Gelato Messina | Sydney, AUSTRALIA
I've
always believed that a birthday without a cake is never a proper
birthday and when the man of your life is turning thirty, the
birthday cake has gotta be good.
The
trip to Sydney was a combined birthday weekend for both A and the
other travel bunnie who happened to be born in the same year. So
naturally, after have seen an episode of MasterChef that featured a
Black Forest gelato cake
work of art by Gelato Messina, there was no other option than going
to the legendary Gelato shop in Darlinghurst.
The
visit happened directly after our feast at Hurricane's Grill, because
that's what sane people do; they have a plateful of ribs and then
jump into a cab at 9.30 at night and have a gelato cake that is
recommended to cater for fourteen to sixteen people among the four!
I
called in advance to reserve the cake of my choice; Dr
Evil's Magic Mushroom. Now I could describe the gelato cake for
you, but I thought a copy & paste job from their website would be
more appropriate given its ingredients:
The
top dome of this cake is filled with Dr Evil gelato (dark chocolate
gelato, peanut cookies and dulce de leche) and is topped with layers
of vanilla cream, chocolate sponge, a red ganache, and white
chocolate buttons to finish. The stalk is filled with dulce de leche
caramel surrounded by dark chocolate gelato. The whole mushroom sits
upon ‘grass’ made from popping candy and crushed biscuit.
So
understandably, we were stared at by many, MANY passersby. Hell,
random people were even taken photos of us eating that cake inside of
Messina's Creative Department. In the end, the race between the four
of us to finish our mammoth portions was an epic failure for all as
the closest any of us got to finishing ended halfway down the
mushroom stalk.
Was
it creative, insane, amazing and quite possibly the ultimate ice
cream cake ever – YES.
Was
it the worst ever thing to combine with an already overfull stomach
post Hurricane's – YES.
Would
I do it again...
Total
Bunnie Dollars Spent: $85
