2023-05-26 23:30:00
When my children were old enough to eat a cone, I made a pact with them. As the May long weekend begins, I declare our dairy season open.
Since they were toddlers, I take them to eat little fruit sorbets (because they are healthier). Like any gaga parent, I have tons of photos of my kids smeared in melted sherbet (who find themselves sitting on the floor and often on top of me, a packet of wipes next to them trying in vain to save the mess).
Another part of our pact to respect: we only take a very small scoop of sorbet, even if we have to pay full price, just to be able to go there more often! In summer, we even go there sometimes every day of the week. We call this ritual “change the taste with a touch of sweet after our BBQ”. Sometimes we get loose. We order double scoops with toppings and extra coulis. And still today, it flows everywhere.
Let’s be crazy, let’s eat ice cream all day!
This year, we went exploring. We decided to do the rounds of dairy bars. We wanted the total; and we had more than that.
In the kingdom of creameries, there are types of ice cream that I never knew existed. The most divine is at Bouza. I can’t get over it yet. A Syrian creamery renowned for its elastic ice cream. You read that right, springy, like cheese au gratin. After several questions, I understood that the secret of its elasticity would not be revealed so easily. Never mind !
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Chez Bouza: Alex’s number one, the Kunefe with Ashta ice cream, 1222 rue de Beauharnois Ouest.
Everything is made with fresh ingredients. And to taste this Syrian ice cream, you have to sprinkle pistachios on it. The classic is the Ashta – pistachios, the parfait that you can taste placed on a cake covered with cheese in syrup. I have never eaten such a good dessert. I want it on my next birthday! We were also bowled over by the scents of rose petals, by the vegan cherry and my daughter, by the Oreo.
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Three ice creams from Bouza: Lotus, Snickers and Cherry.
The power of ice cream
Then, direction boulevard Saint-Laurent for two stops. First at Zetti’s. I would have ordered everything! This is the place for frozen candies of your dreams. Guess who got the Oreo milkshake with a brownie cake on top? For my daughter ! Me, I took the puffy waffle cone with vanilla ice cream, caramel and marshmallow. For my son, a tub of peach ice cream. The cornet waffle won the prize. With each bite, we exchanged our choices, not knowing where to turn, completely happy.
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Chez Zetti’s: puffy waffle, peach ice cream and Brownie milkshake, 3839 boul. Saint Laurent.
A little higher, still on the Main, a final tasting at Gaufres and Glaces Plateau. More puffy waffles? Impossible to resist the Oreo one, you know for whom! And for my constant calorie-burning soccer player, two mamamia flavors: an (obviously) puffy waffle with chocolate chips and a chocolate-dipped cup waffle with lovely soft serve and rainbow cake decorations for me. With closing hours at midnight, next time it will be after a concert at Place des Festivals, a walk on the Main and a stop to swap late-night poutine for crazy ice cream.
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Chez Gaufres et Glaces: Chocolate and Oreo puffy waffles, cup waffle dipped in chocolate and ice cream with rainbow cake decorations, 4376 boul. Saint Laurent.
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