ciao bella gelato & sorbetto

decides2dream · July 2009

i'm in love!

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!

FearTheBeard · July 2009

The pistachio is the best!

CHANGEinWAVES · July 2009

ucsbflipflop wrote:

The pistachio is the best!

YES!

decides2dream · July 2009

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!

their flavors are just so pure and INTENSE.

i love reading the ingredients:
raspberries, water, sugar

can't get much simpler/better than that!

libragirl · July 2009

mmmm...gelato

decides2dream · July 2009

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

Get_Right · July 2009

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 · July 2009

I'd like to try the blackberry cabernet, please!

Catwoman1 · July 2009

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

I love gelato!!! I've been to Italy twice, and ate it every day of both trips.

wolfbear · July 2009

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.

decides2dream · July 2009

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!

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.

decides2dream · August 2009

ahhhhhh....the supermarket FINALLY got a nice shipment of ciao bella blackberry cabernet. bought 4 pints so we have a bit of a stash!

pearljgirl2010 · August 2009

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.

decides2dream · August 2009

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.

pearljgirl2010 · August 2009

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!

decides2dream · August 2009

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....

but hey, now i know...if i ever see it, i WILL try it!

dimitrispearljam · August 2009

i love u crazy American people

decides2dream · August 2009

dimitrispearljam wrote:

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.

vduboise · August 2009

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 · August 2009

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/

vduboise · August 2009

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.

colorsblend · August 2009

I am eating Ciao Bella's Alphonso Mango right now. It's sooo good with the perfect hint of sugar.

decides2dream · August 2009

colorsblend wrote:

I am eating Ciao Bella's Alphonso Mango right now. It's sooo good with the perfect hint of sugar.

that sounds delish!
i had their raspberry sorbetto last night.....yummmmm. ohhhhhh sooooo GOOD!

decides2dream · August 2009

finally broke open one of the blackberry cabernet pints last night...

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sooooooooooooooo yuuummmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

justam · August 2009

I've been eating black cherry ice cream lately. Yum!

ciao bella gelato &amp; sorbetto

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