Italian ice cream
Italian ice cream is easily the best in the world and
the Italian's passion for eating it competes with their passion for drinking
coffee, or perhaps their passion for living life to the full.
 After
dinner the best ice cream establishments often have long queues, the
colourful contents of the displays being scooped onto a cornet or a tub.
And the Italian's don't consider ice cream to be for kids
only, with people of all ages and all walks of life strolling along with
ice cream in hand.
Our favourite ice cream parlour in Turin, and later confirmed
to us by Torinese friends as probably the city's best, is Caffé
Fiorio on Via Po, 8, which dates back to 1780 and was renowned
for being the regular haunt of politicians and aristocrats.
Although it is difficult to go wrong with ice cream, the
ice cream from Caffé Fiorio just seems to be that little
bit extra special, although you're unlikely to encounter a really bad
ice cream in Turin.
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Caffé Fiorio is on Via
Po
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Its speciality is gianduia, an ice cream made of
hazelnut chocolate, which is perhaps a little too rich for some people's
tastes. Caffé Fiorio's ice cream success owes itself to
still secret recipes, although the owner admits that only free range
eggs are used, all fruit juice is squeezed on the premises and the ice
creams are made in a 30 year old Carpigiani Cattabriga machine.
In the winter months Caffé Fiorio also serves
hot chocolate.
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