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I Story / Krez Yuan

In Argentina, ice cream shops are as common as cafes. Being traditional
or dreamy to attract young “gluttons”, each shop has an entire wall to
display different flavors, usually somewhere between 20 and 30 options.

In Argentina,

Any Tim e Is Ice Cream Tim e

L et’s have ice cream! You can hear this a lot in Argentinian family and friend

parties. After you finish your main course in a local restaurant, the waiter
may also ask “HELADO? Would you like ice cream?” For delicacies in the
so-called World’s End, the first thing that comes to your mind may be the
juicy grilled meat or the mellow Malbec wine, after which may come the ice cream. In
fact, Argentinians have a particular sweet tooth and are especially fond of ice cream. In
hot summer, long queues outside ice cream shops are everywhere. Even in cold winter,
ice cream lovers can’t put the dessert down. Some surveys show that Argentinians con-
sume seven kilos of ice cream per capita per year, with 80% consuming artisanal ice
cream regularly and 27% all year round. Ice cream is essential after dinner, and locals
are used to stocking up a lot to enjoy later. Moreover, when you visit your relatives or
friends, a large box of artisanal ice cream is a gift that could never go wrong.

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