I heart ice cream. Good, thick, heart stopping ice cream. And if you toss in some interesting flavors and organic ingredients you get extra points and a revisit. It is the goal with the ice cream I make and should be the end result of anyone that makes ice cream (at least in my overly opinionated opinion).

When we were in NYC in May we came across the Van Leeuwen ice cream truck in Soho. Unfortunately, he was done serving and moving to another location, but informed us there was another truck over near the Soho Apple Store. And off we ran.

We had a scoop of ginger and a scoop of a special vanilla they were running. Both were amazing. Creamy, amazing flavor, felt great in your mouth.

So when we went back for our NYC food tour (aka Meat Coma 2010), we made a point to get back to the truck. This time we had Cinnamon and Strawberry.

The cinnamon was much more floral than the cinnamon ice cream I make. I like my cinnamon ice cream spicy. Mind you the ice cream was great, I just wanted a bit of bite.

The strawberry ice cream was like eating a creamy strawberry right off the vine. Great, super, wonderful, and any other word like that. This was by far, the best strawberry ice cream I had ever tasted.

So find that truck. The locations for the store (in Greenpoint, Brooklyn) and all of their trucks are listed on their completely mobile hostile website. A treat you must have.

City Bakery
3 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011-4610
(212) 366-1414

A bakery on a BBQ tour? What’s up with that?

Well – first it was more of a Food Tour in NYC with an emphasis on BBQ. Second – City Bakery is too incredible not to hit while in NYC. Finally – I got a baked treat with pork!

We were looking for a sugar hit to help counter act the impending meat coma of Hill Country & Hog Pit so we headed over to City Bakery. We figured a baked treat & some ice tea would help us get through the evening & meet friends later at Swift.

We both choose the Sangria – a non-alcoholic fruit infused hibiscus ice tea. Very nice – sweet without being cloy & a touch of sour. Pieces of fruit in the cup were a nice treat after finishing.

For a baked good, I HAD to go with the Maple Bacon Biscuit. More scone than biscuit, it was okay but not the pork delight I had hoped for. Good maple flavor but lacking in any real bacon presence. I sort of wish I had gone for the chocolate chip cookie Cherie had.