In addition to ice cream you can buy homemade goat cheese, organic and biodynamic eggs, goat milk, goat milk yogurt, and even goat (and other types of) meat. Lots of cute baby goats hop and frolic in the fields and pens. If you’ve never tried goat milk ice cream it might sound strange, but the delicious biological ice cream from the goat farm in Amsterdamse Bos will win you over.Ī visit to the goat farm is a ton of fun. Professor Grunschnabel Geitenboerderij Riddammerhoeve You can find Professor Grunschnabel at festivals and weekend markets around Amsterdam like the Local Goods Weekend Market and De Parade and at many stores and restaurants including Vegabond, Sterk and Amsterdam Roest. With delicious flavor options like Café et Khatib (coffee with cardamom and vanilla), Indian Winter (a spicy Chai-like flavor), and Siam Horapa Coco (Thai basil and coconut) each taste of Professor Grunschnabel is like an exotic party in your mouth. Either way, every ice cream fan should sample Professor Grunschnabel’s dairy-free creations. Love!īefore or after your tasty ice cream, stop by one of the other business around the Beukenplein including Coffee Bru, Smokin’ Barrels and just around the corner Bar Bukowski.īeukenplein 5, Amsterdam Professor GrunschnabelĪre you a fan of creative ice cream flavors? Or maybe you’re vegan or you can’t eat lactose but you crave ice cream and gelato on a warm summer day. We love the name alone, IJsboefje could be roughly translated as “the little ice cream brat”. ![]() If you see Michel, tell him I say hello!Īn ice cream shop has popped up in Oost at the Beukenplein, and everyone is flocking there to taste their fresh flavors. You can find the lovely creations of de IJsmakerij at Noordermarkt on Saturdays, or sample the ice cream at cafes around town and La La Ijs, mentioned above. The creative flavors like salty caramel chocolate, 3 pepper and lemon-basil sorbet are amazingly delicious. Started by young entrepreneur Michel Smit, de IJsmakerij hand makes fruity sorbets and rich gelato in Amsterdam West using organic milk from a nearby farm in Noord, delivered by bakfiets. Next time you’re shopping at C&A, H&M or V&D, try it for yourself!Īlthough Amsterdam is full of delicious ice cream, we’d have to say the very best we have tasted is made by de IJsmakerij. We’ve heard it described as “heavenly”, “the best in the world”, and “like eating fresh whipped cream, but cold”. There is nearly always a line out the door of the small shop, and happy customers can be seen in the street licking big dripping cones of the pure white delight.įans of HEMA or McD’s soft ice cream should be sure to stop by and see what the real stuff tastes like. This shop on the Nieuwendijk shopping street serves creamy, soft vanilla ice cream. People go crazy for this simple ice cream that only comes in one flavor. (Michel truly makes the best ice cream in Amsterdam in my opinion!) All flavors are by the wonderful IJsmakerij, you can read more about him below. They have all kinds of yummy flavors like basil lemon, salted chocolate rosemary caramel and orange cardamom and offer vegan ice cream and milkshakes, sorbets and rich creamy gelatos. Just outside the Foodhallen you’ll find the cute shop of La La Ijs. Be sure to wear your loosest jeans.Ģe Anjeliersdwarsstraat 17, Amsterdam La La Ijs Does it taste like a smurf? What do smurfs taste like? Possibly I will never know because I can’t order anything but the passionfruit, it’s so yummy.Ī recipe for the perfect evening includes pizza at La Perla and a stroll around the Jordaan with a Monte Pelmo gelato in hand. I love their passionfruit sorbet, but am always fascinated by the bright blue ‘Smurf’ flavor. ![]() With many delicious flavors to choose from, Monte Pelmo nearly always has a queue in front, but it moves quickly. And Monte Pelmo is the perfect place in the Jordaan to get amazing gelato! The charming streets of the Jordaan are the perfect place to stroll while lazily licking an ice cream cone. IJscuypje has more than 10 locations in Amsterdam and it seems more are popping up all the time. Quite the opposite of ice cream and just what you need to warm you up in the cold, wet winter. IJscuypje is open from Spring through Fall, then it turns into Stamppotje for the winter, serving the traditional Dutch mashed potato dish in several flavors. My favorite is the Yoghurt-kers, a slightly sour plain flavor with streaks of cherry jam. You simply must try this creamy Dutch ice cream in unique flavors like Bitterkoekjes and Speculaas. Here are a few of our favorite ice cream shops in Amsterdam. Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM”? Here in the Netherlands it’s called IJs or IJsje (pronounced somewhat like ‘ice’) and we scream for it just as loudly! Everyone knows there’s nothing better on a warm summer evening than a tasty ice cream or gelato.
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