MOAR SEBASTIAN JOE'S!
Yesterday was Memorial Day, and I went to a barbeque hosted by friend's who live near Sebastian Joe's. The only logical conclusion to a night of beer and grilled meats was to walk the block to Sebastian Joe's to enjoy an ice cream cone. Apparently everyone else in Minneapolis had the same idea, because the place was packed! The line did move quickly, and we were not kept from our ice cream for long.
I decided to try the Loco Coco flavor, described as "strawberry ice cream with coconut and cayenne pepper." This ice cream was hands down amazing. The ice cream base itself wasn't strongly strawberry-flavored, but in this case that was a good thing. The plainer base served as a clean palette for the three flavors to mix together. The chunks of strawberry were small, but flavorful. Normally I like big chunks, but here the small chunks worked well because they were the same size as the coconut chunks. The cayenne pepper provided just the right amount of kick. You could tell it was there, and you could tell it was spicy, and it hurt a tiny bit, but it didn't drown out the other flavors.
Lizzy is visiting Minneapolis this week, and we spent the day tootling around Minneapolis, starting at Sebastian Joe's (obviously). The weather today was a bit dreary, and we went in the middle of the day, so the place was desserted (oh god spelling puns). Today I tried the Marion Berry D.C. Nut flavor. The name of this flavor is a double play on words. A marionberry is a type of black berry, and Marion Barry is a former mayor of Washington DC known for, among other things, smoking crack cocaine. The Marion Berry D.C. Nut flavor is described as "blackberry ice cream with salted almonds."
Lizzy tried a bite of this flavor and said, "It tastes like trail mix!" This ice cream was saturated with almond chunks. Again, these were small chunks, but the chunk size worked out well. It was almost as if the chunks were a mix-in a la Coldstone Creamery. If the chunks had been bigger it would have changed the unique feel of this ice cream. All in all, this was another great Sebastian Joe's invention.
I decided to try the Loco Coco flavor, described as "strawberry ice cream with coconut and cayenne pepper." This ice cream was hands down amazing. The ice cream base itself wasn't strongly strawberry-flavored, but in this case that was a good thing. The plainer base served as a clean palette for the three flavors to mix together. The chunks of strawberry were small, but flavorful. Normally I like big chunks, but here the small chunks worked well because they were the same size as the coconut chunks. The cayenne pepper provided just the right amount of kick. You could tell it was there, and you could tell it was spicy, and it hurt a tiny bit, but it didn't drown out the other flavors.
Lizzy is visiting Minneapolis this week, and we spent the day tootling around Minneapolis, starting at Sebastian Joe's (obviously). The weather today was a bit dreary, and we went in the middle of the day, so the place was desserted (oh god spelling puns). Today I tried the Marion Berry D.C. Nut flavor. The name of this flavor is a double play on words. A marionberry is a type of black berry, and Marion Barry is a former mayor of Washington DC known for, among other things, smoking crack cocaine. The Marion Berry D.C. Nut flavor is described as "blackberry ice cream with salted almonds."
Lizzy tried a bite of this flavor and said, "It tastes like trail mix!" This ice cream was saturated with almond chunks. Again, these were small chunks, but the chunk size worked out well. It was almost as if the chunks were a mix-in a la Coldstone Creamery. If the chunks had been bigger it would have changed the unique feel of this ice cream. All in all, this was another great Sebastian Joe's invention.
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