What's your flavour?

Over the weekend a friend introduced us to a Vancouver icon - La Casa!

La Casa, for those poor souls, who, like us prior to last weekend, are completely unaware of this local marvel, is a gelato parlour that boasts 218 flavours , can you believe that?

We turned up late on Saturday afternoon, and the place was packed. La Casa Gelato is positioned at 1033Venables Street in East Vancouver, not a noted touristy destination, but people know about it.

La Casa Gelato is made on the premises, with the establishment supplying many of the local restaurants around town. La Casa is perhaps not the place to go if you have trouble making up your mind, although the free samples of varieties inspiring the curiosity certainly help in that regard; there are also a number of "cone" options as well.

So what did we opt for? I had raspberry cheesecake, Mister had Mint Choc Chip, Ashley had the the old tried and true- double chocolate chip, Missy Mopps had electric blue Cotton Candy, much of which was worn down her chin and the front of her brand new dress; our friend however, went for something more exotic, "Death by Mango" and white, something weird (sorry I forget what the other flavour was).

I wish I had the chance to take my Grandpa to this place; his eyes would have glazed over at the thought.

Verdict: damn good gelato! Will try to remember to visit there a dozen times before we leave town.