PrintSugar Rush: Ice Cream at Jacques Torres
Wicked chocolate, banana rum sorbet, and vanilla rum caramel were but a few flavors outfitting the Jacques Torres ice cream cart at the Hudson Street store this week (rotating flavors are also at the DUMBO location). Fresh-made waffle cones and waffles were tempting, but after sampling a few flavors, I stuck with the plain and simple in-a-cup method. At $3 a scoop, this is one of the lowest-priced scoops in town. Gelato runs nearly $5 a cup nowadays, and ice cream standbys such as Sundaes and Cones and Chinatown Ice Cream Factory take you close to the $4 range.
Banana-chocolate ice cream.
Banana-chocolate was my flavor of choice—heavier on the banana in flavor and lighter on chocolate. The ice cream itself was of fine texture: lush, consistently smooth, and just a note stickier than most ice creams. Delicious though not quite destination ice cream. When I go to Jacques Torres, even during the sweltering summer days, Mudslide cookies and frozen hot chocolate will be on the top of my agenda. Ice cream will simply be a sweet bonus.
Scooping it all up.
Jacques Torres
350 Hudson, New York NY 10014 (at King Street; map); 212-2414262
66 Water Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 (map); 718-875-9772
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8 Comments:
Dear Lord, that looks yummy!
spacegirl at 4:13PM on 06/03/09
I almost got ice cream when I was there but stuck to my original choice of cookie and frozen hot chocolate. Cookie was great but I was not a big fan of the drink.
Edwardkimuk at 4:41PM on 06/03/09
Kathy, I must protest -- this is one of the more expensive ice creams in town. When you get a small at Grom or Cones, you get a lotta gelato, not a single scoop. At JT, it's literally one little scoop for $3. It was perfectly good ice cream, but not worth that price to me.
perrin at 7:37PM on 06/03/09
The ice cream was great, we've been there twice and the scooper could not have been nicer. Yes, itwas $3 a scoop, but it was a large scoop. You go to almost any other ice cream place it's $4+ for a scoop. The Chocolate/Banana or the Chocolate/Raspberry were intense. The Rocky Road was sold out both trips....Next time Rocky Road.
hondo3777 at 8:00PM on 06/03/09
i'm with @perrin about the price. it's a small scoop, easily smaller than what you get at Sundaes and Cones. And at the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, you can get two flavors.
Who knows, maybe they scoop more into cones than cups or they scoop more from a bucket that's not running out of ice cream. Either way, some of the smallest scoops I've ever seen.
foodinmouth at 11:43PM on 06/03/09
I guess it varies somewhat by scooper as well. When I went, the woman doing the scooping was obviously suffering from ice cream elbow and my $3 scoop was pretty minimal.
perrin at 3:33PM on 06/04/09
What about his ice cream sandwiches?? Made with his killer chocolate chip cookies, they're serious accomplishments...
Sweet Freak at 5:32AM on 06/11/09
Well, the scoops uptown are huge (at $3.30) and totally worth it. I think it's the best deal around for extraordinarily custard-y ice cream. I go with chocolate. It's the house's specialty, isn't it?
And the ice cream sandwiches. oh, the ice cream sandwiches. I suggest you share.
Carioca at 5:41PM on 08/21/09