London foodie Rachel recently went on an ice cream crawl where she stumbled on three of the top rated ice cream spots – and one place in particular really stood out
Londoners are set for a second heatwave as temperatures will reach over 30C in the next few days. Certain food and drink can really help cool you down when the weather gets this unbearably hot, for example ice cream.
So if you’re hoping to cool down this weekend and fast, why not an ice cream crawl around the capital? One foodie recently embarked on this adventure where she tried three of London’s top rated shops in a day. Rachel began her search for the best ice cream in Soho where one location had been on her “list to try for a while”.
Speaking on TikTok, Rachel said: “You’ve been on a pub crawl but have you been on an ice cream crawl. We tried three of London’s top rated ice cream spots in one day, so stick around to see what we thought.
“Starting off with Gelupo in Soho. This place has been on my list to try for a while now. The selection wasn’t huge but there were a few that sounded really good.”
Rachel tried the milk chocolate and burnt caramel ice cream which cost £6.50 for two scoops.
She continued: “And to be honest I was a bit disappointed with the chocolate. Straight away I could tell by the colour that it wasn’t going to be the rich chocolate I was hoping for.
“If you prefer a more subtle flavour, then this might be for you, but for me I wanted something a bit more chocolatey, but the burnt caramel more than made up for it.
“It kind of tasted like the topping of a creme brûlée, crossed with honeycomb, aka heaven. Absolutely delicious so I would definitely order that again.”
On to the next stop and Rachel visited Bilmonte, which specialises in Sicilian gelato, costing £6.20 for two scoops. She gushed over the “richest chocolate gelato of her life” and couldn’t believe the colour of the dark chocolate sea salt gelato.
She continued: “The flavour was intense but balanced perfectly by the sea salt, making it ridiculously moreish.
“We also tried the pistachio, and wow, this was good pistachio gelato with that same creamy, stretchy texture and a really beautiful pistachio flavour and it even comes with a mini cone of melted chocolate on top!”
Then after admitting nothing could top Bilmonte, Rachel was on to the last stop on her ice cream crawl – Big Kid Ice Cream which will set you back a whopping £9 for two scoops.
She told TikTok followers: “We tried a sample of the Marmite on toast, but settled on the brown sugar vanilla and the Ube blueberry muffin, the latter of which was incredible.
“Oh my God, the blueberry muffin flavour really came through and I absolutely loved it. Definitely my favourite flavour I tried today. I also enjoyed the brown sugar vanilla, it was like an elevated version of vanilla and complimented the Ube blueberry muffin really well.
“The only thing I’d mark this place down for was the price – £9 for two scoops was definitely the most I’ve ever paid for an ice cream, so next time I’ll stick to the one scoop.”
Ending her video, Rachel crowned Bilmonte as her favourite ice cream shop out of the three.
She concluded: “All in all – these were three very delicious ice creams and while Big Kid did have my favourite single flavour of the day, if I could only go back to one shop, it has to be Bilmonte, the quality for the price is just hard to beat.”
