2013 P2P

[El Gordo]

After weeks of comparing Australian tourist highlights, my wife has finally decided where she needs to go. From Lonely Planet, she sends me this:

At Gelato Messina (www.gelatomessina.com), home-made, all-natural gelatos take the cake – er, cone. That’s not too surprising, considering that this Darlinghurst parlour dedicates an entire team to reconceptualising sweets. The result is a dessert like the Royale w’ Cheese: a frosted ‘cheeseburger’ made of chocolate crackle gelato on a financier bun with white chocolate gelato and apricot gelée, compressed cucumber, a white chocolate slice, and raspberry sauce.

The city’s equivalent of Willy Wonka – pâtissier Adriano Zumbo (adrianozumbo.com) – has also joined the ranks of Sydney’s ice cream obsessives. Whether it’s fresh pineapple and ginger ice cream or ice cream sandwiches coated in popping candy, all of Zumbo’s frozen treats have lashings of creativity.


At least that's settled.