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ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
I don't want this little secret to get out...I love their ice cream...I'll probably be there tonight... it IS all home-made and so delicious!
Posted on: 2005/8/1 19:07
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I agree - a great downtown establishment.
BTW - I once served the avocado ice cream with crabmeat as a first course - very elegant and delicious.
Posted on: 2005/8/1 19:19
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The tamarindo sherbet (they don't call their stuff "sorbet"--in fact, I think they say "sherbert", but I'll only go so far....) is fantastic. I've been working my way through their selection, last week getting to the guava and lemon sherbets. Both very good, the lemon oddly creamy. Unfortunately, they've jettisoned their chocolate ice for some reason--it was excellent! If I have a complaint, flavor-wise, it's with a general lack of intensity. The ube (purple yam) ice cream needs more ube-oomph; same with the langka (jackfruit).
I would like to see them change their pint containers to a decent material from the current cheap styrofoam (all too easy to plunge one's spoon through the side) and the tops to a stronger plastic (these ones tend to freeze and shatter when you try to peel them off). But yeah, a wonderful place and every single person working there who I've encountered has been exceedingly pleasant. Almost forgot, last Wednesday when it was about 180 degrees out there, a watermelon slush from Torico's was the only way I obtained the required fuel to plod the rest of the way home!
Posted on: 2005/8/1 19:21
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Great- now all I can think of is stopping by and getting ice cream... I guess there are worse things that can happen
Posted on: 2005/8/1 19:44
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I agree - Torico's is excellent! I especially like the coconut, green tea and avocado ice creams. They are always experimenting with new, creative flavors.
Posted on: 2005/8/1 23:48
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My favorite thing from there is the slush with a few scoops of sherbert thrown in...
YUM
Posted on: 2005/8/2 2:30
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This place is great, and one of the few places I've been able to find good cinnamon ice cream. Its unbelievable by itself, with apple pie or on a warm brownie.
I'd have to agree with the constructive criticism that they need sturdier "to go" pint containers. I have sent many a spoon through the current cheap styrofoam containers.
Posted on: 2005/8/2 12:54
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The pumpkin is so good that you can't wait for autumn to get here so you have an excuse to eat more of it. also the coconut (which i normally dislike due to gorging on it as a child in my native country) is phenom!
Posted on: 2005/8/2 14:05
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There is a difference between sorbet and sherbert, beyond regional colloquialisms. Sherbert contains milk where sorbet does not. So if the product has milk in it, it cannot officially be considered a sorbet. Just an interesting tidbit.
Posted on: 2005/8/2 14:26
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Huh. Didn't know that, thanks.
But what about "sherbert" vs. "sherbet"? The former always strikes me as...weird. Like some nerdy combination of Sherman and Herbert (!). Just googled each and, thankfully, sherbet wins the hit contest, 839,000 to 190,000!
Posted on: 2005/8/2 14:33
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Jeez! Who knew! I've lived here for over 10 years and never heard of the place. Haven't had dinner yet but am now on my way out the door to Torico's...
Posted on: 2005/8/2 22:22
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Mmmm.......praline.
Posted on: 2005/8/3 1:32
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Because of this thread we went into Torico's over the weekend. I told the woman behind the counter (Mrs. Torico??) about the thread and she got very excited and asked me to print it out and bring it in to her. I'm hoping to get a free scoop out of it!
Had Pumpkin ice cream on the recommendations here... OMG! JC
Posted on: 2005/8/11 22:11
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Yes this place is great. I could tell from the outside it was a great place, cause it isnt focused on that commercial mess. I have made this a summer weekend ritual for over three years. And yes its been my quiet kept secret! Glad more people are getting to know about it, but dont want to fight the lines!! LOL..
I have never had a flavor I didnt like. Hope you all enjoy...seems the secret is out!!Quote:
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I agree.... there's something about the outside appearance... the wood shingles and take-out window that says it's a good place. And it is.
Posted on: 2005/8/12 1:19
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I want to thank Torico's and their Chocolate Peanut Butter and Coffee and Cookie ice creams for ruining my diet. Tanks Alot!!
Posted on: 2005/8/12 13:04
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had their green tea ice cream the other day.. yummy but not as good as most sushi joints (but then again i always get fried ice cream at those places, so it's not much of a competition)
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So where does that leave Herman ?
Posted on: 2005/8/12 13:22
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I give it a big thumbs up too - the staff there is so nice and i love the takout window - i haven't been in a while and i'm due for a visit!
Posted on: 2005/8/12 13:42
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Yeah the pumpkin is great tasting their ice cream is creamy, great stop with the bike. Once you know all the flavors the walk up window is convienient. I just wish they had a bench out there.
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Re: Sherbet vs. "Sherbert"
Sherbet is the proper term. "Sherbert" is a regional pronunciation that occasionally gets transcribed phonetically by those who don't know the proper spelling. It's kind of like writing "pahk" instead of park when you're from Boston. Boy, I sound like a nerd, don't I?
Posted on: 2005/9/15 16:29
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Yes, you do, but you're incorrect. "Sherbert" is now accepted as a secondary but correct spelling, with its own pronunciation, by the latest editions of at least two of the most authoritative and respected American dictionaries (Merriam-Webster and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition). All the musty old unabridged dictionaries on my desk, however, omit "sherbert," so I suspect it has only recently been accepted by the lexi-gods. "Pahk," by contrast, appears in no English dictionaries that either of us has ever seen -- except possibly the Red Sawx Fan Dictionary from Bucky Dent Publications!
Posted on: 2005/9/16 16:57
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Cool, another way to ruin my diet.
Posted on: 2007/4/8 14:49
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Do they now have frozen Yogurt?
Guess I will go check it out.
Posted on: 2007/4/8 14:59
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A must try- is the Ginger and also the Green Tea ice cream----TO DIE FOR!!!!!!!!
Posted on: 2007/4/8 15:51
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Also try the mamey ice ceam, so good! Toricos also has new sitting space, the pizza parlor benches are gone, now they have little tables for 2 instead.
Posted on: 2007/4/8 15:56
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They are also offering espresso, lattes, etc, and tons of different flavors of their soft-serve ice cream.
Posted on: 2007/4/8 23:14
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This place is fantastic, but I have just one complaint.
A pint runs over $6. Now that in itself is understandable since you're getting homemade ice cream from a parlor rather than ben & jerry's. And it's really good too. But they give it to you in the flimsiest containers and they always break or fall apart on me. I really wish they just had better containers.
Posted on: 2007/6/2 5:22
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I wish they had outdoor seating. they've got room for it.
Posted on: 2007/6/2 12:37
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