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COMPASS MAGAZINE, July 2006

Chilling out with ice cream K2 Italian Ice Cream 101, BoGuan Road (04) 2329-9472 Hours: 12 am-10 pm (opens 11 am Sat/Sun)

--By Niang Chen and Douglas Habecker Translated by Cara Steenstra, Tre Gordon and Picker Chen

Every adult should spend 15 minutes per day being a child. This is the dream that K2 Italian Ice Cream allows you to indulge in with its products. Pure handmade ice cream is prepared with fresh fruit and milk, with no additives or stabilizers, so that there is a seven-day expiration date. Everything you taste at K2 is ice cream at its freshest and most flavorsome. There are over 40 different flavors produced and you can choose from at least 20 different flavors at the store daily. The ice creams here are mainly separated into two categories--the creamier, milk-based gelato and the fruit-based (with over 85% fruit) sorbetto. Most of the ice cream here is low in fat and calories, so you can eat to your heart's delight without worrying too much about gaining extra pounds. A single scoop is NT$60 and doubles are NT$80. Ice creams marked with an Italian flag have higher ingredient costs and are therefore NT$20 more expensive. The Casata (Sicilian-style ice cream cake) contains almonds, pistachios and candied orange peels to give it its multi-layered texture, nutty flavor and fruity tang. You can also try a different way of eating ice cream here--homemade brioche with three scoops of ice cream in between (NT$90). The soft, warm bread combined with cold ice cream makes for a curious and fun combination. Affogato (NT$100) is ice cream drowned in espresso, an authentically Italian way of eating gelato. Delivery service is also available at NT$350 per container (750 grams).