🍦 WHAT: 1 Cone of 1 Scoop of Just Vanilla!
🍦 Vanilla ice cream
📍WHERE: Blue Marble
Upper West Side
2578 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
WHIT’s scale out of 5:
Creativity: 😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
📝 SHORT & SWEET: Just Vanilla from Blue Marble, is, well, just that! Just vanilla. While the flavor is somewhat underwhelming for me, I did like the texture and consistency in the scoop I had. Value-wise, shelling out $7 for one scoop is a bit on the expensive side and not entirely ideal.
📝 STORY: We were running errands up and down, and as we approached 97th street and saw Blue Marble’s storefront, I couldn’t help myself but to tell J, “I want to get ice cream there xD”. J looked at me like I was crazy for a number of reasons. One! It being almost dinner time (I think it was around 5 pm) and we hadn’t had dinner yet. For two - it’s winter and it was cold LOL. But hey, anytime and anywhere is ice cream time, right? Those reasons went entirely out the window and I happily went inside Blue Marble, excitedly thinking about my ice cream ^_^
After arriving inside, I went straight to the display case and perused available flavors, while the customer ahead of me was getting her affogato. Which looked good, but not for me today!
When it was my turn, I decided to start from basics - Just Vanilla.
It looks like a pretty decent vanilla from the picture, right?
💭 THOUGHTS: It was overall better than I expected, but not mind-blowing. I had perceived this ice cream to be sort of “clean” or “organic” in its taste, however the vanilla flavoring wasn’t like that. It was “Just Vanilla”, but not “just good ol’ vanilla”…it was just standard. And not very memorable.
I’d pass on getting it again, and move on to another flavor.
I did find the ice cream to be very creamy and super lickable. There were one or two itty-bits of ice chips in the ice cream though, but the texture was overall well-churned ice cream overall, like super thick frozen yogurt.
Also, not related to the ice cream itself, but the cone was nice and had just the right texture - crunchy without it being too crisp or soft.
ENCORE: Hold the applause for Just Vanilla. But yes to coming back to try other flavors!
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Other random (architectural) notes:
Inside the storefront, they also have a display area featuring others’ merchandise like apothecary items and plushies. I like that this is a mini market.
The size of a single scoop is a tennis ball. Love the very clear graphics lol!!