I’m taking my girlfriend to Istanbul for a long weekend. Flights and hotel are booked, but I need somewhere romantic for an evening meal. I’d really like to impress, so cost isn’t an issue, within reason. Jason Goddard, Dorset
Sunday Times travel expert, Richard Green, responds: For somewhere as exotic and effortlessly romantic as Istanbul, finding a good place to eat can be as tricky as bagging a seat on a Bospherous ferry in the rush hour. Dine near to the tourist honey pot of the Aya Sofya and Blue Mosque and you’ll wind up with average food and package groups, you wander from the main shopping and nightlife streets over in Beyoglu, and you could soon be lost in a maze of brash