Gib Mot

Posted in Desserts on July 18th, 2007 by mei| | .

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I heart Big Tom.

My attempts to cut out sugar and dairy has failed miserably and as my loyal readers may have noticed, I definitely have a yen for ice cream these days. I already have two quarts of Swensen’s ice cream to my name but that’s not keeping me from trying out fatty-gooey-dreamy-pore-clogging dairy delights from joints around town.

A few weeks back Levenade and I went to this place that I’ve always wanted to check out - Big Tom. We had the house specialty which was a brownie with vanilla ice cream flambéed with red wine. I thought the brownie was just enh (still haven’t found any decent brownies in Taipei… anybody who knows where I can get some let me know!!!) and the flavor of wine was too strong (although I’ll admit I did ask the wait staff to go heavier on the wine). The criticisms notwithstanding, I do like their ice cream. The vanilla ice cream was nicely specked and was rich and creamy enough that made me believe that there are still some zaftig cows left in this country of emaciated bovines.

ice_cream1.jpgice_cream2.jpgWe also had the Cookies and Cream (pictured near left) and what I believe to be some caramel swirly thing (pictured far left)(I plead guilty to memory loss as a result of food coma). I have to say I was happy with both choices. Happy? Mmmm. Maybe that was an understatement.

The interior of Big Tom’s is quite interesting. I’m not so sure what to make of the cow print upholstery but I sure like that there’s a al fresco dining area outside over looking a lake behind Sun Yat Sen Memorial. Levenade said that it looks like a “date” place. Date? Erm. With whom? With Tom? Mmm… Nevermind.

Anyway, my final verdict? I likey.

One lick and you’ll be scrambling back to Big Tom for another mouthful of his dream cream.
Amen.

Big Tom 美國冰淇淋文化館
No. 505 Renai Road, Section 4 (Next to the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Parking Lot. The entrance is actually on Guang Fu)
仁愛路四段505號
02 2345 4213

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  1. hungryintaipei said,

    on August 7th, 2007 at 12:51 am

    i haven’t been to Big Tom in years (before i started my food blog!) but i remember their waffles being very very delicious. i also really l liked their peanut ice cream.

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