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| This girl tried a sample... a single taste... 'These are mine! Buwhahahaha!' Yes, that is exactly how she sounds. |
We have just been to Italy! Yay! 'But...' I hear you say 'what has that gotta do with ice-cream...?' Well despite your poor grandma, I will tell you (it is a joke... grammar, grandma...? oh never mind).
In Italy they don't sell ice-cream... they sell gelato. Yes. And gelato is very similar to... to... to ice-cream. Yes! Happy now?
So... Spoons... I don't know why they named it Spoons but in Italy they have spoons too (not the ice-cream). I know, I know - Amazing! Spoons is at Beano's (Beano's sells coffee... also popular in (can you guess?) Starbucks.).
Beano's is in the VCM, but really, you should stay far far away.
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| Look at the (happy) dog... and the (not so happy) boys... with the empty cones... |
In fact if you follow these simple guidelines you should be fine.
- Do not visit,
- do not look at the cones,
- do not look at the flavours,
- do not wonder what they taste like,
- do not listen to the cute smiling girl behind the counter,
- do not engage in conversation with said girl,
- do not even make eye contact... and finally...
- for the love of god... Do not sample.
Why?
Let me explain.- It is Delicious!
- They have Big Servings!
- It is Delicious! Nothing tastes as good as thin feels...? Wrong.
- There are specials - Two for one when you buy a lift ticket.
- They have those Home made cones, you know the good, thick, crunchy, tasty ones...? Yes, you do.
- And they have all these flavours... which talk to you, in your mind... "Try me, try me, try me..."
- Fresh ingredients - cream, milk, eggs, fresh fruit, (salted caramel not withstanding...)
- The fruit is sourced locally, whatever is in season.
- They prepare all the fruit by hand.
- They make exotic flavours... Pinot Noir anyone...? Ha! They have none left.
- Delicious! I know I said this twice already, but this is dangerous stuff man, you can't mess around with this.
But it all sounds good eh? Exactly! Too good! What do I mean? Er... hellooo... calories! Did you not see all the delicious comments...? It is dangerous.
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| Hmmm...! Crunchy! Don't be confused, these cones don't have ice-cream yet. |
Now it would be okay if you could just have a lick and say 'hmm, okay' but no, no, no. One lick leads to another, and then one ice cream leads to a tub... and then the next thing you know, your diet is down the drain and all those years of hard work and training are gone... like a puff on a candle... a flame, a thing of beauty, a light at the end of a dark tunnel... puff... gone. Of course if you are going/just been hiking... or skiing all day... then fill your boots.
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| See the little girl? That is the 'I finished...' and 'I'm now gonna eat my Dad's' grimace. Dad has the 'no idea' look... but I think mum may know... |
But how do I know all this? Well... in the interest of scientific research and my reader (thanks mum) I have been recently conducting taste testing (it is too late for me) on the said ice-cream. And the preliminary results of the limited sampling...
Some sampled flavours.
- Cherries something or other. I don't know, it is kind of a vanilla with fresh cherries - Yum!
- Creme Brûlée - same as regular Brûlée but creamy, and er... Yum!
- Toffee Apple - ha! I don't like toffee apple... but er... Yum!
- Chocolate - can't think of anything funny. Yum!
- Salted Caramel - extra Yum! I think this is my favourite.
- Raspberry something - spelt with a p, yes, who knew. Not tested, it was a disciplined day... and besides, they were closed.
- Strawberry - more discipline/closed.
So, now you know. Yum is the standard result. Do not try this at home. And do not go near Spoons.
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| This is the danger sign. It means stay away... Well it should. |
And don't think 'yeah, it is only open weekends, I can afford to eat ice cream at weekends...' No! They sell tubs as well, you can take it home! Bad, bad, bad! And you see all those flavours I mentioned? Yes? Once, I have been... I tried all those flavours in one visit! One!
But all the cool kids are doing it... One little cone won't hurt... I can quit whenever I want... I'm not an ice-cream-aholic... It is just on the weekends... It relaxes me...
Heard it before...?
Yum!
Okay, here is the real reason for my blog - it is an Ad! Yes, for my own property company.
Sólido Properties, owns, manages, rents, (and pays a lot of bills for...) seasonal and staff accommodation at Beautiful (yes, with a capital B) Big White Ski Resort! We also conduct research on beer, coffee and ice cream and the continuous battle between calorie intake and expenditure... we are losing. And we are on Facebook! Of course I could have just put the Facebook link...
