We, the sophisti-kids, are fortunate enough to escape the Arizona heat by spending a month in London. London is full of a multitude of different cuisines. We will be reporting on many of these restaurants – so please stay tuned!
Those of you who read the newspaper will know that the Queen of England is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee (this means she has been the Queen for a long time – sixty years!). Many chefs have developed special dishes for the occasion. We learnt about a very interesting dish that was developed by famous Chef Jacob Kennedy of Gelupo (widely known as one of the best gelato places in town). And both of us LOVE ice-cream!! Anyway, Chef developed a special flavor ice-cream – Coronation Chicken Ice Cream (CCIC)!!!
When we first read about the dish, we were completely “grossed out” (Anya’s words) by the concept of chicken flavored ice-cream. Then we read a review about it. And the reviewer said “In the hands of a lesser chef than Jacob Kennedy. . . .Coronation chicken ice cream would be a terrible, terrible idea. However – who knows how he’s pulled it off, blending chicken jus, mild curry, and marsala-soaked sultanas into something really quite lovely” (p. 76, Deluxe).
The positive review gave us the courage to try the ice cream. We all shared one small sized cup of CCIC. Here is a picture of the coronation chicken ice cream. (We must admit – it looked pretty tasty!):
Here is a picture of Karsen eating the ice cream:
Here is a picture of Anya looking absolutely appalled at being forced to eat the ice cream:
Here is a picture of Anya after eating the ice cream:
And despite our high hopes, we thought it was positively DISGUSTING. Mommy made us take at least TWO bites to be sure. I’m not sure if you can see the second picture of Anya well – but with her second bite, Anya’s nose turned red and she nearly vomited!
Honestly, we are pretty open-minded eaters – but the incongruity of chicken and ice-cream was just too much!!! Ice-cream should be sweet, dessert flavors!!
Gelupo’s other ice creams are supposed to be really good, and we are certain that if a different chef tried it, it would be even worse.
We would rate the coronation chicken ice cream (out of five):
1 smiley face
😀
Well, you have to give them SOME credit.
p.s. We will re-visit Gelupo and try their other flavors later this month – and report back!
I think it should get negative smiley faces. It would wipe the smile off my face. And the face off my smile. Much rather have kesar mango.
wow. when i read your post’s title, i thought “what? that doesn’t sound good at all”. first impressions are often right. nice try though… i had a goat cheese ice cream a few months ago that was quite tasty…
also, i can’t believe that this place got 1/2 a star more than tommy’s. i mean, Anya almost puked.
We know, but since the chef did a better job than most other chef’s would, we gave the CCIC 1 smiley face.
-the sophisti-kids
nonetheless, vomit or near vomit should not rate a star
Really?? Where did you get the goat cheese ice cream? Did Mina and Annika try it?? And, if so, did they like it??
-the sophisti-kids
i had it one night when Uncle Ben and i went out to dinner without the girls. it was a goat cheese ice cream in roasted beet salad. the dish was called “ode to my wife” and was delicious and i told Uncle Ben that i would eat it every night. i went back to the restaurant with your mom and it wasn’t on the menu so she couldn’t try it
Is it still at that restaurant????? Can we try the goat cheese ice cream when we come?
-the sophisti-kids
i don’t know. the restaurant changes its menu often, and the website does not always reflect the changes… regardless, the other food at the restaurant is delicious. ask your mom. i took her there when she had a 5 hour layover at SFO.
What other interesting foods do they have??
-the sophisti-kids
You know what would make that chicken ice cream better? If they put a WHOLE lobster on top of it!!
True, true (according to Anya). According to Karsen, you are being extremely sarcastic, therefore, the answer is no – lobster on CCIC would not be good. We think it would be waste of lobster ;)!
-the sophisti-kids
I would definitely try it, but yes, it does sound weird!
Mommy convinced us that we have to try it, even though we thought it was too weird.
-the sophisti-kids
So, this CCIC gets 1/2 more stars than Karsen gave Tommy’s Burger (which received 1/2 star)? It’s twice as good?
Ask Lauren, and she will tell you that my favorite food is ice cream, and that my second favorite food is even more ice cream. But CCIC looks awful. That’s going to anger the Queen.
P.S. Ask Pei Pei Aye Yee about her ground beef pancakes.
Er, well, Papa thinks we should give them both zip zero stars each so, I don’t know. Anya almost-quite nearly-vomited.
-the sophisti-kids