12/05/2016: The Helados Jauja team have announced that they will not be renewing their lease. We'll miss them!
December 17, 2011
The Carlton end of Lygon St has long been studded with gelaterias, but Michael recently observed the opening of a new ice creamery of note. Tucked between two spruiker-fronted restaurants, Helados Jauja offers Patagonian icecreams and chocolates. Flavours rotate regularly but the dominant theme appears to be rich and milky: we saw dulce de leche in multiple guises and others spiked with coffee, tea and chocolate. The dairy-free fruit sorbets are more culturally diverse, tending towards the tropical at the moment, and include durian.
Cupfuls don't come cheap (Michael's serve above set him back $8.60) but they're undeniably luxurious, made from the best ingredients and whipped to a gorgeous silky, just-a-tiny-bit-stretchy texture.
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Helados Jauja has already won fans on the blogs The moving beast and MoMo & Coco.
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Helados Jauja
254 Lygon St, Carlton
9041 2927
ice cream cups $4.70-10.60
http://www.heladosjauja.com.au/
Accessibility: The ice cream counter is a single step up from the main footpath, plus an alternative ramp. Small stools are arranged under a tree out front. There appears to be more seating inside but we didn't check it out properly.
ice cream cups $4.70-10.60
http://www.heladosjauja.com.au/
Accessibility: The ice cream counter is a single step up from the main footpath, plus an alternative ramp. Small stools are arranged under a tree out front. There appears to be more seating inside but we didn't check it out properly.
If they can do a dulce de leche and a peanut butter all at once for me, then that's going to prove another big tick in pro column for moving to Melbourne... Oooh, and black sesame! Dulce de leche and black sesame...
ReplyDeleteYour non sausage rolls are the gift that keep on giving! I'll be making them again this year...
ReplyDeleteMmm, been hunting around for a good dulce de leche gelato/ice-cream yumminess, thanks for sharing, will have to make a dessert run to go check it out... :)
ReplyDeleteHannah - I believe they had all three of those flavours available separately on the day we were there! A bit of manual mixin' and matchin' may be in order.
ReplyDeleteLisa - awesome! Even if you did mention it on the wrong post. :-P
Ashley - it's definitely worth a visit. :-)