An Encounter with Gelatissimo

It was an eventful Saturday afternoon.

I had an 'appointment' with Gelatissimo, Gurney Plaza, Penang. I have always wished to try gelatos there (since Lecka Lecka has gone for good) and it's the ONLY store serving gelatos in Penang (I think).

There you go..

I'm going to blog on my 'encounter' with Gelatissimo.

First and foremost, consumers need to be educated the difference between ice-cream (Haagen dazs, Baskin Robbins, Walls etc) and Gelatos.

Gelatos is italian frozen ice dessert and the method of making it is different from ice cream . Basically, gelatos has less cream than ice cream and it has higher density (the molecules are nearer as compared with ice cream). Most importantly, I think the fat content is less as it has more original food as compared with ice cream (usually with articificial coloring and flavours).

The friendly staff posing for camera.

The girl in spectacles would always asked me if I would like to try their flavours. To be honest, I tried all of those flavours at the counter.

Boss Hong is on the far right.

Yes... I tried all of these!!!!!!!

My favourites:

strawberry

belgian chocolate

mango

orange passion fruit and

green tea.

Boss was so kind to demonstrate the process of making gelato.
I appreciate that a bundle.
It just shows how fresh the gelatos that are served, unlike conventional ice cream shops, they imported the whole tub.

First, dump everything in the all-in-one machine.
Then, the machine would cook the 'special' ingredients at the right temperature.
Once it's cooked, the machine would beat it and then FREEZE it.
Lastly, scoop everything out.
(someone mentioned that it had some similarities of what it happened in the morning @ the toilet..)
Come on, it was belgian chocolate.

Ta-da the.. end product.
The process is simple and quick.

I see someone peeping from the counter. The different sizes that we could buy. Red - one flavour, green - 2 flavours, blue - 3 flavours. And they have hand-pack ones that would last for 2 hours.

Mango milk shake and my 'special discount' greentea + belgian chocolate

Affogato -

I think it was biscotti + espresso

(correct me if i'm wrong)

Kids love it.

I love it too!


Not from Penang?
Also available at (other branches in Malaysia): Jusco 1-Utama Shop G53, Jusco 1-Utama Shopping Centre, Jusco 1-Utama, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya The Gardens at Mid Valley City Shop LG-K08, The Gardens at Mid Valley City, Lingakaran Syed Putra








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