Get Ice Cream at Mado – 52 Things to do in Adana
Go out for Ice Cream at Mado
52 Things to do in Adana – Every week I attempt to answer the question “what is there to do in Adana?” with my series 52 Things to do in Adana.
If you haven’t been to a Mado cafe in Adana, you’re really missing out. Mado is one of Adana’s best known sidewalk cafes and specializes in Ice Cream. The name “Mado” is a combination of the words “Maraş” and “Dondurma”(Turkish for ice cream. The significance of this is that the city of Karaman Maraş (Maraş for short) is known throughout Turkey for their excellence in Ice Cream making. Maraş ice cream is very different from the ice cream purchased in the stores. It’s much harder, chewier and richer than Ice Cream found in the stores in America, or in Turkey.
If you’ve ever seen one of those guys with a huge stick mixing ice cream in a cold tub, they’re making Maraş Ice Cream. The key ingredients that distinguish Maraş Dondurması from other ice cream are goat’s milk, Salep and Mastic (Sakız in Turkish). The flavors of these aren’t all that prevelant in Turkish Ice Cream, but they certainly influence the texture and make it less prone to melting, it’s thick enough that it’s often eaten with a fork and knife. Dondurma is a big part of Turkish culture; if the only ice cream you’ve eaten in Adana is on a stick from the red Algida coolers, than it’s time for a trip to Mado.
Check out some of the flavors available at Mado (click the picture to see all.)
Mado franchises can be found all over Turkey and even in Switzerland, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea. There are four locations in Adana. I’d recommend going to the location in Gazi Pasa. You can get directions by clicking the map below. If you know where the McDonalds by the big Mosque is, you can find Mado quite easily.
Mado also has a great English website, do check it out here. I should also mention that they have some of the best cakes, cheesecakes, and baklava in Adana. But it’s summer, go try the Ice Cream!
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Wow – this ice cream looks really mouthwatering. There was no ice cream parlor in Adana in the 60th. Mado is in the area where I used to live, but then there were only residential houses in gardens in this area. Boy – would we foreigners have loved to have some ice cream like this in the summer heat of August. It was not even possible to buy cream to make your own ice cream. Adana must have change immensely.