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Vivo! Gelato in Kerrisdale, Vancouver
The bad thing about having a food blogger dinner at Long’s is that we can’t stay long. We already over extended our welcome at Long’s when we stayed over 2 hours. Long’s was kind enough not to shoo us away.
As a matter of fact, they were rather respectful of us … especially when there were at least four SLRs trained on every dish even before the dish lands on the table. So, we stayed until we overheard that a party of 10 was waiting for a table … and we had the only table in Long’s that can fit 10 people. Sandy (the friendly waitress) did not even bother to hint that we should go. Rather, we thought we should just let others savour the good stuff Long has. We decided to just pay and go.
It was still early and we thought it was still early. We decided to adjourn to another place to continue our little gathering.
I suggested that we meet at a Gelato place for something light, ice-cream and a place where there are enough seats to fit us comfortably without having seen as overtaking the whole outlet. We drove a few blocks … quite a few blocks to Vivo! Gelato.
I had heard so much about Vivo! Gelato before but I rarely go that this part of Vancouver. I had always meant to visit them. At first I thought it would be something like some of the Gelato joints in Richmond. I was rather surprised at how spacious and pleasantly decorated the place was. What really surpises me was how busy Vivo! Gelato was. All the while we were there, there seems to be a constant line of people waiting to pick their choice of gelato.
There was more than enough seats to cater for all of us. We commandeered a corner for ourselves.
There was a good selection of gelato at Vivo. They have two counters of what you see above. Frankly I was not paying much attention to their flavours at all. I just wanted to grab something and get back to the gathering!
Our selection was straightforward. I just asked what their best selling flavour is and got just that … mango and chocolate. Suanne and I wanted it served in a wafer bowl. The gelato was finished in no time … but we continue our chatting.
Fruit Ice-Cream
On the day we made the Taro Cake in the South Arm Community Kitchen, it was an exceptional cold spring day with temperature as low as -5 degrees Celsius on the day low. Guess what, Lorna was demonstrating how to make Fruit Ice-Cream on that day. It is certainly a very cold treat for a very cold day.
Lorna brought some ice-cream which she made earlier for us to try. Look at this cute hello kitty strawberry ice-cream. It’s not only pleasant to the eyes, but it is creamy and taste wonderful. Many of members were asking Lorna on the cost of the ice cream maker and I think this demonstration has inspire some of the members to have the desire to get an ice-cream machine this summer, that includes me.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups sliced strawberries
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 cup homogenized milk
- 250ml whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
La Casa Gelato at Vanables St, Vancouver
Did I mention that the day we went to Schololade Cafe was a really cold day with temperatures dipped down to -6C or below? You wont believe me if I tell you that on that frigid cold day, we went for ice-cream after the chocolate treat at Schololade Cafe.
Polly brought me to La Casa Gelato at 1033 Venables St, Vancouver. Polly came across this place when she had her Christmas dinner but she did not try it at the time as it was getting late and she was too full at the time.
La Casa Gelato claimed to be the only place in the world with 218 flavours. It was just mesmerizing coming into the display showrooms with so much flavours to choose from. The helpers behind the counters did not rush us as they know that all their customers need time to look at all the flavours before they can decide what to get.
After circulating two rounds, we still cant decide flavour to get. So, we approached the attendee for recommendation. Polly tried the papaya flavour and she liked it. A one scoop cone cost $4.00.
I opted for something sourish to couter the richness of the chocolate cake we had earlier. I picked the raspberry passion fruit flavour. I would have chosen something chocothy otherwise if I had not came from Schololade Cafe.
It was quite an experience eating ice-cream at subzero temperatures. The ice-cream would not even melt despite we took time to take a picture of the beautifully painted mural of La Casa’s parking lot.
DQ’s Chocolate French Silk Pie
Boy! It was scorcher the past few days. It is simply impossible to stay at home. The temperature was around 30 C.
So, Ben and I decided to go out for a walk where there are a bit of a breeze. After the walk, we decided to go for an ice-cream. So, we went to a Gelato place for ice-cream but the price were simply outrageous — $4 for just ONE scoop. Now, that’s simply too much to pay for ice-cream and so we went instead to the Dairy Queen on Anderson Road in Richmond.
Surprisingly, there was a good flow of customers in the store. After browsing through the rather extensive ice-cream menu for a while, we decided on a large Chocolate French Silk Pie. We thought that it will never go wrong with chocolate. The large Chocolate French Silk Pie cost just $5.29. There are four sizes that you can choose; small, medium, large and jumbo.
It was a superb choice, no regrets. The Chocolate French Silk Pie is creamy and yet not too sweet. It has some chocolate bits and some crunchy ‘pie crust’ which complement the ice-cream very well.
Do you have a favourite Dairy Queen ice-cream? We used to eat a lot of their Dilly Bars.
Bet the picture above will make some of you want to just go out for an ice-cream … right?
DQ’s Chocolate Dilly Bars
Life is like a box of chocolate …
~ Forest Gump
Believe it or not, last week I bought a total of 72 Dilly Bars! It is a good thing that Dairy Queen had a BOGO (buy-one-get-one) promotion or else it would have costs me quite a bit. I bought them as a treat for all the people in Best Buy who had so kindly paid for my farewell lunches. I think they all liked it.
This is my blog on the famous Dilly Bar from DQ.
The Dilly Bar is a delicious vanilla ice milk dipped in chocolate flavoured coating. Did you know that the Dilly is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year. Yup, it was first made in the year 1955.
Each box of Dilly Bars come with twelve 100ml bars. A box normally costs $16 (tax included). Effectively, with the BOGO, each box is about only $8. It’s a good thing they have a promotion at this time!
Most people does not know this but the Dilly Bars are made on the premises of each Dairy Queen. That sort of explains the twirly deal on each bar. It’s the twirly deal that makes the Dilly Bar so famous.
Oh, all this blogging is making me want one. Bye for now … gotta to get one from the fridge!
NUTRITIONAL FACTS
Serving Size: 3.0 oz. Calories: 210 Calories from Fat: 120 Total Fat: 13 grams Saturated Fat: 7 grams Cholesterol: 10 milligrams Sodium: 75 milligrams Carbohydrates: 21 grams Fiber: 0 grams Sugars: 17 grams Protein: 3 grams
