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You can eat ice cream half price off on National Ice Cream Day
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You can eat ice cream half price off on 8th May, the Hungarian Artisanal Ice Cream Day. Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu shared at which places you can eat half price off.
This special event started in Hungary a few years ago. Basically, on 8th May, the Day of Ice cream you can eat at half price at the places which joined the event. Another aim of this day is that ice cream lovers surprise a nearby public institution with a few balls of ice cream, for example a kindergarten or a hospital. Therefore, the less advantaged people can be part of eating an ice cream. The places which are joined the event will put a sticker on their shops, thus, people can spot it from distance where to find the half price ice cream balls.
On this link, you can find a list of the joined places:
According to funzine.hu, these are the places which regarded as Budapest’s best ice-bars:
Vari Cukraszda
It may be far from the center of the city (to be honest, it is really far) but if you once tasted an ice cream ball in this ice-bar, you will never forget it. You can find a lot of diploma and silver and gold prices all around: it could be troublesome just to pick the scone because of the lot of choices and you also have to made decision in the flavor which can range from the extra chocolate to plum Palinka. Between the choices you can find lactose-free, gluten-free and sugar-free ice creams which are flavored with stevia. For the ice-bar’s benefit it has to be mentioned that they use organic milk and the fruits they use are purchased from Hungarian small-scale producers. It is hard to write it down as it is a heaven at the end of the world.
Mamo
This place has also joined the National Ice Cream Day. Memo was founded in order to bring the Italian ice cream making traditions to Hungary: the real traditions with high quality ingredients. They celebrate a flavor on every week, its specialty is the ice cream in brioche and the cakes are so delicious that it cannot be described. The ice cream bonbons and the ice cream cakes are also a must. Yes, that lot of product from ice cream. There is always a queue at this place and the prices might be above average but you have to believe there is a reason for that.
Daubner Cukraszda
Besides the special flavors, the toppings and the crispy candy brittle, the gluten and sugar free ice creams, you might think that is a new place; however, the Daubner is thought as a legend in Budapest. We can go with anyone, we will leave happily either we want vanilla ice cream or we are trying to watch our figure: and the prices are not so high.
Gelart Rosa
This city center ice-bar gained an award from Trip Advisor in 2013 but its success can be seen as customers are making videos while their ice cream marvel is being made which are prepared in a rose form. This special technique and the few thousand videos on Instagram about it make it a worth visiting place but the not so average flavors also arouse attention to this place.
Fragola Fagylaltozo
This place has six shops in Budapest. It is no surprise that people like it so much, because besides the stracciatella and strawberry ice creams we can find Gorgonzola, Tihany camembert or chili-spiced fondant: so it is a place for gourmet persons and also for the ones who love nice places to find sweets because the place’s design is fantastic.