Indian Ice Cream Heaven in Artesia
I had four courses of delicious ice cream at the Saffron Spot in Little India (Artesia) with Abby’s Pleasure Palate group. This was ice cream with depth and silky, rich textures, made with saffron, basil, rose, pistachios, pomegranate, chikoo… Really, I could not get enough. This was the best ice cream I have ever tasted, none of that artificial Breyer’s or Baskin Robbins or even Ben and Jerry’s (!) nonsense. Saffron Spot puts Pinkberry to shame.
Ice cream…
Kulfi Falooda…
Kulfi…
Shaved Ice…
Now what exactly are all these things? I’m going to have to link you to Abby’s blog and this article to get a better sense of the cream. Sorry, I’m not a foodie and don’t follow ingredients. I just hunt and gather. Speaking of which:
To find the place, look for the newish-looking Little India Village shopping plaza on Pioneer Boulevard, just off South Street. The plaza has a curved exterior with two small elephant statues in the front and a free parking lot.
Saffron Spot is the perfect after-Bollywood-movie treat!
18744 Pioneer Blvd.
Artesia, CA 90701
(562) 809-4554
www.saffronspot.com
Suggestion: See a movie at the Naz 8, then dinner at Jay Bharat’s, then dessert at Saffron Spot!
For my Bollywood posts, click here!
To learn more about Pleasure Palate click here and sign up via Meetin.org. They have some hard core foodies in that group.
I never knew the wonders of Artesia! That food looks delicious.
Thank you!
You (and your blog) rock.
Comment by Aaron Proctor — July 31, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
the ice cream sounds intriguing. I gotta admit the 2nd pic kind of makes my stomach turn, though. I am so not an adventurous eater.
Comment by MK — August 1, 2007 @ 4:45 am
Why thank you AP! See you and your blog(s) at the blogger picnic!
MK - I probably should describe the treats more. The second picture is basically a milky drink with an ice cream bar in it and some noodles. The noodles were good, more texture than flavor. Kulfi - the ice cream bar looking thing - is actually 300x better than an ice cream bar. It’s more dense and is made by a different process than ice cream bars.
Comment by UnHip LA — August 1, 2007 @ 8:39 am