{"id":369,"date":"2007-07-20T06:57:36","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T06:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/20\/tour-del-gelato-il-massimo-del-gelato-milan\/"},"modified":"2008-09-01T19:28:04","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T19:28:04","slug":"tour-del-gelato-il-massimo-del-gelato-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/20\/tour-del-gelato-il-massimo-del-gelato-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour del Gelato: Il Massimo del Gelato, Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop the presses. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve just found our new, <strong>absolute favorite gelateria in all of Italy<\/strong>. Yes we&#8217;re ready to go that far to claim it as such.<\/p>\n<p>Before I go on, make sure you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/tour-del-gelato-blogroll\/\">check out other stops on the Tour del Gelato<\/a> &#8211; we&#8217;ve had several new ones in the past few weeks, just in time for the height of gelato season. You can participate no matter where you are in the world! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlebovitz.com\/\">David<\/a> also just posted a great post on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlebovitz.com\/archives\/2007\/07\/whats_gelato.html\">What is Gelato<\/a>&#8221; that re-confirms what I had also learned recently &#8211; <strong>gelato is actually lower in fat than regular ice cream<\/strong>!! Make that three scoops, please!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also still looking for <strong>Fernet Branca lovers<\/strong> all over the world to fill out <a href=\"http:\/\/fernetbrancalover.wufoo.com\/forms\/fernet-branca-lovers\/\">my quick, anonymous survey<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/contact-me\/\">contact me<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>So, back to our new favorite. <strong>Il Massimo del Gelato<\/strong>, recommended to me by several people, isn&#8217;t that far from our house so we decided to take a little &#8220;road trip&#8221; and seek it out to see if it was worth the hype. There was a small group of people eating outside and quite a few more inside. There is only one bench to sit and eat. Most people were getting to-go containers to take home, and walking away with their cones and cups.<\/p>\n<p>By internal couple law, we got 6 entirely different flavors so we could try as many as possible and see how they &#8220;measured&#8221; up. With every flavor, we sounded like a broken record: WOW! complete with eyes popping and incredulous looks on our faces. <\/p>\n<p>I have to apologize for my photos &#8211; I brought the small camera because I think shop owners get nervous with the big horsepower, and there were so many people in there that I couldn&#8217;t get very many good shots. When I asked about taking pictures, she actually told me &#8220;Don&#8217;t steal the gelato!&#8221; so they obviously know they&#8217;ve got something good going on.<\/p>\n<p>My 3-flavor cup yielded me&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pistacchio (stand-by favorite&#8230;a staple) &#8211; this one was salted!<\/li>\n<li>Cioccolato all&#8217;Azteca (chocolate with cinnamon and hot pepper)<\/li>\n<li>Mandorla (almond)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/857385914\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1129\/857385914_8cfa2085ae.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"3 flavor coppetta at Il Massimo del Gelato\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>I think Mandorla has surpassed all my previous flavors as current favorite gelato flavor. il Massimo del Gelato&#8217;s Mandorla is everything it should be &#8211; creamy and literally packed with almonds.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/856527827\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1322\/856527827_cc00887f63.jpg?resize=500%2C379\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" alt=\"Mandorla Gelato\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>One thing I really appreciate about il Massimo del Gelato is they use a number system. That is, you pay for your gelato first, you get the <strong>scontrino<\/strong> (receipt) and she hands you a number that will be called up on the electronic number thingee (sorry, it&#8217;s quite hot here, my vocabulary is suffering). That doesn&#8217;t mean that you can relax. You need to see all the flavors first so you&#8217;re ready by the time they call your number. There were another 8 granita flavors I didn&#8217;t get a chance to photograph or sample. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/857386888\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1115\/857386888_338cd9a06c.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Il Massimo del Gelato flavors\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>They had more than 6 chocolate flavors, and on the counter there was a little card that explained the names like Cioccolato Azteca, Cioccolato Jamaica. S got the Ecuadoriano which was 70% chocolate from Ecuador. Delicious. Also, the Canella (cinnamon) was extra delicious and I will be getting that one next time. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/857386582\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1178\/857386582_ad50d48ba0.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"More Il Massimo del Gelato flavors\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>They won&#8217;t let you forget about the quality of their ingredients &#8211; right as you walk in the door there are stacks of fruit ready to be made into gelato! Mica che sono scemi. Ya, they&#8217;re nobody&#8217;s fool. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/856526981\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1228\/856526981_241e2e3a88.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Fruit at Il Massimo del Gelato\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend this place. It&#8217;s a little off the beaten path, but still accessible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Il Massimo Del Gelato<\/strong> (Di Travani Massimo Augusto)<br \/>\nVia Castelvetro Lodovico, 18 &#8211; 20154 Milano (MI) &#8211; Tel 02 3494943<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.it\/maps?ie=UTF8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;q=il+massimo+del+gelato&#038;near=Milano+(Lombardia)&#038;fb=1&#038;cid=45484754,9164362,139983410799280189&#038;li=lmd&#038;ll=45.491247,9.1644&#038;spn=0.026534,0.059738&#038;z=14&#038;iwloc=A&#038;om=1\">Google Maps to this location<\/a> &#8211; Public transportation: Bus 43\/57 or Tram 29\/33 go semi-close<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop the presses. We&#8217;ve just found our new, absolute favorite gelateria in all of Italy. Yes we&#8217;re ready to go that far to claim it as such. Before I go on, make sure you check out other stops on the Tour del Gelato &#8211; we&#8217;ve had several new ones in the past few weeks, just&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/20\/tour-del-gelato-il-massimo-del-gelato-milan\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,3,43,2,5,56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog-event","7":"category-food","8":"category-gelato","9":"category-italy","10":"category-milan","11":"category-tour-del-gelato","12":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-5X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1800,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/20\/habanero-celery-valrhona-gelato-il-gelato-gelateria-and-100-flavors\/","url_meta":{"origin":369,"position":0},"title":"Habanero, Celery, Valrhona gelato &#8211; 100 savory &#038; sweet gelato flavors at Il Gelato gelateria","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"August 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: This location appears to have closed as of November 2012 - you can still visit his locations in Rome Another stop on the Tour del Gelato - discovering the world's best gelato one lick at at time! 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