The mix of egg yolks, cream, and sugar might not sound like something delicious but it actually makes one of the most popular desserts — ice cream.
The Kyiv Post has picked some of the most appealing and unusual artisanal ice cream producers to try in Kyiv.
Umka
This organic ice cream is made from natural milk, fruit, and berries, and without preservatives or flavor enhancers.
Umka’s flavors include hazelnut, walnut, chocolate, salty caramel, and stracciatella (vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips). There are also some flavors that rotate and aren’t on the menu constantly: pistachio, banana, melon, coffee, and cappuccino. Umka also offers vegan ice cream made from almond milk. Apart from that, Umka sells fruit and berry sorbets, and croissants with sweet fillings or with turkey and vegetables.
Umka also offers vegan ice cream made from almond milk. Apart from that, Umka sells fruit and berry sorbets, and croissants with sweet fillings or with turkey and vegetables.
Prices: 1 scoop — Hr 25–30, bucket — Hr 200, croissant — Hr 30–60.
Umka. 6 Kostiolna St. 9 a. m. — 10 p. m.Frice
Frice
Frice sells rolled-up ice cream. It is formed by pouring an ice cream base (chocolate, vanilla, or green tea) on an extremely cold steel surface, mixing it with fruits, berries, cookies and rolling it up. Customers can add ingredients like cherry, banana, pear, mango, apricot, watermelon, raspberry, chocolate, coconut chips, Oreo cookies, and marshmallows. One serving includes five ice rolls in a paper bucket. One can add caramel, coconut, vanilla, or tiramisu toppings.
Prices: 1 serving — Hr 50.
Frice. 1 Bilomorska St. 10 a. m. — 10 p. m.
Double Cacao
This producer makes beautiful desserts and uses only natural planted ingredients without heat treatment. They sell four kinds of ice cream based on either coconut cream or milk: Coco (date caramel, chocolate, pistachio), Hazel & Cacao (cacao, date caramel, chocolate, hazelnut), Lime & Chia (coconut mousse, lime, chia seeds), and Coffee (date fruit, chocolate, coconut flakes). It is perfect for vegans, those following a raw diet, and everyone who keeps fit and eats healthy. Apart from ice cream, Double Cacao makes candies and bars.
Prices: ice cream — Hr 80, candy — Hr 25–35, bar — Hr 40–50.
Double Cacao. Frank Coffee (3 Yevhena Hutsala Ln.). 8 a. m. — 8 p. m.
Also sold in London Coffee House (18 Verhnii Val St.). 8 a. m. — 12 a. m.
Monkey Nice Cream
In this café, ice cream is made instantly — an ice cream maker freezes it with liquid nitrogen. Monkey Nice Cream sells different kinds of cryogenic ice cream with banana and chocolate, berries and marshmallow, caramel and peanuts, blueberries and lavender, apple and pear, and more. Customers can also pick ingredients to create their own desserts. It is served in a small bowl with a waffle. Apart from ice cream, Monkey Nice Cream makes sorbets, tarts, and cheesecakes in bars.
Prices: ice cream — Hr 69–79, sorbet — Hr 69, tart — Hr 59–69, cheesecake — Hr 59.
Monkey Nice Cream. 4 Rusanivska Embankment. 10 a. m. — 10 p. m.
Mr. Pops
This producer makes popsicles out of natural products. To the milk or cream base fruits and berries are added. Mr. Pops sells such milk based ice cream as raspberry, strawberry, mango, citrus, melon, and lavender, as well as cream-based double chocolate, vanilla with brownie, lemon cheesecake, and salty caramel. Premium ice cream with exotic ingredients — mango, passionfruit, pear and blue cheese — is also an option here. For those who don’t eat dairy, Mr. Pops has strawberry sorbet and coconut ice cream.
Prices: ice cream — Hr 40, premium — Hr 55.
Mr. Pops. Come & Stay (23V Velyka Vasylkivska St.) 8 a. m. — 10 p. m. Gossips bar (36A Tarasa Shevchenka Blvd.). 11 a. m. —
12 a. m. Coffee in action (51 Nyzhnii Val St. 8 a. m. — 7 p. m. 43/16 Velyka Vasylkivska St. 9 a. m. — 8 p. m.)
Gelateria Roma
Gelateria Roma offers over 50 types of Italian ice cream including classic flavors like vanilla and chocolate, fruity — pineapple, lemon, strawberry, and exotic — mint, cinnamon, coconut, almond. Ice cream here is made of natural ingredients such as juice, shredded fruit, berries and nuts. Customers can try such unusual ice cream as Mister Niko (vanilla ice cream, chocolate paste, peanuts), Mek Raph (white chocolate, almond, coconut), and Bacio (vanilla ice cream, hazelnuts in chocolate). The dessert can be served in a waffle cone or a paper bucket.
Prices: ice cream (100 grams) — Hr 40.
Gelateria Roma. Ocean Plaza (176 Maksyma Horkoho St.), New Way (1 Architectora Verbytskoho St.), Blockbuster (34V Moskovskyi Ave.)
