terrace by the pool." - Amelia Dhuga, Robert McKelvey