Apparantly you can never get enough ice cream! So let's make three more refreshing and cold acquaintances in Paris:
For breakfast an early morning, I had white peach sorbet with fiori di latte, the latter which is a light milky ice cream. Allthough the flavours blended well together, none of them were strong enough to make up for the lack of intensity. Refreshing as it may be to have something cold on a hot day, I'd personally prefer to have some taste going with the "cold", If not I might as well suck on an ice cube. While still more tasty than an ice cube and despite the promise of fresh ingredients, the intensity of the pozzetto flavours I tried were not as good as the brands I had before and certainly not as good as what follows below.
Dalloyou, one of the most famous traiteurs in paris also includes sorbet and ice cream as a part of their reportoire. To change a little from the outside walks with dripping cones, I invited a friend to their tea salon at at Luxembourg, though there are also vendors outside. She had chocolate intense with trois fruits rouges (three red fruits), I had vanille with framboise (raspberry).
Like the flavours at Berthillon, Dalloyou presents traditional flavours. Just as in the case of the glacier of Ile st Louis, the execution and raw materials are crucial for bringing out the best tastes. In that, Dalloyou has succeeded. Both my friend and I were very content with our choices, they were all equally delicious and refreshing. Especially the vanilla, a flavour that sometimes ends up being a bland compliment to others, was surprisingly intense.
POZZETTO
Pozzetto is an italian brand running two cafés that makes italian ice cream, coffe and pastry. They always use the freshest ingredients and the flavours change depending on what's offered on the local market.
For breakfast an early morning, I had white peach sorbet with fiori di latte, the latter which is a light milky ice cream. Allthough the flavours blended well together, none of them were strong enough to make up for the lack of intensity. Refreshing as it may be to have something cold on a hot day, I'd personally prefer to have some taste going with the "cold", If not I might as well suck on an ice cube. While still more tasty than an ice cube and despite the promise of fresh ingredients, the intensity of the pozzetto flavours I tried were not as good as the brands I had before and certainly not as good as what follows below.
DALLOYOU
Dalloyou, one of the most famous traiteurs in paris also includes sorbet and ice cream as a part of their reportoire. To change a little from the outside walks with dripping cones, I invited a friend to their tea salon at at Luxembourg, though there are also vendors outside. She had chocolate intense with trois fruits rouges (three red fruits), I had vanille with framboise (raspberry).
Like the flavours at Berthillon, Dalloyou presents traditional flavours. Just as in the case of the glacier of Ile st Louis, the execution and raw materials are crucial for bringing out the best tastes. In that, Dalloyou has succeeded. Both my friend and I were very content with our choices, they were all equally delicious and refreshing. Especially the vanilla, a flavour that sometimes ends up being a bland compliment to others, was surprisingly intense.
PIERRE HERMÉ
Well known for other sweet treats, Pierre Hermé launched his own flavours back in 2003 based of some of his most popular types of patented macarons.
At Pierre Hermé there's no free selection of flavours. Every ice cream and sorbet combination comes elegantly pre packaged and ready to be enjoyed. In general, I would think that consumers prefer to make their own selection of flavours. However, at Pierre Hermé, some of the combinations are rather unusual, and, as with his macaron, atistry and innovation is more important than anything else, including the personal preferences of potential customers. It's the result of courage and audacity any progressive artist must possess, that may leave some taken aback, but whose results are more enjoyable and interesting for those who keep up with it.
Celeste is a mix of Passion fruit ice cream with strawberry sorbet and rhubard coulis. The taste of passion fruit is very light and rather sweet. It makes an enjoyable contrast to the fruity and intense strawberry sorbet and the acid bitterness of the rhubard. This carefully composed combination, despite consisting of already well known flavours, is a delightful discovery for the taste buds, one that surprises as much as it pleases.
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This time around both Dalloyou and Pierre Hermé really stand out for different reasons entirely, one being a safe, but great choice, the other for daring and equally delicious flavours.
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