richardg

Does anyone in the north-east know whether the pieroni (sp?) family (used to have a shop in ashington) still make ice cream/sold their family recipe? i think their shop closed in the late 80's (was opposite the fire station/other side of the road to the library)

the closest we have found it hagen daaz vanilla, but certainly not the same

moses

no, but i can say one thing italian ice cream is the best

and also try asian ice cream its called kulfi with pistachios and then u can get mango ones too

The Zohan

My allmost local shop (run by an Indian family) stocks pistachi Kulfi (made by a co called Everest)- my favorite all-time ice cream. Would rather walk/travel the extra mile or so for the better service and help than our local faceless Co-op!

moses

lol nice one paul if u r ever buy mate i will treat u to a few u need to go to pakistan and india to taste the real kulfi its so cool , freshly made but beware of the flies coming onto u, they luv sweet stuff
mate u try ghulab jaman sweet, get it from an asian sweet shop dark ghulab jaman and the lighter one heat it up maybe for 15 to 30 secs and then put some icecream on top , aww man its so heavenly

moses

here is a recipe for some kulfi mate


http://www.everestspices.com/recipes/kesari_masala.htm

The Zohan

Cool!

I will deffo look u up some time.

We have an Indian sweet shop in toiwn. I have been in a few times and will pick up some ghulab jaman next time!

Best regs

Paul

moses

nice one mate if u were local i would have drapped it aff mate

all the best

cheers

richardg

had kulfi a few times now at indian weddings - very nice but not as you said moses, the italian stuff is the best! the pieroni's were/are a family of confectioners i think, who also happened to sell ice cream. as far as i noticed when we used to go in their shop, the ice cream was the only thing that really sold well.

there is another italian ice cream place i stumbled across (could have been in whitley bay, right next to a roundabout - notice the queues of people waiting to be served and then saw the ice cream sign so i had to stop! not pieronis though, sadly)

Julz1983

There's a place that sells gorgeous ice cream at Seaton Delaval, keep an eye out for it, I cant remember the name, but my husband's dad lives there so I'll ask him, I go everytime we are up home coz I can't get enough of it.

richardg

could be the same place - is it kind of opposite a snooker club, next to a roundabout? spent so much time driving round visiting family i can't remember where it was we stopped!

Julz1983

No I don't think so, you go past Delaval Hall to get to it, Delaval Hall is on your left and just past it down the road on your right hand side is the ice cream place, but there is a roundabout, haven't seen a snooker club though.

richardg

driving out of town?

Julz1983

Well I dont ususlly take much notice when in the car lol, but its not in town, I'm sure it just looks like houses where it is, and there isn't any parking, you sort of have to go down the side of the building

richardg

that sounds familiar. if it's the same one, then there's a dead end off the roundabout to the left of how you described approaching the shop and i'm pretty sure there was a snooker club or something there.
do you have the address or the name? might have to see if i can order some by post!

Julz1983

I'm not too sure if it's called Crescent cafe, it was once just an ice cream shop but is now a cafe aswell

If it's the right one the address and phone number is

The Crescent Cafe
3 Avenue Crescent
Seaton Delaval
Whitley Bay
Tyne & Wear
NE25 ODN

0191 237 1461

Heres a link I just found, shows an old pic and a new pic of the place, and it is the right one that I was thinking of

http://www.seatondelaval.org.uk/hist...mily-shops.htm

moses

richard mate, the one u get at the weddings is cheap **** the real stuff is much much better

richardg

think that's the one julz! thanks for that, now i have to work out how to get a delivery to essex!
moses - thanks for the advice. i might have to check out your recipe further up