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Dolce Amore
by MIJUNE on JULY 17, 2010 ·
Dolce Amore is a popular gelato shop on Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Commercial Drive is notorious for it’s Italian population so there’s a handful of gelato places located on the drive. Dolce Amore is definitely the local favourite on the strip and it’s one of the better gelato shops in Vancouver. It’s family owned and it keeps a loyal clientele. On this occasion I came with Kim, who is also to thank for the photos.
Honestly, it was my first time coming to Dolce Amore and it’s really hard to appreciate it especially after having Bella Gelateria. I understand that people love it and it is really good, but when you’ve had the best than everything else just seems… well mediocre, or simply not as good as it could be. Gelato is one of my favourite desserts, I can have it any time of day, but while eating my Dolce Amore gelato I just kept thinking to myself “it’s not the same,” or I kept comparing it back to Bella Gelateria. Dolce Amore is still very good, but there is better in Vancouver. For a casual gelato shop it does the job fine, but it’s not my first choice for gelato.
The sorbets were made with fresh fruits, but they’re just not as fresh as places like Bella Gelateria or Dolce Gelato in White Rock. Those ones are local fruits and so natural. Just by looking at the colour you can tell how much fresh fruit a gelato place is using in their sorbets. The ones here is still a bit ‘watered down’ and not as pure in fresh fruit flavour.
They have a nice selection of gelato and they were all pretty good. They have a quick turn over with a steady clientele so there’s a constant enough rotation that the gelatos are still very fresh. For gelato, I think it’s very reasonably priced and the scoops are quite generous. You can also get half litres, litres, and buckets to go.
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Bachelorette Jillian Harris: Hot Dog Theory & Juicy Tidbits
by erinireland on May 5, 2010
[Television host by day, foodie by night, Erin Ireland is the lover of cuisine who aspires to spend the rest of her life eating food that is to die for. Erin writes the food blog it's to die 4.]
‘The Bachelorette’ Jillian Harris’ perfect white teeth reminded me it was time for a batch of Crest Whitestrips. They were glowing, as was the petite bride-to-be, who is currently living in Chicago with her fiancé Ed.
During her FMA interview with correspondent and ex-boyfriend Kirk Renard, Jillian joked about ‘the hotdog diet’ being the secret to her tiny 101-pound frame. On ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’, she theorized about dog toppings and what each reveals about a man. Her musings nearly became available in the form of an iPhone app.
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Market by Jean-Georges: Sensual Dessert
by erinireland on May 4, 2010
Beware of Croatian farmers markets. Eleven kuna (two Canadian dollars) is the price one old hustler tried to extort from my near empty backpacker pockets for a single banana. Savvy in the fresh fruit department, I scoffed at her demand and continued on in search of an honest merchant.
Vancouver’s Market by Jean-Georges, located in the Shangri-La Hotel at 1128 West Georgia Street, is costly like that banana, but creations by the three-star Michelin chef are worth the green.
Don’t you love extra chilled prawns? …almost as if they were thrown into the freezer for five. They become seriously refreshing and somewhat firmer, yet retain their extraordinary succulence, especially when drenched in a whipped avocado champagne dressing and dusted with paprika, as shown below. ’More prawns, please?’ The two chilly crustaceans were not enough.
