You'll find ample opportunity to experiment with fancy flavors at Ciao Bella, though even a small cup ($4.75) will cost you. I've enjoyed their malted milk ball gelato, especially the little crunchy bits; the cantaloupe tarragon sorbet — sandy orange...
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This new takeout joint on 31st St. just north of 30th Ave. would be pretty unremarkable, except for the fact that they sell Ciao Bella gelato–about eight flavors, by the scoop, for $1.50 a pop. Although it’s not quite as fresh as it ought to be (I wonder if I’m the only person who [...]
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Hidden cuban, shake sampling, and revisiting stuy town
I finally got to see the bestest this weekend! I can’t believe she’s leaving in less than two weeks and I’ve only seen her a handful of times the entire summer! Granted, I was eating my way through HK/China/Arizona for the first month of her being back, we still barely saw each other afterwards! =[ The sadness.
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When the weather warms up, the ultimate comfort food is ice cream. A little lick, an instant melt, and a smooth slide down your throat provide a simple pleasure.
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The last time a taste of ice cream hit me with such a unique, clean flavor I was at the Biltmore Room and my mouth was tingling from their ginger ice cream. This time it was the grassy taste of fresh mint, nothing like that sharp, peppermint stick flavor that other ice creams pass off as mint. I almost expected to find rough, chewy mint leaves in the ice cream (I didn't, of course).
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The last entry left our food-laden heroes in the chewy, buttery enclaves of Milk & Cookies, where they fended off a giant knife-wielding cookie growling, "SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT IF I RIP YOU IN HALF AND NIBBLE ON YOUR WARM ORGANS AND GO 'MMM, SO TASTY,' HUH, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?"
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I come to you today to speak of that greatly ignored piece of the cheap eating universe: dessert. Rarely indeed do chroniclers of cheap eating pay attention to this category; my guess is it's a budget-buster for many. And that's fair, I suppose, but there are too many delicious desserts in NYC to ignore, and they need not destroy one's financial solvency.
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