Apr 20, '14

Il Massimo del Gelato, Milano

Cheap eats Desserts/Pastry Good Italy

There is gelato and then there is Il Massimo del Gelato (Via Lodovico Castelvetro, 18, 20154 Milano, Italy), a small, independent gelateria, 1o minutes drive from the city center. Fresh fruit sorbets like orange, mango, passion fruit and various ice cream are excellent and turn out to be identical to the original flavours, but the real speciality here is chocolate. 100%, 75% chocolate, with rhum, with cinnamon and red pepper, with nuts or Grand Marnier – Il Massimo del Gelato proposes ten different chocolate ice cream, that will be good enough for any chocolate snob…

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