This is the ice cream bar at Zanoni and Zanoni, the world famous Viennese ice cream place. They had about thirty flavors which was pretty impressive. There was a nice outdoor sitting area that was heated so that it can be used all winter.
The first night (thats right, we went twice!) I stuck to some basics, pistachio and chocolate. The pistachio was good, not to sweet very creamy. The chocolate was milk chocolate, there was no dark chocolate, and it had a light flavor. These two blended very nicely which was good because they pretty much inserted the chocolate into the pistachio as you can see above.
The second night I went with mango and biscotti. This pair did not blend as well but at least the scoopers put them side by side. The mango was there in flavor, but the texture was just too light. The biscotti was warm in flavor the texture was helped out by the addition of easy to chew biscotti pieces. Down to business, while this was very good ice cream, much better than anything that I have had in the Czech Republic, this was no Berthillon. The texture was too light and airy, and there were times when the flavor was just not making it to where it should have. The chocolate was just not rich enough. Also aside from any bits that they put it, all of the ice creams have the exact same texture, something that made the ice cream boring. If you are in Vienna by all means you should go and enjoy some Zanoni and Zanoni, but if you are an ice cream lover, make sure that you travel to Paris to taste the true "best ice cream in Europe" at Berthillon.
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