Ice-cream

• Pierre Marcolini launches dip-your-own choc ice bars

  

  At this time of year (or any other, not to think of it) we can NEVER get enough ice cream - and we're liking the look of these new creations from Pierre Marcolini.

  They're his Esquimau choc ice bar, and you'll be able to pick from a choice of six ice creams or sorbets  - Vanilla, Chocolate, Caramel, White sesame, Mango, Raspberry. But that's not it, of course, as you'll then get to dip your ice cream bar in one of

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• Unico's Italian gelato comes to Notting Hill, and it'll be available as vegan

  

  Vegans rejoice - a new Italian delicatessen called Unico is coming to Notting Hill, and there'll be animal-free versions of everything on the menu. including lots of gelato.

  After opening a tremendously popular

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• Ice cream for breakfast on Portobello Road with Four Winters

  

  What: Four Winters

  In a nutshell: Liquid nitrogen ice-cream with cereal, granola and mango yoghurt for breakfast

  Summing it all up: Those after a sugary way to start their day can now have a frozen sweet treat at Four Winters’ newest venue on Portobello road.

• Four Winters opens a nitro ice cream bar in Soho with mince pie ice cream

  

  How can you make opening an ice cream parlour feel festive when it’s this dreary outside? By creating a mince pie flavour of course. That’s according to Four Winters, who’ve just opened a new liquid nitrogen ice cream shop in Soho.

  The ‘Mince Pice Cream’ comes with chunks of with said pies mixed through the ice cream, which has been frozen at -196c thanks to the power of liquid nitrogen.Then

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• Vico launches a Panettone & Gelato menu for Christmas

  

  As the Christmas season is well and truly with us, you can't help but notice that panettones are starting to fill the shops. And going one step further, Vico has launched the Panettone & Gelato menu - all paired with warm drinks in case it's a little bit too cold outside.

  On the menu is: 

  • Panettone with Gelato: mini panettone filled with your choice of 2 gelati (recommended
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• Gelupo launch a Michelin gelato range with Roux, Koffmann and more

  

  We're pretty partial to a scoop or two of Gelupo ice-cream so we're quite taken with their latest wheeze. To tie in with the launch of the new Michelin guide they've come up with a special collaboration - seven gelato collaborations with seven Michelin-starred chefs. Each flavour ties in with the kind of dishes you'd find at their restaurants. And they are:

  • ‘Dr Henderson’ (an unusual blend of Fernet-Branca and crème de menthe) from Fergus
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• Milk Train Cafe are doing a candyfloss soft serve in Covent Garden

  

  When they say a picture's worth a thousand words this one really is. I mean soft serve ice-cream on top of a cloud of candy floss, what more is there to say?

  This new ice-cream spot in Covent Garden is brought to you by the couple who did Nice Ice shaved Japanese ice. They're serving up three types of soft serve - vanilla, matcha and hojicha (green tea). Oh and they're putting it on a whole heap of candyfloss.

  Milk Train Cafe is open at 44 Bedford

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• New ice cream to try in London this summer

  We really never the excuse of good weather to point us to some of the best ice creams in town. So whatever the temperature, here's are some of the new ice cream treats you should be trying this summer.

• Ruby Violet ice cream parlour is coming to King's Cross

  

  Summer is nearly here, so it seems the right time to be announcing the opening of a new ice-cream parlour. Popular Tufnell park ice-cream purveyors Ruby Violet are going to be opening their second place in King's Cross later this month.

  The new parlour and cafe will be in the Midland Goods Shed, just off Granary Square. As with their first shop, the fittings and furniture have come from around the world. The centre of the cafe will feature a huge slab of wood

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• Four Winters liquid nitrogen ice-cream parlour is opening on Gloucester Road

  

  It's officially Spring, so what better time to open a liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour? Four Winters is an ice-cream company with its roots in Jordan. They're bringing their high tech take on ice-cream to Gloucester Road with their first London parlour opening in April.

  If you've ever tried this kind of ice-cream, made while you wait (maybe at Camden's Chin Chin Labs), it's incredibly smooth. Four Winters have some rather lovely flavours planned

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• Blu Top ice-cream sandwiches pop up at Bread Street Kitchen for August

  

  This? Oh it's just a Bourbon Whiskey Old Fashioned ice-cream sandwich. Yep, thought that might get your interest up. It's just one of the ice-cream sarnies appearing on the menu at City spot Bread Street Kitchen as a result of a month-long residency by Blu Top.

  The ice-cream specialists will be featuring weekly specials on the dessert menu at BSK throughout August - other delights could be Brown Toast and Jam, Coffee and Donuts with the cookie sandwiches ranging from

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