Looking back, it all started for me in July with a visit to Honeymee, the new milk and honey soft serve shop in K-town. Either it put honey ice cream on my radar, or honey ice cream is on the minds of all the ice cream shops in town. Fresh, simple “true milk”–not vanilla–ice cream with honey drizzled over it, Honeymee’s is a really lovely treat. In Seoul last month, Kevin and I passed by a whole bunch of shops that Honeymee seems to have modeled itself on. Ice cream and honey in various vessels, and that’s the entirety of the shop, just like Honeymee’s model.
Without much realizing it then, a mini obsession was born.
The Sunday we got back from Asia, we took a ride over to Three Twins in Santa Monica, where I got a scoop of their honey ice cream, which was good. It had a few ice crystals in it here and there, but I didn’t mind. I’ve got a soft spot for Three Twins because it’s from SF, and because Kevin and Teddy always kept at least a pint or two of Three Twins (or Strauss!) ice cream from Berkeley Bowl in their freezer. Alas, no photos.
A few weeks ago, after a fancy pants dinner on the west side, we ended up at Coolhaus, where Dawn treated us all to crazy ice cream times. (Thanks Dawn!) Did you know Coolhaus offers a “two-story” ice cream sandwich? I still haven’t decided if that’s clever marketing or silly architectural gimmickry. I got the scraped bottoms of their day’s batch of honey ice cream sandwiched between olive oil pine nut rosemary cookies. Delicious, and super rich. Photos!
Then last Friday, on a quick stop at Gelson’s (which doesn’t sell buttermilk, if you were ever wondering) I remembered that the best part of a Gelson’s visit is a glide through their incredible ice cream aisle.
I finally got the hint I’d been sending myself the last few months and sprung for this honeycomb ice cream from L.A. Creamery. The container says to let it thaw for five minutes before digging in, at which point it becomes a creamy, pliant block of cream. Dig a spoon in and rivers of dark honey ooze out.
So good. I’m a-okay with this honey spree. Who else’s should I try next?