Amore ice cream

[origamicrane]

hi all,

while i was in France a few weeks ago, a friend of a friend was raving about a popoular ice cream palour called AMORE in St Germain does anyone have the address? And if you been is it really that good?

thanks :)

[cheeseandchocolate]

I think you're referring to Amorino gelato, which has a few outposts around town. There's one on rue de Buci in th 6th, one on rue Vieille du Temple in the 4th (in the Marais, across from Au Petit Fer a Cheval), and hmmm...not sure about others. It's quite tasty, and they'll load you up with as many flavors as you like. I've tried the strachiatella (sp?), the nocciola, and the nutella. Mmmm, nutella.

[origamicrane]

thanks cheeseandchocolate that sounds like the place

ok will go there this saturday will report back afterwards

[Felice]

I have been to the rue de Buci Amoré and am not quite sure what all the fuss is about. The line is always out the door. I can't be bothered waiting a half hour for ice cream. I'd much rather go to Damon's (which Magret Pilgram wrote about a while back, I believe). It's along the Seine, a little past Notre Dame. The ice cream is delicious and there is never a wait. There's also a great place on the Rue Mouffetard, but I can't remember the name.

[fresh_a]

Are you thinking about "Octave", just at the bottm of the rue Mouffetard as you enter the street and start walking uphill?

[pim]

Yes, you must be talking about Amorino. Besides the branches already mentioned, there is also one on the pretty rue Saint Louis en l'Ile, the same street as Mon Viel Ami.

Edited July 9, 2004 by pim (log)

[Felice]

Yeah, it may have been Octave. All I remember is that they shaped the ice cream sort of like a flower on the cone.

I also remember reading about a place called " Calabrese " in the 14th on rue Odessa, but this was a while back. Does anyone know that one?

[Louisa Chu]

Here's the Amorino website - but they don't have the location in the Marais listed. Chocolate & Zucchini's Clotilde lists five locations on her post about Amorino - I love her site - it's so darn pretty.

Now - and this is important - you only get as many flavours as you want with a MEDIUM size and up. It's good for what it is - and made that much better going with friends - but best with your gelato-loving dog. For me it's a treat to have that kind of abbondanza in Paris - have you seen the miserly "scoops" meted out at Berthillon? BUT the gelato itself - it's only OK. If they don't make it with that gelato mix I'd be very surprised - and if they don't that's pretty sad because that's what it tastes and feels like - stabilizer city. It's pretty much the Baskin-Robbins of the gelato world but it does serve its purpose.