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hello hello hello i'm janice and i hope
you're all doing well
it is officially summer here in
australia
and it's getting warmer and warmer every
day today is actually an exception
it is a little bit cooler than what it's
been like yesterday and two days before
and what we're going to be doing today
in this episode
is we are going to be checking out a
couple ice cream places
here in sydney that's quite interesting
so currently we are in newtown it was
like
really crowded just to get here today
and we're about
two minutes walk from our first
destination
for this video so without further ado
let me show you
where we're going
we have just arrived at hakihihia in
newtown
and they specialize in a range of
different flavored
turkish ice creams now that i've been
here i do also know that they do turkish
coffee
and a range of different baklavas so
what we're going to be doing today is
we are going to be taste testing their
ice creams i've been here a while ago
but it's been a while since i've had it
and we're also going to be trying some
baklava and maybe also some coffee as
well
so from memory the last time i've been
here the the texture
of turkish ice cream is a little bit
different to
the types of ice cream that i'm normally
more used to
if it's if it's a very cold temperature
it'll be
chewy but if it starts getting a bit
warmer then
it starts stretching it's the only ice
cream in the world
that's eating a bit nice and full so
basically that's just milk
cream and sugar nothing else right
so the flavor there is just a milk
flavor
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this is the the original flavor this is
just the
milk and we've got some crumbed
pistachios on top
this is so incredibly creamy and i love
pistachios
so i enjoy the pistachio on top and it's
like it's like you need to chew it
when you do eat it it's like oh wow i
actually have to bite the ice cream
it's very creamy and it's very delicious
so all the ice cream here
is cooked fresh every day in store so
the base flavor of the ice cream
i think i was told it takes between four
to five
hours to cook and that acts as a base
for all the different flavors of ice
cream that's available
okay so i have a range of different
ice cream flavors right in front of me
we have baklava we have turkish delight
we have turkish coffee this
is the turkish delight
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we've got that hint of rose water in
there which is not
overwhelming but you can taste that it's
really light
and it's really refreshing it reminds me
a little bit of
watermelon as well okay and next up we
have the
melon and feta it's a nice sort of
orange yellowy color
it tastes very similar to like
what is it called cantaloupe i can't
really taste the fat of those
but it's nice this one is they explain
all the flavors to me but there were so
many already forgot but you know we'll
try and see what it tastes like
this is definitely the coffee
i'm a fan of coffee so i really like
that i like that the coffee flavor is so
strong
if you are worried about the amount of
ice cream i'm consuming for this video
don't worry i've adequately prepared for
it
so there's nothing to worry about all
right this is the
fourth flavor that i have this is most
definitely
chocolate hazelnut
i can't feel any of the hazelnuts but i
can definitely taste it
because the flavors are just it's so
prominent and obvious
this is i think the second last flavor
of ice cream that i have
this one is a big one i can taste a bit
of the are they called fig
seeds i don't even know but you know
those things are in pigs
i can taste a bit of that in the ice
cream okay so i do know that there is a
buck lover flavored ice cream at the
bottom of this bowl so i'm just gonna
like work around it
and get into it this one tastes very
similar to the first one that i had like
the
milk based one i really enjoy all these
flavors my favorite
and i didn't think this would be my
favorite but it's actually the turkish
delight because
flavors aren't like overpowering like
you don't get like a hit of
rose water yeah the turkish like one
here is pretty good
as is the um the the turkish coffee that
one had a really strong coffee
flavor to it and i like that one as well
okay
i told them my favorite is the pistachio
and this wasn't available today but they
were making it in the kitchen so i got a
spoonful of this
and i was told to not lick it just eat
it which
i will follow instructions to the tea
this feels like i'm eating pistachio in
an other
texture so instead of it being like you
know crunchy
as in like the nut form this is like an
ice cream soft chewy pistachio
the flavors are like exactly the same
and they've got like a sprinkle of
pistachio on top as well
that's delicious i would come back just
to have the pistachio
okay now we have the turkish coffee so
what we've got is
a little thing of coffee and then we've
got
a thing of water and also turkish
delight and what i was told is that
traditionally
this was served to guests and depending
on whether the guests drank the water
first the coffee first
is telling as to whether the guest is
hungry or not
if the guest drinks the coffee first it
means
they're not hungry the water first it
means they're hungry
right so then they'll they'll prepare
them food because
they couldn't ask for food or they
couldn't tell them that they were hungry
and all so
the lady of the house will determine if
they're hungry or not should they be fed
or not by
offering them a cup of coffee with some
water on them but today
it's still served this way but we use
the water as a
cleanser palette to wash down the coffee
right right that's yeah so the turkish
delights they have to sweeten the
palette for some people it can be bitter
yeah um and the water is nice and
refreshing just to wash it down
okay thank you wow this coffee is
so thick and it's really tiny as well
it's like a
it's like a shot of coffee
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it's not it's not bad at all i've had
turkish coffee before and i found it to
be really bitter
but i just asked for some uh for some
sugar for this one
towards the end it's a little bit like
more
bitter but this is um this is very
it's very thick coffee
but we have a turkish delight to chase
this with
this is chewy this is sweet this is soft
the rose water flavor is more prominent
in this one than it was in the ice cream
usually i would find this a little bit
too sweet but because the coffee was
quite bitter
i think it counter balances it and then
we finish off with some water
we're done with the coffee but we're not
done here yet we've got
three different back lovers um i need to
find out what these flavors
are so be right back i'm gonna find out
i'm gonna come back
and let you know what they are all right
and the three baklavas that we have
today
is a pistachio one we also have a
chocolate
and we also have a walnut one and
essentially these are like
sweet pastry desserts so these buck
lovers i've been told
