Rib-sticking fare, confectionary department: Mansoura's take on Turkish delight has an unusually high payload of chopped pistachios. The rosewater-scented gel that binds their loukoum, as it's also called, is firmer than most, too. This 200-plus-year-old family business — which quietly marked its 50th anniversary in Brooklyn earlier this year — makes many other specialties from the Middle East and the Mediterranean. How to choose? On this occasion, I had what many other customers were having: My quarter-pound order ($4.80, at $20 per pound) cleaned out the tray.
Mansoura Pastries
515 Kings Highway (East 2nd-East 3rd Sts.), Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn
718-645-7977
www.Mansoura.com
Closed Saturday, and on Sunday in July and August
Mansoura's has the best Turkish Delight I've ever had.
Posted by: Petercherches.blogspot.com | April 28, 2011 at 09:54 AM
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you both like our Turkish Delight so much. :)
Here's a link to a YouTube video of our Turkish delight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvReIY5BmfU
-Jack Mansoura
Posted by: Jack Mansoura | April 29, 2011 at 07:15 PM