When it comes to deciding between gelato or ice cream, we’d take gelato anyday.
The flavour in gelato is always more intense and therefore more prominent in each spoonful (or lick if you’re having it in a cone…I’m more of a cup gal myself). Ice cream on the other hand, is usually filled with a lot of cream and sugar, which IMO ends up masking the true flavour of strawberry, chocolate, coconut, mango, etc.
You might be an ice cream lover (like my dad, who will gladly eat it for dinner…with a fork if need be) and if you are, I get it. It’s nostalgic, its sweet. It might be these and other things for you.
But when I discovered gelato, I thought I’d been missing out my whole life. And I haven’t even been to Italy to try the real stuff yet!
How does the Chef weigh in in this? He also chooses gelato over ice cream but certainly would never turn down an ice cream and would run after an ice cream truck.
For both of us, gelato reigns supreme. But in the end he also appreciates the punch of flavour in his two to three scoops of gelato instead.
You might recall that during our 28 Day Challenge we were forced to walk by our favourite neighbourhood gelato place on one of the sunniest, warmest days of the year thus far. It was torture, and turned me into a 5 year old who didn’t get her candy. Well, we finally got our opportunity!
Here it is, our first gelato trip of the year!
Tell me, how can you decide between all these flavours?! I want them all!!
These flavours in particular caught our eye that day:
This Chili Chocolate flavour I was really excited about trying because I kept missing it at each visit last summer.
We picked the perfect combinations…me, chili chocolate (which actually had a hint of heat) and mixed berry, and him nutella, crema, and a rich dark chocolate.
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves…28 Day Challenge, what??
And now we have the rest of spring and summer to venture into all the flavours that they have…next up is coconut for me, and pistachio for Vince!
What are your thoughts on gelato? Have you tried it before? Do you still prefer ice cream? Have you been to Italy to walk the streets of Rome, gelato in hand?
Until next post,
Chef’s Wife
Never had Gelato. I could live off Chocolate & Peanut Butter Ice Cream though.
We both have something to try, then! What are your rec’s for the ice cream you speak of?
I would swim an ocean for a good gelato ! Great pics!
Haha, me too!! Thanks for stopping by.
Gelato almost anyday over ice cream. But like Vince, I love a good old ice cream truck soft serve. Brings me back to my childhood. Do you have a “control” flavour for gelato? Mine is Pistachio. Just like my “control” flavour of chicken wings is Medium.
I have to admit, I do like my soft serve dipped on chocolate. Not more than gelato though, let’s be clear
I think my all time fave flavour is coconut, so that would be my control flavour. Vince says his is chocolate!
Also, was this last night? Were we sharing a brain again? Last night we were walking by il Gelatiere, and I almost went in. Burdened with guilt for eating so much junk lately, I scurried away quickly.
Vince changed his control flavour to pistachio…he thought I meant ice cream. Now you and Vince are gelato twinsies!
This was a couple of weeks ago actually. But we did share the same brain…since I blogged about it
You’re so lucky to have a neighborhood gelato store like this! Then again, I would never be able to resist this either!
It’s becoming somewhat of a trend in Toronto right now…that and frozen yogurt that you can top with anything you want. As someone who can’t resist (and who eats a LOT healthier than I do) I totally understand!
LOVE this gelato place! In the summer, I try to go there as often as I can (sometimes a bit too much)! Looks like you guys had a great time!
I totally hear you…I’m obsessed during the warmer months. Very dangerous that it’s within walking distance!
We actually tried Il Gelaterie on Mount Pleasant just south of Eglinton the other day, and I have to say, I still love Simply Italian – their flavours are more intense, with less dairy. Arguably though, they might just have a better pistachio gelato, but I’d have to do a direct comparison taste test
Thanks for reading and dropping by!
Oh thats right around my neighbourhood! I need to check that one out now!! I think today is the perfect day to do so
Ps, if you have never gone, and you and your husband are into Farmers markets – check out the Evergreen Brick Works Farmers Market, we just got back and its awesome! Great local venders and amazing food!
I just realized I never commented on this! It’s funny because last weekend we had talked about going to the Evergreen Brickworks…I’ve been trying to go for a while now. We definitely support local food so I’m hoping to get there soon.
I’m not sure if you know this already, but there’s a small farmers market on Wednesdays up at Yonge/Eg during the summer months. They had it last year and I hope they do it again this year!
P.S. My friend just came back from il Gelaterie and said they had a pancetta flavoured gelato…sounds intriguing!