Gelato?

To those who have never heard of it….it sounds sooo foreign.

Well yup, Gelato is invented in Italy

Gelato

an Italian ice cream with almost no air and thereby denser than other ice creams

Webster’s New Millennium™ Dictionary of English

Alright, to make things sound simple, Gelato is the Itallian version of ice-cream.

But it is different from conventional ice cream in terms of fat content and density

If you can read the words in the picture below, the last two paragraph in the blue area says:

Gelato contains only 10% butterfat compared to ice cream’s typical 18% to 26% butterfat content. Premium and super premium ice creams contain an even higher percentage. Less fat means gelato has more flavour compared to ice cream as additional fat in ice cream coats the tongue which dulls the flavour.

Density or ‘overrun is the air which is incorporated into gelato during the churning process. Although air is not added into gelato, it makes up of 25% of the total end product. Ice cream however has air pumped into it during the churning process as much as 50% to even 100% to increase the quantity of the end product but at the same time it produces a lower quality product.

taken from maxim cake house

okok….makes you sleepy with those lengthy meaning?

Then let your eyes (or mouth :P ) drool over these yummy looking Gelatos!!! By the way, all photos are taken from MAXIM CAKE HOUSE which is located in Pulau Tikus, just after Bellisa Row.

 

There’s like 39 flavours to choose from…YES, 39 (i think there’s more than that as some on displayed is not in the list)!!!!….so imagine how long it took for us to make up our mind!!!! All of them looked so tempting…feels like seeing "come, pick meee…you’ll love it" written all over them!!!

She finally decided to pick…..

Chocolato Gocco

and…

Wild Rose

If you fancy some gelato instead of the usual fattening ice cream but feels gelato is just too expensive in places like Lecka-Lecka,etc., then head on the Maxim to get your dose of gelato for only RM 3 per scoop and Rm 3.50 for the Nuovo and certain sorbet types. What’s sorbet (pronouced as "sore-bay")??

Sorbet is a no milk, no fat alternative to gelato and consists mainly of fruits. Sorbet is different compared to sherbet or granita (ice). Sherbet originates from France and contains milk whereas granita (ice) has an icy texture. Sorbet iare popular with citrus fruits due to its refreshing taste.

taken from maxim cake house

 

Well Maxim is a Cake House so of course they do sell cakes and pastries just like other bakeries do.

The variety of cakes and the designs is really an eye-candy (and great for photos too with all the colours involved!)

And I didn’t know I was not suppose to take photos of the pastries and breads till I snapped one and was commented by one of the worker. Hey, I’m giving your shop a free publicity!! Isn’t it good? And I didn’t even ask for any favours :P

After 8pm or so, the is a 15% discounts for all the pastries and breads.

Now you have a better idea what gelato is?? Then heed the advise from the poster above which says:

"Why are you still reading? Gelato is only 2ft away!"

ermmm…although not 2ft from the computer you are reading this….but for those in Penang, pulau tikus is not that far right???… hehehe