Istanbul
It's like being in a canteen, with its plastic trays, its clashing glasses and its menu of the day: a unique four-course menu that two employees, all smiles, distribute behind a counter.
“
Chicken, beef and aubergine soup in the oven, bulgur… Madame, don't forget your haydari!”
exclaims Fatma Altuntas, holding out a plate of this Turkish yoghurt, dill and garlic preparation.
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For this meal tray to which Fatma adds a loaf of bread and a bottle of water, the customer paid 29 Turkish liras... That is 1.65 euros, not even the price of a soup in any other restaurant in Istanbul.
Here, it is the town hall that manages and serves 500 people a day in two rooms with 80 seats, from noon to 8 p.m.
“Bulgur has become a luxury”
Promise of Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition mayor elected in June 2019, this municipal restaurant, Kent Lokantasi, took a long time to open its doors, but it comes at the right time.
With an official inflation rate approaching 80% over one year, the government…
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