Crèmerie Meetha
Ice cream shop · Parc-Extension ·
Indian ice cream with gulab jamun, jalebi, and mango rasmalai
Indian ice cream with gulab jamun, jalebi, and mango rasmalai
"This quick-hit, family-run ice cream shop in Park-Ex scoops flavours based on traditional Indian desserts. They’ve got one option dotted with chunks of gulab jamun (small deep-fried and syrup-soaked balls of milk solids), another with roasted pistachios and pieces of Jalebi (a funnel cake-like confection), and a mango-flavoured riff on rasmalai. Pints and ice cream cakes are also available." - Valerie Silva
"At the Park Ex ice-cream shop run by Deexit and Aakruti Patel, I hear Sheela Patel insist that 'to make a mango lassi taste good, you need to mix the sweet and the sour just right.' Deexit consults his mother on every menu detail—from the chai masala mix (hand-ground spices and two kinds of ginger) to the need to boil the milk for the rose-flavoured falooda (something he hadn’t realized the first time he made it)—and exactly how much cardamom should go into the elaichi pistachio ice cream (lots). Her recipes are tacked on little Post-Its around the kitchen, she guides their ingredient sourcing to ensure authentic Gujarati flavours, and family support (including Aakruti’s mother Champa, who brings food or helps with dishes) is described as essential as the shop prepares to re-open for the summer." - Ivy Lerner-Frank
"An Indian-flavoured ice cream shop in Park Ex launched by Deexit and Aakruti Patel that charmed reviewers with its personal story and flavours like a terrific Elaichi Pista, and was called the best ice cream of the year by one critic." - Eater Staff
"After months of prep, I visited the long-awaited Indian ice cream and chai shop Crèmerie Meetha, which held a soft opening on August 20; owners Deexit Patel and Aakruti (the team behind Tiffin Montreal) are serving 8-ounce pints and scoops in flavours inspired by Indian desserts like gulab jamun, mango rasmalai and deep-fried jalebi." - Valerie Silva
"I learned that an ice cream and chai shop is set to open this summer in Park-Ex at 787A de Liège Ouest, run by Deexit and Aakruti Patel, who plan reasonably priced scoops, pints, soft-serve, chai and Indian-inspired pastries. Their flavours draw directly from Indian desserts: gulab jamun and jalebi (both studded with bits of the sweets and finished with a homemade cardamom-saffron syrup), falooda with rose syrup and sweet basil seed, elaichi pista with cardamom and pistachio, and mango rasmalai combining mango with a creamy, pistachio- and saffron-infused milk sweet; they also developed a Masala Chai ice cream topped with Parle-G biscuits and sell pints and artfully decorated ice-cream cakes. The concept grew out of their Tiffin Montreal catering experience and strong family support — Aakruti’s brother created the retro-Indian branding and their mothers have helped source specialty ingredients and contributed recipes such as Champa’s khaman." - Ivy Lerner-Frank
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