Comments on: Everything Eaten before the Kyotofu Dinner…and other stuff

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:24:17 +0000

Is levelling not done at Grom’s or gelato places in general? I just ask because I’ve been to several gelato places (not in NY, but in other places) and all of them level their gelato. So just curious!

By: thewanderingeater

thewanderingeater — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:10:01 +0000

Jo Jo (aka eat2love): I did send them an email. I haven’t been to Grom ever since and you have no idea how much it kills me that I would like to get some gelato in this sweltering weather we’re having in NYC these days.
I’m sorry that your Italian friend won’t be able to go to Grom due to your (or should I say, “our?”) rebellion to leveling the gelato. Probably, they’ll reinstate the lovely scoops soon. Hopefully.

By: eat2love

eat2love — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:44:26 +0000

you should send them an email and give them a piece of your mind. this gives them feedback that foodies and bloggers are not amused. now i don’t want to go either, even if their gelato is good - it’s the principle of it.

btw, i just talked to an italian friend who grew up in italy and she’s never heard of grom ! i was gonna drag her up there to taste and tell me if it’s all that, now i’m not going until they reverse their tacky leveling.

By: thewanderingeater

thewanderingeater — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:00:57 +0000

John: I agree with you that one would expect a heaping mound of gelato in a cup. I’m seriously thinking about sending an angry email about that…

By: John

John — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:46:37 +0000

If they’re leveling out the cups, then I aint going. Sure it’s good, but for the prices they charge, I expect a HEAPING of gelato.

Their prices, combined with all the blogosphere attention they’ve been getting, and the fact that they’re leveling out cups now just makes them seem cheap and trying to increase their profit margin. Really classless.

By: thewanderingeater

thewanderingeater — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:59:12 +0000

Jessica: WUH?! They’re leveling out all the cups? WTF?! Probably I should have eaten all of Grom’s gelato the first day I went there instead, where it fluffy mounds were served. This is a major disappointment…

By: Jessica "Su Good Eats"

Jessica "Su Good Eats" — Mon, 14 May 2007 04:18:23 +0000

I went to Grom today, and they’re all leveling out the cups. Must be the new standard. Here’s a secret: you get more if you order a cone (because they can’t level those out). The servers are really slow, I might add. I takes them several minutes to scoop. That’s why the line is so long!

By: thewanderingeater

thewanderingeater — Sun, 13 May 2007 19:43:17 +0000

Susannah: It’s ridiculous, absurd, cruel, you name it…it’s just plain WRONG for what he did to my gelato. I would seriously give him a piece of my mind if I ever encounter him again.

The Torres bar was ok. The flavors were fine. I did find them a bit grainy but their bars are not meant to be melted, only eaten. You should have gotten the bulk bags instead. I baked and melted them before and those worked perfectly fine.

By: susannah

susannah — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:59:14 +0000

I can’t believe they leveled your gelato!! RIDICULOUS!!

Ive had a Torres bar or two, but I don’t really like them for some reason. They melt kind of . . grain-ily?