Summer's Time for Ice Cream

Strawberry ice cream is the taste of summer

The official start to summer is this Saturday but it's already that time of year when people start eating ice cream.

Last night after a friend and I had dinner, her husband picked us up and immediately made a beeline for Earnest Ice Cream, a well-known local ice cream brand started in 2012.

So many flavours, it's hard to choose

At first we swung by its Quebec Street location and saw the queue went around the block -- we promptly headed to the original location on Fraser Street. There was a line there too, but not as long, and it actually went quickly.

I hadn't been to Earnest Ice Cream for years, the last time was before the pandemic!

Everyone, like us, was there to have a sweet dessert before going home. 

The flavours they had included: whiskey hazelnut, cookies & cream, London fog, Tahitian vanilla, matcha green tea, lavender shortbread and birthday cake.

When we got to the front of the line, I had a spoonful of the cream cheese flavour to try. While it was tangy, it was also quite rich, and couldn't possibly finish a whole scoop of it.

I opted for strawberry on a waffle cone; my friend had London fog, and her husband had baklava and another flavour I can't remember.

Yes it really is seriously good

It seems the scoop size you get depends on the server scooping them for you -- it appeared some people had smaller scoops than others. Luckily ours was a decent portion! 

As we ate our ice creams inside, the line outside eventually disappeared and it was 10pm, closing time.