Help me find some ice-cream

[ccab]

I'm looking for some rare, delicious expensive ice-cream in unusual varieties - unfortunately I've never been much of a gourmand - and the flashiest ice-cream I've ever bought was baskin & robbins.

Can anyone recommend something that fits the bill?

[buttgammon]

Ben & Jerry's Phish Food is absolutely gorgeous but it gets pretty sickly after a while. I like it, though. And if you really are desperate to find some nice ice cream, Italy is the place to go. I was in Rome last year and I spent most of my time eating ice cream. If it wasn't for the Swiss Guard stopping me, I would have taken my caramel ice cream into the Sistine Chapel. I ended up walking around and hoping it didn't melt instead (because a lot of the ice creams over there are reallymassive) and I was enjoying it so much I didn't look as I crossed the road. Two nuns in a banged up Fiat Punto nearly ran me over!

[ccab]

Is there any way I could get italian ice cream imported?

[Mister Six]

Ben & Jerry's Phish Food is absolutely gorgeous but it gets pretty sickly after a while. I like it, though. And if you really are desperate to find some nice ice cream, Italy is the place to go.

Oh, yes! There's an AMAZING ice cream shop near the Trevi Fountain that I've completely forgotten the name of. But it's pretty much the best ice cream I've every tasted in my life. And I've eaten a lot of ice cream.

[Mr. Analytical]

Can anyone recommend something that fits the bill?

 Daquiri Ice Cream!

 Blue Ice Cream (and they won't stop searchin' till they find it!)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Argentinean ice-cream may be even better than Italian (though I admit, its a near run thing).  The Dulce de Leche flavour, in particular, can be awesome.

May be even more difficult to import though, ccab, though I'm sure they could do you a tin of corned beef.

Failing that, another vote for Phish Food.  My favourite off-the-shelf stuff.

[buttgammon]

Oh, yes! There's an AMAZING ice cream shop near the Trevi Fountain that I've completely forgotten the name of. But it's pretty much the best ice cream I've every tasted in my life. And I've eaten a lot of ice cream.

I've been to the exact same place and it's amazing. There's a really nice place in that bit between the river and the Vatican too. I don't remember what it's called or what street it's on but it sold lovely ice cream and some really nice toasted sandwich-type things with a warm roll filled with cold prosciutto. Mmmm!

[Marv Orange]

Oh, yes! There's an AMAZING ice cream shop near the Trevi Fountain that I've completely forgotten the name of. But it's pretty much the best ice cream I've every tasted in my life. And I've eaten a lot of ice cream.

I've been to the exact same place and it's amazing. There's a really nice place in that bit between the river and the Vatican too. I don't remember what it's called or what street it's on but it sold lovely ice cream and some really nice toasted sandwich-type things with a warm roll filled with cold prosciutto. Mmmm!

I think you are thinking of toasted sandwiches.

[buttgammon]

That's it! I couldn't remember if they were something slightly different with a rather pretentious-sounding long Italian name but I think they called them "Toasted Sandwiches".

[Make me smile]

That's it! I couldn't remember if they were something slightly different with a rather pretentious-sounding long Italian name but I think they called them "Toasted Sandwiches".

Pannini?

[buttgammon]

It might have been, actually. Is that when the bread is warm but the filling is cold (how I stopped myself from comparing this to sex I have no idea)?

[Make me smile]

It might have been, actually. Is that when the bread is warm but the filling is cold (how I stopped myself from comparing this to sex I have no idea)?

Over here they are normally hot all the way through, I don't know how they serve them in Italy, aside from with mild disdain.

[terminallyrelaxed]

Loesly Farm is nice.

Delia does a nice toasted oatmeal flavoured ice cream (crunchy!) in one of her books which doesn't even require the use of an ice-cream-maker.

[buttgammon]

Nah, it wasn't one of them. I think the place was run by an Australian, anyway so it may be more of an Aussie thing to have hot bread/cold meat.

[Make me smile]

Nah, it wasn't one of them. I think the place was run by an Australian, anyway so it may be more of an Aussie thing to have hot bread/cold meat.

Ahhh, I reckon it's a form of Bruschetta.

[buttgammon]

Is it still bruschetta if it's inside the bread rather than on top?

[Make me smile]

Is it still bruschetta if it's inside the bread rather than on top?

Hmmm, I don't think it is come to think of it. Bruschetta, crostini etc are definitely open faced sandwiches and if it's not a panini, I am at a loss!

[buttgammon]

I think it was just a sandwich made out of some kind of toasted bread with cold prosciutto inside.

[Marv Orange]

A toasted sandwich perhaps?

[Make me smile]

I think it was just a sandwich made out of some kind of toasted bread with cold prosciutto inside.

Fair do.

The best ice-cream I have ever tasted came from Fecci's, which is an ice-cream parlour in Tenby, Wales. They make the most fantastic Knicerbocker Glories, bannan-splits and a creation called the 'Top Hat' which is a marathon eat but delicious.

[sick as a pike]

Found some!

[buttgammon]

Oi! Give me your fucking ice cream you little shit or you won't see five!

[Cack Hen]

I just ate a Cornetto. It doesn't get any better than that.

[Lady Beaner]

Is it just me or are Cornettos getting smaller?

[Cack Hen]

No you've gotten bigger.


From all the Cornettos

[Lady Beaner]

Heh, bitch! :-)

[the midnight watch baboon]

I had some apple pie flavoured I-Cr. on Sunday from the 'famous Ripley Castle ice-cream shop'. It was nice but not appley at all.

[wheatgod]

These guys appear to be available in London.

[mothman]

I'd quite like to find somewhere I can buy Movenpick ice cream.