Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Geneva, down one, almost out one

Gelatomania in Geneva at 11:45. I order a small cup with passion (passion fruit), it was okay but too sweet. My second flavor was ananas basilic (pineapple and basil), the first bite was interesting and the second disgusting.
Jim ordered noisette (hazelnut) which on its own is pretty good. Mixed with calypso, it is terrible. Calypso is shrimp. Shrimp flavored gelato, with chunks of actual shrimp. When he ordered it the girl asked if he knew what it was, when she told him he stuck to the rules and got it. Did I mention calypso is shrimp?

On to Lausanne now.

Gelatomania '08

The rules are simple. We start in Geneva, then on to Laussane, Bern, Luzern, Zug and ending in Zurich. In each city we are to order at least two flavors of gelato at the store of our choosing. You can only eat each kind of flavor once, I am saving caramel for Luzern it had the best so far. Also, variations on a theme (cafe, espresso, cappuccino, etc.) count as the same flavor and therefore can only be had at one stop. When looking over the choices you are not allowed to ask what it is or look it up on the Internet via BlackBerry. No test bites, either, you get what you get.

Game on.