25/07/2025
Quynh Trang
Describe a shop/store you enjoy visiting
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I'd like to tell you about my favourite gelato place, which is called Ciao Ciao, 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧/ 𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 Xuan Thuy Street. It is actually quite small, but somehow always 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 attract 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬. To be honest, when I first went there, I felt it was 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝑂𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, it is almost impossible to find a parking spot nearby during peak hours, like Saturday evenings. I remember one time, my family ended up paying around 400,000 VND just for travel cost, 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 amount in my opinion.
However, the gelato can 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 any 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐬 - probably that's why it is always 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 :)). 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑠 its 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 and the intense, authentic taste, clearly made from high-quality ingredients.
I have a thing for fruity flavors, and 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 fruity aftertaste that 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 my mouth as it melted. 𝐴𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 is that this place 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 flavors, which confidently meet the preference of customers at different ages and sexes, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. Try to taste Mango Alphonso, Durian Ri 6, Soursop (mãng cầu xiêm) - they're seriously worth it!
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓. They are super attentive and patient. Not only did they happily let me try a few samples before I made up my mind, but they also gave some useful tips on the best flavor combos (in case you want to try a mega cone, which includes 5 flavors like the one in the picture below).
This is the only ice cream shop I sometimes 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 since I don't 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 and I am usually not keen on sweet desserts.
