Sundaes & Cones

Green tea and sesame ice cream

Welcome to Sundaes & Cones, an ice cream parlor in East Village that specializes in Asian flavors!

Few recommended flavors:

1. Taro Ice Cream

The ice cream is made with fresh taro and taro-flavored powder. If you haven't had taro, try this one!

2. Toasted Coconut Ice Cream

This one is a combination of coconut milk and cream. On top of the ice cream is a lot of toasted and crushed coconut flecks. Yum!!

3. Avocade Ice Cream

This ice cream is very creamy and buttery with a subtle, almost savory finish. Oh I want one now!

Sundaes & Cones
95 East 10th Street, New York NY 10003 (map)
212-979-9398
sundaescones.com

Eddie's Sweet Shop, The Authentic Forest Hills Ice Cream Parlor

Forest Hills is my favorite neighborhood in Queens. Everything seems much more "normal" and laid back there. You can feel the sense of tight community there. I just love it! Well, much to my delight, I just learned that in Forest Hills, there is this one authentic ice cream parlor that opened in 1909 and still preserve its old-time feel. It is called Eddie's Sweet Shop. 

Not only that their ice cream and whipped creams are handmade (like what old people used to make), the ambiance of the store is also very old fashioned. Once you enter, you will be greeted with mosaic tile floor and wooden swivel tools. You will feel like you are being transported back to the 1920s.

As for the ice cream, they are most famous for its banana splits ice cream with enormous amount of whipped cream put on top. I went there few days ago and ordered the Banana Royal Sundae. I picked 3 ice cream flavors; vanilla, butter pecan and mint chip. Let me tell you, the sundae was so good! The ice cream was very creamy and not overly sweet!! Love it love it love. If only their place was not so far from my place. 

But they also have other menus like sundae, floats, egg cream, milk shakes. This place is also great if you want to have "make your own sundae party". The package start at $300. Isn't it fun to have your birthday celebrated with many scoops of ice crea, hot fudge and chocolate sauce? Yumm!

Eddie's Sweet Shop
105-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY, 11375 (map)
718-520-8514

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

If you like to try exotic Asian-esque flavored ice cream, then this is the place! Chinatown Ice Cream Factory has been around for decades in Chinatown and popular not only for its creamy and sweet ice cream but also for its unique flavors. They have won several awards like Citysearch WINNER for the Best Ice Cream in NYC, ZAGAT Award of Distinction. So I guess this place is really worth the visit!

What's in the menu?
Not only ice cream, but also ice cream cake and sorbet. For the ice cream flavor, try the exotic ones here! From durian, Chinese egg custard, ginger, pandan, red bean, taro and a lot more! Be experimental and dare to try the them all!

Address?
65 Bayard St (between Mott St & Elizabeth St), New York, NY 10013. Check out their website here.