Grom Grom, a gelato shop from Italy, has two location in NY. The flavors are so interesting, stuff like Zabaione, Fiordilatte, Malaga, Cassata Siciliana, etc. (Sorry for the horrid picture.)
Between the four of us (Tim, Melinda, me, and Lon), we ordered Pistachio, Hazelnut, Pannetone, and a dark hot chocolate. At first, I though the prices were quite steep ($4.75 for a small cup), but after tasting, I can appreciate the price. They really use good ingredients (see more info on their site). The pistachio was the most natural I’ve tasted. The Pannetone really tasted like that sweet holiday bread. They were all rich, packed with real flavor, and overall, the closest to actual Gelato we’ve had in New York. But, we still have one major complaint. Most of them were so excessively sweet, not just to me, but for Lon too. As much as he liked the Pannetone, less than half was eaten. Seeing as how they have locations all over Italy, we’ve been wondering if they make sweeter version for their US (only NY so far) locations?
Aside, the dark hot chocolate was like pure liquid chocolate and good for two sips but just too thick and heavy for anyone to continue. We did discover another use for it though, chocolate sauce. The bitterness cuts the overly sweet gelato nicely. Still, less than half was finished so I’m not sure it’s worth the $5.
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mm gelato!
and ooh, jessica, i just saw your comment about the egg tart (dan-ta).. i actually was trying to make that first for my family because i remembered my brother loving it when we were in taiwan a few years ago (when they were all the craze), but my mom said not to because the fam didn’t like the egg tarts then all that much… so i decided to do coconut tarts.
i don’t have a recipe for egg tarts, unfortunately, although there appear to be a few floating around online. however, people have way different opinions on those (esp. about the tart pastry), so i think i’ll abstain from making those right now
if you do make them, please tell me how to achieve that perfectly flaky crust! i think it might have to do with a shortdough kinda crust?
Pearl, I love egg tarts but Lon doesn’t so I haven’t tried making them yet. I will eventually though.
I wish Grom had a smaller portion size available (I often feel that way about desserts). I often want to get some, but don’t want to spend that much or eat that much – just a little bit to satisfy the craving.
I keep having these weird deja vu moments on this blog! I had a taste for pannetone today, but I made pistachio biscotti instead!
That gelato looks mighty tasty.
Emily, the small at Grom looked pretty small but it’s rich so after eating it, I realized I could really do with less.
Dr. Food, hungry minds think alike.