Favorite Ice Cream Flavors

[liuzhou]

I mentioned recently  in the dinner 2025 topic that my favourite ice cream flavour is durian. At that time I was buying the Marketside brand from the local Walmart store. It was acceptable but can only be had in boxes of four 50 gram tubs at ￥5 a tub.

 

Since then I have changed what little loyalty I have to Walmart into a local brand, 梦雪 (mèng xuě, literally 'dream snow') from the Chinese supermarket chain, 联华超市 (lián huá chāo shì), Lianhua Supermarkets. This comes in 75 gram tubs at only ￥3.9 each. Not is it a more satisfying size and cheaper but it has a more pronounced durian flavour and the store is much closer to my home than Walmart, meaning my ice cream hasn't melted by the time it's safely in my fridge. We are going through a spell of 35℃+ every day.

 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by liuzhou (log)

[BeeZee]

There is an ice cream shop not too far from my house that has a nice variety of flavors (homemade) and I enjoy ube flavor. As a child, I always preferred vanilla over chocolate ice cream, ube kind of leans towards vanilla. And what a beautiful color!

[liuzhou]

9 minutes ago, BeeZee said:

There is an ice cream shop not too far from my house that has a nice variety of flavors (homemade) and I enjoy ube flavor. As a child, I always preferred vanilla over chocolate ice cream, ube kind of leans towards vanilla. And what a beautiful color!

 

I've never had ube anything but vanilla is a favourite. Not keen on chocolate ice cream, either.

 

 

[blue_dolphin]

The Swiss orange chip ice cream from the dearly departed Swensen's ice cream parlors might be my all time favorite. Dark chocolate with a hint of bitter orange and chocolate chips. 
I really like sampling two flavors together but if I have to pick one that’s available to me now, it would be coffee. 

[ElsieD]

My current favourite is roasted strawberry.  

[Shel_B]

A really good vanilla, made with real vanlla beans and chocolate shavings woud top my list.  It's a hard-to-come-by combination, and I find myself settling for something close most times.

 

Cat Cora, when she worked at Bistro Don Giovani in Napa, made a vanilla ice cream with fresh ground black pepper that blew us away. While unavailable commercially (AFAIK), it remains today my most memorable ice cream eating experience.

 

Another remarkable ice cream was Giuliano Bugialli's Sorbetto di Parmigiano. When I had it the first time, made by Judy Gruhen back in NYC some 30+ years ago, I was amazed by how "innovative" it was. I've long since come to learn that the idea, if not the precise recipe, goes back at least to the late 1700's, and since my first taste of Judy's creation, I've had several versions over the years.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Shel_B (log)

[Ddanno]

My sweet tooth doesn't really exist anymore, but it would come out of retirement for Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey. They discontinued them 10+ years ago and I could never work out why (I find cookie dough disgusting and  Phish food hideously sweet, but they're still going 🤬)

 

These days a mix of good pistachio and cherry gelatos hits the spot. And I always have time for a quality scoop of vanilla.

Edited 1 minute ago by Ddanno (log)