ciao bella gelato & sorbetto

decides2dream
decides2dream Posts: 14,977
edited August 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
i'm in love! :lol:

http://www.ciaobellagelato.com/flavors/



seriously...this stuff is soooo YUMMM!
i am especially partial to the blackberry cabernet sorbetto, when i can find it :twisted: ....but i've not tried a bad flavor just yet - mr. dream loves the pistachio gelato. the grapefruit campari sounds delish, but not available in pints. however, they have a gelateria right at grand central - tempting, tempting! 8-)
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  • FearTheBeard
    FearTheBeard Posts: 666
    The pistachio is the best!
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    ucsbflipflop wrote:
    The pistachio is the best!
    YES!
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    ucsbflipflop wrote:
    The pistachio is the best!
    YES!



    hubby loves it....i am honestly not a fan. :oops:
    dunno why, pistacho flavored anything (outside of actual pistachoes) never did much for me.


    i had some raspberry sorbetto last night and it was delish! :mrgreen:
    their flavors are just so pure and INTENSE.
    8-)


    i love reading the ingredients:
    raspberries, water, sugar

    can't get much simpler/better than that!
    :D
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    mmmm...gelato :)
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    over 40 views...and yet no one else has anything to add about gelato and/or sorbetto...ciao bella or otherwise?
    damn, not enough are passionate about this stuff....;) :P :mrgreen:
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,249
    one of the best in the city and
    they supply many restaurants in NYC
    good chance you are eating ciao bella during desert at your favorite italian restaurant
  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    I'd like to try the blackberry cabernet, please!
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  • Catwoman1
    Catwoman1 Posts: 482
    decides2dream wrote:
    over 40 views...and yet no one else has anything to add about gelato and/or sorbetto...ciao bella or otherwise?
    damn, not enough are passionate about this stuff....;) :P :mrgreen:

    I love gelato!!! I've been to Italy twice, and ate it every day of both trips.
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    We ate it every day while in Italy also. Bellingham has it's own very good gelato place called Serena. The owner trained under a master or whatever it's called in Italy. :)
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Get_Right wrote:
    one of the best in the city and
    they supply many restaurants in NYC
    good chance you are eating ciao bella during desert at your favorite italian restaurant


    ya know, i saw on their website that they supply many restaurants and i have to say, i bet my local fave italian place does indeed provide ciao bella gelato/sorbetto. next time i am there, i may ask, pure curiosity. i have always LOVEd the gelato and sorbetto at this place, so fresh tasting and so INTENSE....and that's exactly what the ciao bella pints i buy taste like. hmmmmm....


    pearlgirl, you absolutely should try and hunt down the blackberry cabernet, it is AWESOME!
    i bought it once in our local market, and they haven't had it since. :evil:

    i've been to italy a couple times myself....definitely love the gelato! i'll tell ya tho - this stuff is just as good, especially when you go to their gelaterias! (and i realize now, duh.....that a ciao bella shop opened RIGHT in my childhood hometown, just 2 miles from where i currently live....and we just recently did try it there....bellissimo! 8-)


    btw - while we were down in baltimore to see ed, we were over in the fells point area and they have a FANTASTIC gelateria there, AMAZINGLY YUMMY. hubby loved their pistachio and chocolate.....and i adored the grapefruit......just soooooo goood! i love it when it all tastes so FRESH & INTENSE. :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    ahhhhhh....the supermarket FINALLY got a nice shipment of ciao bella blackberry cabernet. bought 4 pints so we have a bit of a stash! 8-)
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  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    there's a new gelato place near me called Paciugo--they have an Olive Oil and Black Pepper gelato that might be the best tasting thing EVER. I looooove black pepper, but not olive oil so much...it was amazingly good.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    there's a new gelato place near me called Paciugo--they have an Olive Oil and Black Pepper gelato that might be the best tasting thing EVER. I looooove black pepper, but not olive oil so much...it was amazingly good.



    that sounds freakish! :twisted:
    i love black pepper....love olive oil....but as a gelato flavor? bizarre! however, i am all for crazy combos, so who knows? if you say it's good....i believe ya. ;)
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  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    decides2dream wrote:
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    there's a new gelato place near me called Paciugo--they have an Olive Oil and Black Pepper gelato that might be the best tasting thing EVER. I looooove black pepper, but not olive oil so much...it was amazingly good.

