Metropolitan - the pastry room in Amsterdam
On one of my day trips to Amsterdam (just love being a tourist in my own country!), I visited the Metropolitan. I don't know what to call it exactly, because it is a chocolate bar, espresso bar, dessert shop and ice cream parlor in one. Sweet tooths would probably call it heaven.
When I walked inside, I was welcomed by a delicious chocolate scent and further inside, I found this show case full of different flavors of gelato.
I don't know if I have mentioned it on my blog before, but I have problems deciding on things. It is especially difficult, when there are way too many options. My mom often tells me to just get married to a guy who takes the decisions for me, but even though I like men who are on the manly side, I actually hate being bossed around. So, I will just stay motae solo (= Korean name for forever alone).
While I was staring at the different flavors of gelato for a very long time, a male employee offered me a small tasting spoon with some blood orange ice cream to try out. It was quite nice and I normally don't really like sorbet ice cream that much, as they are often too sweet or have a too watery/icy texture. There were also some really interesting flavors, such as Kikkoman soy sauce ice cream and cucumber ice cream, but I just stuck to the safe flavors.
I got the Macaron Almond ice cream and Pistachio ice cream (the cup in the front). The Macaron Almond ice cream had a few chunks and smaller bits of semi-crunchy macaron in it, but it is mainly a light almond ice cream with colorful dots. The macaron flavor is not very outspoken. The pistachio ice cream isn't really rich in terms of flavor, but I like the creamy and airy texture and the swirls of ground pistachio nuts in it.
I didn't take a good picture of the other ice cream (a bit blurry!), so I was glad that my little brother took a picture from his side with his smart phone.
He chose the mango sorbet ice cream and the chocolate brownie ice cream (on the left). I had a small taste of those, before we all dug in, and I like the mango flavor the most. It has a not too sweet or too sour flavor, I like how it was balanced. It was quite refreshing for an ice cream. The chocolate brownie ice cream was okay.
In the ice cream cup on the right, there is a scoop of the strawberry sorbet ice cream and a scoop of the pistachio ice cream that I also had. The strawberry sorbet ice cream was nice too, but the mango was better.
Another person tried the Lime-mint sorbet ice cream and the Mandarin sorbet ice cream. Because he sat at another bar table, I forgot to take a picture, but he said that both were very tasty. If you consider how hot it was that day, how tired I was from all the walking, and how thirsty I was, it is already a miracle that I was able to snap some pictures, before inhaling all the ice cream.
Tip 1: Try one scoop of the creamy looking ice cream flavors (It is the first time I ate ice cream with such a creamy and airy texture!) and one scoop of the sorbet ice creams (One of the best I tried!).
Tip 2: If you cannot pick just one or two ice cream flavors and want to try more (just like me), you can get an ice cream tasting for €7.95 per person (no reservations required and at any time). You will get a plate with a small scoop of 16 different ice cream flavors.
Prices: one scoop (€1.95), two scoops (€3.35), 3 scoops (€4.70), 4 scoops (€5.95), 5 scoops (€6.95), and an ice cream milkshake (€3.85)
When I walked inside, I was welcomed by a delicious chocolate scent and further inside, I found this show case full of different flavors of gelato.
I don't know if I have mentioned it on my blog before, but I have problems deciding on things. It is especially difficult, when there are way too many options. My mom often tells me to just get married to a guy who takes the decisions for me, but even though I like men who are on the manly side, I actually hate being bossed around. So, I will just stay motae solo (= Korean name for forever alone).
While I was staring at the different flavors of gelato for a very long time, a male employee offered me a small tasting spoon with some blood orange ice cream to try out. It was quite nice and I normally don't really like sorbet ice cream that much, as they are often too sweet or have a too watery/icy texture. There were also some really interesting flavors, such as Kikkoman soy sauce ice cream and cucumber ice cream, but I just stuck to the safe flavors.
I got the Macaron Almond ice cream and Pistachio ice cream (the cup in the front). The Macaron Almond ice cream had a few chunks and smaller bits of semi-crunchy macaron in it, but it is mainly a light almond ice cream with colorful dots. The macaron flavor is not very outspoken. The pistachio ice cream isn't really rich in terms of flavor, but I like the creamy and airy texture and the swirls of ground pistachio nuts in it.
I didn't take a good picture of the other ice cream (a bit blurry!), so I was glad that my little brother took a picture from his side with his smart phone.
He chose the mango sorbet ice cream and the chocolate brownie ice cream (on the left). I had a small taste of those, before we all dug in, and I like the mango flavor the most. It has a not too sweet or too sour flavor, I like how it was balanced. It was quite refreshing for an ice cream. The chocolate brownie ice cream was okay.
Another person tried the Lime-mint sorbet ice cream and the Mandarin sorbet ice cream. Because he sat at another bar table, I forgot to take a picture, but he said that both were very tasty. If you consider how hot it was that day, how tired I was from all the walking, and how thirsty I was, it is already a miracle that I was able to snap some pictures, before inhaling all the ice cream.
Tip 2: If you cannot pick just one or two ice cream flavors and want to try more (just like me), you can get an ice cream tasting for €7.95 per person (no reservations required and at any time). You will get a plate with a small scoop of 16 different ice cream flavors.
Prices: one scoop (€1.95), two scoops (€3.35), 3 scoops (€4.70), 4 scoops (€5.95), 5 scoops (€6.95), and an ice cream milkshake (€3.85)
Metropolitan - the pastry roomchocolate - gelato - espresso - cake
