Since moving from London in March 2011, we have been on quite a few day trips and have sampled the delights of ice cream in quite a few places before I decided to write this blog.
Most notably we visited Millport (Isle of Cumbrae) last May and enjoyed a vanilla ice at the Ritz Café. Sadly this beautiful old establishment has closed due to the proprietors retiring and not being able to find a buyer. Luigi and Angela Giorgetti were the fourth generation of their family to run the café and it is really sad to see this end, but I believe they tried really hard over a long period of time to find a buyer.
We have also been to the following Italian family caffés:
Nardini's, Largs
Equi's, Drumsagard
Queens Cafe, Queens Park, Glasgow (Ginesi's)
Coia's, Duke Street, Glasgow
The Capocci Man, Hamilton
The University Café, Byers Road, Glasgow
Nardini's, Byers Road, Glasgow
We taken home ice cream from
Dino's, Cambuslang
Luca's, Morningside, Edinburgh
We've had ice cream from:
Crolla of Polmadie, Glasgow at a concession stand at the Livingston Designer Outlet
We've bought the following ice cream in Supermarkets:
Porelli of Paisley
Equi's of Hamilton
Sounds like a lot but there are plenty more still to try and, as most of the ones we have tried already are close to where we live, we will be back for more!
I'm going to try and be more organised and blog whenever we visit a new place or revisit somewhere. My sister already thinks I am a bit of an ice-cream geek so I thought I would prove her right!
I have noticed that most people seem to prefer the ice cream that they know from their childhood and I am no different. My favourite so far is Nardini's but I am looking forward to revisiting Cavanni's in Saltcoats. I am hoping that Gonella's is still there too.
Martin is a newcomer both to Scotland and to Scottish Ice Cream but is showing definite preferences for our local places: Equi's and Dino's.
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