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| - As my taxi took me from the airport to my hotel in Vieux Montreal we passed Les Glaceurs. As sweat dripped down my back I knew the first thing I wanted to do after dropping off my luggage was to find my way back here for a scoop of ice cream. I didn't know they were also a cupcake shop, and spent a few tormented moments once I arrived debating between the beautiful sweets (specifically the Coco-Lime, Thé Vert, and Choco-Menthe) and the luscious looking ice cream options (including a triple berry sorbet and some cake-y, caramel-y flavor too that I'm STILL thinking about). In the end I settled for one scoop of pistachio on a sugar cone dipped in chocolate (FYI: despite being in a queue of all French-speakers, I ordered in English, and had no problems)... and it was perfect in every way possible. The pistachio wasn't in it's "traditional" green state, but a blissful white. It was super chunky with pistachio nuts, and had both that sweet and moderately salty flavor that was perfect on such a hot day. It also tasted even more fabulous once I hit that chocolate, crunchy cone part!
I will mention that the queue was enormous; and, the more people that joined it, the more frazzled the girls behind the counter seemed. Still, despite being obviously rushed, they were super efficient!
I had planned on going back each day that I was in Montreal, because I really needed to bust through a couple of those cupcakes; alas, I didn't have the time. When I'm back though, I've got a date with some of those baked goods for sure!
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