Showing posts with label Ariane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ariane. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 May 2012

We all scream for Ice Cream

Apparently it is National Ice Cream Week (28th May-3rd June 2012*).  I wonder if they asked Polnareff to take part, he did once claim to have been born in an ice cream - here he is, in his trademark sunglasses and naked as the day he was born (except for his grandma's hat)...


Watch out for the bizarre pillaging of The Intro & The Outro by The Bonzo's in this epic from his everythingANDthekitchensink masterpiece Polnareff's.

Michel Polnareff - Né Dans Un Ice-Cream


I imagine, meanwhile, that on hearing of N.I.C.W., Ariane would have gotten herself all excited and danced around in a circle chanting "Ice Cream, Ice Cream, Moi je n'aime que l'ice cream" until she felt so queasy she couldn't stomach even the tiniest scoop of cold, creamy goodness**.


[image source: Bide & Musique]


Ariane - Ice Cream
[this was re-issued on Ultra Chicks vol. 1, if you can find a copy]

But isn't it strange how they both opted for the anglophone and not the francophone?


Here are a few of my favourite places to buy ice cream (in no particular order)
  1. Fusciardi's, Eastbourne - try the 'Moonraker' sundae.
  2. Marocco's, Hove - a multitude of homemade flavours, try the chilli chocolate or the boozy tiramisu.
  3. Di Pola's, Hastings - possibly the softest gelato I've ever had the pleasure of eating.
  4. Amorino, Paris - try as many flavours as you can fit in a cone and they will arrange them like the petals of a flower.
  5. Berthillon, Paris - everything from Irish Coffee to Earl Grey Tea. A scoop of pear and a scoop of their ultra-rich chocolate works well.
  6. Fennochio Glacier, Nice - over 50 flavours including some odd ones like Cactus, Black Olive, Tomato & Basil, Thyme.


*on closer inspection it seems to be very much a sponsored event, and not very 'National' at all
**does that sound dirty and wrong?