    that sounds freakish! :twisted:
    i love black pepper....love olive oil....but as a gelato flavor? bizarre! however, i am all for crazy combos, so who knows? if you say it's good....i believe ya. ;)

    LOL--it was just so so so good, and I never would have expected it :-) I hope you get to try it someday!
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    there's a new gelato place near me called Paciugo--they have an Olive Oil and Black Pepper gelato that might be the best tasting thing EVER. I looooove black pepper, but not olive oil so much...it was amazingly good.

    that sounds freakish! :twisted:
    i love black pepper....love olive oil....but as a gelato flavor? bizarre! however, i am all for crazy combos, so who knows? if you say it's good....i believe ya. ;)

    LOL--it was just so so so good, and I never would have expected it :-) I hope you get to try it someday!

    nor would i.... :lol:
    but hey, now i know...if i ever see it, i WILL try it! 8-)
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: i love u crazy American people
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: i love u crazy American people


    loving gelato and sorbetto is crazy?!
    :shock:

    well color me crazy then!
    me, i think it's one of the most sane things a person can do...;)

    and clearly, you have not tried blackberry cabernet.
    8-)
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  • vduboise
    vduboise Posts: 1,937
    Sorry to say, but Ciao Bella gelato is my least favorite. I always find that its too sticky and tacky- and leaves a weird taste/feel to my mouth. Their sorbets are fine tho. My favorite ice cream place is Il Laboratorio del Gelato in NYC. Their sorbets are a bit icy (except for the Mango- always smooth)- but the flavors are spot on. And they make a kicking Cabernet sorbet.
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    vduboise wrote:
    Sorry to say, but Ciao Bella gelato is my least favorite. I always find that its too sticky and tacky- and leaves a weird taste/feel to my mouth. Their sorbets are fine tho. My favorite ice cream place is Il Laboratorio del Gelato in NYC. Their sorbets are a bit icy (except for the Mango- always smooth)- but the flavors are spot on. And they make a kicking Cabernet sorbet.


    oh yes?
    i will have to check them out!


    i must admit, i am a big fan of the sorbetto, have only taken tastes of hubby's gelato. i have loved every sorbetto flavor i have tried of theirs....but i am always open to new places and flavors! also, i like em b/c i can buy em in my local market and have it at home. cheaper/easier. i haven't found a store-bought sorbetto that surpasses them.

    wow!
    some crazy flavors!
    http://www.laboratoriodelgelato.com/flavors.php


    interesting...the same guy:
    Jon F. Snyder, the Ciao Bella founder and grandson of Carvel franchisees, creates a rotating array of 200 irresistible gelatos and sorbets, all handmade on the premises, in small batches, from locally sourced seasonal ingredients
    http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/il ... el-gelato/
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  • vduboise
    vduboise Posts: 1,937
    decides2dream wrote:
    vduboise wrote:
    Sorry to say, but Ciao Bella gelato is my least favorite. I always find that its too sticky and tacky- and leaves a weird taste/feel to my mouth. Their sorbets are fine tho. My favorite ice cream place is Il Laboratorio del Gelato in NYC. Their sorbets are a bit icy (except for the Mango- always smooth)- but the flavors are spot on. And they make a kicking Cabernet sorbet.


    oh yes?
    i will have to check them out!


    i must admit, i am a big fan of the sorbetto, have only taken tastes of hubby's gelato. i have loved every sorbetto flavor i have tried of theirs....but i am always open to new places and flavors! also, i like em b/c i can buy em in my local market and have it at home. cheaper/easier. i haven't found a store-bought sorbetto that surpasses them.

    wow!
    some crazy flavors!
    http://www.laboratoriodelgelato.com/flavors.php


    interesting...the same guy:
    Jon F. Snyder, the Ciao Bella founder and grandson of Carvel franchisees, creates a rotating array of 200 irresistible gelatos and sorbets, all handmade on the premises, in small batches, from locally sourced seasonal ingredients
    http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/il ... el-gelato/
    yes that's right! I totally forgot that he was part of Ciao Bella. The gelato at Il Lab tastes totally different than Ciao. My catering company uses them all the time- and they make flavors for you - as long as its in a large enough quantity to make it worth it.

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