Blink and you’ll miss it!
A common enough warning, but a very real one when heading for the aptly named Buco – or “hole” in Italian. Just a tiny hole-in-the-wall servery largely hidden by the expansive front of a classy modern Italian bistro, Gemma. Alternatively, you can order Buco gelati from Gemma’s bar. Continue Reading
The best part of last year’s make-over of Messina’s Melbourne flagship store? Gelato Messina Fitzroy now has pozzetti! For any gelati fan, this is very exciting news. Continue Reading
Looking for a refreshing treat on a hot summer’s day? Italian style fruit sorbetti ticks all our boxes. Made fresh from real fruit, not too much sugar, and churned slowly to give a gorgeous dense and creamy texture. And lucky Melbournians can enjoy superb fruit-based sorbetti from a new artisan producer – Buonissimo.
The charming Maurizio from Buonissimo has fitted up a small van as a mobile sorbetteria and is scooping his luscious sorbetti at events through summer. Continue Reading
One thing that German-born Mascha missed when she moved to Australia five years ago, was spaghettieis – spaghetti gelato. The solution – she made her own, and so Madame Spaghetti was born.
Spaghettieis is very much a German thing. It was invented in 1969 by Dario Fontanella, a third generation gelatiere (gelato maker) based in the German city of Mannheim. Dario was looking for alternative ways to serve gelati. He found that when the right sort of gelato is extruded through a spaetzle (noodle) press, served with strawberry sauce and a topping of grated white chocolate, you have something that looks uncannily like a serve of spaghetti napoli with grated parmesan. Add chunks of chocolate brownie or chocolate truffles and you have spaghetti with meatballs. And for extra indulgence the spaghettieis sits on a bed of whipped cream. Continue Reading
During a very welcome respite from our super hot summer, we visited an old haunt at Docklands – Limonetto Gelati.
Limonetto has been around for many years, with the current owners taking over from Limonetto’s founder around three years ago. Do they have a family history of gelati? Nup, according to the friendly current owner, they just love ice cream. We can relate to that! Continue Reading
My favourite gelato flavour? I have a handful of go-to flavours that I always find difficult to resist: raspberry sorbetto is definitely in that league. And on a recent trip to Wellington, I tasted a great example from Carrello del Gelato – intense tart berriness and lovely creamy texture. Sheer bliss.
Wellington had turned on some spectacular weather for my visit. Glorious sunshine, and a gentle breeze. Perfect for a stroll from central Wellington along the water’s edge to Oriental Bay – a great walk to refresh and regroup. The harbour view is spectacular, and on a perfect day the water sparkles in the sunshine. Plus there is the added attraction of checking out a gelateria, Carrello del Gelato. Continue Reading