Meet Asude

Traveling is more than seeing old buildings, we all agree on that, right? We have limited time and a lot to visit, learn and experience. I believe dinners are the shortcuts to daily culture of a society! Here is my suggestion; Come to my place, let's have a dinner together and ask me as many as you can while eating my grandmother's recipes. I am Turkish, living in Üsküdar, trained by my grandma to cook. Cooking is my meditation and if I have no one to serve, my meditation is not complete! Make sure my food includes a lot of motivation and effort to be better each time. You feel good at my place because in Üsküdar every street has at least one centuries old building. Next to my home, there is a 400+ years old mosque and right across my window is a 400+ hamam. So, I would like to have a neighbourhood tour with my guests before or after meal. I have studied and worked both in Istanbul and Tokyo. After working in technology start ups for years, I have promoted to being a full time cook! I love to talk about food (obviously), literature(hard core one!), economics and statistics(numbers never lie). I love to travel, love to share what I've seen. And I love to hear your traveling stories too!

Spoken languages

English, Japanese

The Atmosphere

I live in a very historical part of İstanbul, surrounded by a 400+ years old mosque and hamam. You will feel the city and go underneath the skin of it!