Although we’re firm believers that ice cream is acceptable in any season and any day of the year, there’s no denying that it’s especially tempting in the winter months. So, we’ve listed five of the city’s coolest ice cream parlours so you can make a delicious Sundae of it!
1. Cold Stone Creamery
This place is the ultimate treat: not only are there a ton of quirky flavours to choose from like cake batter, marshmallow and peanut butter, for example, their specialty is how they make delicious unique combinations of flavours, sprinkles and syrup. Check out their menu for their signature creations or if you’re feeling extra creative, you could always give it a go yourself. The servers are also super entertaining to watch as they pretty much put on a show whilst scooping your ice cream. Our favourite is Birthday Cake Remix and yes, it tastes as good as it sounds!
2. Massimo’s Gelato, across Dubai
What’s better than some good ol’ creamy yet light Italian gelato? Massimo is the real deal. What started as an Italian gelato shop in the Mall of the Emirates has now expanded into a full-fledged Italian restaurant with three outlets across Dubai. Here, you won’t find anything OTT or crazy; the yummy flavours that are handmade from fresh ingredients flown in from Italy are left to do all the talkin; dark chocolate sorbet (our fave), tiramisu, pistachio, lemon and strawberry sorbets, milk and berries and traditional Stracciatella prove that simple is terrific.
3. Mr. Frost Ice Cream Rolls
Scooped ice cream is all well and good, but have you ever tried Thai-style rolled ice cream? It’s visually satisfying – watching liquid ice cream being poured onto a freezing cold (-35°C) steel surface and crystallizing into creamy rolls of ice cream instantly is a sight for sore eyes. Is it equally satisfying taste-wise? Y.E.S. The staff at Mr Frost’s always goes the extra mile and adds some whipped cream and toppings of your choice to your ice cream order. You’ve got to try this type of ice cream at least once!
4. Ice Cream Lab
Molecular gastronomy, but make it ice cream with a dash of science experiment decor. The concept at this ice cream haven in Dubai Mall is simple, use science to make yummy things. Liquid nitrogen is used to flash-freeze ice cream and the result is creamy melt-in-your-mouth goodness. Their Lava Mud Chocolate Crunch and Lotus Experiments are longstanding best-sellers for a reason.
5. Unicorn Vibes Cafe, Wasl Vita Jumeirah
As with anything including the word unicorn in it, you can definitely expect lots of pink and purple, plenty of sparkles and an overall princess-y vibe, this is the royal treat every little girl and every adult deserves this summer. This is the place to come if you want to polish up your Instagram with some colourful snaps and whichever unicorn-themed ice cream you end up getting. When it’s 40 degrees plus outside, we could all use some unicorn (ice cream) magic in our life.
Also published on Medium.