??turkish:karakoy'u ilk defa gecen hafta bu kadar detayli gezme firsatim oldu. daha once aksam uzeri sokaktaki bir hamburgeciye ugramis, lezzetli 2 tane hamburger yemis, sokagin nabzini tutmadan hemen oradan ayrilmistik. ancak gecen hafta sonu gunduz gittik bu sefer karakoy'e ve daha detayli gezme firatimiz oldu. karakoyun bende biraktigi ilk izlenim, new york'ta brooklyn heights, willamsburg mahallerindeki bir sokakta yuruyormusum gibi hisettirmesi oldu. gercekten o sokaklari, duvardaki grafitiler, kucuk isletmecilerin acmis oldugu dukkanlar, sanki istanbulda degil de brooklyn de oldugumu yasatti bana. tabi bu kadar gezmeye karnimiz acikmisti ve haliyle nerede yesek acaba diye dusunmeye baslamistik. arkadaslarim karakoy pim de guzel atistirmaliklar oldugunu, denememiz gerektigini soyledi ve hemen yola koyulduk. mekana ilk girdigimizde atmosferi ve duzeni hemen dikkatimi cekti. gercekten cok hos restore edilmis ve yapilandirilmis.. neyse cok fazla mimari detaylara girmeden hemen ne yedigimize geceyim.. oncelikle ortaya bir tane tabule soyledik. amerikada lubnan restaurantlarinda cok fazla tukettigim ve sevdigim bir salataydi tabule. lezzeti ve kivami bence yerindeydi. begendigimi soylemeliyim. atistirmalik olarakta bonfile dilimli falafel pita soyledim(aslinda pek atistirmalik degil porsiyon gayet doyurucu bir ana yemek kivaminda). pita hemen dikkatimi cekti.. gercekten pita yi hakkini vererek yapmislar. genelde pita deyince cogu mekan lavas ekmegi veya tortilla ekmegi veriyor ancak gercek pita hafif kalin ve beyaz olur.. karakoy pim deki gibi. falafelleri de gayet kivaminda, lubnan usulu tadinda idi. genel olarak (servis hizmet kalite ambiyans) memnun kalarak ayrildigimizi veiyibir izlenim birakarak bizi ugurladigini soyleyebilirim karakoy pim icin. tekrar ugrayip menude diger lezzetleri tadmak icin sabirsizlandigimi da belirtmek isterim :)
??english:i had been in karakoy before when we stopped by a burger store and snaffed down burgers:) but we didn’t have any chance to look around and take a walk..
i was able to catch the opportunity searching karakoy for the first time ever on last week. the first impression on us when we were walking on the historical streets of karakoy was the feeling of walking on the brooklyn-wiliamsburg sidewalks. graffitis on the wall, gloomy cool streets and art based local stores made me feel that i wasn’t in istanbul but somewhere else in new york or paris. after we completed our discovery now it was time to satisfy our starving stomachs. we set out for karakoy pim after our friends' advisement. when i stepped in to the place, ambience and design caught my attention. it is a really well designed and re constructed cool place. (i don’t want to stick with the architectural details of the place, i rather prefer to tell how was my experience in terms of food and service).
food: for the salad, we preferred tabule. tabule was one of my favorite salad when i was in ny. i mostly used to have it at lebanese restaurants. consistency of the salad was good. we liked it. i then ordered tenderloin-falafel pita, and my friend ordered goat cheese-falafel pita.(the portion is well enough and big). pita bread was like a real, lebanese style. most place in istanbul serve lavash or tortilla when you ask for pita but this pita was as it should be. well done. falafels were also well made and cooked. we left karakoy pim with satisfying results and happy feelings and cant wait to experience their other delicious tastes.