Authentic recipes
Mezze and grills faithful to the Lebanese table — hummus, taboulé, kebbé — plus creations found nowhere else, like the hummus avocado.
The Story
Every dish begins with a memory of Lebanon.
In January 2015, Ahmad El Turk left Lebanon with empty pockets and three words of French. What he carried could not be weighed: his mother's recipes, and her way of cooking with love. In May 2018, after years of work and one providential encounter, he opened Madito — named after his childhood nickname, “Ahmadito”.
His kitchen has three rules that never bend: nothing frozen, no microwave, no fryer. The market decides the morning; the seasons decide the menu. What reaches your table is Lebanese home cooking at its truest — generous, precise, alive.
- The recipes
- His mother's, cooked with love
- The kitchen
- Nothing frozen, no microwave, no fryer
- Open since
- May 2018 — Bastille, Paris
“Welcome to Madito, where every meal tells a story.”
Ahmad El TurkChef & Founder
