Caramia

After that heavy dinner, we turned to Caramia for ice cream dessert, which was just across from Holy Cow.  Well, a correction is in order--we had gelato, not ice cream!  This Italian dessert is slightly different, for gelato is made with milk, not cream, and as such, air bubbles are minimized.  The resulting texture as the gelato melts is more like milk than the frothy leftover of ice cream.  I understand that the chain makes gelato in smaller batches, and keeps the frozen temperature at -14 degrees Centigrade, as opposed to the rock-hard temperatures needed for ice cream (much lower at -30 degrees Centrigrade).  Several flavors drew the attention of the kids--hazelnut, pistachio and lychee!

Cones are pretty reasonably priced at around P75 per scoop.  One can also elect to have the gelato sans the cone, which is exactly what Andrea had.

The gelateria also creates gelato cakes!  Yes, the cakes shown above are all frozen gelato, and look oh so yummy!  This is something that I haven't seen since the days of the Magnolia plant along Aurora Boulevard.  I didn't inquire, but I would surmise that they have dry ice to pack the cakes too.  Not bad at P700-P900 per cake.