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Since we arrived in Thailand in December, Brenda has been craving some plant-based ice cream. We both remember a stand here in Chiang Mai that we frequented in the past, but to date we've been unable to find it. Thanks Covid.

Undaunted, Brenda continued to search and, on Sunday she found Chiang Mai Craft Ice Cream, a cremerie that offers one hundred different flavours of ice cream with fifty of them being vegan!

Choosing which ones to order was a daunting task, but was made slightly easier by eliminating some of the quirkier flavours like fish sauce, durian and salted egg, khao soi, CMU cheese, Japanese pumpkin, wasabi, corn, and avocado wild honey.

We chose four flavours and were offered a fifth one for free: Ferrero Rocher, mango & sticky rice, macadamia and caramel, young coconut and cappuccino. All were coconut milk based and four of the five were knock-your-socks-off good. The only exception was the mango & sticky rice which, surprisingly, was not very flavorful.

The five scoops arrived at our table in individual wooden bowls and beautifully presented. The Ferrero Rocher even had gold leaf sprinkled on top to replicate the original's wrapper.

Upon leaving we vowed to return to sample many more of the available flavours. Fortunately, the shop is a 2.5 km walk from our condo each way and we're only here for another 14 days, so my waistline shouldn't expand too much.Читать далее