For all my talk of living simply and frugally you will spot me for a fraud when I tell you about my favourite food. It is something that is an extravagant and unnecessary item that can hardly be considered food at all. Although there are numerous different foods I enjoy, it is ice-cream that makes me happiest. Even on a cool day, my first lick of a cornet will take me on a journey to other days in sunny climes and places I have eaten favourite ice-creams, delicious pistachio ice-creams in Italy, ice-cream dipped in melted chocolate in Eastern Europe and thick dairy farmhouse ice-creams in England and Scotland. In my view, frozen cream combined with different flavours is heavenly, preferably in a good quality cornet [the ice-cream stall in Bouillon in Belgium is worth seeking out as they make delicious fresh waffle cornets while you wait as well as creamy ice-cream.]
Although if forced I will eat ice-cream at home, for me, this is really something to enjoy in the outdoors and is very much part of my life as a traveller. I will often search out individual ice-cream parlours when we are away in the campervan. On our trips we have discovered the luxurious Emilia Cremeria in Modena and the magnificent Portsoy Icecream in north-east Scotland and many more.
But we can’t always be away from home and in Manchester we are lucky to have Ginger’s Comfort Emporium in the city centre. This cafe among the eclectic market stalls of Affleck’s makes ice-cream for grown-ups, with unusual combinations of flavours. The salted caramel and peanut butter [aka Chorlton Crack] is really a meal in itself so get over to Manchester when you can, winter or summer.
Back on the road again 