Gelato Messina

Gelato done right. Gelato Messina is a beautiful gelato shop filled with modern ideas and joy. The Gelato Messina that I went to was in Braddon and it was absolutely incredible. It had a white exterior with modern chairs and tables. The entrance had huge glass mirrors with orange wood to make it POP! This was a great choice in design as it draws your eyes straight into the store. It felt like a small cafe from a movie. But this cafe wasn't a cafe at all. It was a surprisingly large gelato shop. I walked into the store and saw hundreds of waffle cones stacked in tall piles. They looked absolutely perfect. Along with the cones, I saw the incredible design of the cups. The perfect colour palette of orange and light green made these cups incredible to look at. The design of these cups was random but somewhat predictable. It had squares and rectangles placed somewhat randomly on the outside. I love this colour palette as it's vibrant and amazing. There was a gigantic menu on the left side (going in) that had all the different flavours of gelato that there is to offer. Underneath the menu are all of the different flavours of gelato, the looks of these flavours were absolutely stunning. I could see directly into where the kitchen where gelato was being made. Around five huge gelato machines were being used and they looked perfectly clean and organised. Something that I love about Gelato Messina is that all of the gelato is made in-store. It's all fresh and delicious.

 

Gelato Messina has quite a unique menu. It always has the 'classics' and the 'specials' menus. The 'classics' menu includes "Cookies & Cream", "Chocolate Mint" and "Rum & Raisin" just to name a few. They also have many different varieties of sorbet that include "Passionfruit Sorbet", "Raspberry Sorbet" and a "Salted Coconut & Mango Sorbet". They have a few more sorbets than this but I don't want to stretch it out too much. I love the idea of having a 'classics' menu. It can keep things simple and not overwhelm you. But sometimes you have to mix things up. So they have an absolutely crazy 'specials' menu. This 'specials' menu isn't your average menu. It changes every single week and explores odd but delicious flavour combinations. They have crazy flavours that are only available for a week. I'm not too sure but I believe that some popular flavours come back if the community wants it. If you want to view these flavours, you can look at the previous five posts from their Instagram. They have a 'hall of fame' in the 'specials' menu. One wild flavour from this menu is named "So Wrong It's Right" and it's described as "Cream cheese and caramel gelato smashed with white chocolate potato chips smothered in caramel sauce". This wild idea can change your opinion of what makes a good gelato. Sure, it's probably not traditional but "everything tastes good as long as you use it correctly". Gelato Messina also says that they have made around 5000 DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. Like how? I'm not doubting them I'm just impressed about how the head chef (Donato Toce) can come up with all these flavours. I would imagine he has probably had lots of different ideas and inspiration from the community, different chefs and different restaurants. However, not all of these flavours have been released as some have to be better than others. It's things like this that make many, many visitors constantly return to Gelato Messina.

 

But why is gelato different to ice cream? Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream. So gelato is just Italian ice cream. Gelato often contains 4-8% fat whereas ice cream contains 14-16%. This makes gelato a lot healthier than ice cream and is generally a better option. Another point to prove this is that gelato is often denser than ice cream. This is very vital because it gives you more for a small amount and enhances the flavours by making it richer and better. Gelato at Gelato Messina is perfectly rich so it doesn't overpower all of the other incredible flavours. 

 

I was just browsing on the Gelato Messina website and I came across a diverse and unique range of cakes. There are a total of eight different cakes with two different categories. "Gelato Cake" and "Semi-Freddo". All of the cakes are made in-store by a team of gelato chefs. You can't get something better than a handmade cake, especially when it's from Gelato Messina. You can preorder cakes and get them sent to your nearby store. Just when you thought the idea of Gelato Messina having cakes can't get any better, it does. It is absolutely amazing how they can ship cakes to most if not all the different Gelato Messina stores all around Australia. All of the different cakes look unique. I can almost guarantee that anyone who looks at these cakes will instantly want to order one. I'm not going to spoil the surprise of the names/flavours of these cakes because I want you to have your own experience when looking into them. I haven't had one of these cakes but I am definitely going to order one sometime in the future.

 

The more I research about Gelato Messina, the more I write about it. Gelato Messina also makes their own chocolate, bites and spreads. So if you ever want to make your Gelato Messina experience even better, along with the ice cream, you can order a cake and maybe a chocolate bar or two, some waffle cone bites and the amazing Messina cookbook. So along with incredible gelato, Gelato Messina does their own cakes, chocolate and more. I am amazed that Gelato Messina can do all these things. It is really a life lesson not to judge a book by its cover. The cover is just a gelato shop, nothing special. But when you get into it you discover all of these incredible things that Gelato Messina does. I HAVE to buy the cookbook to learn all their secrets to incredible gelato.

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Before I conclude this review, I would like to thank the amazing Gelato Messina website. It has provided all of the information about ice cream vs gelato, the different flavours and the cakes. It makes a review much more easy to write and I had fun just looking at all of the different things on this website. The more I used the website, the more I had to write about it. It's things like this that have inspired me to start this blog.

 

Whether you're into simplicity or complexity, Gelato Messina has everything you need. It is an absolutely incredible gelato store that not only does gelato, but also does cakes, chocolate, cookbooks and more. Everyone can enjoy Gelato Messina and their gelato. Once you go once, you want to go again and again and again. Please take the time to go to Gelato Messina and enjoy its beauty.

 

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