The past two days I was in Baroda (Vadodara) and of course I had to take a special leave from my diet and enjoy 7 cups (in 2 days) of what I consider the best icecream on planet earth; its a small shop called Natural Ice Cream (not to be confused with Natural’s — the cheap imitation that’s so popular in Mumbai etc) — a tiny hole in the wall whose quality has not diminished in the least over the past so many years. Its the hand-churned (sancha) variety made the old-fashioned way in wooden tubs, and is so loaded with mawa (khoya) that it leaves a thick coating on the roof of your mouth!
Genuine anjeer (fig), kaju draksh, kesar pista, gulkand…they have just 7-8 solid flavours, including seasonal specialities like sitaphal (custard apple) and tulsi (yes, holy basil!) in summers and ginger honey and even green chilly icecream in winters!
My other two picks for best icecream in the world? Well, anyone you meet from Nairobi will insist that their Snow Cream icecream is the ultimate in the genre; it’s an acquired taste in my book, a bit plasticky, and frankly the basic vanilla is the best, but it’s certainly different from anything you will ever find.
The third contender, and overall the best icecream eating experience in terms of service, decor, options and staff that genuinely love their job, is a small outlet called Trampoline in Melbourne, Australia. Awesome tasting icecream, and such friendly smiling faces behind the counter, leaves an even better aftertaste 🙂
Honestly these are the three best places I have found for icecream, and I have enjoyed icrecream in at least thirty countries, including in the snow in Siberia….
thanks for sharing it. will remember to visit the place when i go to baroda next time. hope i’ll get to meet you during navratri at ashram
Here’s something that’s good with ice cream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOYiNNpV9q8
Whoops! This one’s better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax02a5q-hNE
cool cool cool , but ur post is so Hot and so it’s …..COOL!!!
Dada When ur are here in noida i will make u taste a kulfi. and im sure u wud love it and it might fit in your top chartbusters.
it was wonderful to read about ice cream from one lover…. am on fast for the Navaratri and this certainly was not the time i had to read your post about my favorite food item which i can eat even over a overfull stomach… 🙂 so much for it… i am sure my bro from Melbourne will agree with you. actually some lovely pictures with you and the ice cream would have been lovely…. but whatever… 🙂
Yup pics would have added more taste to the post! 😛 🙂
Icecream melodies!! I cant wait to taste them!! 🙂
Jai Gurudev!
Thanks Strat-O for the links to some amazing pieces of music!
baat about being bone op those icekeams . made op the icecubes of haaben , staabellies from the geeen lands , novnieee newzealand parm milk , lots op indeeeaaan chuugaarcane chuuuugaaar………
oooo ummmm maaaa …
just imagine …….
slurppp , slurppp, slurpyyyyy slurpppppp “”;;””
I agree Gauri; pics wd be nice, but at the moment I get so engrossed while enjoying these goodies that the thought of photographing them doesnt arise 🙂
must post abt the food in Kolkata which has enthralled me and Tina the past week!
JGD
V
Today being a Sunday, I thought I’ll be good, and not ruin the hard work I did through the week by not spoiling my diet today. So when the “weak” moment came, I thought I’ll check mail, browse a little, and “pass” it off. And look what I stumbled upon! Resist-persist… yupp! Though good for me bhaiya, none of the places you mentioned are in Delhi. JGD.