Nuccio's Gelato - Nov 13, 2007

After a 2 hour heart to heart talk about tragedy of love, Ryki and I thought it appropriate to end a carb-laden Nuccio’s Italian pasta dinner with some gelato. Nuccio’s by the way is tucked in the middle of Jupiter St., Makati. “So are you gonna choose something gay like strawberry? Coz I know 2 guys who would (itago nalang natin sila sa pangalang Peej Bernardo at Justin Manlongat).”, I said. He replies, “It’s ok, Pistachio’s my favorite.” Good. I’ve always found strawberry-loving guys to be be quite disturbing. After 10 minutes of staring aimlessly at the freezer, I finally chose mocha, all because it looked like chocolate (I ordered chocolate before). After our first spoonful… silence…nibble, nibble…mmmmm… “Wow, talagang Pistachio nga to no!”, Ryki says, amazed. I was melting some caramel on my tongue and was near fainting. “Punyemas, oo nga. Di mapapagkailang mocha nga to.” Sure enough, both disappeared in a matter of seconds. To date, this is my favorite gelato, smooth and creamy but not milky, punched with super sweet caramel morsels, and screaming “I am Mocha!”. Amichi’s gelato is kinda watered down. And please don’t buy hazelnut, it’s horrible. Pazzo has my favorite flavor -- Mexican chocolate (dark chocolate, liquer and chili. Yum! Yum!) but melts in room temperature faster than when you say “Holy crap, it’s turned into a mud puddle.” I have no idea how much Nuccio ice cream is but guessing from the P250 pasta, it probably doesn’t come cheap. Just do what I do, ask a really good, EMPLOYED friend to buy it for you☺.