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2009-06-08
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Remember TCBY -- The Country's Best Yogurt -- the import that got HK by storm over rainbow coloured yogurt that's too sweet even for a child with a sweet tooth? Not so long ago I ate my way through one frozen yogurt joint after another -- from the very first BERRYGOOD to URBAN EATERY to most recently, YO MAMA in Wan Chai. I have secretly fallen in love back with the frozen concoction. It doesn't take a nutritionist to tell you that frozen yogurt trumps ice cream when it comes to fat, sugar and a
By pure coincidence, I ran into the newly renovated space on Elgin Street. A sign stretched across from the top says "Yogurtime". Through the glass doors is a space with pink and green wallls. White barstools and matching lights from the ceiling -- the sheer comfort of a simply designed yogurt place is bigger and more open than say, Yo Mama. Meet DANI and ROSE, two friends from California who decided to open a frozen yogurt joint all the way across the planet in Hong Kong. Having done some research and visits to other frozen yogurt joints in the city, Yogurtime is standing out with the no preservatives, no added sugar in the yogurt mix. Oh, did I mention there are a total of 30+ kinds of toppings rotating including some of the rare finds like pitted dates, Italian hazelnut wafers, and fresh kiwi?
And one more thing -- Yogurtime features 100 different flavours of frozen yogurt, Of course it's rotating day by day, but favorites like strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and mango are going to stay for a little while, with another four flavours rotating every now and then. 8 flavours per day, a few of them rotating each day, not to mention each order will get to choose a mixture of two different flavours. The combinations are limitless, literally.
The flavour not to miss is the EURO TART -- you can call it plain yogurt, but it's no plain Jane, Note the creaminess in the texture and the sharp tang that signifies the signature mark of what yogurt is all about. The frozen yogurt is not anything icy but plenty smooth all along. It has a dairy creaminess and sweetness to it without it being artificial and cloying with an aftertaste. There are two sizes for frozen yogurt -- small ($28, 1 topping), and large ($35, 2 toppings). I ordered a big one for myself this day -- a combination of EURO TART and STRAWBERRY (and a little VANILLA too, because the EURO TART ran out halfway...lucky me!!) For toppings I chose the unconventional pitted dates and granola.
The Strawberry yogurt is a uniform pink, with a deep berry flavour not unlike the fruit roll-up candy snack we ate when we were little -- with a rich summery flavour as if the berries have just been picked fresh and sun-blushed. The granola was sweet and crunchy. It's a perfect texture as a topping since the yogurt is feathery light and the granola helps offering some bite in every bite along the way. The dates are gooey nibbles of caramel taste in a fruit which also matched well with the Euro Tart flavour. The sweet-tart two-way punch is seriously addictive, despite how little I like dates on its own.
Pictured here, you can see the scrumptious offering Yogurtime is offering each customer. Now that is a form of generosity uncalled for. Later it was confirmed that the LARGE size frozen yogurt contains a whopping 14 oz of yogurt swirling in a cup, and that is twice as much as you will get at YO MAMA...Call it being economical, and with the possibilities of exotic flavours such as key limes, cappuccino, coconut and pineapple, Yogurtime offers a venue for escape from the blazing summery heat, and through conversations with the owners, I'm truly amazed that they already have future plans on how to do the flavours, or improve the quality of their products, not to mention promoting the family tub twice the size of commercial tubs but half the price.
Now I know, for the very least, there will be a lot more of these times for me when I need a Yogurt, and when these times come, I'll know where to go...
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