Heladería Los Italianos (Granada, Spain)

Calle Gran Vía de Colón, 4
18010 Granada
Spain
Phone: +34 958 224 034
Website

Lost Italianos is one of the oldest gelaterie in the city and the most  renowned. It has been open for decades, and one of the highlights to enjoy summer for most Granadians. Seriously! You know it is spring time when... Los Italianos reopen every year.

The owners are Italians so the production of the ice-creams has always been Italian traditional gelato making, with light textured flavoursome ice-creams and crunchy delicious waffle cones. Lost Italianos were the first to bring unusual flavours to the city's ice-cream world, although nowadays other gelaterie have more daring and interesting flavours. Still, the quality of the gelato here is undeniable, the selection of flavours excellent, and the taste wonderful.

My favourite flavours are pineapple and crema tostada and their cassata.

Their servings are decent in size, and the prices fair.

Service is fast and friendly, despite the fact that the staff is at times overwhelmed by a constant flood of people all day long. It can be chaotic.

I hate cueing for anything, especially for anything edible. This is the only place in the city where you find cues and, if there is no a cue,  there is a human suffocating mass around. Something that always puts me off.

Michelle Obama stopped here for her ice-cream when holidaying in town a couple of years ago. I thought it was cool Michelle and I have shared the same ice-cream :P

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Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurth (Mt Lawley, Perth WA)

Shop 1/ 591 Beaufort St
Mount Lawley Western Australia 6050
(08) 9368 4577
Website
Hours:
    Mon-Fri 11:00 - 22:00
    Sat-Sun 10:00 - 22:00

 

Tutti Frutti is a frozen yoghurt franchise selling milk and Soya yoghurt ice-creams. This Mount Lawley branch opened three weeks ago, and it is getting fans rapidly. At present, the place looks like a set of a movie, so shiny, spotless and colourful is.

How does it work?
+ Chose one of the bowls to put your ice-cream yoghurt.
+ Fill it in the flavour/s you fancy using the different dispensers. Self service. You can put as much as you want, as many flavours as you want. They have fruit, chocolate and cake flavours. Flavours rotate regularly.
+ Add as many toppings as you want. There is a large variety of then. Any colour, texture or flavour available. Fresh fruit. Chocolate. M&ms. Add any "sauce" if you want.
+ Put your bowl on the weighing machine.
+ Pay and enjoy!

The result is whatever you fancy, personally, in a big bowl. Do not blame others for your gluttony. There are not small serving cups available, which is an indication that we will pay a bit, as it is difficult to put a small quantity of anything in a big cup. Psychologically challenging! We want to try everything! There are so many flavours and toppings to choose from! Why can't we control ourselves? They know that. Yes, they do. That is why the we pay for weight and not for bowl/cup. 

 

Yoghurt ice-creams are always light, and Tutti Frutti's are no exception. They aren't too sweet either, which is an added bonus. I have tried six flavours, but most of them taste so similar that it is difficult to distinguish them unless you have your eyes open and see the colouring of each one. The toppings, on the contrary, are delicious, very fresh and varied, and they really complement (even accessorise!) the ice-cream. The combo is very refreshing, and a healthier alternative to the normal ice-cream...that is, if you exercise some self-control at the toppings and sauces area.

Service is very friendly.

They would need a few tables inside, as at the moment is mostly a place for take-away, and they just have three tables on the footpath.

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