Favorite Gelato Flavor?
Apr 21st, 2010, 10:46 AM
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Gianduia (chocolate-hazelnut) is my consistent favorite, but I usually find a new favorite on each trip. One trip I became totally committed to Crocante (cream with pralines), based on a wonderful cupful at Tutto Gelato in Cesena. On a trip to Bellagio, I was converted to Cannella (cinnamon) at the Gelateria Borgo in Bellagio (on the upper road!).
Apr 21st, 2010, 12:09 PM
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I've had granita (here in the states) but it was not this "liquidy" - don't think that's a word - is it different in Italy? This was like the consistancy of a Slush Puppy - remember those - crushed ice and juice combined - you drank it with a straw. If that is granita, I'm all for it.
Apr 21st, 2010, 12:12 PM
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Ah gelato! 
My favorites? Chocolate, coconut, chocolate, pistachio, chocolate, crema, and anything with chocolate.
However, I have to agree with cls2paris about lavendar. While at Chateau de Cheverny, waiting for the dogs to be fed, there was this little gelato cart. Trying to decide which flavor, the server gave me a sample of her lavendar -- ooh la la! I was hooked from the first little spoonful!
My favorites? Chocolate, coconut, chocolate, pistachio, chocolate, crema, and anything with chocolate.
However, I have to agree with cls2paris about lavendar. While at Chateau de Cheverny, waiting for the dogs to be fed, there was this little gelato cart. Trying to decide which flavor, the server gave me a sample of her lavendar -- ooh la la! I was hooked from the first little spoonful!
Apr 21st, 2010, 12:17 PM
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Two a day, puleeze. I once had three in one day and once I even snuck out of our hotel on our last day in Rome as my DH and our traveling companions slept so I could sneak in another one. My favorite Gelati place is on the corner as you enter Piazza Navonna, with Giolitti near the Pantheon as a close second. Favorite flavor is pistachio, then coconut, and riso (hard to find-got one in Pienza). Thrilled to hear they are now selling gelato in Paris, as God and volcano willing, we are heading there in early June.
Apr 21st, 2010, 04:28 PM
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Coconut, but my niece swears by pear.
The record for consumption in one day for our family of 4 was 18 scoops. My 6'4" (then about 17 years old) son was responsible for more than his share. (BTW, since there are frequent discussion on this forum about fat Americans, we are all thin and typically eat responsibly.)
The record for consumption in one day for our family of 4 was 18 scoops. My 6'4" (then about 17 years old) son was responsible for more than his share. (BTW, since there are frequent discussion on this forum about fat Americans, we are all thin and typically eat responsibly.)
Apr 21st, 2010, 04:54 PM
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Boring, perhaps, but I love stracciatella. I also like the chocolate-hazelnut and the pistaccio. BUT I can't think of any gelato I had in Italy that I did not like. I just pick whichever looks good to me at the moment.
Apr 21st, 2010, 05:20 PM
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PJK I think it's a right of passage to have gelato in Italy, especially in Florence. Fat or thin, doesn't matter. My hb and I are both in reasonable shape but don't deny ourselves when we are in Europe. All the walking we do means that we come home thinner than we left! 18 scoops is an amazing effort though!! Only a 17 year old boy could contribute to that and burn it off without a scrap of trouble.
Apr 22nd, 2010, 01:28 AM
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One of the perks of travel as we do it, is that you can eat as much gelato as we like without fear, because we do so much walking.
BTW -- I'm still waiting for someone to tell me the name of the flavor that we love that has chocolate and cherries...anyone out there know?? We ate a lot of it at the Amorino (I believe on Rue Vielle du Temple just south of Rue des Rosiers) near our hotel in Paris.
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BTW -- I'm still waiting for someone to tell me the name of the flavor that we love that has chocolate and cherries...anyone out there know?? We ate a lot of it at the Amorino (I believe on Rue Vielle du Temple just south of Rue des Rosiers) near our hotel in Paris.
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Apr 22nd, 2010, 04:51 AM
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Another vote for chocolate and nocciola - anywhere in Florence. In Rome I always go back to a small place in a side street close to Trevi - cannot remember the place's or street's name.
Ssander, if volcanoes allow, I will be going to Paris end of May and I never leave without a gelato or two from Amorino. I will look for your chocolate/cherry one and post back - if nobody has done so by then.
Ssander, if volcanoes allow, I will be going to Paris end of May and I never leave without a gelato or two from Amorino. I will look for your chocolate/cherry one and post back - if nobody has done so by then.
