In the depths of winter, I have been casting my mind back to the hot, sticky days of summer. It was horrible - far too humid to be considered humane. The only thing that kept us going was ice cream.
Ice cream in Korea is brilliant. Most of the time. And cheap. Oh so cheap.
We wanted to photograph and write about every one we tried this summer but we reached an average consumption rate of approximately 2 ice creams a day...each, and it was simply not possible to keep up!
Here are a select few:
(Please note: ₩500 is approximately 30p)
Creamy
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| Possibly one of the best ice creams - a cookies & cream ice cream bar. A steal at only ₩500 ! |
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| It's always a risk going for something that looks like chocolate because there's a chance it could be red bean...but this wasn't. A simple wafer outside and chocolate ice cream inside. Nothing special, and a bit pricey at ₩1,200. |
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| This one is brilliant. An ice cream sandwich with cake, rather than biscuit, for the outside layer. This one was vanilla but I have since discovered the far superior cookies & cream one. A bit of a treat though, because it's ₩1000. |
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| This one is, as my students would say, so-so. Vanilla outside, layer of chocolate and then vanilla again. Not amazing, but only ₩500 and most importantly, cold! |
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| In true Korean style, this one is meant for sharing. It's a lovely rich chocolate fudge ice creamy thing with two sticks. We had to wait a bit before it was soft enough to split in half and then neither of us got as much as we wanted - only ₩500 but you can get more for your money buying 2 separate ice creams. |
Coney
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| Cones are cones are cones. You know what you're getting with a cornetto style ice cream so I just have one to tell you about. This cone had a lovely treat in the middle - a kit-kat finger! Brilliant. Cones are more expensive though, usually at least ₩1000, maybe ₩2000. |
Fruity
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| We once saw a documentary while on a coach, that was about Korean ice cream and apparently, this one is actually harder than your teeth! Watch out! I'm not a fan of melon flavoured things but this was ok. And only ₩500 - can't complain! |
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| Genius. Watermelon ice lolly that looks like a slice of watermelon! The "seeds" were actually bits of nut and the flavour of the ice was spot on. And the price? Yup, ₩500! |
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| Jeju is famous here for it's delicious oranges and I am a big fan so this ice lolly gets lots of points from me. Cold, refreshing and a real orange flavour. Note the size difference between wrapper and lolly though - typical Korea! All for a mere ₩500! |
And Finally...
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| Dave loves ice cream. |
