There is one dessert offered at
Takashi in the West Village, and it's excellent: house-made Madagascar vanilla soft-serve.
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We weren't especially hungry and definitely overdressed, but when you pass a sign for
Weir's Ice Cream, you stop. Actually, sign does not begin to describe the nearly two-story high soft serve cone (with a vanilla-chocolate swirly top, naturally) next to the stand. It was visible from many a street light away, and potentially from space. Ed was driving our Hertz-rented car through the Hudson Valley last weekend when we saw it. I don't think a car has ever parked so fast.
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One taste of home I always associate with summer is
soft-serve ice cream, especially the classic twist, a sweet spire of equal parts chocolate and vanilla ice cream. More often than not these ice cream stands were attached to a miniature golf course, but even when that wasn't the case, a soft-serve cone on a summer evening was always the perfect way to wrap up the day. Here is a little lickable tour, with stops at: ZEMS, the North Pole, Troops Scoops, Coneheads, and Nicky Doodles.
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] The holidays may be over, but festive soft-serve flavors are still in store at Momofuku Milk Bar. Gingerbread, Sugar Cookie, and Orange & Clove star in the line-up, and though I'm not a huge fan of...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] I'll pass on the quartet of soft serve flavors served at Momofuku Milk Bar any day for the two flavors that appear at Momofuku Noodle Bar. At Noodle Bar, Christina Tosi's flavors are just as inventive,...
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[Photograph: Kathy YL Chan] I suggest you pumpkin fiends hurry your tushes over to Kyotofu in Hell's Kitchen before the 17th. Pumpkin soft serve (soy-based, like all their soft serves) is on the menu only till the end of...
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As we mentioned earlier, this is the BGICT's last week of the season. On Friday, Doug and Bryan will be at their usual Union Square corner (Union Square West and 17th Street) until 6 p.m. when the partay will move...
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[The "choinkwich." Photo: Blondie and Brownie] I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there's no one having more fun with desserts right now than Doug Quint at the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Sure, there's...
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A set of three cakes recently made way on the menu at ChikaLicious in the East Village—Strawberry Shortcake, Green Tea & Grand Marnier, and Valhrona Chocolate Cake. When asked for a recommendation, the owner pointed us in the direction...
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While the Momofuku Milk Bar soft serve flavors are always hit-or-miss with me, the ones featured at Noodle Bar are always a win, despite having just half the selection. Currently on the menu are a creamy light angel food...
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