Joy at the gelati festival on Lygon Street

We had a wonderful time at the Gelati Festival in Lygon Street yesterday morning.  The vendors were very generous and so we tasted nearly all the competition entries.  For $10 you could have 3 tiny cones and 2 cups... a lot more ice-cream that even the Celebrity Ice-cream Critics eat (and we eat a lot of ice-cream)!

Our favourites were (using initials for anonymity):
M - salted caramel with macadamia nuts
C - fig and mascapone
F - coffee and roasted candied almonds (strong, not too sweet, plus crunch)
R - passionfruit pavlova (light fluffy elegance)

Lots of spoons from all the tastings (no, we are not trying to dress like twins and don't always go out in the same colours - we were in a rush getting ready... he he...):

This was the roasted almonds and coffee from Enmore in Sydney

Rich chocolate:

We realised that you really need to pace yourself when it comes to ice-cream... In summer the Celebrity Ice-cream Critics have been known to eat ice-cream twice a day (after lunch and after dinner).  However we found that after we had tried 5 or 6 ice-creams, it was hard to like them... they just seemed super sweet.  I suppose it is similar to a wine tasting... you can get palate overload...  Perhaps we need water with a dash of lemon or lime between tastings to cleanse our palate!

Nevertheless... we have one voucher left, so might go back today for another tub of deliciousness!