My new friends in Maraş, Hakan and Mümtaz, took me out for brunch at Mado. I’ve been to some pretty impressive buffets in my life, but never before have I seen as much food, offered in as many varieties, in one room before. I practically ate myself sick. A few...
After ice cream and baklava, Emine and I joined Hakan for his Arabic course at a local university. I sat in on the class, which was too advanced for me (I don’t speak any Arabic). It was a four hour night class, and I didn’t understand a single word that...
Emine and I met a man named Hakan, at whose house I would be staying that night, for some baklava and ice cream at Yaşar Pastanesi, the home of Turkish ice cream.
Kahramanmaraş is well-known around Turkey for its ice cream, and this bakery is where it all started. Yes, we did go in and have some ice cream, and some baklava too of course.
