A Vegetarian Cafe/Restaurant : Parsifal / İstanbul

Turkish cuisine offers a great selection of dishes for the vegetarians so a dedicated vegetarian restaurant is not really needed for travelers to Turkey. The food is simply great and you may need a diet after you return home But if you would like to eat low fat vegetarian and you are on the most famous pedestrian (occasional traffic) street, Istiklal Caddesi, you may try a newly opened cafe in a side street, Parsifal for a change. The menu is small and international dishes are majority. In most of the small, family run restaurants in Turkey, a menu does not mean much since the food selection may change daily. So check the small chalk board.
Salads are very refreshing and the soup is great. Main course include one or two non-vegetarian dish selections just in case. After you ask the bill you will be brought small gravel-like thingies in a very small cup. You may eat them, in fact you’ll love them. They are “Marmara Cakili”, a candy made of fruit in the inside.
Under USD 10 per person.
Adress: Kurabiye sok. 13 Beyoglu Phone: 245 2588. Very close to Taksim end of Istiklal Caddesi, and the French Consulate in Istanbul.
TWARP rating: 8 on 10.