Culinaire #10:3 (July-August 2021)

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Ice Cream BY ADRIANNE LOVRIC

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Abbey's Creations

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ith its base of simple ingredients, ice cream is the ultimate vehicle for visiting flavour town. This summer, local ice cream shops are busting out internationally inspired flavours and takes on a perennial favourite treat to beat the heat. Whether as part of a journey, or as the destination itself, prepare to cross several international borders via some of the more unique ice cream experiences Alberta has to offer. Abbey’s Creations Abbey’s Creations, in Calgary’s Bowness, will challenge customers to choose just one of the exotic flavours made from scratch by co-owner, Abbey Claro. Since May 2020, Claro has been introducing Calgarians to traditional Filipino flavours as well as her own delicious flavour combinations. With at least 32 flavours, be sure to try the top-selling Ube Queso, Halo-Halo, or Sans Rival. Or indulge in other globally inspired flavours like Tahini Grilled Coconut or Eastern Slopes Honey with Persian saffron. Be sure to try

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Abbey’s July collaboration with Prairie Berries’ saskatoon pie filling. Yelo’d Edmonton’s Yelo’d has been creating Asian fusion ice cream and desserts since 2018. Their Whyte Avenue shop’s soft serve is a taste of home for Filipino customers and a way to introduce new flavours to a community unfamiliar with Filipino flavours. Try the best-selling Champorado - a warm, semisweet rice pudding topped with the popular ube ice cream or one of the other three soft serve flavours. For a unique take on an ice cream sandwich, a Tustado combines ice cream and a toasted pandesal bun. Yelo’d hard ice cream is available out of their scoop trucks, Sosyal. Don’t miss the queso ice cream, which combines a mascarpone base with ube cake. Canelo’s Say ‘hola’ to ice cream with a Mexicaninspired twist. Kids are the focus at Canelo’s, but this spot tucked in the Calgary community of Killarney is fun for the whole family. With 12 flavours

of Foothills hard ice cream, 24 flavours of vegan soft serve, signature ice cream tacos - yes, ice cream tacos - and a choice of free unlimited toppings from the candy bar, Canelo’s has everything an ice cream lover could want. The shop includes a built in step for kids to check out the scooping action, and lactose-free and vegan options as well as gluten-free cones will satisfy most dietary restrictions. Free mini cones for kids two and under, and for dogs! Tsujiri With locations in both Edmonton and Calgary, Tsujiri’s creations range from traditional matcha to modern tea-related floats and parfaits. The shop’s two soft ice cream flavours are matcha, a high quality stone mill ground green tea powder; and houjicha, a roasted green tea. For a unique experience, try the Tsujiri parfait, which contains sweetened azuki (red bean), a popular Japanese dessert component. It also has genmai (roasted brown rice), warabimochi (a special jelly-like mochi made from bracken starch that is then coated in roasted soybean), and a monaka wafer (made from mochi). Noto Gelato Using spatulas instead of scoops, Noto brings the authenticity of Italian gelato to Calgary. Their 15 to 20 flavours of


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