This weekend was Q, which meant off to Quench. I know Quench as somewhere to get good gelato in Gasworks. It may be for other food as well, but that isn’t important.
Quench is part of The Standard Market. There is also a patisserie attached to this and the Standard Market itself. Not talking any more about the Standard Market.
Let’s talk about the most decadent neapolitan gelati I could think of.
I had been told that quench had one of, if not the very, the best vegan chocolate gelato that there was, in Brisbane at least. This is why Q was Quench. I had been here before and deliberately not gotten it so that I could get it on Saturday for the first time. I believe my initial visit is in my Italian Street Food entry. Which will be on facebook somewhere, if not here.
I got a sample.
Before it even hit my lips I could taste the chocolate in the air. Then I put the spoon in my mouth. This was definitely good chocolate. It’s certainly the best vegan chocolate gelato I have ever had, and now I feel compelled to actively seek out others to find out. It was almost like having chocolate crackles without the crackle, or the sweet cloying aftertaste, that I really do love. I felt a little like I was tasting a good wine or a good coffee, letting it swirl around my mouth, discovering the the myriad of flavours, ok the lack of myriad of anything except chocolate.
That’s it, it was like eating unsullied chocolate, but in a good way. No surprise lumps of ice, which I have had in both ice cream and gelato, no hint of sugar or syrup, no odd milky flavour. Just chocolate.
Chocolate is sometimes better with other things. Caramel, chili, ham, freeze dried mandarins, silkworms and peanuts, are all things I have found chocolate is normally enhanced by. Especially silkworms. So as I looked around the many tubs of gelato, wondering what would go best with this magnificent flavour, I spotted french vanilla. YES
I have a plan.
To the chocolate I added French vanilla and strawberry. This was the most the most decadent neapolitan I have ever had.
The french vanilla was also good, but not raving on about it for ages good, as was the strawberry. Both combined on their own, ie sans chocolate, were beautiful. A wonderful creamy pairing, with a slightly tart aftertaste. Just enough tart, mind you, not too much. I had to eat a bit of both of these to get to a point where I could finally merge all three flavours.
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The french vanilla and strawberry, on it’s own, is a beautiful combination. It makes your mouth smile on the inside as well as the outside. It makes your tongue roll about your mouth lazily, like it is stretching and writhing over smooth sheets. Smooth vanilla and strawberry flavoured sheets. Now let’s move away from your sheets. Chocolate is not a happy sheet thing.
French Vanilla, Strawberry and Vegan Chocolate however is a mouthquake of the best kind. The three flavours swirl around your mouth in a sweet symphony sung by syrup sirens of seductive swirliness. My mouth vibrated with delight. Even now my mouth is thrown back into the throes of passion as the three flavours slowly left my palate.
I am aware not everyone has this reaction to flavours. I do, this is why I am sharing.
Where was I…
I eventually, after too few blissful mouthfuls of the three flavours, was left with just the chocolate. While the three flavours combined were amazing, to me at least. Just being left with the chocolate was still a great ending to this. It didn’t take long before the chocolate flavour dominated my mouth and I was enjoying swirling it around, and tasting the unsullied chocolate flavours.
I have just realised, thanks to word count, I have written about six hundred and fifty words about a triple scoop gelato cup. Yes, yes it was that good. If you wish to try, please do not go in thinking you are going to be blown away. Please go in thinking, I am going to try something that is ok.
It’ll be better that way.
Next weekend it is my birthday. As you can guess, there will be a lot of eating happening during the weekend.
I will tell you all the best bits.
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