[Review] Handmade Italian Gelato at Alfero Artisan Gelato

Friday, August 12, 2016

[Review] Handmade Italian Gelato at Alfero Artisan Gelato

Alfero Gelato has two outlets in Singapore, one at Orchard Gateway and the other at MacPherson Lane. Met up with my lovely friends for a tasting session at the MacPherson Lane outlet which is about 10 minutes walk away from Tai Seng MRT station.

In case the shop is too crowded, there's a bench for you to wait outside the shop and take photos with the shop front.

The shop was named after its owner Marco Alfero with the aim to bring consumers homemade Italian gelato produced with the best ingredients that was imported. Without compromising on the freshness and taste, Alfero Artisan Gelato is the true Italian gelato that even the Godfather loves it!

Awards that were achieved over the years.

At Alfero Gelato, the gelato are stored in the POZZETTO cabinet where air and light cannot contaminate the quality of the gelato. This way, it helps to preserve the perfect texture and smoothness of their gelato. Thus, we can only choose our gelato flavours based on the name of the flavours on the name stands.

We did some sampling before we finally picked our favourite flavours to be placed in the cup or waffles. Here we have the Mango Sorbet and Lychee Sorbet in cups. Both are refreshing and for the Lychee Sorbet, there's even some chunks of the Lychee fruit to bite on. I love them both for the smooth texture and it's not too icy. The cost is reasonably priced as well at $4.50 for 1 scoop and $6.50 for 2 scoops.

For gelato, we had a double scoops of Dark Chocolate and Mint Choco Chips. We are so used to seeing mint flavoured ice-cream in green but at Alfero Gelato, they don't use artificial colouring and thus their Mint Choco Chips gelato is in white colour. Both flavours when mixed and eaten together is really a great combination. As compared to ice-cream, gelato only contains 2 - 9% of fats while a normal ice-cream may contain up to 30% of fats.

We also tried two of their signature smoothies - Avocado with gula melaka and mango priced at $7.90. By topping up with another $0.50, one can choose from the premium flavours which includes pistachio and Mao Shan Wang Durian. Their smoothies is really thick and creamy and is a good serving size for sharing. For me, I can't possibly finished one tall glass by myself.

We also had gelato with waffles. The two old lady even decorated our plate with nice wordings, "Be Happy. Enjoy Gelato." We chosen Bacio, Green Tea and Pistachio as our gelato for waffle. Both Pistachio and Bacio are their best sellers so it's glad that we got to try them both. I love the Bacio flavour which taste so much like Ferrero Rocher. Waffle with Gelato cost $7.50 for a single scoop, $9.50 for a double scoop and $11.50 for 3 scoops while plain waffle cost $4.

For the waffles, they were created using real pandan juice thus it appears green in colour on the inside. This makes the waffle extremely delicious on its own and we even ordered another 4 pieces of waffles to munch on.