布小熊

I still doubt they will have 榴槤味 right there...
but from their twitter, they were peeling lychee in the afternoon. So prob some lychee sorbetto tomorrow.

布小熊

omg! They have buko pandan gelato there yesterday! wonder if they still have it....

yuusaku

been there a few times, agree that it is 溫哥華最好食嘅gelato.  really like this place
haven't found another place in vancouver that could exceed their quality
btw, the owner is always there ... seems like he really likes making ice cream

fibbi

Thanks for sharing!

martintin

just came back from there!
i finally know what good ice-cream taste like!
best ice-cream ever~
and saw a couple of people filming in there~

yungfourfour

I managed to get tickets to attend two of his gelato lessons this weekend and totally understand why he is so different from the gelato store elsewhere - its all about quality!!!!

The way they store their gelato - its all covered, they don't care if it doesn't look fancy or colourful, because he wants to retain the best flavor and texture of the gelato made ( just like you won't leave your bread/ overnight food uncovered in the fridge to prevent freezer burn and other stuff

They also used REAL stuff to make their gelato instead of mixing commercially available powder and milk.


Pic 1 - caramel they made from scratch
Pic 2 - Amount of mango used to make 4L of mango sorbetto - 1.6kg
Pic 3 - Traditional Spatula James used to scoop out gelato from machine -
Pic 4 - Process of blending chocolate powder and milk base before making gelato - takes very long, up to 4 hours if he is making chocolate sorbetto
Pic 5 - Chocolate beans he used to make 45% milk chocolate, 65% old fashioned chocolate and 99% dark chocolate gelato

fibbi

Nice!
Last time I went there the gelato is a bit too sweet for my taste. But very smooth though.

布小熊

They have the best gelato as good as and better than some in Italy.
Yungfourfour, you are lucky. the classes were sold out in minutes! I couldn't get my hand on one.
James is very passionate on gelato making!

fibbi, if you have only tried  a few flavour, you can try other ones. Some are sweeter than others. (I think their lavender was too sweet for me but others were good!)

yungfourfour

布小熊 - the free class i attended last wednesday only has 6 people (supposedly 8).  I am sure there are people who got the tickets for lessons who can't make it in the end just leave it.  The class goes until July as far as I know so Do leave a message on his facebook page/ twitter and see if anyone is giving away their tickets.  I am sure if you are crazy enough to talk to James and say you will sit and wait there every single night and waitlist for the gelato 101 he will just grab you in! He loves crazy people XD

Fibbi - yes not all flavor works for me (e.g. the Akbar Mashti flavor, its pretty much tasted like soap/ cosmetics to me, but Persian loved them and thats the only flavor they eat during Persian new year, which is two days ago).  Do try the 99% chocolate gelato, that is a very rich and not so sweet flavor

布小熊

布小熊 - the free class i attended last wednesday only has 6 people (supposedly 8).  I am sure there ...
yungfourfour 發表於 2013-3-22 09:14 AM

woo! sounds like a good idea! I will try the FB and may be do the "wait there" for a few nights!
how can ppl get tickets and not come!!