they have 40 layers so they're 40 layers
of pillow pastry and each layer has
butter and after 20 layers they have
the roasted nuts for the pistachio there
is
roasted pistachios and then from the
walnut there is the
roasted walnut in the middle and then on
top of that there's another
20 layers of pastry and they also have
the sugar
syrup which they add a little bit of the
lemon juice so it doesn't
sort of crystallize and turn into
caramel but what you would find
is that the top of these pastry is a lot
crispier
whereas the bottom is is more like chewy
so i think what we're going to do is
we're going to taste the pistachio first
and then go from there the pastry is so
light it's so crisp and it's so sweet
and as i was like sort of slicing it in
half i did see a bit of the syrup
ooze out as well it's like a really
indulgent
sweet pastry okay so next up we have
something called a
chocolate so this is pastries that are
rolled and i was told there's about like
15 layers of pastry and then inside the
nuts
is like crushed walnuts and
honestly i'm just excited to try it i
find the chocolate bar to be a little
bit sweeter
than the pistachio one i think
especially with the presence of the
chocolate there
the pastry is still more crisp on the
top
and then the bottom is more sticky and
chewy and more
caramely and last but definitely not
least we have the walnut buck lover
this one like the pistachio one has 40
layers of pastry
each brushed with butter in the middle
like after 20 layers they have
crushed roasted walnuts there and then
on top they also have a sprinkle on
walnuts as well
i appreciate how crispy and flaky that
chop is
you have that more sweeter and chewy
face
my preference is always pistachio
because i love that stuff but if you
like walnuts
you can't go wrong with the walnut
baklava
all right we are pretty much done here
at hakiki the ice cream here
is delicious it's very different in
terms of texture
so all the other ice creams i've had
before if you're looking for something
cooling this summer definitely check
this place out but we're not done with
this video yet we are going to be
heading to another destination i'm going
to show you another place you can go to
get ice cream
this very very hot australian summer so
without further ado
let's get back into the car and let's go
to our next destination
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whoops we are
on our way let me just find where that
exact location is
okay we have just arrived at
our next destination for this video it's
a place called duo
duo here in stratfield it's kind of like
further back there i parked a little bit
on the side road
because i i wasn't sure if there was
parking back there but yeah it is
currently
6 17. it opens at 6
30 so we are well ahead of schedule
we are now heading towards duo duo ice
cream truck
this is what it looks like
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so duo duo is actually opened by two
best friends back in 2017
november and they have an ice cream
truck initially
here in stratfield and they're open
thursday to sunday but recently they now
have a pop-up shop
in cabra mata and all their ice cream is
made fresh at their warehouse
and they make all their flavors they
also individually bread or their
their ice creams for their fried ice
cream um and then sort of they bread it
they crumb it and then they they freeze
it so that they can try it to order
at the truck they have a range of
different flavors
what i've got today is the pandan
coconut fried ice cream
and also the earl grey fried ice cream
and they both have
various i guess creams on top
i'll put the exact description of the
ice cream here okay so in terms of
the pandan coconut you can definitely
sort of
taste the flavor of the pandan there
they also have a coconut cream on top
that they put
on top of the the fried dough and then
sprinkle some coconut like roasted
coconut flakes on top as well
you've got a combination of different
temperatures you've got a combination of
different textures
you've got the crispy on the outside and
then inside it's just
cold and creamy the thing with filming
ice cream episodes as i have come to
quickly learn is that
you really can't talk that much or take
that many photos before you eat because
everything's just gonna melt
okay now we have the earl grey fried
ice cream so i think what we'll do is
we'll start with tasting the earl grey
you can definitely taste the earl grey
flavor it's quite
i can taste a bit of the citrus as well
but i think it's because the
yuzu cream has seeped into it but let's
try a
bite with the el grey ice cream and
the yuzu cream it's quite interesting i
guess that's why people sometimes add
lemon
to their great tea okay now i'm gonna
try a bite
with everything we've got oh great ice
cream we've got the yuzu cream
we've got the fried dough on the outside
but we'll get some of the crunch on top
as well and and take that as
like a massive bite with everything i
need some sense that our own ice cream
is what i need
i mean toothpaste is what i need
here's what i think i think ice cream
it's typically a dessert that you can
have even if you're really full after
dinner
because the ice cream just trickles
around all the food that's in your
stomach
with the fried ice cream i think it's
something that's like
quite a bit more substantial than just
ice cream because you have that fried
dough on the outside i think it's
something that
i think is something that if you are
hungry it will definitely fill you
up it's not something that i would eat
if i was already full from dinner
because this is like this is this can be
considered a meal in itself and i do
also think that if you're not looking
for fried ice cream
and you're not looking to sort of eat
your ice cream straight away
the takeaway tubs are a good alternative
they do have like a lot of different
flavors they have
jackfruit they have durian they have the
pandan coconut
the earl grey um so it's
they also have black
they also have sorry i have prescription
sunny so i can see what's on the board
they also have
taro they have mango so they have like a
range of different flavors
and that pretty much concludes our visit
here at zuro zuo if you're in the area
you're feeling like ice cream
and you don't want to eat it straight
away
check out their tubs they have a range
of different flavors if you're in the
area and you do want ice cream and
you're feeling hungry and you don't mind
something more substantial
check out their fried ice cream yeah i
have had a lot
of ice cream today in fact that is
pretty much all i've had today
but i think i'm gonna have something a
little bit more savory for dinner
and yeah that's that pretty much
concludes
our our time at duodo and that is it for
this video i forgot to do an outro so
this
is it if you're still watching thanks so
much for watching till the end i post
new videos every week check them out if
you have time
have an amazing rest of the week and i
will see you in my next video
bye
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