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| - Just happened to be in Toronto the other day doing classic tourist-y things downtown and after a quick bite to eat the primal need for dessert bubbled up within all of us. Being the warm summery day it was, ice cream was the perfect choice, and it's a good thing it was because after not too much of a walk we bumped into Lick it Gelato up on the water!
It's a small little ice cream parlor that has maybe 10 different flavors that rotate daily along with coffee and some small desserts, and it just so happened that we all opted for gelato. We got Lemon, Lemon Basil, Strawberry, Chocolate Hazelnut, and Salted Caramel and some had some really big wow factors. The lemon basil was especially awesome. So, so delicious. You got the vibrancy from the citrus but also that perfect bit of basil to add a perfect savory element. If only there was shortbread with it it would've been the most perfect cold sweet I've had in awhile. I probably finished it faster than any of my friends finished theirs.
That said, there was one big disappointment for me - specifically the Strawberry gelato. I don't know what they used to make it, but it just tasted fake. Strawberries are in season right now and maybe that's why it was so shocking when I tasted it and got this extreme burst of artificial flavor. It just was not what I was expecting at all.
Unfortunately because of this dubiousness stuck in my mind, it forces me to question how many other flavors may also be artificial - in the counter they also had grape and watermelon and somehow I have nothing but a big question in my mind about those after trying the strawberry gelato.
The lemon basil was delicious though so I think so long as you go with a citrus or a flavor that doesn't have other fruit flavors (like chocolate hazelnut!), you'll probably be OK!
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