Ici opened on Labor day weekend. So far, i have sampled both ice creams cakes (two are available - one with fruit flavors and one with chocolate flavors), the ice cream sandwiches and the coffee bonbons. All are quite delicious. The bonbons don’t look it, but carry quite a strong coffee punch, so be warned. And I found the current (flavors change depending on what’s in season) fruit ice cream cake to be a revelation. The base is vanilla chiffon, then it’s layered with strawberry ice cream, blackberry sorbet and creme fraiche ice cream. It’s like three layers of tanginess, but each with its own complexities. I’d never had anything like the creme fraiche ice cream… I suppose the mascarpone sorbet I’d made some time ago, or Christine’s buttermilk ice cream would be similar, but it managed to be milky, tangy and nutty at the same time. De-lish. Go check it out soon, but get there before I do, or there won’t be anything left!
Finally!
September 20, 2006 · 6 Comments
Categories: Connie · Desserts · ice creams and sorbets
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c(h)ristine // September 21, 2006 at 12:04 am
*squeal!* they ARE open?! i saw the SF Gate announcement and couldn’t believe it…they were supposed to be open in early august, then they had to change the sign on the window to say late august, then it still looked closed even after labor day weekend.
i’m VERY excited. i am so there!
mysticonnie // September 21, 2006 at 12:16 am
I know! I kept driving by and seeing the “open in early august” sign and thinking “Hey! What gives??? Today’s August 15…16…17″ No, I’m not an ice cream parlor stalker. Um. Yeah. But they did open on Labor Day weekend (they’re closed on Mondays) . I haven’t gotten to trying the scoops yet, but there is a fig ice cream I’m dying to try.
c(h)ristine // September 21, 2006 at 12:22 am
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we just did a MAJOR tasting? I’d bring my camera, we’ll order a dozen flavors, take a bite of each? Mrmmmm
Susan // September 21, 2006 at 10:08 am
I want to go, too!! Major tasting - yes!!!
mysticonnie // September 21, 2006 at 1:47 pm
a muffin top field trip!
ice cream tasting at ici « Muffin Top // October 7, 2006 at 6:34 pm
[...] Connie’s post on Ici’s opening earlier this month was so inspiring that we decided to go on a Muffin Top field trip and taste ALL of the flavors. For you, dear readers, we would make the sacrifice. And for awhile, it DID look like it might be slightly painful, given the cold and rainy weather this past week. But there is something to eating ice cream in winter (well, that’s what I told myself). [...]
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