![]() ![]() ![]() MATT SIMMONS (Pazzo Gelato customer): You serious, it says basil on the thing? Matt Simmons was slightly stunned that his friend, Kelsey Collins(ph) picked out Strawberry Basil for him. WALTERS: But not all of Geldman's customers are all bold as his gelato. When it reaches a certain freezing point, the flavor just explodes. And then we spice it up and infuse it with Grey Goose vodka. GELDMAN: The chocolate martini is a really high-grade Venezuelan chocolate - very, very rich. WALTERS: Geldman's menu includes mango with chili, pineapple cardamom, and one adult favorite he whips up for special occasions. MARK GELDMAN (Pazzo Gelato): In this part of the world people are very, very adventurous. Mark Geldman is the head chef at Pazzo Gelato, Italian for crazy ice cream. WALTERS: Heading Sunset Boulevard, the shops get hipper by the mile. First, they are not sure, but then as soon as they taste, everybody almost, they say wow. WALTERS: So it looks like you're putting little hairs on my ice cream. MASHTI SHARONI: Usually you pick the ice cream combined with the sorbet. A sorbet with squiggly rice starch noodles. WALTERS: Some flavors take getting used to, like Falloudah. Then after that I invent the orange blossom, the ginger one, lavender. ![]() MASHTI SHARONI: The creamy rosewater and saffron rosewater, the beginning I started with that. ![]() To save money, he just added his name to the existing sign and that's old Mashti Malone's was born. Mashti Sharoni set up shop in what had been an old Irish ice cream store. Back when the two trailblazers moved here from Iran, adventurous ice cream lovers could only dream of something more than 31 familiar flavors. WALTERS: The Sharoni's are the Lewis and Clark of eclectic frozen delicacies. MASHTI SHARONI (Owner, Mashti Malone's): And I'm Mashti Sharoni, the older brother. MESHTI SHARONI (Owner, Mashti Malone's): I'm Meshti Sharoni, one of the brothers of Mashti Malone's. NPR's Amy Walters went looking for odd flavors, and boy did she find some.Ĭruise down Hollywood Boulevard, take a sharp down at a run down liquor store and there next to a tiki bar under a big sign with shamrock you'll find the granddaddy's of L.A.'s exotic ice cream shops. Some have ingredients we weren't even sure would freeze. has become a melting pot - well, a freezer chest - for exotic ice creams that blend flavors from around the world. I'm Alex Chadwick.Īmong the many things Los Angeles is known for, add strange ice cream. ![]()
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