Showing posts with label cow & the moon artisan gelato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cow & the moon artisan gelato. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 November 2014

The Scoop on the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Sydney

With the hot days we got recently, indulging in ice cream and gelato is absolutely necessary! Here's my tried and tested list of places you must visit. 

I highly recommend RivaReno Gelato for all serious gelato fans. Their gelato are legit. Amazingly smooth. I have no idea what gives them this incredibly velvety smooth texture. So delicious! My favourite flavours are Pistacchio Bronte, Caffe and Bacio. Their gelato cakes are really good too! 
This place needs no introduction. Rain, hail or shine, Gelato Messina is always packed. In addition to their daily offerings of a diverse range of signature flavours, they also have oddball specials like wild turkey and raisin gelato, maple syrup gelato with bacon, jack daniels and smoked chocolate gelato.  
If you follow me on instagram, I discovered this place a few weeks ago. My personal favourite is the pandan and coconut stix, dipped in dark chocolate and milo. It may sound like a strange combo, give it a try you will be hooked!
If you're a matcha green tea lover like me, this green tea soft serve from Chanoma won't disappoint. Ridiculously simple and totally delicious!
Desserts are beautifully presented at Sokyo. Goma Street (caramelised white chocolate, sesame ice cream), Donatsu (pineapple mascarpone filling, creme fraiche ice cream) or a simple house made green tea ice cream are all very good!
From my last review (post here), I can't recommend a trip to Toriciya enough. If you haven't tried their roasted green tea creme brulee yet, do it now! A mind blowing combo of distinctively smoky flavour from the roasted green tea and creamy texture from the creme brulee, all at the same time. One bowl is never enough, it will disappear alarmingly quickly!
A delicious assortment of homemade gelato. There are so many options at La Mama del Gelato Anita, I just want them all! 
Better known for their Po Boy but PCP's sweet waffle (peanut butter ice cream, dulce de leche, hazelnut) is not to be overlooked.
Deep fried vanilla ice cream served with butterscotch sauce. Enough said!
Not the usual ball of deep fried ice cream, Holy Basil's version of deep fried ice cream is vanilla ice cream wrapped delicately in layers of filo pastry served with fresh strawberries and caramel. Heaven on a plate!
Quoting from my previous review (post here), if you haven't tried Quay's raspberry granita and vanilla snow egg (poached meringue egg with custard apple ice cream), you haven't lived. which remains true! I always dream of returning just for their beautiful snow egg.
There's always a queue at Cow & the Moon as they recently won world's best ice cream at the Gelato World tour in Italy. Sydneysiders, there's no need to wait for a holiday in Italy to have a great gelato, you can eat amazing Gelato everyday! ;D

RivaReno Gelato on Urbanspoon Gelato Messina on Urbanspoon Stix Desserts on Urbanspoon Chanoma Cafe on Urbanspoon Sokyo on Urbanspoon Toriciya Japanese on Urbanspoon La Mama del Gelato Anita on Urbanspoon The Paramount Coffee Project on Urbanspoon Mr Wong on Urbanspoon Holy Basil on Urbanspoon Quay on Urbanspoon Cow & The Moon Artisan Gelato on Urbanspoon

Saturday, 12 April 2014

Brewtown Newtown / Cow & The Moon Artisan Gelato


Brewtown has taken up residency in the back streets of Newtown, originally an old Berkelouw book store. It is a new cafe from the team behind Gnome Espresso on Crown Street at Surry Hills. So naturally the cafe offers great coffee and good looking breakfast dishes. I shall leave the pictures to do most of the talking.
Frenchie ordered a helluva breakfast - grilled black sausage home made hash browns, canadian bacon and house relish with boiled eggs [$16].
I ordered baked polenta with mushrooms, grilled asparagus, poached egg and parmesan [$15], the flavours work well together but my egg was over done but all in all a pleasant dish for a hungry stomach.
Since I have never tried a cronut, I had to check it out of myself. Feeling particularly patriotic, I ordered a true blue lamington cronut. The texture of the cronut was a bit dry for me. Again, this is my first cronut so I'm not sure what kind of textures and taste I should be looking for.

http://www.brewtownnewtown.com/ 
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Not feeling quite satisfied with dessert, we decided to try a family owned gelato bar, Cow & the Moon artisan gelato within walking distance in the next suburb, Enmore. This place offers a great selection of flavours and have won the Australian Grand Dairy awards and Sydney Royal Fine Food show give Gelato Messina a run for their money.
Cakes of the day.
We got a cup that fit two flavours - pistachio and hazelnut, and left me feeling happily satisfied.
A must try, the affogato with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream is absolute yumminess. I'll definitely be going back to try other flavours when I need a gelato fix.

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