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When
was the last time you ate something that made time stop and took you
back to your childhood? Berthillon in Paris is a dreamy ice cream shop
on the Isle St Louis that will do just that...They make the World’s best hot
fudge sundae, period!
There are so many choices of ice cream and sorbets,
that are all freshly made in-house. The ice cream case is filled with
colors and texture like a Tiffany’s jewelry case without the armed guard.
Most well-heeled patrons can hardly decide, pointing, discussing and
trying small spoonfuls. Not me.
I always have Tahitian Vanilla, full of
tiny crunchy seeds and I always have three "boules." Next comes the
chocolate sauce, Valhrona of course, just the right temperature, not
too hot just perfectly warm, served with a small pot filled with extra
sauce. The whipped cream is from Normandy and piped onto the sundae by a
bright red, hand-operated, vintage cream dispenser that makes a perfect
but not too perfect rosette on the top.
Yes, I will have nuts, why
would anyone miss the beautiful fragrant, lightly toasted walnuts from
Perigord, so fresh and intense in flavor? The crowning jewel to top
this magical creation is a sour cherry (gironde) that they preserve “in
house” when they are in season from the South of France. As I sit in
the middle of a swirlingly busy salon I feel like I am on a deserted
island surround by a quiet morning fog, just me and this incredibly
perfect hot fudge sundae.
Oh sure, they make other toppings, sour
cherry sauce and caramel sauce but I can’t get past the chocolate, I
mean to, but I haven’t yet....
Brenda Athanus runs a small gourmet food shop in Belgrade Lakes, Maine with her sister Tanya called the Green Spot.
The Green Spot
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