Monday, October 20, 2014

Eiffel Tower you will, Amorino you MUST...


While travel is one passion, food is another fetish that I have. While on this journey in Europe I will be taking you through some lip smacking, visual treats, enough to make you feel famished and yearn for more.

After we spent some wonderful time basking in the glory of the Notre Dame and clicking pictures we decided to walk across the Seine over the bridge to some cul-de-sacs.
 
We had some time before getting on board the evening cruise on the Seine and hence thought it would be a great way to initiate ourselves into the Parisien culture. We found some nice memoirs and curio shops where we picked a few things as we kept walking down the cobbled streets in this area.
There were some Asian restaurants serving Indian cuisine, some Greek, some Middle Eastern restaurants serving the usual ‘doner’ and ‘shawermas’.
 
 
 
We then stumbled across this shop where there was a long queue for buying gelatos and I immediately wanted to get in there and my family was also equally delighted to go in.
 
IF YOU ARE IN PARIS, you MUST and I INSIST you MUST visit the ‘Amorino- Gelato Al Naturelle’.  With over 50 shops in France and 20 of them in Paris you will find it difficult to miss one. We visited the one on 16, Rue De la Huchette, across the Seine and a 5 minute walk from the Notre Dame. Especially on days when you have been walking around and tired, this is one place where you can just spend a good 30 minutes and get those batteries re-charged
 
Can you see the people in a queue behind the door?
Well, let us begin with their renowned gelatos. Served in cups and waffle cones, they are a sheer treat to the tired senses! Absolutely delicious ice-cream, presented like a pretty flower in the waffle cone with a center round scoop and then 'petals' made from a spade-like scoop. Each petal can be a different flavour, if you so wish.
 
 
Some of the favourites that I could assess from the people in the queue were Pistachio, Chocolate Orange, Caramel 'au beurre et sel', Tahitian Vanilla and Equatorial Dark Chocolate. The gelato doesn’t come cheap however one just can’t have enough of it.
 
They also offer some amazing waffles; we had ordered for a Waffle with chocolate but were served with crepes. No regrets though, every bite a sheer delight.  They serve Crepes with Caramel, Crepe with Chocolate and Crepe with Ice cream and I am sure each one outdoing the other.

 
What caught my fancy were macaroons with ice-cream. It was rather late and I just did not feel like ordering one as I had my fill. Macaroons with Ice cream- Mango sorbet, Pistachio in between the macaroons was something I had never tasted although I had tasted Laduree and Fauchon macaroons, I thought I would keep it for my next visit to Amorino, which eventually never happened. I had a learning here, if you yearn for something, go for it. Don’t keep it for later, who knows, you may never get there again. Don’t deny yourself of this DIVINE experience.
 
They serve some delicious Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino and Americano Espresso here as well. My only regret is that we visited it JUST once…As they say, keep pining and some day we shall get there...
 
 
 

2 comments:

Soumabha said...

Excellent post Prashant !! Really highlights Paris from the foodie point of view.

Prashant Rao said...

Thank you ....Soumabha...