This joint BOHO GELATO is pretty new on the block (the block in question being Pool Valley, Brighton) but I already have a pretty strong feeling that it's here to stay. I certainly hope so, at least.
We're talking about real Italian-style gelato (similar to regular ice-cream, but made with less sugar, less butterfat, and non-fat milk) pain-stakingly mixed on the premises in a wide range of surprising and totally intriguing flavours.
One of the best things about gelato, as opposed to standard ice-cream, is that it has a much lower freezing temperature... essentially meaning, no more bogus gritty ice crystals in your scoop. This is a smooth, creamy ride all the way down man.
Somewhere in the world, a child ditches their plain old cone in disgust over it's high freezing temperature. Meanwhile, two Italian food scientists high-five each other and open a bottle of wine.
Yep, that's "birthday cake" flavour up in the background there. Fun, right? While you choose which gelato is right for you, the staff play pounding electro music and tense up their shoulders, ready to spring into action at your command. The whole process is steeped in freshly-squeezed-undiluted-funness at every opportunity. Check out the fixin's on offer!
There's a real Willy Wonka vibe prevailing throughout. People totter around the shop, unashamedly pointing at different brightly coloured confections and clapping their hands.
If you really feel like going full-pelt, they even give you the option of these chocolate dipped cones, which I can highly condone due to the added crunch factor.
However, in amongst all of this child-like frivolity, I happened to spot this incongruous piece of definitive adulthood.
Oh booyah.
Mojito gelato. It's so right, it even rhymes. We chatted to the counter-dude a little, and he revealed this is not just a kind of minty-limey flavour combination, but actual mojito mix. He would not say whether there was any real alcohol in there... you'd assume not because they didn't ask me for ID, but then again I'm certainly not as fresh-faced as I once was.
Yeah that's right, I ordered a scoop of Mojito in a chocolate dipped cone.
TO HELL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.
Speaking of consequences, the only one that I was aware of was a gigantic increase in delicious in the immediate area of my mouth. Oh man, it was so good.
I'm sure I could taste white rum in there, but it may have been psychosematic.
They fill those cones all the way to the bottom too, so you really get a lot of bang for your buck.
All I can say is: "highly recommended".
Let's start a write-in campaign for them to introduce "Double Vodka" as their next flavour sensation!
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