Mado Cafe & Restaurant South Brisbane
Step out of the culinary pick 'n' mix of the South Bank main drag and into a bazaar of bright fabric, Middle Eastern knick-knacks and exotic aromas. Having settled on Turkish from the South Bank cuisine collage, Mado is the obvious choice. In contrast to its downmarket contemporaries, with their clichEd cuisine and distracting belly dancers, Mado offers a formal feast of traditional Turkish cuisine. The passionate crew behind this enterprise aim to introduce the public to 'proper' Turkish food, with all its rich and enticing flavours.
The menu provides a royal feast of Ottoman treats, from exotic Turkish classics, to such late-night favourites as pide (albeit upmarket versions of this much-abused snack). Delve deeper into the menu to discover traditional dishes with such evocative names as the 'Ancient Manti' (Turkish pasta stuffed with mince and topped with hung-garlic yoghurt, mint and paprika oil) or the 'Tulipmanian Sultan' (braised lamb shoulder filled with fig and silver beet). With a cabinet of pastel-toned ice creams beckoning, the star of the show for many is dessert. Mado serves sticky, chewy maras ice cream, flavoured with salep - ground orchid roots.
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