Galata's ice cream master, Erkan Gozal, specializes in the "ice cream show," flipping and swapping cones, toying with the customers and adding a sense of whimsy to the Long Beach scoop shop.

If you've ever encountered street vendors selling Turkish ice cream, you've undoubtedly seen their playful displays as they serve up their uniquely stretchy frozen treat. Videos of vendors selling it ...

The ice cream flips, twists and floats just out of reach, attached to one end of a long silver scooping staff being controlled by a professional trickster on the other side of the counter. The second ...