Veli Usta has been around Cesme for over 20 years and has stood the test of time. 10 years ago their only location was in Ilica and I have fond memories as a child of begging my father to drive me over to the next town just so I could have ice cream from Veli Usta which I had declared the best ice cream I had ever had.
Fast forward to 2012 and Veli Usta has opened up a second location in the heart of Alacati. If you look at Alacati today it is littered with ice cream shops. I would reocmend skipping the majority of those shops and coming to Veli Usta to get an authentic Turkish icecream which is made with sakiz- mastic gum (I promise it tastes better than it sounds!). You can get gelato back in the states but you won't find authentic Turkish icecream!
Over time I've pretty much sampled each icecream flavor here and each is as delicious and sweet as the next. I'd recomend getting your icecream dipped in chocolate- a signature move I've only found at Veli Usta. This gives your icecream a thin chocolate coating on top which is to die for. read more