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I've been making Town Square mall my new home this trip thanks to the super cheap matinee movie tickets and fantastic end of season clothing sales. Amorino caught my eye as I made my rounds, and all the positive Yelp reviews secured its spot on the must try list. It's a little kiosk near the mall's center that virtually looks like all the others from the outside. Inside, it's got a warm elegant decor like I'd expect an Italian gelato store to have.
What makes this experience memorable is simply how effing fantastic the gelato is. It's cruel that a small, which gives you MAYBE 2-3 ounces of gelato costs $5.50. But when the flavors hit your tongue, you understand why they gouge your wallet. The creamy soft flavors of the pistachio and speculoos took it home for me. The Alphonso mango is a creamier, gentler version of the Talenti one, but pretty close all in all. Passion fruit was good, but not a knockout, which doesn't surprise me in the least since passion fruit is a tricky flavor to master. And the blood orange and tangerine one whose Italian name is too hard to remember, is shockingly tart, even for my citrus loving taste buds.
However, the dance of flavors on your tongue while you lounge outside under the umbrella covered tables and chairs near the aerial misting system, despite being a far too short minute in heaven, is an unforgettable one.
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