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We made sure our tasting plates for the mini-lecture we presented on Monday at UC Berkeley looked like petri dishes. We talked about fermentation and how we consider fermented products we use a fundamental building block for our cuisine. Long live yogurt! We get very academic in some of our discussions around our food at our meals. Well, @haileyleyy discovered this and put us in front of bright food lovers taking a class at their incredible school. Of course the petri dish would have been incomplete without our charred fermented cabbage with tahini sauce and smoked almonds. #yogurt #fermento #pepperpaste #istanbulmodernsf #bayareafoodie #tasting #sucuk #blackgarlic #tomatosauce #nerd #sfeater #sfrestaurants #berkeley #ucberkeley (at UC Berkeley)

This is on our #NYE menu but we served yesterday for a private party! Kasseri croquettes with harissa and #osetra #caviar! #tistheseason #party #canape #amusebouche #sfrestaurants #sfeats #sffoodie #bayareafood #sfeater #easternmediterranean #istanbulmodernsf #eatfeastly (at Istanbul Modern SF)

Another recipe from Sayat's mother, potato croquettes with kasseri and Tunisian harissa. From tonight's menu! #sfpopup #sfeater #middleeasternfood #istanbulmodernsf #croquette #harissa #peaceinthemiddleeast (at Russian Hill, San Francisco)

This is how 🐙 tentacles spoon. It's a communal activity. SF is back to it's 'normal' weather cycle, 55F in the morning, 65F during the day. We thought we would inspire some cuddling for a brisk morning such as today! We cooked this octopus with aromatics, aged Urfa pepper paste and lemon thyme. What a beauty! #beautiful #octopus #cephalopod #technique #cook #chef #snuggling #cuddling #spooning #sanfrancisco #sfeater (at Russian Hill, San Francisco)

Our new bread for Sultan's Brunch: Babka Istanbul Babka is traditionally a Central and Eastern European sweet cake. We turn it upside down and inside out. Sundried tomatoes, green and black olives make a savory babka that is layered with lots of flavor. We serve it with @skipstonewine olive oil. Break bread at our table next Saturday! #bread #sfbrunch #sfeater #breakfast #middleeasternfood #turkishfood #babka #jewishfood #ashkenazi #olives #tomatoes #mediterraneanfood (at Russian Hill, San Francisco)

We lloved every bite of food and the feel at @alsplacesf! What a great meal for a little prelude to our anniversary dinner. The fish mullet was one of the best plates of food we've had in a long time! And those borscht seasoned seeds on the burrata plate! So good! Thank you Chef @chefaaronlondon for a great meal. #sfrestaurants #burrata #sfeater (at Al's Place)

When you find #lahmacun in San Francisco, you eat not one, not two but three. #mediterranean #middleeasternfood #sffoodie #sfeater #sffood #sfrestaurants #sfeats #turkishfood #pizza #flatbread (at upcider)

Our latkes from yesterday's pop-up #dinner! Ultra crispy potato latke, rich labne, a fresh salad and pickled nameko mushrooms! We weren't the only ones in love with our latkes! We decided to go purist on the basic latke recipe, just potatoes and salt! Patatesli latkelerden, labneli mantarli bir tabak yaptik, citir mi citir taze mi taze. Here are some quotes from the reviews for the events: Ayse D. : 'Sayat and Laura take Turkish cuisine to another level of excellence. The added touches are amazing.' J. D.: 'Laura and Sayat are the most talented, engaging, and generous hosts you will ever meet. Their food, often traditional mediterranean flavors intertwined with foraged bay area ingredients, is at once refined and comforting: a beautiful reflection of their heritage and current life together.' Thank you @_peggyli for the photo! And thank you everyone for sharing the passion for our food! #sanfrancisco #sffoodie #sfrestaurants #mushrooms #latke #jewishfood #istanbulmodernsf #middleeasternfood #bayareafoodie #sfeater #sfeats #meze #tapas #mediterranean #eatfeastly (at Feastly at the Lab)