Sugar Rush: Gelato Crepes at Ciao Bella Grand Central

The Dulce de Leche Crepe ($6.75) features smoky sweet caramel brushed over the crepe, which is then folded into quarters and finished with an extra drizzle of caramel and dusting of cinnamon and powdered sugar. It comes with Ciao Bella's vanilla gelato, but I prefer substituting it with their matcha gelato; the slight bitterness from matcha tempers the sweet caramel, a lovely pairing my books.

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Post a Comment | Posted by Kathy YL Chan, April 6, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Ciao Bella, gelato, Grand Central, Manahttan, Midtown, Midtown East, Sugar Rush

My Top 10 New York Ice Cream Scooperies

These last few days have almost done me in. So I've been treating myself to one scoop of ice cream a day (no more, no less, given my "eat less" diet, which has me down 40 pounds). Here are my...

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19 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, August 4, 2006 at 9:21 AM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, Ciao Bella, Cones, Creme Cremaillere, desserts, Eddie's, Eli's, Emack and Bolio, favorites, frozen, gelato, ice cream, Il Laboratorio del Gelato, New York, New York City, NYC, Otto, Shake Shack

July 4th Has Me Thinking about Ice Cream!

When it's July 4th weekend and it's this hot, a man's thoughts turn to ice cream. With the temperature and humidity levels ridiculously high this weekend, I am pleased to report that the Otto ice cream cart is back at...

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3 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, July 4, 2006 at 11:15 AM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, Ciao Bella, Cones, Eli's, favorites, gelato, Gramercy, ice cream, Il Laboratorio del Gelato, Lower East Side, New York, New York City, New York Times, NYC, NYT, Otto, Shake Shack, Upper East Side, West Village