Rumeli Pastanesi

About Rumeli Pastanesi

Rumeli Pastanesi is a family-run pastry and ice cream shop on the high street of Cesme town, in business since 1945 according to its own website. Visit Izmir, the official tourism site of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, describes a quaint shop with only a few tables and freshly made, locally sourced products, famed for its traditional milk puddings, ice cream and homemade jams and preserves. Visit Izmir says the distinctive taste of its puddings and ice creams comes from gum mastic, from a tree endemic to Cesme and the island of Chios.